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SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 2010

7:30am – 8:30am

Executive Committee Meeting
Executive Boardroom, 4th Floor, InterContinental

8:00am – 9:00am
Council Breakfast
InterContinental Ballroom A, 5th Floor

8:00am – 9:00am
Ethics Committee Meeting
Union Square, 3rd Floor, InterContinental

8:30am – 10:00am                                                                               

The Real Realities of Cloud Computing – Will the Cloud Produce Smooth Sailing or Stormy Weather
Room 2018, 2nd Floor, Moscone Center West
Primary Sponsor: Section of Science and Technology Law

From exceptionally knowledgeable and highly experienced presenters, you will learn why cloud computing is going to have a most profound effect at all levels of information technology as it evolves into a utility and why spending on it is expected to catapult, the risks to your clients and your office when it is adopted, how to assess the cost savings and whether or not they are real or illusory, the basic differences between cloud computing and outsourcing, proven strategies for dealing with cloud computing adhesion agreements, the service levels you need to expect and have to demand, novel dispute management mechanisms for resolving inter-party disputes, and the looming privacy, security, and intellectual property risks and issues. After attending this session, you will leave harnessed with an understanding of the information, tools, and considerations you will need to properly advise your clients and your office on whether to embrace cloud computing, how to properly contract for it, and the privacy, security, intellectual property issues with which you must come to grips when making use of the new paradigm of cloud computing, and your ethical obligations as an attorney.

Moderators:
Stephen N. Hollman, San Jose, CA
John P. Tomaszewski, San Francisco, CA
Patrick J. Whalen, Kansas City, MO

Speakers:
David W. Cearley, Stanford, CT
Daniel Cooperman, East Palo Alto, CA
Michelle Finneran Dennedy, Menlo Park, CA
Allan Leinwand, Menlo Park, CA
Martin Quinn, San Francisco, CA
Ronald Trope, New York, NY

9:00am – 2:00pm
Council Meeting
Intercontinental Ballroom A, 5th Floor, Intercontinental Hotel

2:00pm – 2:30pm
Annual Meeting of the Members and Council Elections
Intercontinental Ballroom A, 5th Floor, Intercontinental Hotel

2:30pm – 4:00pm                                                                                
ADR in the Business Courts: How Commercial Judges Encourage Settlement
Primary Sponsor: Business Law Section
The session features a panel discussion with leading commercial judges and attorneys who have been responsible for designing and implementing court-annexed ADR programs.  

3:00pm - 4:00pm
Long Range Planning Committee Meeting
Executive Boardroom, 4th Floor, InterContinental Hotel

 

Registration
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Section Dinner - Friday, August 6
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