This conference consisted of a concentrated one-day exploration of cutting edge legal, business, and technology issues for Cloud and Big Data.
See below for a full agenda as well as conference materials for each session.
Agenda
8:30 - 8:45 a.m.
Welcome and Introduction to the Day
- Louisa Barash, Program Co-Chair, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine
- Mark Mildenberger, Program Co-Chair, Associate General Counsel, Amazon
- Melanie Morgan, Program Co-Chair, Senior Vice President Legal, Concur Technologies, Inc.
- Frank Morrow, Program Co-Chair, Assistant General Counsel, Microsoft
8:45 - 9:15 a.m.
Keynote Address
- Bill Richter, Venture Partner, Madrona Venture Group, former President of the Isilon Storage Division of EMC
9:15 -10:00 a.m.
Data Sovereignty After the EU Safe Harbor Ruling
An overview of data sovereignty and data localization issues plus a discussion about the changing data protection landscape for companies with customers in the EU. The EU has dramatically changed the landscape for both US and EU companies, and companies are grappling with how to address these changes in their contractual and privacy structures.
- Moderator: Frank Morrow, Assistant General Counsel, Microsoft
- Geff Brown, Assistant General Counsel for Regulatory Affairs, Microsoft
- Dr. Flemming Moos, Partner, Osborne Clarke
- Robert Stankey, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine
10:15 - 11:15 a.m.
Internet of Things - Legal and Tech Issues Arising in an Increasingly Connected World
This panel provided practical real world examples of how IoT companies are already collecting and using data from a myriad of devices and locations.
- Moderator: Dan Waggoner, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine
- Eric Brodersen, President / COO, Impinj
- Ryan Calo, Assistant Professor, School of Law and Assistant Professor (by courtesy), Information School Faculty, Co-Director, Tech Policy Lab, University of Washington
- Ian McKerlich, President Zonar Systems
11:15 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Finding a Profitable Niche
Emerging company perspectives on the cloud and big data. Where are the opportunities? What is the competitive landscape? Leading technology entrepreneurs discussed what it takes to make it in the cloud.
- Moderator: Louisa Barash, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine
- Dudley Carr, General Manager, Moz Local
- Heather Redman, VP Business Ops and GC, Indix Corporation & Founder and Director, Summit Power Group
1:15 - 2:15 p.m.
Domain Names and All That
In 2016, the US NTIA is expected to transition its historic stewardship role to ICANN, the organization responsible for managing the Internet’s domain name system. The transition includes developing a governance system with new mechanisms to hold ICANN accountable to the global multi-stakeholder community. This change comes at a time of dramatic expansion of the DNS with hundreds of new top level domains delegated. This panel examined the new structure and its impact on the Internet ecosystem in key areas including trademarks and brands, dispute resolution, and operational stability.
- Moderator: Paul Mitchell, General Manager, Technology Policy, Microsoft
- Veni Markovski, Vice President, Global Stakeholder Engagement, ICANN
- Denise Michel, Domain Name System Strategy & Management, Facebook
- Audrey Plonk, Director, Global Cybersecurity and Internet Governance Policy, Intel Corporation
2:15 - 3:15 p.m.
Cloud Coverage and Continuity
As more mission-critical business functions move to the cloud, how do companies ensure continuous access? Litigation and transactional perspectives on ensuring access to mission critical services and data in the cloud. Termination, transitions, vendor-lock-in, e-discovery, and document retention and responding to government document requests were explored by experienced practitioners with stories from the front-lines.
- Moderator: Mark Mildenberger, Associate General Counsel, Amazon
- Laura Buckland, Vice President and Chief Litigation Counsel, T-Mobile
- Tanya Forsheit, Partner, BakerHostetler
- John Morrow, EVP, Corporate Development, General Counsel and Secretary, Apptio
3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Industry Insight - Financial Services, Healthcare, and Retail
How do cloud and big data issues vary across industries? Commonalities and differences were explored by a panel of experts in the financial services, healthcare, and retail industries.
- Moderator: Wendy Kearns, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine
- Rob Arnold, Executive Chairman, TransformativeMed
- Deidre Runnette, General Counsel, zulilly
4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Practicum
How do the largest cloud vendors in the world seek to find balance in drafting and negotiating key clauses in cloud contracts? Where can parties on both sides of the table be flexible, and where are the deal-breakers? Security and data usage/data breach clauses and other key contract provisions were discussed in this panel.
- Moderator: Louisa Barash, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine
- Andy Christensen, Assistant General Counsel, Microsoft
- Tanya Forsheit, Partner, BakerHostetler
- Mark Mildenberger, Associate General Counsel, Amazon