February 19-20, 2003
Federal Trade Commission
600 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington, DC
Wednesday, February 19, 2003 |
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| 8:30 a.m. | Doors open |
9:00 a.m. |
Welcoming Remarks: Videotaped Remarks: Remarks: |
9:15 a.m. |
Introductory Discussion Moderated by: Steve Bartlett, Chief Executive Officer, Financial Services Roundtable Sitesh Bhojani, Commissioner, Australian Competition & Consumer Commission and President, International Consumer Protection and Enforcement Network Susan Grant, Vice President for Public Policy and Director, National Fraud Information Center/Internet Fraud Watch, National Consumers League |
10:00 a.m. |
Introduction to Panels |
10:15 a.m. |
Panel 1: What are the keys to a successful public/private partnership to fight cross-border fraud? What are the main legal and other obstacles to such cooperation? What can we learn from public/private partnerships in other areas? Moderator: Panelists: Susan Grant, Vice President for Public Policy and Director, National Fraud Information Center/Internet Fraud Watch, National Consumers League Keith Inman, Director, Electronic Enforcement, Australian Securities & Investments Commission Phyllis Schneck, Vice President, Enterprise Services, eCommSecurity, Inc. and Chairman, National Executive Board, InfraGard John Skoglund, Assistant Inspector in Charge, Southwest Division, U.S. Postal Inspection Service – Business Mailing Industry Task Force Joseph Sullivan, Senior Counsel for Rules, Trust and Safety, eBay Inc. Charles Underhill, Senior Vice President Dispute Resolution Division, Council of Better Business Bureaus and Chief Operating Officer, BBBOnLine |
| 11:15 a.m. | Break |
11:30 a.m. |
Panel 2: What is the financial services sector doing to track trends and prevent cross-border frauds that affect consumers? What further steps can the financial services sector pursue, together with law enforcers, to combat crossborder scams such as international lotteries, advance fee loan and credit card schemes, debit card fraud and identity theft? How do such initiatives relate to other antifraud efforts? Moderator: Panelists: John Corbelletta, Director, Fraud Control, Visa U.S.A., Inc. Robert Jones, Director, Operating Risk Management, FleetBoston Financial Corporation and Co-Chair, BITS Fraud Steering Group Robin Slade, Director, BITS (Fraud Reduction) Ed Mierzwinski, U.S. Public Interest Research Group |
| 12:15 p.m. | Lunch |
2:00 p.m. |
Panel 3: What challenges does the FTC face in pursuing crossborder fraud cases and recovering money for defrauded consumers? What assistance from the financial services sector would help address these challenges? What kinds of information can be collected and shared, and what are the legal impediments and policy concerns affecting such information sharing? How might the financial services sector partner with the FTC to more effectively investigate fraud schemes, freeze assets, trace money transfers from U.S. banks to offshore locations, and recover fraud proceeds to provide redress to consumers? Moderator: Panelists: Tara Flynn, Assistant Director, Division of Marketing Practices, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission Carmina Hughes, Special Counsel, Division of Bank Supervision, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System J Imbert, General Counsel, Global Anti-Money Laundering, Citigroup Ed Mierzwinski, U.S. Public Interest Research Group Tom Schulz, Assistant General Counsel, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
| 3:00 p.m. | Break |
3:15 p.m. |
Panel 4: What are the key trends concerning the misuse of checks and debits, credit cards, and money transmitter services in relation to cross-border fraud? What are some practical mechanisms for public/private sector partnerships in areas such as information sharing, risk analysis, identification and location of investigatory targets, training, and business and consumer education? What legal or other concerns might limit public/private sector cooperation in this area? Moderator: Panelists: Jean Ann Fox, Director of Consumer Protection, Consumer Federation of America Jane Larimer, General Counsel, NACHA Mark MacCarthy, Senior Vice President Public Policy, Visa, U.S.A., Inc. Dave Ostertag, Field Investigations Manager, Discover Financial Services Jonathan Rusch, Special Counsel for Fraud Prevention, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice Mark Thompson, Associate General Counsel, First Data Corporation and General Counsel, Western Union North America |
| 4:45 p.m. | Open Discussion |
| 5:15 p.m. | Wrap Up Hugh Stevenson, Associate Director for International Consumer Protection, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission |
Thursday, February 20,2003 |
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| 8:30 a.m. | Doors open |
| 9:00 a.m. | Opening Remarks Commissioner Mozelle W. Thompson, Federal Trade Commission |
