Transatlantic Market Conference 2011
Program
5th Transatlantic Market Conference:
Transatlantic Cooperation for Growth and Security
Washington, D.C., October 16 - 18, 2011
Organizers:
Dräger Foundation, Lübeck, Germany
DIN German Institute for Standardization, Berlin, Germany
German American Business Council (GABC), Washington, D.C., USA
Sigram Schindler Foundation, Berlin, Germany
Organizing partners:
American National Standards Institute (ANSI), Washington, D.C., USA
German American Chamber of Commerce, Inc., New York, NY, USA
U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Washington, D.C., USA
Supporting partners:
American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS), Washington, D.C., USA
American Chamber of Commerce in Germany, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
German Embassy to the United States, Washington, D.C., USA
Conference Venue:
Cannon House Office Building &
Convention Center, Capitol Hill
Washington, D.C.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
6:00 pm Reception
Hay-Adams Room
Hay-Adams Hotel
800 Sixteenth Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20006
7:00 pm Dinner
Roof Terrace of the Hay-Adams Hotel
Welcome
Professor Dieter Feddersen
Member of the Board, Dräger Foundation, Lübeck, Germany
Dr. Torsten Bahke
Director, DIN (German Institute for Standardization), Berlin, Germany
Opening address
How Can We Deal with Risks from the Internet? Why privacy legislation is hot now
Professor Peter P. Swire
C. William O'Neill Professor of Law, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio;
Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress, Washington, D.C., USA
Monday, October 17, 2011
Conference Venue:
Cannon House Office Building
9:00 am Plenary Session
Welcome Addresses
Professor Dieter Feddersen
Member of the Board, Dräger Foundation, Lübeck, Germany
Dr. Torsten Bahke
Director, DIN (German Institute for Standardization), Berlin, Germany
Arthur E. Cote
Chairman of the Board, American National Standards Institute (ANSI), Washington, D.C., USA
Steve Williams
President, GABC; Director for Europe and Eurasia, Lockheed Martin, Arlington, VA, USA
9:20 - 10:30 am Keynotes
International Harmonization of IPR – The U.S. Invitation
David Kappos
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property, United States Department of Commerce; Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Protecting critical infrastructures - How to reduce public and private vulnerabilities
Professor Gerd Neubeck
Chief Security Officer, Deutsche Bahn AG, Berlin, Germany
Dr. Terry Gudaitis
Director, Cyveillance, Inc., Fairfax, VA, USA
Discussion
Moderator:
Dr. Ulf Gartzke
Director Washington Office, Hanns-Seidel-Foundation,
Washington, D.C., USA
10:30 - 11:00 am Coffee break
11:00 am - 12:30 pm Panel Discussion
New Technologies and the ‘Privacy versus Security’ Debate
Panelists:
Jörg Asma
Partner, KPMG AG, Cologne, Germany
Professor Marc Rotenberg
President & Executive Director, Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC); Professor, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C., USA
Klaus-Peter Statz
President & CEO, Deutsche Telekom, Inc., New York, NY, USA
Moderator:
Dr. Benno Bunse
President & CEO, German American Chamber of Commerce, Inc.,
New York, NY, USA
12:30 pm Walk to the Afternoon Conference Venue
Convention Center, Capitol Hill
1:00 - 2:15 pm Lunch
2:30 - 4:30 pm Transatlantic Cooperation in IT, IP and Supply Chain Security – The Value of Common Standards and Legal Views
Parallel Breakout Sessions I-IV
Breakout Session I
IT and Corporate Security
Topics to be discussed:
- Industrial espionage and organized cyber crime – which companies are targets for cyber space attacks?
- How are attacks planned, carried out, and backtracked? Challenges and potentials for IT security companies
- Future technologies against cyber attacks
- Risk analysis and risk management
- Needs, potentials and limits for government regulations and international cooperation, information sharing, early warning systems
- IT norms and standards for competition and quality
- Technological innovations and transatlantic cooperation
- Embedded security
- International legal requirements
Chair:
Dr. Johannes Bohnen
Founder & Partner, Bohnen Kallmorgen & Partner, Public Affairs, Berlin, Germany
Speakers:
Larry Clinton
President & CEO, Internet Security Alliance, Arlington, VA, USA
Dr. Sandro Gaycken
Researcher, Institute of Computer Science, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Hans von Sommerfeld
Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI), Chair of GI Special Interest Group IT Security – Protection and Reliability Evaluation, Certification, Quality and Standards, Berlin, Germany
Jody R. Westby
CEO, Global Cyber Risk LLC, Washington, D.C., USA
Breakout Session II
Protecting IPR – Recent Trends in Copyright & Trade Mark Law
Topics to be discussed:
• How are intellectual property rights protected internationally?
• Licenses and economic sanctions
• Do we need new legal regulations?
• TRIPs and WTO dispute settlement – sufficient safeguards against IPR violations through cyber attacks?
• Transatlantic harmonization of security standards and cooperation
• • U.S. agreement between Internet Service Providers and creative industries: best practice example for fight against copyright infringers in Germany?
Chair:
Peter S. Rashish
Vice President, Europe and Eurasia, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Washington, D.C., USA
Speakers:
Dr. Matthias Leonardy
CEO, Gesellschaft zur Verfolgung von Urheberrechtsverletzungen e.V. (German Federation against Copyright Theft), Berlin, Germany
Gerard J. Lewis, Jr.
