 |
|
BLAST
Editor-in-Chief Associate Print Editor Associate Online Editor
Contact Section
Section of Science and Technology Officers Chair Chair-Elect Vice Chair Secretary Budget Officer Section Delegate Immediate Past Section Chair Section Past Chair Liaison |
 |
||||||
 |
||||||
|
||||||
|
IN THIS ISSUE MAY 2000
|
||||||
|
NEW YORK CITY ANNUAL MEETING SCHEDULE OF
EVENTS Please note: The Section office and all Section business meetings will be located at the Parker Meridian unless noted otherwise. All Section CLE programs will take place in the Presidential CLE Center, New York Hilton Hotel, Sutton Parlor Center, 2nd floor. SECTION OFFICE THURSDAY, JULY 6, 2000 FRIDAY, JULY 7, 2000 SATURDAY, JULY 8, 2000 SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2000 MONDAY, JULY 10, 2000 For additional information on the 2000 New York Annual Meeting, contact Alanna Sullivan at (312) 988-5599 or e-mail SCIENCETECH@ABANET.ORG NEW YORK ANNUAL MEETING SECTION OF SCIENCE
& TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM SCHEDULE SATURDAY, JULY 8, 2000 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon Moderators: Judge Wendell Griffen, Arkansas Court
of Appeals, Little Rock, AR and Raymond L. Ocampo Jr., San
Mateo, CA Representatives from each organization will participate in an interactive multimedia presentation to demon-strate the varied ways that technology, especially video and the Internet, are helping to transform human rights advocacy. Topics will include:
Co-Sponsors: Individual Rights & Responsibilities Section, Law Practice Management Section, Litigation Section, Tort and Insurance Practice Section 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Moderator: Michael Baum, VP of Practices & External
Affairs, VeriSign Inc., Mountain View, CA Enabling electronic commerce and electronic government requires seamless transactional processing while fully preserving all privacy and security concerns. The Section began the PKI Assessment Guidelines (PAG) project in late 1996, following the publication of the Digital Signature Guidelines. The purpose of the document is to provide guidelines for assessing a PKI and to provide a description of the actors in establishing a PKI or some part thereof. This presentation will provide an update on these guidelines and assist those involved in PKI deployment to make their own judgments with regard to the amount of trust they wish to place in a PKI. The PAG addresses a number of distinctions between CP (Certificate Policy) and CPS (Certification Practice Statement), liability, and legal presumptions. The Government of Canada PKI serves as a practical example of the deployment of a large scale PKI. The session will cover current status and future development plans, with particular attention given to the policy and legal issues that have been addressed in the development of certificate policies, the Government of Canada's Policy on PKI Management, as well as current thinking on issues such as cross-certification. Co-Sponsors: Law Practice Management Section, Tort and Insurance Practice Section 3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Moderator: Ruth Hill Bro, Baker & McKenzie, Chicago, IL As the commercial world goes online, virtually every attorney's client-whether a bricks-and-mortar company, an Internet start-up, or a government entity-will face electronic privacy issues. Thanks to websites and computer technology, never has it been so easy to collect, reproduce, disseminate, and compile personally identifiable information. Never have companies and government entities faced such daunting privacy issues regarding the increasingly indispensable information now within their reach. Yet those who seize this information without first addressing the attendant privacy issues may get more than they bargained for, both in terms of legal liability and adverse publicity that hit the bottom line. This e-privacy session will explore the rapidly changing legal landscape, including:
Ignorance is not bliss when it comes to e-privacy issues. Those doing business online must navigate a minefield of explosive privacy issues where a single misstep could have serious consequences. Don't miss this session. The client you save could be your own. Co-Sponsor: General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Section, Tort & Insurance Practice Section SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2000 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon Moderator: Ivan K. Fong, Senior Counsel, Electronic Commerce,
General Electric Company, Fairfield, CT The growth of the Internet and electronic commerce not only provides opportunities for significant benefits to society and the economy, but also increases the capabilities of those who wish to cause social harm. How should we address criminal conduct that involves the use of the Internet? What role should law enforcement play in policing content on the Internet? What are the most effective ways to combat crimes involving the use of the Internet, such as Internet fraud, child pornography on the Internet, and the unlawful sale of guns or drugs over the Internet? What are the implications for state and local law enforcement agencies and for our foreign law enforcement counterparts? This program will discuss a report prepared by the Department of Justice on this issue and explore alternatives and recommendations on this important subject. Co-Sponsors: Criminal Justice Section, Government & Public Sector Lawyers Division, Young Lawyers Division 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Moderators: Lee J. Tiedrich, Covington & Burling, Washington,
D.C.; William B. Baker, Wiley Rein & Fielding, Washington,
D.C. This program will focus attention on the hottest topics in communications, media, and technology law-from satellites to cable and telephony, from telecommunications to the Internet, and from broadcasting to new forms of content. A diverse group of speakers, including both in-house and private practitioners, will address legal, strategic, and regulatory issues affecting today's communications, technology, and media industries. Subjects will include the burgeoning competition in international markets, critical FCC decisions affecting the Internet and broadband services, Internet telephony, content policies, and developments in local and long distance competition. Co-Sponsors: Section of Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice, Government & Public Sector Lawyers' Division, State and Local Government Section, Tort and Insurance Practice Section 3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Moderators: Heather Rafter, Digidesign, Palo Alto, CA; William
