Some very impressive names to go along...

...with those Titles.

[pendanticist]

I draw your attention to names listed under each forum.

Draft Last Updated: April 1, 2003 'Spam Forum - Federal Trade Commission' 601 New Jersey Avenue, NW Washington, DC - April 30-May 2, 2003
Day One
April 30, 2003
Mechanics of Spam
8:30 - 8:45 am Registration
8:45 - 9:00 am Introductory Remarks and Welcome
Chairman Timothy J. Muris, FTC

9:00 - 10:00 am “People of Spam”: Moderator, Eileen Harrington, Associate Director, Division of Marketing Practices, FTC
• Brian Arbogast, Vice President, .NET Core Services Management, Microsoft
• Laura Atkins, President, SpamCon Foundation
• Joe Barrett, Senior Vice President, Systems Operations, America Online, Inc.
• Mark James Ferguson
• Clifton Royston, Systems Architect, LavaNet, Inc.
• Robert Wientzen, President, Direct Marketing Association

10:00 - 10:15 am Break

10:15 - 12:00 pm Email Address Gathering: Moderator, Eric A. Wenger, Staff Attorney, Division of Marketing Practices, FTC
• Rob Courtney, Policy Analyst, Center for Democracy and Technology
• Rodney Joffe, CenterGate Research Group, LLC
• Doug McLean, Vice President Corporate Marketing, Postini, Inc.
• Matthew Steele, Senior Director, Systems Engineering, Brightmail, Inc.
• Richard M. Smith, Computerbytesman.com
• Gilson Terriberry, Direct Contact Marketing Group, Inc.
• William Waggoner, AAW Marketing

12:00 - 1:30 pm Lunch (on your own)

1:30 - 3:00 pm Falsity in Sending of Spam: Moderator, Stephen Cohen, Staff Attorney, Division of Marketing Practices, FTC
• Bryan Bell, Senior Network Control Technician, WorldCom
• Chris Hoofnagle, Deputy Counsel, Electronic Privacy Information Center
• Margo Koscher, Technical Manager, Mail Operations, America Online, Inc.
• William Plante, Director of Worldwide Security & Brand Protection, Symantec Corporation
• Scott Richter, President, Optinrealbig.com LLC
• Samuel A. Simon, Chairman, Telecommunications Research & Action Center

3:00 - 3:15 pm Break

3:15 - 5:15 pm Open Relays/Open Proxies/FormMail Scripts: Moderator, Renard Francois, Staff Attorney, Division of Marketing Practices, FTC
• Dr. Bill Hancock, Vice President Security & Chief Security Officer, Cable & Wireless
• Nick Nicholas
• Brad Patton, Earthlink Network Abuse
• Michael Rathbun, Director of Policy Enforcement, Allegiance Telecom
• Matt Sergeant, Senior Anti-Spam Technologist, MessageLabs

Day Two May 1, 2003
Costs of Spam: Costs to Marketers, Consumers, and New Technology
8:15 - 8:30 am Remarks: Costs of Spam, Commissioner Mozelle W. Thompson, FTC

8:30 - 10:30 am Economics of Spam: Moderator, Renard Francois, Staff Attorney, Division of Marketing Practices, FTC
• Laura Atkins, President, SpamCon Foundation
• Laura Betterly, President, Data Resource Consulting, Inc.
• Al DiGuido, CEO, Bigfoot Interactive
• Chris Lewis, Security Architect, NortelNetworks
• Dale W. Malik, Director, BellSouth Internet Group
• Lisa Pollock Mann, Senior Director of Messaging, Yahoo!, Inc.
• Carl Shivers, Systems Administrator, Aristotle, Inc.
• Steve Smith, CEO, MindShare Design, Inc.

10:30 - 10:45 am Break

10:45 - 12:15 pm Blacklists: Moderator, Brian Huseman, Staff Attorney, Division of Marketing Practices, FTC
• Margie Arbon, Director of Operations, Mail Abuse Prevention System (MAPS)
• Cindy Cohn, Legal Director, Electronic Frontier Foundation
• Michael A. Grow, Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn
• Julian Haight, SpamCop
• J. Trevor Hughes, Executive Director, Network Advertising Initiative Email Service Provider Coalition
• Stuart Ingis, Piper Rudnick, LLP, Outside Counsel to the Direct Marketing Association
• Alan Murphy, Spamhaus
• Scott Richter, President, Optinrealbig.com LLC

12:15 - 1:45 pm Lunch (on your own)

1:45 - 3:15 pm Best Practices: Moderator, Dan Salsburg, Staff Attorney, Division of Marketing Practices, FTC
• Jason Catlett, Junkbusters
• Patricia Faley, Vice President of Consumer Affairs, Direct Marketing Association
• Ted Gavin, SpamCon Foundation
• Rebecca Lieb, Executive Editor, internet.com’s Interactive Marketing Channel
• Michael Mayor, President, NetCreations, Inc.
• Anna Zornosa, President and Chief Executive Officer, Topica, Inc.