Vice President, Deputy General Counsel & Chief Privacy Officer, Comcast Cable, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Anthony V. Lupo
Lawyer & Partner, Arent Fox LLP, Washington, D.C., USA
Albert Tramposch
Administrator for Policy and External Affairs, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Washington, D.C. USA
Breakout Session III
Recent Trends in Patent Law – Chances for Transatlantic Cooperation
Topics to be discussed
- ‘Inventive step’ and ‘non-obviousness’: patentability requirements in the EU and in the USA
- Economic impacts of developments in patent law
- Interdependence between patent law and innovation policy
- IPR policies in the standardization process
Chair & Rapporteur:
The Honorable Robert Stoll
Commissioner for Patents, United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Alexandria, VA, USA
Speakers:
Professor John F. Duffy
Oswald Symister Colclough Research Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School, Washington, D.C., USA
Prof. Dr. Heinz Goddar
Partner, Boehmert & Boehmert, Munich, Germany; Honorary Professor for Intellectual Property, University of Bremen, Germany
Nicholas P. Godici
Executive Advisor, Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP; former Commissioner for Patents, USPTO, Falls Church, VA, USA
MinDirig Dr. Rainer Jäkel
Deputy Director-General for Innovation and Technology Policy and Strategy, Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi), Berlin, Germany
Gina Vetere
Executive Director, International Intellectual Property, Global Intellectual Property Center, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Washington, D.C., USA
Breakout Session IV
Supply Chain Security
Topics to be discussed
- Securing freight containers in international transport
- Interoperability in hard- and software interfaces
- Sensor technology and RFID could help if harmonised
- How to overcome the lack of harmonisation and standardisation for equipment and requirements
- Public-private partnership
- Commercial acceptability of solutions
Chair & Rapporteur:
Wolfgang Pordzik
Executive Vice President, Deutsche Post DHL, Washington, D.C., USA
Speakers:
Edna M. Conway
Chief Security Strategist, Global Value Chain, Cisco Systems Inc, Merrimack, NH, USA
William G. Raisch
Director, International Center for Enterprise Preparedness (InterCEP), New York University, New York, NY, USA
Adam W. Salerno
Director, National Security and Emergency Preparedness, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Washington, D.C., USA
Arne Schönbohm
Schönbohm Consulting and CEO, BSS BuCET Shared Services AG, Munich, Germany
6:30 pm
Reception and Dinner on invitation of the German Embassy
Residence of the German Ambassador to the United States
Dr. Peter Ammon
1800 Foxhall Road, NW
Washington, D.C. 20007
Dinner Address
Civil Security in Transatlantic Relations – Reconciling Differences in Perceptions, Concepts, and Requirements
Dr. Christian Ehler, MEP
Member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, the Subcommittee on Security and Defence, European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium;Chairman of the Board, German European Security Association (GESA e. V.), Potsdam, Germany
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Conference Venue:
Cannon House Office Building
9:00 - 10:00 am Plenary Session
Reports from the Breakout Sessions
Moderator:
Gary W. Kushnier
Vice President, International Policy, American National Standards Institute (ANSI), Washington, D.C., USA
Reports from:
Dr. Johannes Bohnen (Breakout Session I)
Founder & Partner, Bohnen Kallmorgen & Partner, Berlin, Germany
Dr. Tim H. Stuchtey (Breakout Session II)
Managing Director, BIGS – Brandenburgisches Institut für Gesellschaft und
Sicherheit (Brandenburg Institute for Society and Security), Potsdam, Germany
The Honorable Robert Stoll (Breakout Session III)
Commissioner for Patents, United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Alexandria, VA, USA
Wolfgang Pordzik (Breakout Session VI)
Executive Vice President for Corporate Public Policy, Deutsche Post DHL, Washington, D.C., USA
10:00 am - 11:15 pm Panel Discussion
New Strategies against Cyber Attacks and Room for Transatlantic Cooperation
Panellists:
Andreas Ebert
Head of Information Security, RWE AG, Essen, Germany
Kristen Miller
Lead Privacy Strategist, MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA, USA
Gregory T. Nojeim
Director of the Project on Freedom, Security and Technology, Center for Democracy & Technology, Washington, D.C., USA
Moderator: Fred B. Irwin
President, American Chamber of Commerce in Germany, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
11:15 - 11:45 am Coffee break
11:45 - 1:00 pm Closing Keynotes
A Cyberspace Policy Review – Challenges, Progress, Setbacks
Melissa Hathaway
President, Hathaway Global Strategies LLC; Former White House Official, Head of Cyberspace Policy Review, Washington, D.C., USA
From the Hacker's Insider Knowledge: How to Secure Networks from Cyber Attacks?
Jeffrey Moss
Founder, Black Hat and DEFCON; Vice President and Chief Security Officer, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN); Adviser, Department of Homeland Security, Seattle, WA, USA
Moderator:
Dr. Jackson Janes
Executive Director, AICGS, Washington, D.C., USA
1:00 pm Farewell
Dr. Torsten Bahke
Director, DIN (German Institute for Standardization), Berlin, Germany
Professor Dieter Feddersen
Member of the Board, Dräger Foundation, Lübeck, Germany
1:15 pm Walk to the Lunch Venue
Capitol Building
1:30 - 2:30 pm Lunch and End of the Conference
3:00 pm Optional guided tour of the Spy Museum
800 F Street, NW
Washington, D.C., 20004
“Nothing Is What It Seems" - Join us on an exciting tour at the "Cyberwar Gallery.”
"Weapons of Mass Disruption" is one of the most breathtaking exhibits of the "International Spy Museum" in Washington, DC.
Witness how a team of cyber spies, terrorists, or criminals armed with weapons no more sinister than common laptops can turn power lines into battle lines.
Executive Director and CIA Veteran Peter Earnest will welcome you in person followed by a guided tour. Don't miss this unforgettable event!