Thursday, November 13, 1997
8:00 - 8:55 a.m.
Registration and Coffee
8:55 - 9:00 a.m.
Introduction/Welcome
Ralph Nader, Consumer Advocate
9:00 - 9:50 a.m.
An Overview of the Microsoft Strategic Plan and How They Accomplish Their Goals
Gary L. Reback Esq., Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich and Rosati
9:50 - 10:10 a.m.
Microsoft and Increasing Returns
Professor W. Brian Arthur, Santa Fe Institute
10:15 - 10:30 a.m.
Break
10:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Digital Commerce of the Future
Bill Wendel, The Real Estate Cafe
Robert Purcell, Vice President of Sales & Marketing for Consumers Car Club
Paul M. Ruden, Senior V.P. Legal & Industrial Affairs for the American Society of Travel
Agents
12: 30 p.m.
Lunch
1:15 - 1:30 p.m.
Introduction to Keynote Speaker
Mitchell Kertzman, CEO Sybase
1:30 - 2:15 p.m.
Keynote: Scott McNealy, CEO Sun Microsystems
No One Should Own the Alphabet
2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
The Theory of Increasing Returns and
The Essential Facilities Doctrine.
Garth Saloner, Stanford University Graduate School of Business
Morgan Chu Esq., Irell and Manella
3:30 - 3:45 p.m.
Break
3:45 - 5:00 p.m.
Level Playing Field
Roberta Katz, General Counsel for Netscape Communications
James Love, Director Consumer Project on Technology
Friday, November 14, 1997
8:00 - 8:55 a.m.
Registration and Coffee
9:00 - 10:15 a.m.
Government Antitrust Enforcement Activities
Graham Lea, Principal Analyst, Heterodox (London)
Samuel Goodhope, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, State of Texas
Lloyd Constantine Esq., Constantine and Partners.
Christine Varney, Esq., Hogan & Hartson, Former FTC Commissioner
10:15 - 10:30 a.m.
Break
10:30 - 11:50 a.m.
Perspectives of Software Developers and Users.
Andrew Schulman, Senior Technical Editor at O'Reilly and Associates
Rick Ross, Java Lobby
Daniel Nachbar, Public Software Institute
Moderator: Audrie Krause, NetAction
12:00 p.m.
Lunch
12:45 - 2:00 p.m.
Microsoft and the Media
John Perry Barlow, Co-founder the Electronic Frontier Foundation
John Dodge, Columnist PC Week Online, Boston Globe
Wendy Goldman Rohm, author
Larry Magid, Columnist L.A. Times
Ray Hammond, Futurologist, Commentator on the Digital Society & Author (London)
Moderator: Howard Anderson, Yankee Consulting Group
2:00 - 2:15 p.m.
Break
2:15 - 3:15 p.m.
Private Antitrust Enforcement
Steve Susman Esq., Susman and Godfrey
Steve Hill Esq., Snow, Christensen and Martineau
Bryan Sparks, CEO Caldera Inc
3:15 - 4:20 p.m.
Video, Telephony, Consumer Protection
Ed Black, President CCIA
Cem Kaner, Author of Testing Computer Software.
4: 20 p.m.
Ralph Nader