Dallas/Ft. Worth Chapter Meeting

May 14 - 14, 2009

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SCIP Dallas/Fort Worth Chapter Meeting
DUPLICITY:  A Reality?
Examining the Real World of Corporate Counterintelligence
Thursday, May 14th, 2009      Haynes and Boone, LLP  
3:30PM – 5:30PM
Happy Hour Networking Session – Luna Del Noche
Following Program

Program Description
Duplicity - A Reality?                                               

In the movie “Duplicity” Julia Roberts and Clive Owen play former CIA and MI6 spies applying their “talents” within two rival corporations and thus entails a quintessential game of cat and mouse. Is this situation a typical Hollywood fantasy or is it more common than we think?                                                                                                                            
While companies continue to lay off their workforce, inadvertently they may be greatly increasing their risks for corporate espionage. Employees under threat of dismissal may be more inclined to take proprietary information and make it available to the highest bidder. Corporate IT departments struggle with an increase in Internet threats, compliance with growing regulatory requirements; all while understaffed with insufficient budgets to provide adequate security measures. 

                                                                                              
In light of the present recession, desperate times call for desperate measures. How safe is your company’s intellectual property? 

                                                                                               
Join us on May 14th as we hear what Rod Coward of the FBI has to say about the increase in industrial espionage cases, enforcement of the Economic Espionage Act, and what companies can do to protect their information.

Speaker
Roderick "Rick" Coward is a consultant with the Dallas FBI office's Counterintelligence Domain Program, which is a liaison outreach effort to the private business sector and universities.  This program is involving the business community in prevention and prosecution of trade secret theft, which is often the focus of foreign intelligence operations.  In his spare time he has been seeking a Master of Arts in Islamic Studies, which included further study in the Arabic language.  

Mr. Coward previously served with the FBI in a variety of counterterrorism counterintelligence roles, and was involved in a number of high profile investigations, including the Khobar Towers bombing, Atlanta Olympic bombings, and was the FBI's On-Scene Commander in Bagram, Afghanistan in 2005.

Location
Haynes and Boone, LLP
2323 Victory Avenue, Suite 700
Dallas, TX  75219

Directions
Directions from Tollway Southbound:
Harry Hines to Field (Right on Field Street) to Woodall Rodgers service Road/Broom Street (Right on Broom Street) to Lamar (Right on Lamar) to North Houston (Right on North Houston) to High Market Street or Museum Way
or
Harry Hines to Field (Right on Field Street) to Olive Street (Right on Olive Street) to North Houston

Directions from I-35 Southbound:
Exit Victory Ave/Hi-Line (Left Victory Avenue) South on Victory Ave to Olive Street or to Museum Way

Directions from I-35 Northbound:
Exit Victory Ave/Hi Line (Right on Victory Avenue) South on Victory Avenue to Olive Street or to Museum Way

Directions from Central Expressway (Southbound):
Exit Woodall Rodgers to Field Street Exit and continue through light on Field Street (Field Street becomes Broom St) to Lamar (Right on Lamar) to North Houston (Right on North Houston) to High Market Street or Museum Way

Link to Directions:
http://www.haynesboone.com/files/Office/c54a8f9e-9640-4c93-be95-18b1c759fe32/Presentation/ceOfficeDirectionsPDF/Haynes%20and%20Boone_driving%20directions%20to%20Victory%20Park.pdf

Victory Park -- Parking:
Enter parking garage and park on Level 1 (visitor parking)
Enter building and walk to the front entrance - take elevator to 7th floor reception area

Registration Fees:
SCIP Members - $10.00
Non-Members -  $15.00

*Please Note* Registration will close via the web Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 (EDT).  If you are not able to meet the deadline, you will be able to register on site.

Agenda:
Program:                                   3:30 PM – 5:30PM
Networking/Happy Hour:              5:30PM     Luna Del Noche
                                                (adjacent to meeting location)  

Contact Information:
Mark Johnson, SCIP Dallas/Ft. Worth Chair:  mark@vector-group.com or 972-370-1515

Robyn Reals, SCIP Education Manager:  rreals@scip.org or 703.739.0696 x107

Cancellation Policy:
Cancellations not received in writing by Thursday, May 7th, 2009 will not be refunded.

PLEASE VISIT OUR CHAPTER WEBSITE:  http://www.SCIP-DFW.com

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