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A Sampling of the Things You Will Learn at This Conference:
The Laws of Other Countries and How They Apply to You
Using U.S. Anti-Spam Law to Assist Colleagues in Other Countries
How to Effectively Engage the "Right People" in Other Countries
International Anti-Spam Stings
Country-by-Country Comparison of Spam Law and Policies
...and much much more!
ISIPP would like to thank the following sponsors for helping to make
this conference possible:
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Featured Speakers Include:
William Plante
Senior Director, Corporate Worldwide Security and Brand
Protection, Symantec
Where Spam Comes From, Where It's Going, and Thoughts From the Front on
a Roadmap for International Cooperation
William Plante, ASP is Senior Director, Worldwide Security and Brand
Protection at Symantec Corporation. In this role, Plante oversees all
operational security and physical security system design/engineering
projects. He is also responsible for all brand protection issues for the
company.
Jon Praed, Esq.
Attorney, Founding Partner, Internet Law Group
"International Spam Fingerprints: Spammers Do the Darndest Things"
As a founding partner of the Internet Law Group, John Praed has been at
the forefront of the Internet community's battle against unsolicited
bulk email. Over the past seven years, Jon has obtained nearly $20
million in judgments against spammers on behalf of some of the largest
ISPs in the United States, has collected millions from spammers on
behalf of his clients, and has helped shape the law against spam.
Jean-Christophe Le Toquin, Esq.
Attorney, Microsoft Europe-Middle East-Africa HQ (*Attendee Speaker)
"International Networking for Finding and Prosecuting Spammers in the
EU, Middle East and Africa"
Jean-Christophe Le Toquin is an attorney at Microsoft EMEA (Europe,
Middle-East, Africa), in charge of coordinating the anti-spam initiative
of the company in these three regions, both from a regulatory and
enforcement perspective. To conduct this task, he has established a
continuously expanding network of lawyers and investigators which
presently covers 16 countries.
Scott Frewing, Esq.
Attorney, Baker & McKenzie
"Doing the Right Thing: Email Compliance and Spam
Enforcement Across Borders"
Scott Frewing is an Internet Litigator with the law firm of Baker &
McKenzie. Previously, as an Assistant United States Attorney in the
Northern District of California, Frewing was a founding member of the
nation's first Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property ("CHIP")
unit. In his current position with Baker & McKenzie, Frewing works on
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act cases, and has conducted research regarding issues
relating to cross-border anti-spam enforcement.
John Levine
Co-chair, Internet Research Task Force's Anti-Spam Research Group (ASRG)
"International Concerns Regarding Spam: A View from the
U.N. WSIS Meeting, and What 'Identity' Means in an International Online
World"
John Levine is a co-chair of the Internet Research Task Force's Anti-Spam
Research Group (ASRG), and a board member of the Coalition Against
Unsolicited Commercial Email. The author of "The Internet for Dummies",
Levine is joining our conference fresh from his attendance at the United
Nation's International Anti-Spam WSIS meeting.
Ian Sweedler, Esq.
California Deputy Attorney General
"Issues in State Spam Enforcement Across International Borders"
Matthew Prince, Esq.
Professor, John Marshall School of Law; CEO and co-Founder, Unspam, LLC
"Current and Future Trends in European Anti-Spam Policy and
Efforts"
Matthew Prince is the CEO and co-founder of Unspam, LLC,
a business and government consulting company, and a Professor of Law at John Marshall School of Law.
Mr. Prince has consulted with state, federal, and international
businesses, governments, and organizations wishing to reduce spam, and
helped draft portions of the Federal CAN-SPAM Act.
Neil Schwartzman
Chairman, CAUCE Canada; Member Canadian
Federal Anti-Spam Task Force - Co-Chair Email Authentication Work Group;
Publisher, SpamNEWS
"Canada's Anti-Spam Efforts, and Roadmap for International
Cooperation"
Neil Schwartzman is a founding member and Chairman of the Board of the
Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email Canada (CAUCE Canada),
and a member of Canada's Federal Anti-Spam Task Force. In addition to
serving as Chairman of CAUCE Canada, and on the boards of the SpamCon
Foundation and CAUCE International, Schwartzman is the publisher of the
industry journal SpamNEWS.
Michael Grow, Esq.
Attorney, Chair: Technology Dept., Arent Fox PLLC, Washington, D.C.
"International intellectual property issues in dealing with
cross-border spam"
Michael Grow is the Chair of the Technology Department at Arent Fox
Kintner Plotkin & Kahn, a Washington D.C. law firm focusing on, among
other things, Technology, Privacy, and Government Affairs. Grow was one
of the first attorneys on the spam scene with his successful prosecution
of the lawsuit against Sanford Wallace and CyberPromotions on behalf of
America Online.
Michael Osterman
President,
Osterman Research
"International Perspectives on the Growth of Spam and the
Effectiveness of Laws vs. Technology"
Michael Osterman is the President and Founder of Osterman Research, a
leading market research and analysis firm in the messaging
industry. Osterman Research's recent report "Spam in the Enterprise:
Market Problems, Needs and Trends" is one of the defining research
reports regarding spam.
Note: "*" designates an attendee speaker. Attendees may
propose a twenty-minute talk relevant to international spam issues and which they would like to present to the
conference. For more information contact conference at isipp.com
