Digital Entrepreneurship Symposium Site

West Virginia Law Review and
WVU Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Law Program
Present
“DIGITAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP: INCENTIVES AND LEGAL RISKS”

SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE

March 27, 2009

WELCOME BREAKFAST
WVU Law Center Lobby
8:00 a.m.

March 27, 2009
OPENING REMARKS & INTRODUCTIONS
8:30 a.m.
Dean Joyce E. McConnell
Gabriele Wohl

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
9:00 a.m.
Tim Wu, Columbia Law School

MORNING PANEL 1
9:50 a.m. – 11:05 a.m.
“The Faces of Digital Entrepreneurship”

Candidus Dougherty, Swartz Campbell LLC and Rutgers School of Law – Camden
Joshua Fairfield, Washington & Lee University School of Law
David Lat, founder, AbovetheLaw.com
Moderator:
Caprice L. Roberts, West Virginia University College of Law

BREAK
11:05 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

MORNING PANEL 2
11:15 a.m – 12:30 a.m.
“Law and Regulation in Digital Entrepreneurship”

Ann Bartow, University of South Carolina School of Law
Michael Madison, University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Michael Risch, West Virginia University College of Law
Moderator:
andré d.p. cummings, West Virginia University College of Law

LUNCH
WVU Law Center Lobby
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

LUNCHEON ADDRESS
Introduction:
Tommy Huycke
1:30 p.m. – 2.:00 p.m.
Mark Chandler, Senior Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary of Cisco Systems, Inc.

PANEL 3
2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
“Protecting Intellectual Property in Digital Entrepreneurship”

Chris Holman, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law
Lateef Mtima, Howard University School of Law
Mark Schultz, Southern Illinois University School of Law
Moderator:
John E. Taylor, West Virginia University College of Law

BREAK
3:15 p.m. – 3:25 p.m.

PANEL 4
3:25 p.m. – 4:40 p.m.
“Capitalizing on Digital Entrepreneurship”

Deven Desai, Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Roger Groves, Florida Coastal School of Law
Janet Thompson Jackson, Washburn University School of Law
Moderator:
Anne M. Lofaso, West Virginia University College of Law

CLOSING REMARKS
4:40 p.m. – 4:55 p.m.
Prof. Michael V. Risch, West Virginia University

RECEPTION TO FOLLOW
WVU Law Center Lobby