3:15 - 3:30 pm Break

3:30 - 5:15 pm Wireless Spam: Moderator, Lisa Hone, Staff Attorney, Division of Marketing Practices, FTC
• Michael Altschul, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association
• Albert Gidari, Partner, Perkins Coie LLP
• Carl Gunell, President, Telemedia Development
• Jim Manis, Chair, Mobile Marketing Association
• NTT DoCoMo, representative TBD Day Three

Day Three May 2, 2003
Potential Solutions to Spam: Legislation, Litigation, and Technology
8:15 - 8:30 am Remarks: Potential Solutions to Spam, Commissioner Orson Swindle, FTC

8:30 - 10:30 am Federal and State Legislation: Moderator, Eileen Harrington, Associate Director, Division of Marketing Practices, FTC
• Jerry Cerasale, Senior Vice President, Direct Marketing Association
• Ray Everett-Church, Counsel, Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email
• David H. Kramer, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
• Chuck Curran, Assistant General Counsel, America Online, Inc.
• John R. Patrick, Chairman, Global Internet Project
• Steve Richter, General Counsel, Email Marketing Association
• David E. Sorkin, Associate Professor of Law, The John Marshall Law School

10:30 - 10:45 am Break

10:45 - 12:15 pm International Perspectives: Moderator, Hugh Stevenson, Associate Director for International Consumer Protection, FTC
• Tom Dale, National Office for the Information Economy, Australia
• Peter Ferguson, Industry Canada
• Marie Georges, Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertιs, France
• Philip Gerard, DG Info Society, European Commission
• Susan Grant, National Consumers League
• Alastair Tempest, Federation of European Direct Marketers

12:15 - 1:45 pm Lunch

1:45 - 3:00 pm Litigation Challenges: Moderator, Marc M. Groman, Staff Attorney, Division of Marketing Practices, FTC
• Tim Cranton, Senior Attorney, Microsoft
• Stephen Kline, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the New York State Attorney General
• Jon L. Praed, Internet Law Group
• Paula Selis, Senior Counsel, Washington State Attorney General’s Office
• Paul F. (“Pete”) Wellborn III, The Wellborn Firm, LLC
• Kenneth B. Wilson, Partner, Perkins Coie LLP

3:00 - 3:15 pm Break

3:15 - 5:15 pm Technological Solutions to Spam/Structural Changes to Email: Moderator, Brian Huseman, Staff Attorney, Division of Marketing Practices, FTC
• Steve Atkins, SamSpade.org; Word to the Wise
• David Berlind, Executive Editor, ZDNet/CNET & Founder, JamSpam
• Dr. Paul Q. Judge, Chair, Internet Research Task Force Anti-Spam Research Group
• John R. Levine, author, “Internet for Dummies;” Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial
Email
• Ira Rubinstein, Associate General Counsel, Microsoft
• Matt Sarrel, Technical Director, Internet, PC Magazine Labs
• Vincent Schiavone, CEO, ePrivacy Group, Inc.
• Daniel Tynan, Contributing Editor, PC World, Inside@cess, CNET

5:15 - 5:30 pm Closing Remarks, J. Howard Beales, III, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, FTC

The above is excerpted (highlights by me) from:
[ftc.gov...]
which can be found here:
FTC Spam Forum April 30 [ftc.gov] <- New FTC url.

Are these the Creme-De-la-creme, or what?

Pendanticist.

[Marketing Guy]

I didn't get an invite?

Im gutted.... :(

Scott ;)

[pendanticist]

>I didn't get an invite?

Well, Scott. It's like this. See, you could have entered (subject to acceptance) yourself as a forum panelist and been right in there with all them what walks in tall cotton. :)

Honestly though, I figured someone from here would be on that list.

Pendanticist.