2012 High Tech Tax Institute

Welcome

• Murray Dean (Intel; President -  Santa Clara Valley TEI Chapter)
• Annette Nellen (MST Program Director, San José State University)

International High Technology U.S. Tax Current Developments - here

• Jim Fuller (Partner, Fenwick & West)
  

Breakout A

Business Restructurings — What's Happening and What's New?

• Paul Fahy (Partner, A&L Goodbody)
• Ivan Humphreys (Partner, Wilson Sonsini)
• David P. Hering (Partner, KPMG)
• Rachel D. Kleinberg (Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell)

Breakout B

Indirect Taxes and Emerging Industries

• Kim Reeder (Partner, Reeder Wilson)
• Steve Oldroyd (Director, BDO)
• James D. Robinson (Senior VAT Manager, KPMG)
• William Lasher (Senior Director - Indirect Taxes, eBay Inc.)

Luncheon Speaker

Post-Election Tax Perspectives

• Nick Giordano (Principal, Ernst & Young)

Section 199 — Hardware and Software Issues

• Paul DiSangro (Partner, Mayer Brown)
• Roderick K. "Rod" Donnelly (Partner, Morgan Lewis)
• Rich Shevak (Sr. Manager, Grant Thornton)

The New World of International Examination and Enforcement

• Sergio E. Arellano (Director of International Business Compliance, IRS)
• Kelly Nall (Director - Federal Tax Controversy, Hewlett Packard)
• Deborah M. Nolan (Partner, Ernst & Young; Former Commissioner, IRS LB&I Division
• Don Rath (VP Tax, Symantec)
• Todd Simmens (Partner, BDO)

ASC 740, SEC, UPT and More

• Antonio J. Rebelo (Partner, Ernst & Young)
• Gregory J. Rowley (Partner, PwC)
• Jeff Sokol (Partner, Deloitte)
• Rusty Thomas (Partner, KPMG)

Breakout C

IP Migration

• David Forst (Partner, Fenwick & West)
• John Peterson (Partner, Baker & McKenzie)
• Ben Shreck (Tax Counsel, Tax Executives Institute, Inc.)

Breakout D

IRS Examinations, Appeals and More

• Cheryl P. Claybough (Director of Communications - Technolgy and Media,  IRS LB&I Division)
• Julia M. Kazaks (Partner, Skadden Arps)
• Larry R. Langdon (Partner, Mayer Brown; Former Commissioner LMSB, IRS)
• Laurel Robinson (Area Counsel Attorney, IRS)
  

Luncheon Speaker

IRS International Tax Enforcement

• Sergio E. Arellano (Industry Director - International Business Compliance Industry - LB&I, IRS)
  

Research Tax Credit Developments

• Michael Goldbas (Deloitte)
• Joe Stoddard. (Sr. Manager, Grant Thornton)

What is a Patent Box and Do We Want One?

• Sang Kim (Partner, DLA Piper)
• Kendall B. Fox (Partner, PwC)
• Kent Wisner (Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal Tax)

Federal Domestic and State Tax Updates

• Annette Nellen (Professor, San José State University; Director, San José State University MST Program)
• Jennifer Peterson (Partner, KPMG)