Digital Divide 2000

DIGITAL DIVIDE 2000:
A Roundtable discussion of industry, financial & political leaders exploring the impact that the Microsoft Anti-Trust Case, Human Genome Project and Telecommunications Mergers will have on the way we do business.

9:00 A.M. Registration & Refreshments Interactive Networking & Exhibitors' Showcase

Master of Ceremonies

Billy Robbins, Esquire, Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P., handles all phases of Intellectual Property Law both domestically and internationally with particular emphasis on China.

SESSION ONE: 10:00 - 10:45 A.M. the Rights and Access to scientific discoveries.

Moderator

Paul Jacobs is a biotechnology reporter for the Los Angeles Times and has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors including two Los Angeles Times Editorial Awards and a National Association of Science Writers, Science in Society Award.

- VISIONARIES -

Dr. Jon Faiz Kayyem, President & CEO, Clinical Micro Sensors Inc., a company whose core technology is in bio-electronic detection of DNA. Clinical Micro Sensors' first DNA detection system should be released in early 2001. A highly distinguished innovator, Dr. Kayyem has received several research awards including the Beckman Institute Research Fellow in Biology.
Dr. Chris Landon, 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 currently developing electronic stethoscopes to integrate in existing telemedicine stations from farm workers in the fields to the first colonists on Mars.
Thomas Newmark, CEO, New Chapter, Inc., one of the most rapidly growing innovative nutritional vitamin companies on the market today. The company's core discovery is an herbal alternative to inhibit COX-2 inflammation, found in arthritis and some forms of cancer. A lifelong science researcher and writer, Mr. Newmark is the co-author of the acclaimed book, "Beyond Aspirin".
Dr. Edward J.A. Pope, Founder and CEO, Solgene Therapeutics, LLC, a private company of MATECH, which manufactures an instrument reference-standard product and has provided contract materials research to corporate clients since 1989. Dr. Pope has written several scientific articles and books and currently owns eight patents.

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