PRESENTS A LEGAL AND TAX EVENT: TECHNOLOGY, MEDIA & TELECOMS FORUM ENABLING COUNSEL TO DRIVE THE BUSINESS FORWARD MAY 18 & 19, HOTEL PULLMAN LONDON ST PANCRAS An inaugural, two day sector-specific event, designed in consultation with leading general counsel SUPPORTED BY For registration and marketing enquiries Alicia Sprott [email protected]+44 (0) 207 779 8334 For sponsorship enquiries Madeleine Smith [email protected]+44 (0) 207 779 8766 For speaking enquiries Penny Creed [email protected]+44 (0) 20 7739 3512 HTTP://BITLY.COM/TMTFORUM16 SPONSORED BY
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P R E S E N T S A L E G A L A N D TA X E V E N T:
TECHNOLOGY, MEDIA &T E L E COMS FO R UM
E N A B L I NG COUN S E L T O D R I V E T H E B U S I N E S S F O RWA R D
MAY 1 8 & 1 9 , HO T E L P U L L M AN L ONDON S T PANC R A S
An inaugural, two day sector-specific event, designed in consultation with leading general counsel
S U P PO R T E D B Y
For registration and marketing enquiriesAlicia Sprott
H T T P : / / B I T L Y . C O M / T M T F O R U M 1 6
S PONSOR ED B Y
MAY 18 & 19 HOTEL PULLMAN
LONDON ST PANCRAS
TECHNOLOGY, MEDIA &T E L E COMS FO R UM
INTRODUCTIONIt is imperative internal and external counsel is equipped to understand the ever-chang-ing technological, business and regulatory environment, to offer legal and tax strate-gies that enables the business to diversify and profit from new global opportunities.
For the first time, IFLR, International Tax Review and Managing IP are collaborating tobring you a sector specific event that will look at legal and tax issues from the businessimperative. In-house counsel, private practice and advisers will have an opportunity tocome together, understand market trends in the TMT sector; new technologies; the reg-ulatory landscape – its obstacles and opportunities – and ways to support businessesthrough their next challenges.
Focussing on the single digital market, innovation, data and M&A, this two day eventwill address the following critical questions:
• How can in-house counsel move from being seen as a ‘cost centre’ to more ofa business driver/partner?
• How can you reduce the risks, expense and complication of operating acrossborders?
• How can you monetise and protect your IP? • How can you safeguard your data and profit from it?• Where are the next global opportunities for your business?• Does European Regulation enable TMT champions to compete on a globalscale?
HEAR FROM EXPERIENCED SPEAKERSYou will have the chance to gain insights from:
• Sarah Macdonald, Head of Legal – Consumer and Digital, BT• Matthew Redding, Legal Director, EE• Paul Morton, Head of Tax, RELX Group (formerly Reed Elsevier)• Rubya Ramjahn, Senior Legal Counsel, Commercial, Product & Compliance, Ebay• Harm Oortwijn, Director of International Tax, Paramount Pictures• Mikko Niva, Group Privacy Officer, Vodafone Group• Tom Brown, Director, Head of Legal, PayPal• Glyn Fullelove, Group Tax Director, Informa• Jean-Yves Art, Associate General Counsel, Microsoft• Kristina Barbov, Senior Adviser, Regulatory and Competition Law, EE• …and many more
BENEFITS OFATTENDING• Discuss what role general counselwill play in the future of innovationand where private practice canprovide support
• Analyse recent M&A deals andnew markets within the TMT sectorto pinpoint global opportunitiesand threats
• Determine where to base yourvalue chain for tax and VATpurposes
• Make the most of Big Data anddiscuss how far should yourinvestment in cyber security go?
• Hear from 40+ speakers coveringissues surrounding M&A,intellectual property and tax
MAY 18 & 19 HOTEL PULLMAN
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TECHNOLOGY, MEDIA &T E L E COMS FO R UM
08.30 Registration and coffee
09.00 Welcome by the chair
THE DIGITAL SINGLE MARKET – Chair: Caroline Byrne, Managing Editor, TPWeek
09.10 Presentation: EU plans for the digital single economy• The vision for a single digital market and why we believe it is best for Europe• An update on the open consultation on geo-blocking and other geographically-based restrictions
• EU plans to help organisations safeguard data and transactions • Plans to modernise copyright law• How we propose to simplify VAT• Would a British exit from the EU change our strategy?
