Santa Clara University School of Law and the
      Reengineering Forum industry association (REF)
      in conjunction with the
      IEEE Technical Council on Software Engineering, Reverse Engineering Committee
      proudly present:

      "INNOVATION, SOFTWARE, AND
      REVERSE ENGINEERING:
      TECHNOLOGICAL AND LEGAL ISSUES"

      A Roundtable Discussion
      Friday, March 23, 2001, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
      Santa Clara, California, USA

      Register: R.S.V.P. to +1-408-551-1868 by March 16, 2001

      Chaired by:   Prof. Brian Fitzgerald   and   Dr. Cristina Cifuentes
      AGENDA 
      8-8:45 am
      Registration / Continental Breakfast
      8:45 - 9:15 am
      Dean's Welcome / Opening Comments
      9:15 am- 12:15 pm
      Technology Panel
      Chair: Prof. Brian Fitzgerald

      Elliot Chikofsky (META Group) (Reengineering Forum)
            "Reverse Engineering: A Technological Definition"

      Dr. Cristina Cifuentes (Sun Microsystems) (IEEE-CS TCSE)
            "Reverse Engineering for Interoperability: The Road to Innovation"

      Prof. Edward W. Felten (Princeton University)
            "Reverse Engineering and Information Security Assurance"

      Specialist Commentator:
      Paul Martino (InterTrust Technologies)

      12:15 - l:30 pm
      Lunch
      1:30 - 4:30 pm
      Legal Panel
      Chair: Prof. Brian Fitzgerald

      Fred von Lohmann (Morrison & Foerster)
            "Reverse Engineering and Copyright Law"

      Dr. Anne Fitzgerald (Gadens Lawyers)
            "Comparing U.S. and Australian Experience"

      Specialist Commentator:
      Prof. Howard C. Anawalt (Santa Clara University School of Law)

      $50.00 registration fee. Students free. MCLE credit available.
      Please R.S.V.P. to 408-551-1868 by March 16, 2001.

      Sessions will be held at the Brass Rail, Santa Clara University.

      If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation,
      please call Mary Miller at 408-554-5473 at least one week in advance.

      About the Speakers:

      Prof. Brian Fitzgerald: BA, LLB. BCL (Oxon), LL.M. (Harvard). Dean of Law School, Southern Cross University, NSW, Australia. Visiting professor at Santa Clara University School of Law teaching Digital Property (http://www.scu.edu/law/FacWebPage/Fitzgerald).

      Dr. Cristina Cifuentes: BSc (Comp), PhD (Queensland University of Technology). Principal Investigator, Walkabout project, Sun Microsystems Laboratories, California. Chair, IEEE TCSE Committee on Reverse Engineering. Currently on leave from The University of Queensland (http://www.csee.uq.edu.au/~cristina).

      Elliot Chikofsky: Director in META Group's enterprise architecture and technology strategies consulting practice; President, Reengineering Forum (REF); Secretary and Past-Chair, IEEE Technical Council on Software Engineering; Lecturer, Northeastern University Graduate School of Engineering, Boston.

      Prof. Edward W. Felten: B.S. (California Institute of Technology), M.S. and Ph.D. (University of Washington). Associate Professor of Computer Science, Princeton University.

      Dr. Anne Fitzgerald, Esq.: JSD (Columbia University Law School); LL.M. (University of London). Appointee to the Australia Federal Government Advisory Council on Intellectual Property, and the Expert Group assisting the Copyright Law Review committee.

      Fred von Lohmann, Esq.: JD (Stanford). Visiting Researcher with the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, and Of Counsel with Morrison & Foerster, LLP.

      Paul J. Martino: Senior Director Acquisitions, InterTrust Technologies; MSE (Princeton University); BS (Lehigh University).

      Prof. Howard C. Anawalt: JD (Boalt Hall). Professor of Law at Santa Clara University School of Law, author of several publications and books on intellectual property, and adviser to the Santa Clara Computer and High Technology Law Journal.

      This activity has been approved for MCLE credit by the State Bar of California for 5.0 hours of general credit. Santa Clara University School of Law certifies that this activity conforms to the standards for approved educational activities as prescribed by the rules and regulations of the State Bar of California governing Minimum Continuing Legal Education.

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