THE 23RD ANNUAL
HIGH TECHNOLOGY TAX INSTITUTE

SESSION MATERIALS
(combined presentations linked to titles; individual presentations linked to speaker names)

• International High Technology U.S. Tax Current Developments
  JIM FULLER, PARTNER - FENWICK & WEST
   

• Tax Accounting under FAS 123R:  Implementation and Insanity
  DEAN KAMAHELE, TAX PRINCIPAL - KPMG
  ELLIE KEHMEIER, TAX DIRECTOR - DELOITTE TAX LLP
  WENDY PEREZ, PARTNER, ERNST & YOUNG
  TERRY SPIDELL, SENIOR MANAGER - PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS
   

• Virtual Workers & Real Tax Issues
  JOHN MCLEARIE, INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE SERVICES PRINCIPAL - KPMG
  ALLAN SMITH, PARTNER - GRANT THORNTON
   

• Convertible Debt Instruments: Old Rules With New Challenges & Questions
  DAVID L. FORST, TAX PRACTICE GROUP LEADER - FENWICK & WEST
  EILEEN C. MARSHALL, PARTNER - WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
   

• FIN 48 Best Practices
  JOHN P. BASSEER, PARTNER - ERNST & YOUNG
  GLEN KOHL, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT - TAX AND TREASURY - ELECTRONIC ARTS
  JEFF SOKOL, PARTNER - DELOITTE TAX LLP
  ANDREA PERETZ, TAX DIRECTOR - PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS
  RUSTY THOMAS, PARTNER -KPMG
   

• Federal Tax Controversy
  LARRY R. LANGDON, PARTNER - MAYER BROWN
  MARIA HWANG, Director Field Operations West - CTM Industry - IRS
  DEBORAH NOLAN, LMSB COMMISSIONER - IRS
  DIANE RYAN, DIRECTOR OF TECHNICAL SERVICES, APPEALS - IRS
  DAVID B. ROBISON, SENIOR ADVISOR - TAX RESOLUTION STRATEGIES - SKADDEN ARPS
   

• Foreign Hot Topics
  JOHN HARRINGTON, INTERNATIONAL TAX COUNSEL - U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
  FRED JOHNSON, MANAGING DIRECTOR - KPMG
  STEWART R. LIPELES, PARTNER - BAKER & MCKENZIE LLP
  RON SAAKE, TAX PARTNER - DELOITTE
   

• Getting Credit Where Credit is Due
  MICHAEL GOLDBAS, PRINCIPAL - DELOITTE TAX LLP
  HOON LEE, DIRECTOR - BDO SEIDMAN
   

• Section 409A - Are We There Yet?
  PETER CAMPAGNA
  PETE KLINGER, SENIOR DIRECTOR - BDO SEIDMAN
  BUFF MILLER, PARTNER - COOLEY GODWARD KRONISH LLP
   

• International Corporate Philanthropy
  BETSY BUCHALTER ADLER, PRINCIPAL - SILK, ADLER & COLVIN
  JANET WONG, PARTNER - KPMG; International Corporate Grantmaking
  MICHAEL YUTRZENKA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CISCO SYSTEMS FOUNDATION; DIRECTOR, PUBLIC BENEFIT INVESTMENT - CISCO SYSTEMS
   

• M&A - Planning for the Successful M&A
  ROBIN CHESLER, PARTNER - BAKER & MCKENZIE LLP
  PETER DENWOOD, PARTNER - BAKER & MCKENZIE LLP
  MICHAEL REICHERT, GLOBAL MANAGING TAX PARTNER - TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY - DELOITTE TAX LLP
  MICHAEL F. SOLOMON, PARTNER - FENWICK & WEST
   

• Greening of the Tax Laws
  DAN KOSTENBAUDER, VICE PRESIDENT - TRANSACTION TAXES - HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY
  ANNETTE NELLEN, TAX PROFESSOR - SJSU
   

• Federal &Multistate Tax Update
  ANNETTE NELLEN, TAX PROFESSOR - SJSU;  High Tech Federal & Multistate Tax Update
  BRIAN PEDERSEN, MANAGING DIRECTOR, ALVAREZ & MARSAL TAX LLC
   

• Luncheon Presentation - The Dynamic Global Tax Environment...and what's in store for the U.S.
  MARK WEINBERGER, PARTNER & VICE CHAIRMAN OF TAX SERVICES - ERNST & YOUNG; FORMER ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR TAX POLICY - U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE  TREASURY