UO PORTLAND SYMPOSIUM TO EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES, LEGAL CHALLENGES OF INTERNET MARKETS

March 19, 1999

Contact Maureen Shine (541) 346-3145, or Gaye Vandermyn (541) 346-3133

Source: Holly Rachel Smith, event co-chair, UO Law and Entrepreneurship Center, (541) 346-3994
Source: Angela Wu, event co-chair, Ater Wynne LLP, (206) 623-4711

EUGENE–Businesses who set up shop on the Internet can get some help deciphering the opportunities and uncertainties they face at a special symposium offered by the University of Oregon School of Law and a Portland-based law firm.

The program, "eSymposium: Emerging Internet Markets," is offered by the UO law school’s Law and Entrepreneurship Center and the law firm Ater Wynne LLP. It takes place from 2—7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 8, at Atwater’s Restaurant, U.S. Bancorp Tower, 111 S.W. Fifth Ave., Portland.

The symposium will offer panel discussions exploring a variety of legal issues involving electronic commerce. Legal experts and industry representatives will address issues including consumer laws and privacy protection of consumer data, changes in the telecommunications industry and their effect on growth of the Internet, and the impact of digital technology on rights and protections for entertainment and media.

Symposium events include:

2 p.m. Keynote Address, "Government’s Role in the Internet: Friend or Foe?" Rachelle B. Chong, Esq., Coudert Brothers, San Francisco and Palo Alto, Calif. Chong served as commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from May 1994 through November 1997 where she oversaw the first spectrum auctions of wireless services and implementation of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.

2:45 p.m. Panel discussion, "Telecommunications and Internet Access." Panelists include Gary R. Gardner, executive director and lobbyist, Washington Association for Internet Service Providers, Seattle, Wash.; Todd Hirsch, executive director of product marketing, Advanced Radio Telecom Corp., Inc., Bellevue, Wash.; J. Jeffrey Mayhook, Esq., GST Telecommunications, Inc., Vancouver, Wash.; Robert Pepper, bureau chief, Office of Plans and Policy, FCC, Washington, D.C.; and Angela Wu, Esq., Ater Wynne LLP, Seattle, Wash.

4 p.m. Panel discussion, "Impact of a Digital World on Entertainment and Media Industries." Panelists include Kenneth Kaufman, Esq., Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Washington, D.C.; Kenneth Kwartler, Esq., Ater Wynne LLP, Portland; and Jack Lawrence, executive vice president, Chambers Communications Corp., Eugene.

5:20 p.m. Panel discussion, "The Unpredictable Nature of E-Commerce." Panelists include William Campbell, Esq., Ater Wynne LLP, Portland; Mike Eisenberg, general manager of e-commerce, RealNetworks [NASDAQ: RNWK], Seattle, Wash.; and Daniel Waggoner, Esq., Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Seattle, Wash.

7 p.m. Closing Remarks (speaker to be announced).

Symposium fees are $145 per person and include all materials, five Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credits and dinner. Deadline for registering is March 26.

For information, contact Judy Sprauer or Holly Smith, Law and Entrepreneurship Center, UO School of Law, (541) 346-3994; or via e-mail at <jsprauer@law.uoregon.edu>.

The Law and Entrepreneurship Center of the UO School of Law offers programs to advance understanding about how lawyers create value for entrepreneurial clients. The center links legal practitioners, law students and legal scholars to explore issues facing an increasingly entrepreneurial economy.

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