MEMBERS MAKING THE NEWS

June 2001 Newsflash

A Special Message from the Editor:

A Special Message from the Editor: THE TECHNOLINK VISIONARY FORUM 2001, JULY 18Th is just around the corner. Please watch for your announcements on our exciting gathering. We have a distinguished panel of industry leaders who will be discussing the impact of Scientific Innovation, The Energy Crisis, Education and Washington Politics will have on the way we conduct business in the 21st Century. For more information contact: Forte Designs 949.443.4026 or info@fortedesigns.net

LEADERSHIP RECOGNITION

EACH ONE OF OUR INDUSTRY LEADERS HAVE PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN FACILITATING CHANGE IN THEIR DISCIPLINE AREAS.

Ross DeVol - Director to the Office of the Chairman, Milken Institute - is recognized as an expert on the New Economy and authored a nationally acclaimed study entitled "America's High-Tech Economy". Mr. DeVol created the Forbes/Milken cover story "Best Places for Businesses and Careers" and is a frequent guest on national television and radio programs.

David Haight - Vice President/General Manager AT&T Wireless, Los Angeles Division. AT&T Wireless is among the world's premier wireless voice, data and fixed wireless communications companies, serving more than 12.5 million customers, including consumers, businesses and government. AT&T Wireless is at forefront of delivering the new 3G technology in the U.S. -- the next generation of wireless products and services -- in winter of 2001/2002.

Dr. Sabrina Kemeny - CEO and Founder, Photobit Corporation, an industry-leading supplier of CMOS image sensors (cameras-on-a-chip). As co-inventor of the technology that was to form the basis of Photobit's business, she has been the recipient of numerous engineering design awards including the Helena Rubenstein "Outstanding Women in Science" Award.

Chris Landon, M.D. - Director, Pediatric Diagnostic Center, a hub for eight pediatric sub-specialties and a telemedicine project covering over fifty rural family practices spanning three countries. Dr. Landon is developing many innovative devices such as an electronic stethoscope which will integrate existing telemedicine stations with farm workers in the fields or even the first colonist on Mars.

IN THE NEWS UPDATES

TELECOMMUNICATIONS SUPERHIGHWAY INFLUENCES 310 AREA CODE SPLIT

The demand for telecommunications devices and the increase in local phone competition has been rapidly depleting the supply of phone numbers. To extend the life of the area code, the CPUC obtained approval from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to issue telephone numbers in blocks of 1,000 instead of 10,000 to phone companies serving the area. Many telephone companies have indicated that they will soon exhaust their supply of numbers issued to them. As a result on September 21, 2000 the CPUC adopted a plan to split the 310 area code. For more information on the split contact: Joe Susca , Technology Representative, City of Culver City: 310.253.5956

PETER KEZIRIAN recently returned from a fact-finding trip (we reported in our last month newsletter)to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) operations in the Balkans. Sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations and NATO, this mission's initiative was to have the invited Council delegates interact with senior policy and military leaders on transatlantic security issues, including NATO's current operations in the Balkans. Meetings were conducted at NATO headquarters in Brussels and Mons, Belgium. The second half of this Council mission included a dialogue in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina with the U.S. Ambassador, U.S. Agency of International Development (USAID) contractors and the Deputy High Commissioner of the Office of High Representative. The final leg of this effort included observing KFOR, the international military operation in Kosovo.

NICOLE. KRASNY, Litigation Associate, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P, recently shared some insights at a roundtable gathering with the Los Angeles Daily Journal on corporate and litigation trends in California relating to California's Unfair Competition Law delineated by Business & Professions Code ¥ 17200. The statute provides that unfair competition shall mean and include any unlawful, unfair or fraudulent business act or practice and unfair, deceptive, untrue or misleading advertising and any act prohibited by the Business and Professions Code.

Section 17200 may affect businesses in a variety of ways, including the way in which a company incorporates risk-assessment and business strategies into its daily and long-term plans. "When you have a situation where there is no violation of any antitrust law, but the conduct may conceivably be subject to 17200, you are leaving a company in a difficult position of assessing precisely how competitive they can be." For more information on this issue contact Nicole Krasny at 213.892.9200 or e-mail nkrasny@fulbright.com

UPCOMING EVENTS

The TECHNOLINK ASSOCIATION
is a proud supporter of the
National Association Business Economics luncheon
"The Impact of Movie and Television Industry Strikes on the Los Angeles Economy"
with Ross C. DeVol, President NABE, Director to the Chairman, Milken Institute
at OMNI Los Angeles, 251 South Olive St.
Tuesday, June 19, 2001
Registration at 11:30 am. -Lunch at Noon $29.00
RSVP: No later than Friday, June 15, to Faye Carnegie (310) 998-2685 or
E-mail to fcarnegie@milkeninstitute.org
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Editor: Ssusan Forte O'Neill ........Reporter: Julie Miyoshi Shapiro