DAY 1- Wednesday, July 11, 2007
| Time
| Topic
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| 8:00am |
Registration |
| 9:00am |
Introduction
Opening Remarks-Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras |
| 9:15 - 10:45am |
Defining the Problem: Earlier findings indicated that most spam was fraudulent,
deceptive, and offensive. How has the nature of spam shifted? Is spam now being used
for malicious and criminal purposes? Is this spam reaching consumers’ inboxes or being
filtered by Internet service providers’ filtering software? |
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Moderator:
- Brian Huseman, Chief of Staff, Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Panelists:
- Susannah Fox, Associate Director, Pew Internet & American Life Project
- Thomas X. Grasso, Jr., Supervisory Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
- J. Trevor Hughes, Executive Director, Email Sender & Provider Coalition (ESPC)
- Scott Richter, Chief Executive Officer, Media Breakaway, LLC
- Charles E. Stiles, Chairman, Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group MAAWG)
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| 10:45 - 11:00am |
Break |
| 11:00am - 12:30pm |
Evolving Methods for Sending Spam and Malware: To what extent, if any, have email
address harvesting, dictionary attacks, and open proxies been replaced by botnets,
zombies, and spam that uses images instead of text as the primary methods of spam
distribution? |
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Moderator:
- Lawrence Hodapp, Attorney, Division of Marketing Practices, FTC
Panelists:
- Ben Butler, Director of Network Abuse, GoDaddy.com, Inc.
- Patrick Peterson, Vice President, Technology, IronPort Systems
- Jon L. Praed, Esq., Partner, Internet Law Group
- Suresh Ramasubramanian, Manager, Antispam Operations, Outblaze Limited
- Joe St. Sauver, Ph.D., Manager, Internet2 Security Programs, Internet2 and the University of Oregon
|
| 12:30 - 1:45pm |
Lunch (On your own) |
| 1:45 - 3:15pm |
Uncovering the Malware Economy: What are the financial incentives for malicious
spammers? What is the cost along the email chain to consumers, businesses, internet
service providers, and networks? |
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Moderator:
- Sheryl L. Drexler, Investigator, Division of Marketing Practices, FTC
Panelists:
- Gregory Crabb, United States Postal Inspector, United States Postal Inspection Service
- Jens W.L. Hinrichsen, Product Marketing Manager, Consumer Solutions, RSA, The Security Division of EMC
- Andrew J. Klein, Senior Product Marketing Manager, SonicWALL, Inc.
- Heinan Landa, President and Founder, Optimal Networks, Inc.
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| 3:15 - 3:30pm |
Break |
| 3:30 - 5:00pm |
Emerging Threats |
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Moderator:
- Sana Coleman Chriss, Attorney and Spam Coordinator, Division of Marketing Practices, FTC
Panelists:
- Michael Altschul, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, CTIA-The Wireless Association
- Dave Champine, Senior Director, Product Marketing, Cloudmark, Inc.
- Scott Chasin, Chief Technology Officer, MX Logic
- Rick Lane, Vice President Government Affairs, News Corporation
- Christopher J. Rouland, Chief Technology Officer, IBM Distinguished Engineer, IBM Internet Security Systems
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DAY 2-Thursday, July 12, 2007
| Time
| Topic
|
| 8:00am |
Registration |
| 9:00am |
Announcements |
| 9:15 - 10:45am |
Deterring Malicious Spammers and Cybercriminals: What are the investigatory
challenges faced by law enforcement as spammers mask their identities and use
obfuscatory techniques? What are effective countermeasures? |
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Moderator:
- Lois C. Greisman, Associate Director, Division of Marketing Practices,
FTC
Panelists:
- Gene Fishel, Assistant Attorney General and Chief, Computer Crimes Section, Office of the Attorney General of Virginia
- Aaron Kornblum, Senior Attorney, Microsoft Corporation
- J. Keith Mularski, Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
- Robert Shaw, Head, ICT Applications and Cybersecurity Division, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
- Mona Sedky Spivack, Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice - Criminal Division, Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS)
- Hugh Stevenson, Deputy Director, Office of International Affairs, FTC
|
| 10:45 - 11:00am |
Break |
| 11:00am - 12:30pm |
Keeping it Out of the Inbox: During the FTC’s 2004 E-mail
Authentication Summit, co-hosted with the Department of Commerce’s National
Institute of Standards and Technology, the FTC initiated efforts to spur the
development and wide- scale adoption of domain level e-mail authentication. Where
does the implementation of e-mail authentication stand? What are other key
spam-reducing tools? |
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Moderator:
- Sana Coleman Chriss, Attorney and Spam Coordinator, Division of
Marketing Practices, FTC
Panelists:
- Des Cahill, Chief Executive Officer, Habeas, Inc.
- Jim Fenton, Distinguished Engineer, Cisco
- Ken Hirschman, Vice President and General Counsel, Goodmail Systems
- Martha K. Landesberg, Director of Policy and Counsel, TRUSTe
- Margot Koschier Romary, Senior Manager, Anti-Spam Operations, AOL
- Craig Spiezle, Director, Online Safety Strategies and Technologies, Microsoft Corporation
|
| 12:30 - 1:30pm |
Lunch (On your own) |
| 1:30 - 2:30pm |
Putting Consumers Back in Control: How can we empower consumers and businesses
in the fight against spam and malware? |
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Moderator:
- Ruth Yodaiken, Attorney, Division of Marketing Practices, FTC
Panelists:
- Jeffrey Fox, Technology Editor, Consumer Reports
- Dave Lewis, Vice President, Market and Product Strategy, StrongMailSystems, Inc.
- Miles Libbey, Senior Product Manager, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo!, Inc.
- Linda Sherry, Director, National Priorities, Consumer Action
|
| 2:30 - 2:45pm |
Break |
| 2:45 - 4:00pm |
Identifying Best Practices for Businesses: What can businesses do to distinguish
themselves from malicious spammers? |
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Moderator:
- Phillip Tumminio, Attorney, Division of Marketing Practices, FTC
Panelists:
- Matt Blumberg, Founder and CEO, Return Path
- Jerry Cerasale, Senior Vice President, Government Affairs, Direct Marketing Association, Inc.
- John Ingold, Director, Security and Risk Assessment, BITS
- John Mathew, Vice President, Operations, Epsilon
- Alastair Tempest, Director General, Federation of European Direct and Interactive Marketing (FEDMA)
- Mike Zaneis, Vice President, Public Policy, Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB)
|
| 4:00 - 5:30pm |
Developing a Plan for Action |
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Moderator:
- Dan Salsburg, Assistant Director, Division of Marketing Practices, FTC
Panelists:
- Thomas X. Grasso, Jr., Supervisory Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
- Miles Libbey, Senior Product Manager, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo!, Inc.
- Brendon Lynch, Director of Privacy Strategy, Trustworthy Computing Group, Microsoft Corporation
- Michael O’Reirdan, Distinguished Engineer in National Engineering and Technical Operations, Comcast Corporation
- Phyllis A. Schneck, Ph.D., Chairman, Board of Directors, InfraGard National Members Alliance and Vice President, Research Integration, Secure Computing Corp.
- Charles E. Stiles, Chairman, Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group(MAAWG)
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