Jacqueline Minor, Head of Representation in theUnited Kingdom, European Commission
09.30 Panel: Does current European regulation enable European TMT champions to competeon a global scale?
• What are European regulators doing to help TMT organisations compete with thelikes of Google and Amazon and what could they be doing?
• Europe as an innovation hub, how the regulatory environment competes withSilicon Valley for new product development
• Geo-blocking – an opportunity or a threat? • Net neutrality – Body of European Regulators of Electronic Communications(BEREC) guidelines and how they will be translated nationally
Jacqueline Minor, Head of Representation in theUnited Kingdom, European Commission
Eva Krogh, former Head of Legal & SMECompetition Law, EMEA, Dell
Jean-Yves Art, Assistant General Counsel,Microsoft
Chris Harding, Forum Director, The Open Group
10.20 Refreshment break
10.40 Panel: What can we do to reduce the risks and expense of operating across borders?• What do we see as the biggest risks of embracing a single digital economy? • What can we do to mitigate these risks?
Tommaso Panico, Head of Northern Region & LegalDirector, Colt Technology Services Group
Joel Cooper, Co-Head International Transfer PricingGroup, DLA Piper
Owen O’Hagan, Deputy Group Tax Director, Informa
11.30 Panel: Where should we base our value chain? • The OECD’s Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) Action Plan • How to tax at consumption, given that there is no concept of registering just forVAT purposes – will EU draft regulations help?
• Rules to cover EU taxation of electronically supplied services• What price should we put on the PR or rate shopping? • OECD recommendations to changes in ‘Patent Box’ preferential tax rate for inno-vation – which jurisdictions have made the change?
Jukka Karjalainen, Head of BusinessTransformations, Baker & McKenzie
Paul Morton, Head of Tax, RELX GroupHarm Oortwijn, Director of International Tax,
Paramount PicturesDavid Campkin, Group Tax Director, BBC
12.40 Lunch
DAY ONE AGENDA
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DAY ONE AGENDA CONTINUEDINNOVATION – Chair: James Nurton, Managing Editor, Managing IP
13.40 Panel: Tomorrow’s world: What do we need to be ready for?• The future of the technology industry as it splinters into all industries • As millennials increasingly stream media on demand, will television channels aswe know them soon become obsolete?
• Are we likely to see a patent war in the wearable industry similar to the one seenin the mobile industry?
• What will be the likely take-up of mobile payment technology? What risks do mobiletransactions pose?
• How far will Bitcoin go as a currency? • Where will the Internet of Things (IoT) lead us in terms of product development? • Blockchain – the new internet? • What likely products and services will result from Google and co.’s investment into artificial intelligence?
• eHealth as an opportunity
Joachim Fleury, Partner, Clifford ChanceMatthew Redding, Director, EEDónall Crehan, General Counsel, all3mediaFiona Morris, Senior Director, Legal Services,
Accenture
14.30 Panel: The role of counsel in innovation• What does it mean to be a tech lawyer? • What does a new product or business need from us?• Are lawyers too risk adverse? • Ensuring you’re part of the conversation: Do we need to do more to gain the trustof the business?
• Uber, Airbnb and Pinterest advertised their incompliance with federal rules: Howfar will disruptive innovation take us?
• Where private practice can support business
Nuno Peres Alves, Partner, Morais Leitão GalvãoTeles Soares da Silva & Associados
Sarah Macdonald, Head of Legal – Consumerand Digital, BT
Tom Brown, Head of Legal, PayPalTina Sany-Davies, General Counsel, Bauer MediaPavel Klimov, General Counsel, UnisysNayeem Syed, Assistant General Counsel,Financial & Risk, Thomson Reuters
15.30 Refreshment break
15.50 Panel: Protecting, managing and licensing IP• How can we best manage our IP portfolio?• Strategies to best protect IP
❍ In the wider sense given discoverability of IP now❍ Safeguarding the business through collaborations and partnerships
• Examining the benefits of patent pools to generate licensing revenue• Identifying the advantages and drawbacks of business models across differentjurisdictions
• What could the future look like for standards essential patent licensing?
