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Published: Feb. 27, 2002 at 3:45 PM
By United Press International

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EVENTS ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2002

TIME: All Day

EVENT: FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION holds a meeting on economic perspectives on Intellectual property, competition and innovation.

AGENDA: Highlights:

9:30 a.m. -- Economic and Other Perspectives on Patent Standards and Procedures

Joseph Farrell, Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley, and Chair, Competition Policy Center

Justin Hughes, Visiting Professor of Law, University of California, Los Angeles

Robert P. Merges, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Distinguished Professor of Law and Technology, and Director, Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, University of California, Berkeley

1 p.m. - Business Perspectives on Patents: Hardware and Semiconductors

Robert Barr, Vice President, Worldwide Patent Counsel, Cisco Systems, Inc.

Peter N. Detkin, Vice President, Legal and Government Affairs and Assistant General Counsel, Intel Corporation

Stephen P. Fox, Associate General Counsel and Director, Intellectual Property, Hewlett-Packard Company

Bronwyn H. Hall, Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley

Julie Mar-Spinola, Chief Litigation and Intellectual Property Counsel, Atmel Corporation

Joel Poppen, Associate General Counsel, Litigation and Licensing, Micron Technology, Inc.

Desi Rhoden, President and Chief Executive Officer, Advanced Memory International, Inc.

Frederick J. Telecky, Jr., Senior Vice President and General Patent Counsel, Texas Instruments

DATE: February 28, 2002

LOCATION: Room 432, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-326-2180

WEB ADDRESS: ftc.gov

TIME: All Day

EVENT: US DEPARTMENT OF LABOR presents the 2002 National Summit on Retirement Savings.

AGENDA: Highlights:

9:25 am - 9:50 a.m. - Secretary Elaine L. Chao

12:40 pm - 1 p.m. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan

DATE: February 28, 2002

LOCATION: Capital Hilton Hotel, 16th and K Streets NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: Kate Whitman, 202-693-4650

WEB ADDRESS: dol.gov/dol/media/webcast/main.htm

TIME: 8:30 a.m.

EVENT: RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY holds a program featuring Paolo Ielo Deputy Prosecutor, Penal Court of Milan "Clean Hands": What Can Italy Teach the Post-Soviet World About Dealing with Politics and Organized Crime.

DATE: February 28, 2002

LOCATION: 1201 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-457-6949

WEB ADDRESS:rferl.org

TIME: 9 a.m.

EVENT: NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Research Council is holding a forum to discuss how lessons learned from natural disasters can better prepare authorities for dealing with the aftermath of terrorism.

WHO: The speakers are:

Eric Noji, senior medical officer and liaison to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from the White House Office of Homeland Security, Washington, D.C.

John Hansen, former assistant fire chief in Oklahoma City, Okla.

DATE: February 28, 2002

LOCATION: 2100 C St., N.W, Washington, DC

CONTACT: 202-334-2138

WEB ADDRESS:nas.edu

Topics: Alan Greenspan, Kate Whitman
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