9:10 a.m. |
Panel 5: What are the key problems relating to the use of commercial mail receiving agencies and courier services in fraudulent cross-border schemes? What are some mechanisms for public/private sector partnerships in areas such as information sharing, identification and location of investigatory targets, training, and business and consumer education? What legal or other concerns might limit public/private sector cooperation in this area? Moderator: Panelists: Charmaine Fennie, President, Associated Mail & Parcel Centers and Neighborhood Postal Centers Lee Hollis, General Manager, Enforcement Coordination, Australian Competition & Consumer Commission Robin Landis, Program Manager for Telemarketing Fraud, U.S. Customs Service Andrew Lynn, Director of Marketing and Intellectual Property Law, FedEx Corporation Larry Maxwell, Inspector in Charge, Fraud, Child Exploitation, and Asset Forfeiture Group, U.S. Postal Inspection Service |
10:00 a.m. |
Panel 6: What can industry associations and self-regulatory organizations do to help combat cross-border fraud? Are there practical mechanisms for public/private sector partnerships in areas such as information sharing, training, code enforcement, and business and consumer education? What legal or other concerns might limit public/private sector cooperation in this area? Moderator: Panelists: Jerry Cerasale, Senior Vice President, Government Affairs, Direct Marketing Association Don Mercer, Assistant Deputy Commissioner of Competition, Competition Bureau, Canada Daniel Nathan, Chief, Office of Cooperative Enforcement, Division of Enforcement, Commodity Futures Trading Commission Alastair Tempest, Director General, Federation of European Direct Marketing Associations Bob Whitelaw, President and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Council of Better Business Bureaus |
| 10:50 a.m. | Break |
11:00 a.m. |
Remarks Introducing Internet-Related Panels |
11:15 a.m. |
Panel 7: What can foreign and domestic Internet service providers and web hosting companies do to assist the FTC in identifying perpetrators of cross-border fraud? How can the process for sharing information with the FTC be streamlined, and how can the confidentiality of information requests be maintained during FTC investigations? Under what circumstances can web hosting companies and others shut down a website upon being notified that the site is being used to defraud consumers? What legal or other concerns might limit public/private sector cooperation in this area? Moderator: Panelists: Chris Bubb, Assistant General Counsel, AOL Time Warner Sarah Deutsch, Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Verizon Andrew Konstantaras, Executive Director, Internet Law & Policy Forum Cedric Laurant, Policy Fellow, Electronic Privacy Information Center Andrea Rosen, Assistant Deputy Commissioner of Competition, Competition Bureau, Canada Kristen Verderame, Vice President, U.S. Regulation and Government Relations, BT Americas Eric Wenger, Attorney, Division of Marketing Practices, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission |
| 12:45 p.m. | Lunch |
2:15 p.m. |
Panel 8: How can the accuracy of Whois data be improved in the generic top-level domains? How can the availability and accuracy of Whois data be improved in the country-code top level domains? What information can registrars and registries give domestic and foreign law enforcers about domain registrants when publicly available Whois data is inaccurate, incomplete, or unavailable? Under what circumstances can registrars suspend domain registrations for false or inaccurate identifying information? Under what circumstances can registrars suspend domain registrations for sites used as a vehicle to carry out frauds on consumers? What legal or other concerns might limit public/private sector cooperation in this area? Moderator: Panelists: Jonathan Bamford, Assistant Information Commissioner, U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office Willie Black, Executive Chairman, Nominet.uk Marilyn Cade, Director, Internet and E-commerce Law and Government Affairs, AT&T Chris Disspain, Chief Executive Officer, auDA Michael Donohue, Consumer Policy Analyst, Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development Philip Grabansee, Attorney, Schumann II, Heller, Strittmatter & Grabansee, Germany Henning Grote, Chief Technical Officer, Network Information Center, Deutsche Telekom Paul Kane, Director, Internet Computer Bureau, United Kingdom Kathryn Kleiman, Director, Association for Computing Machinery’s Internet Governance Project Wayne MacLaurin, Vice President, Operations, Momentous.ca Corporation Michael Palage, President, ICANN-Registrars Constituency Daniel Salsburg, Attorney, Division of Marketing Practices, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission |
| 4:30 p.m. | Open Discussion |
| 5:00 p.m. | Concluding Remarks J. Howard Beales, III, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission |