Committees & Chairs
Organizational Committees
Please contact the individual chairs of the committees for additional information, or if you are an ITechLaw member interested in joining one of ITechLaw’s organizational committees.
Education Committee
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The Committee oversees ITechLaw’s educational initiatives outside ITechLaw’s North American, Asian and European Conferences, including ITechLaw’s signature CyberSpaceCamp program. |
Co-Chair: Sajai Singh 
Co-Chair: Paulo Brancher
Vice-Chair: Mark PlotkinEuropean Conferences Committee Chair: Christian FrankTaylor Wessing, Munich Isartorplatz 8 Munich D-80331, Germany Tel. + 49 89 210 38 0 Email: c.frank@taylorwessing.com |
The Committee oversees the European Conferences for ITechLaw, held each fall in a different European city. ITechLaw’s European Conferences typically welcome nearly 300 attendees each year, and feature more than 50 industry renowned speakers. |
Global Sponsorship Committee Co-Chair: Robert WeissNeal Gerber & Eisenberg LLP, Chicago Two North LaSalle Street Suite 2200 Chicago, IL 60602, United States Tel. +1 (312) 269 8455 Email: rweiss@ngelaw.com |
The Committee manages the ITechLaw Global Sponsor program. The ITechLaw Global Sponsor program offers organizations marketing opportunities to members of ITechLaw through direct outreach, print and web promotions and ITechLaw conference participation. |
 Co-Chair: Stefan SchickerSKW Schwarz, Munich Wittelsbacherplatz 1 Munich D-80333, Germany Tel. +49 89 28640 232 Email: s.schicker@skwschwarz.de |
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In-House Lawyer/Legal Counsel Committee
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The Committee is comprised of ITechLaw members interested in the unique topics, trends and issues of concern to corporate and in-house counsel. The Committee identifies themes of interest to in house counsel and to understand how best they can benefit from ITechLaw. |
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Chair: Eugene Weitz
Co-Chair: Christian Ringeling
Vice-Chair: Karlyn Stanley
Vice-Chair: Clive DaviesInternational Visiting Associate Program (IVAP) Committee
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The Committee administers ITechLaw’s International Visiting Associate Program, offering IT and telecom lawyers an opportunity for a unique cross-cultural experience for IT and telecom law lawyers by sending lawyers to another law firm for 4 to 10 weeks to gain experience professionally and socially, and to network with other practitioners. |
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 Co-Chair: Sunita JagtianiAmba Research, Bangalore 577, 1st Main, 2nd Cross RMV 2nd Stage, 3rd Block Bangalore 560094 India Email: jagtiani.sr@gmail.com |
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Co-Chair (United States): Jenna Leavitt Pillsbury, Los Angeles 725 South Figueroa Street Suite 2800 Los Angeles, CA 90017 Tel. 213-488-7100 Email: jenna.leavitt@pillsburylaw.com |
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Chair: Ursula Widmer
Co-Chair (Europe): Axel FunkITechLaw Women’s International Network (I-WIN)
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The Committee supports the unique interests and needs of women, providing ample networking and career-boosting educational opportunities including a dedicated online community and regularly held meetings. The I-WIN Committee has successfully endeavored to increase the representation of women members in ITechLaw, and continues to actively recruiting new members from both ITechLaw’s existing membership and the legal community at large. |
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Co-Chair: Susan Barty
Co-Chair: Elizabeth McDougall
Senior Advisor: Sandra JeskieLocal Representatives’ Committee 
Chair: Stephane LemarchandDLA Piper, Paris 15-17 Rue Scribe 75009 Paris, France Tel: +33 (0)1 40 15 24 46 Email: stephane.lemarchand@dlapiper.com |
The primary duty of the ITechLaw Local Representatives’ Committee is to maintain and increase membership in their respective countries, through communication with national members and exchanging ideas on topics of common interest. The Local Representatives are also responsible for organizing roundtable events in their countries. |
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Co-Chair: Robert Weiss Neal Gerber & Eisenberg LLP, Chicago Two North LaSalle Street Suite 2200 Chicago, IL 60602 Tel. +1 (312) 269 8455 Email: rweiss@ngelaw.com |
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Membership Committee
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The Committee monitors the status of ITechLaw membership, and initiates strategies to strengthen and grow ITechLaw membership through various recruitment activities and initiatives. |
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Co-Chair: Jaime Angeles
Law School Liaison: Nefferitti Dieng| Program CommitteeChair: Jenna Leavitt Pillsbury, Los Angeles 725 South Figueroa Street Suite 2800 Los Angeles, CA 90017 Tel. 213-488-7100 Email: jenna.leavitt@pillsburylaw.com |
The Committee oversees ITechLaw’s North American, European and Asian conferences, held annually around the world. |
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Publications Committee
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The Committee is responsible for the editorial oversight of the ITechLaw eNews, a monthly member newsletter, and the ITechLaw eBulletin, ITechLaw’s quarterly publication of in-depth articles on topical technology law issues. |
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Editor, eNews: Matthew Mousley 
eBulletin Co-Editor: Malavika Jayaram
eBulletin Co-Editor: Gabriel Stern|
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Co-Chair: Alan Sutin 
Co-Chair: Priti Suri Social Media Committee
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The Committee is responsible for the oversight of the ITechLaw Substantive Law Committees and Working Groups, including those on Arbitration & Mediation, Data Protection, E-Commerce, Intellectual Property, Outsourcing and Virtual Worlds/Video Games. |
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Co-Chair: Rachel Vaughan
Co-Chair: Stephen WeyerSubstantive Law Committee Chair: Ole Horsfeldt, Gorrissen Federspiel, CopenhagenH.C. Andersens Boulevard 12 Copenhagen, DK-1553 Denmark Tel. +45 33 41 43 65 Email: oho@gorrissenfederspiel.com |
The Committee is responsible for the oversight of the ITechLaw Substantive Law Committees and Working Groups, including those on Arbitration & Mediation, Data Protection, E-Commerce, Intellectual Property, Outsourcing and Virtual Worlds/Video Games. |
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Virtual Worlds & Video Games Working Group Chair: James GattoPillsbury, McLean (VA) McLean VA 22102, United States Tel. 703-770-7754 Email: james.gatto@pillsburylaw.com |
The Committee is responsible for the oversight of the ITechLaw Substantive Law Committees and Working Groups, including those on Arbitration & Mediation, Data Protection, E-Commerce, Intellectual Property, Outsourcing and Virtual Worlds/Video Games. |
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The Committee oversees the direction and substantive content of ITechLaw’s public and member facing websites. The Website Committee most recently added to the public searchable archives of all ITechLaw content, including conference materials, the eNews and the eBulletin. |
Co-Chair: Rajiv PatelFenwick & West LLP, Mountain View 801 California Street Mountain View CA 94041, United States Tel. +1 650 335 7607 Email: rpatel@fenwick.com |
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Co-Chair: Michael Peeters
Co-Chair: Charles Morgan