S. Coats, Howrey Simon Arnold & White, Menlo Park, CA. Music is the first wave in the confluence of the lawless ease of digital copying and the laws of intellectual property. As technology progresses, and more content is being downloaded and disseminated over the Internet, content owners and legislators are examining old laws and trying to come up with new solutions to fit a digital world. This session will include a discussion of the technology, legal, and industry forces shaping the Internet and digital technology, including a presentation of some of the most innovative music and video technologies. This program is appropriate for a wide audience. It will appeal to beginners who will build their knowledge as the speakers progress through the basics into the more complicated issues. It also is designed for the more advanced high-tech practitioner who will learn from cutting edge industry and legal specialists. Co-Sponsors: Individual Rights & Responsibilities, Intellectual Property Section, Tort and Insurance Practice Section. MONDAY, JULY 17, 2000 TUESDAY, JULY 18, 2000 THURSDAY, JULY 20, 2000 Moderators: Past Section Chair, Scott F. Partridge, Baker & Botts, Houston, TX and Gilbert Whittemore, of Counsel, Stalter & Kennedy, Boston, MA. In the 21st century, biotechnology will rival the effect on our lives, and therefore the law, that computers and the Internet have had in the 20th century. Cloning has captured headlines, but it is only one aspect of what is to come. Everyone, not just those working directly with the biotechnology industry, will be faced with the consequences of a broad range of scientific research. To open the new century, the Section will present a symposium which looks ahead to the challenges, opportunities, and consequences presented by fields such as human genetic testing, genetic manipulation, and the development of new drugs and foods through genetic alteration. Speakers will be prominent scientists, ethicists, and lawyers actively involved on a daily basis in grappling with these issues. Co-Sponsors: Coordinating Group on Bioethics & the Law, Family Law, Health Law, Intellectual Property Law. ETHICAL AND HISTORICAL OVERVIEWS
Professor Mendelsohn is a noted authority on the history of biology and its social impact in the twentieth century. GENETIC INFORMATION Dame Fiona Caldicott, Principal, Somerville College, Oxford, England. Dame Fiona is a past president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and chaired the Nuffield Council Committee which recently issued a report on "Mental Disorders and Genetics: The Ethical Context." GENETIC MANIPULATION Professor Alexander Capron, University of Southern California Law Center, Los Angeles, CA. Professor Capron is a member of the U.S. National Bioethics Advisory Commission. For more information on the London Sessions during the ABA 2000 Annual Meeting, call the Section office at (312) 988-5599 or email: SCIENCETECH@ABANET.ORG Additional information at: www.abanet.org/annual/2000/home.html CALL FOR PAPERS - 2nd IASTED International
Conference SPONSOR PURPOSE AND SCOPE
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE O. Akindemowo, University of West Sydney Neapean, Australia J. Boyle, American University, USA J. Breuker, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands A. Charlesworth, University of Hull Law School, U.K. R. Collins, Gavel and Gown Software, Canada A. Daskalopulu, The Open University, U.K. C. Davis, Davis & Co. (Solicitors) Limited, U.K. S. Drakeford, IBM, Australia J. Dumortier, K.U. Leuven-ICRI, Belgium M.A. Geist, University of Ottawa, Canada M.E. Gruen, Applied Legal Technologies Inc., USA C. Heckman, Stanford Law School, USA J.P. Kesan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA M. Lewis, Arnheim Tite & Lewis, UK J. Lipton, University of Nottingham, UK N.-G. W. Loon, National University of Singapore, Singapore R.P. Loui, Washington University, USA F. Macmillan, Murdoch University, Western Australia C. Middlehurst, Sun Microsystems Inc., USA A. Muntjewerff, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands A. Narayanan, University of Exeter, UK E. Nissan, University of Greenwich, UK T. O'Connor, CourtLink, USA J. Osborn, Andersen Consulting, Australia H. Pearson, Bird and Bird, UK R.S. Rosenberg, University of British Columbia, Canada C.A. Royles, University of Liverpool, UK E. Schweighofer, University of Vienna, Austria D.B. Skalak, IBM, USA F. Toni, Imperial College, UK R.W. Van Kralingen, Arthur Andersen, The Netherlands R.H. Weber, University of Zurich, Switzerland R. Widdison, University of Durham, UK R. Wilkes, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, Canada R. Xalabarder, Universitat Oberta De Catalunya, Spain J. Zeleznikow, La Trobe University, Australia SUBMISSION OF PAPERS The papers submitted for review should be no more than ten (10) pages, single-sided in length. Please include figures, tables, and a complete list of references. Please provide four keywords to indicate the subject areas of the paper with at least one keyword from the list given under the conference scope. Include a statement in your cover letter confirming that if the paper is accepted, one of the authors will attend the conference to present it. Please indicate the corresponding author, and provide the full names, affiliations, addresses, telephone numbers, fax numbers, and email addresses of ALL authors. Send your submission via email to CALGARY@IASTED.COM. Please send electronic attachments in Postscript (.ps), Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) or MS Word (.doc) formats. The subject of your email must be "LawTech 2000". The IASTED Secretariat should receive your paper by June 1, 2000. All submissions must be electronic. Hard copies of submissions will NOT be accepted. Notification of acceptance will be emailed, and all other author information will be available on our website by July 10, 2000. Registration payments and final manuscripts are due September 1, 2000. Papers may be excluded from the proceedings if registration fees are not received by that date. Please send final manuscripts by email. Do not send both hard and electronic copies of the final manuscript. TUTORIAL PROPOSALS SPECIAL SESSIONS IMPORTANT DEADLINES For more information, or to be placed on the mailing list, please contact: IASTED Secretariat - LawTech 2000 #80, 4500 - 16 Avenue N.W. Calgary, Alberta. Canada T3B OM6 Phone: (403) 288-1195, Fax: (403) 247-6851 Email: CALGARY@IASTED.COM, CALGARY@IASTED.COM WWW HTTP://WWW.IASTED.COM
|
