THE 25TH ANNUAL
HIGH TECHNOLOGY TAX INSTITUTE

SESSION MATERIALS

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

• Impact of Economic Recession on Audits and Tax Compliance
  PATRICIA CHABACK, LMSB - INDUSTRY DIRECTOR FOR COMMUNICATIONS, TECHNOLOGY & MEDIA - INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
  ELI J. DICKER, CHIEF TAX COUNSEL - TAX EXECUTIVES INSTITUTE, INC.
  LARRY LANGDON, PARTNER - MAYER BROWN LLP
   

• Clean and Green - Opportunities for High Tech Companies
  GREG BROOME, PARTNER - WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
  JOHN GIMIGLIANO, PRINCIPAL - KPMG
  ALYSSA PLICKA, PARTNER - PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS
  BARRY SLIVINSKY, VICE PRESIDENT TAX - ADOBE SYSTEMS
   

• Cost Sharing and Buy-in Payments - What's New
  DAVID BOWEN, PRINCIPAL - GRANT THORNTON
  JOHN PETERSON, PARTNER - BAKER & MCKENZIE
   

• What's New in Compensation Issues and Planning
  ELLIE KEHMEIER, TAX DIRECTOR - DELOITTE
  BUFF MILLER, PARTNER - COOLEY GODWARD KRONISH LLP
   

• Avoiding Surprises in the Contract Manufacturing Regulations
  MICHAEL A. DIFRONZO, IRS DEPUTY ASSOCIATE CHIEF COUNSEL (INTERNATIONAL - TECHNICAL) - OFFICE OF THE CHIEF COUNSEL
  CHANNING P. FLYNN, PARTNER - ERNST & YOUNG
  DIANA L. HICKEY, PARTNER - BAKER & MCKENZIE
   

• Withholding - How to Do It Right and the Consequences of Mistakes
  DAVID S. KOLB, PRESIDENT - GLOBAL TAX NETWORK US, LLC
  LORI NICHOLS, DIRECTOR - INTERNATIONAL COMPLIANCE, STRATEGY AND POLICY - INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
  CAROL RUTLEN, PRINCIPAL - RUTLEN ASSOCIATES
   

• FAS 109 in Down and Recovering Economies
  DAVE GAUL, TAX DIRECTOR - CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR
  JOSEPH HOGAN, TAX PARTNER, ERNST & YOUNG LLP
  RICH JOHNSON, TAX PARTNER - PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS
  JEFF SOKOL, TAX PARTNER - DELOITTE
  RUSTY THOMAS, TAX SECTOR LEADER - ELECTRONICS AND SOFTWARE - KPMG LLP
  DAVID YASUKOCHI, CORE TAX SERVICE PARTNER - BDO SEIDMAN LLP
   

• Recessionary Tax and Cash Planning Opportunities
  IVAN HUMPHREYS, PARTNER - WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
  MICHAEL REICHERT, GLOBAL MANAGING TAX PARTNER - HIGH TECHNOLOGY - DELOITTE
  JERRY THOMPSON, VICE PRESIDENT TAX - CORPORATE - INGRAM MICRO
  JIM CARREON, MANAGING DIRECTOR - ALVAREZ & MARSAL TAXAND
  KEVIN ANDERSON, PARTNER - BDO SEIDMAN LLP
   

• International Tax Reform
  BILL BARRETT, CPA
  JOE CALIANNO, PARTNER - GRANT THORNTON
  DAVID FORST, PARTNER - FENWICK & WEST
   

• Consolidated Return Unified Loss Rules
  DANNI DUNN, PARTNER - ERNST & YOUNG LLP
  PAT PELLERVO, PRINCIPAL - WASHINGTON NATIONAL TAX SERVICES - PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS
   

• Federal Domestic and State Tax Updates
  ANNETTE NELLEN, TAX PROFESSOR - SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY
  KIM REEDER, PRINCIPAL - KPMG