THE 24TH 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
   

• Contract Manufacturing and the Branch Rule
  MICHAEL A. DIFRONZO, IRS DEPUTY ASSOCIATE CHIEF COUNSEL (INTERNATIONAL-TECHNICAL) - OFFICE OF THE CHIEF COUNSEL
  DAVID GILL, PARTNER - ERNST & YOUNG
  JOHN PETERSON, PARTNER - BAKER & MCKENZIE
   

• Permanent Establishment
  GARY SPRAGUE, PARTNER - BAKER & MCKENZIE
  RON SAAKE, INTERNATIONAL TAX PARTNER - DELOITTE
   

• Hidden and Possible Future State Tax Liabilities
  ROCKY CUMMINGS, PARTNER - BDO SEIDMAN, LLP
  FERDINAND HOGROIAN, DIRECTOR - PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
   

• Research Credit Ongoing Challenges
  JIM EBERLE, MANAGING DIRECTOR NATIONAL PRACTICE LEADER, FEDERAL - ALVAREZ & MARSAL TAXAND LLP
  MICHAEL GOLDBAS, PRINCIPAL, R&D TAX SERVICES - DELOITTE
   

• Doing Business in China
  JON EICHELBERGER, PARTNER - BAKER & MCKENZIE
  JEFF OLIN, NATIONAL  MANAGING PARTNER-INTERNATIONAL TAX - GRANT THORNTON
  STEPHEN P. SEDLER, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF TAXES & INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION - SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY
   

• Tax Reform - High Tech Friend or Foe?
  BILL BARRETT, VICE PRESIDENT, TAX & TRADE - APPLIED MATERIALS
  ANNETTE NELLEN, PROFESSOR - SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY
   

• Federal Tax Controversy
  MARIA HWANG, DIRECTOR FIELD OPERATIONS, COMMUNICATIONS, TECHNOLOGY & MEDIA INDUSTRY - IRS
  LARRY R. LANGDON, PARTNER - MAYER BROWN LLP
  BARBARA LEONARD, AREA COUNSEL, COMMUNICATIONS, TECHNOLOGY & MEDIA - IRS
  BARRY B. SHOTT, LMSB DEPUTY COMMISSIONER (INTERNATIONAL) - IRS
   

• New Software Business Models and Their Tax Issues
  JON IVERSON, ORACLE
  JEFF LEVENSTAM, PRINCIPAL, INTERNATIONAL TAX SERVICES - ERNST & YOUNG LLP
  PAUL SALLOMI, US TAX INDUSTRY LEADER, TECHNOLOGY - DELOITTE
  RUSTY THOMAS, TAX SECTOR LEADER, ELECTRONICS AND SOFTWARE - KPMG LLP
   

• Foreign Affairs
  PETER D. SKEWES-COX, PARTNER - PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
  KENT WISNER, PRINCIPAL, INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE SERVICES GROUP AND M&A GROUP - KPMG LLP
   

• FAS 141R
  ANDREW CORDONNIER, PARTNER-NATIONAL TAX - GRANT THORNTON
  GREG HUFFAKER, SENIOR DIRECTOR M&A - ORACLE
  MICHAEL REICHERT, GLOBAL MANAGING TAX PARTNER - HIGH TECHNOLOGY - DELOITTE TAX LLP
   

• Federal Domestic Tax Update
  IVAN HUMPHREYS, PARTNER - WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
  BUFF MILLER, PARTNER - COOLEY GODWARD KRONISH LLP
  ANNETTE NELLEN, PROFESSOR - SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY
   

• IFRS & GAAP Convergence
  ERIC L. JOHNSON, TAX ACCOUNTING AND COMPLIANCE DIRECTOR - INTEL
  WENDY PEREZ, TAX PARTNER - ERNST & YOUNG LLP
  NEIL TRAUBENBERG, VP CORPORATE TAX - SUN MICROSYSTEMS
   

• High Tech Accounting
  DAVID FORST, PARTNER - FENWICK & WEST LLP
  DEAN KAMAHELE, PRINCIPLE - KPMG LLP
  SCOTT JACONETTY, TAX PARTNER - BDO SEIDMAN, LLP