Daniel Hermele, Senior Director and LegalCounsel, Qualcomm
Michael Loch, Head of Intellectual Property, GSMASimone Ferrara, Director of IP & Legal Affairs,
V-NovaRoya Ghafele, Director, OxFirst & Oxford University
16.40 Panel: The Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court: Technology Focus • Update on the recent decisions of the Preparatory Committee: Considerations forIT & technology sector
• A practical guide to making the best use of the court and mitigating costs • Should we opt out of our European Patents in light of the UPC?• Do the benefits of litigating in the UPC outweigh the increased costs and risks?
James Nurton, Managing Editor, Managing IPNayeem Syed, Assistant General Counsel, Financial& Risk, Thomson Reuters
Pete Wilson, Senior Patent Attorney, BT
17.30 Close of day one and networking drinks reception
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DAY TWO AGENDA09.00 Registration and coffee
09.30 Welcome by the chair
DATA – Chair: Vicki Taylor, Group Event Director, Euromoney Legal Media Group
09.40 Panel: How do we safeguard our data? • Cyber security: What can we learn from the Sony and TalkTalk data breaches • How far should our investment in cyber security go? What do we need to do toprotect ourselves from litigation?
• Where should we store our data and how can we ensure our cloud/VOIPproviders and outsourcing partners protect our data sovereignty?
• New safe harbour agreements – controlling data flows • How will the internet of things impact cyber security?• New government surveillance laws in light of increased national security risks
Jane Finlayson-Brown, Partner, Allen & OveryMikko Niva, Group Privacy Officer, Vodafone
GroupMicah Thorner, General Counsel, Ingenico e-
PaymentsAnca Plovie, Global Regulatory Counsel, SeniorLegal Counsel, Nokia
10.40 Panel: Are we making the most of our data? • Advertising media trends and ethics: How far can we go with data collection andtargeted promotion? Are perceptions changing on privacy?
• The value of the Internet of Things (IoT)• Utilising big data to drive business decisions and improve tax compliancy • Can we put a value on data? If so, can it be taxed?
Begüm Yavuzdoğan Okumuş, ManagingAssociate, Gün + Partners
Glyn Fullelove, Group Tax Director, InformaMichael Blakeley, Group Compliance Officer andData Protection Officer, MTG
Frank Madden, Legal Adviser - Data Protection,Legal & Commercial, Fujitsu
11.30 Refreshment break
M&A – Chair: Tim Wakefield, Managing Director, IFLR
11.50 Presentation: TMT market trends• Consolidation of the European telecoms market• Quad-play and the convergence of tech, telecoms and media• Likely effects of regulation on M&A market activity• Deal activity in emerging areas like IoT and blockchain• Chinese interest in TMT businesses in Europe• Deals on the horizon
James Walsh, partner, King & Wood Mallesons
12.20 Panel: Mergers, acquisitions and new markets • What can we learn from recent deals such as BT's takeover of EE and Hutchison'sacquisition of O2?
• Raising capital • Predicting the potential tax impact of proposed M&A• After the deal, when the GC is traditionally left holding the baby, what issues mustwe be prepared for?
• Securitising income streams to aid infrastructure investments
Robin Brown, Vice President, Colt Data CentreServices
Carin Eijgenberger, Director, Structured Finance -Telecom, Media and Technology, ING Bank
13.10 Lunch
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DAY TWO AGENDA CONTINUEDM&A CONTINUED
14.10 Panel: Global opportunities and threats• What life is like in the emerging markets now • Africa as an opportunity • How transplantable is European tech to African markets? • Reducing the risks of corruption when working in a less regulated market • Scope for infrastructure disposals• Case study: Successfully moving into Africa
• Don’t ignore China• Opportunities in the European Telecoms market
Nina Triantis, Managing Director, Global Headof Telecoms, Standard Bank
David Melville, General Counsel, SmartmaticRubya Ramjahn, Senior Legal Counsel,Commercial, Product & Compliance, eBay
15.00 Panel: Competition law• Why the EU is scrutinising mergers (particularly in telecoms) • Are we likely to see more demands for structural separation?• Interaction between industry regulators and competition authorities during investi-gations
• Engaging with the regulators and presenting the business case
Mark Powell, Partner, White & CaseAndrea Coscelli, Executive Director, Markets &Mergers, Competition and Markets Authority
Jason Logendra, Senior Legal Advisor, Sky UK
15.50 Conference Summary – Highlights and take-aways
16.00 Close of Forum
TOTAL
Booking fee General counsel, IP coun-sel, heads of M&A, taxexecutives
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