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ATLANTA
2002 ANNUAL MEETING
AGENDA
OVERVIEW
(as
of 09/23/02)
THURSDAY,
OCTOBER 3
| 9:00
- 1:00 PM | Board
of Directors Meeting | | 1:00
- 3:00 PM | Latin
America/Caribbean Regional Meeting |
|
Presiding:
Speaker: | Francisco
Gonzalez (Miami, Florida)
Bruce Turkel, Turkel
Schwartz & Partners
|
| 2:30
- 3:00 PM | First-Time
Attendees Orientation | | Presiding: | Norman
Underwood, Chair (Georgia)
J. Phil Carlton, CEO |
| 3:30
- 4:00 PM | Welcoming
Remarks | | Address
by: | Thurbert
Baker, Attorney General
State of Georgia |
| 4:00
- 5:30 PM | Opening
General Session -
Government Relations Panel Discussion |
| Presiding:
Moderator:
Panelists: | Norman
Underwood, Chair (Georgia)
Pete Robinson (Georgia)
Jack Friou, Senior
Vice President, AFLAC
Barry Murphy, Senior
Manager of State Government Affairs, Microsoft
Corporation
Kevin Riordan, Manager of State Government Relations, General
Electric Corporation | | 5:30
- 7:30 PM | State
Capital Group Reception at the Ritz-Carlton |
| 6:30
PM | Dutch-Treat
Dinners
The State Capital Group has made reservations at 6 local restaurants
- be sure to sign up at the Registration Desk on Thursday afternoon! |
FRIDAY,
OCTOBER 4
| 8:30
- 10:00 AM | General
Session -
"How Businesses Buy Legal Services: What Inside Counsel Want" |
|
Presiding:
Speaker: | Norman
Underwood, Chair (Georgia)
Larry Smith, Director of Business Development
Levick Strategic Communications
|
| 10:00
- 11:00 AM | Roll
Call of the States, Provinces and Countries |
| Presiding: | J.
Gaylord Armstrong, Vice-Chair (Texas) |
| 11:00
- 12:00 PM | Practice
Section Meetings (concurrent sessions): |
| Public
Utilities, Energy & Communications |
|
Presiding:
Speaker: | David
Marvin (Michigan)
A representative of Mirant
Corporation | |
Business
Law | |
| Presiding:
Speakers: | Jim
Leet (California)
Hank Slauson, CEO, Flex-A-Seal |
| 12:00
- 1:30 PM | Lunch
Program: | | Presiding:
Speaker: | Norman
Underwood, Chair (Georgia)
Frank Fernandez, Executive Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary of The Home Depot |
| 1:30
- 2:30 PM | Practice
Section Meetings (concurrent sessions): |
| Commercial
Transactions Law | | Presiding:
Speaker: | Peter
Raymond (New York City)
Larry Smith, Levick
Strategic Communications | | Healthcare/Insurance
Law | | Presiding:
Speaker: | Heidi
Hamman Shakely (Pennsylvania)
John Oxendine, Georgia Insurance Commissioner |
| 2:45
- 3:45 PM | Practice
Section Meetings (concurrent sessions): |
| Environmental
Law | | Presiding:
Speaker: | Wally
Arts (Wisconsin)
Bob Wilson (Texas)
Lorie Schmidt, Deputy Assistant Administrator,
Environmental Protection Agency |
| | Tax
Law | | | Presiding:
Speaker: | Fred
Robinson (Washington)
Todd Helvie, Vice President, Corporate Tax
Delta
Air Lines, Inc. | | 4:00
- 5:00 PM | Practice
Section Meetings (concurrent sessions): |
| Intellectual
Property |
|
Presiding: Speakers: | Barbara
Gall (Colorado)
Virgil Johnson (Nebraska)
Schuyla Goodson-Bell, Trademark
Counsel, The Coca-Cola Company
Shawn
Williams, Intellectual Property - Litigation Counsel, GE
Power Systems | | Labor
& Employment | | Presiding:
Speaker: | Penny
Hobbs (Texas)
Gloria Cheatham, Legal Counsel,
Georgia-Pacific |
| 6:30
- 11:00 PM | Reception
and Dinner at Capital City Club |
| Keynote
Address: | United
States Senator Zell Miller |
| Reception
Sponsor: | Troutman
Sanders LLP | SATURDAY,
OCTOBER 5
| 9:00
- 9:15 AM | Meeting
of the Voting Representatives |
|
Presiding: |
Norman Underwood,
Chair (Georgia) | | 9:15
- 9:30 AM | General
Business Session | | Presiding: | J.
Gaylord Armstrong, Vice-Chair (Texas) |
| - Report
of the Meeting of the Voting Representatives
- Report
of the Board of Directors
- Installation
of New Directors and Officers
|
| 9:30
- 10:30 AM | Regional
Discussion Groups | |
- Northeast
- Southeast
- Midwest
- West
- Europe
- Latin
America/Caribbean
- Asia/Pacific
Rim
| | 10:30
- 12:00 PM | Practice
Section Meetings (concurrent sessions): |
| State
Government Relations - 50-State Political/Legislative Update |
| Presiding:
| J.
Gaylord Armstrong (Texas)
Ed Poliakoff (South Carolina) |
| International |
| Presiding:
Speakers: | Bill
Sellay (Connecticut)
Martijn Steger (Ohio)
Paul Bunting, Vice President - International
ChoicePoint
Catherine O'Neil, Associate Director, Organized
Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force,
U.S. Department of Justice |
| 12:00
- 1:30 PM | Lunch
Program and Adjournment | | Presiding: | Norman
Underwood, Chair (Georgia) | | Speaker: | Harry
C. McPherson
Former Counsel to President Lyndon B. Johnson
Author of "A
Political Education: A Washington Memoir"
Member of Verner
Liipfert Bernhard McPherson and Hand | |
