Seminars
See below for seminars given by brand owners and other top specialists. Tickets for each seminar will be on sale on the day from 9.30am at the registration desk (credit cards only) at £20+VAT.
| Time | Subject | |
| Wednesday 10:00-10:35 | 1. Manging a fashion brand on eBay - concern to collaboration. Richard Lawrance, Head of Audit & Loss Prevention at Monsoon Accessorize and Chairman of the Fashion Forum explains from a retailer perspective the specific challenges for brand protection posed by the online maket-place and how collective action by the Fashion Forum has yielded positive results. | |
| Wednesday 12:30-13:15 |
9. eBay’s anti-counterfeit measures. Julia Goeken, Head of EU Rights Owner Relations and IP, eBay Inc explains what eBay does to help protect brand owners' IP and to keep counterfeit and illegal products off its web site. | |
| Wednesday 14:00-14:45 |
13. Protecting your brand online - a case study with Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) Insurance. Chris Watney, former Head of Brand at RBS Insurance, and David Franklin, General Manager at Envisional, explain how to monitor, secure and protect your brand on the worldwide web against an ever-growing list of threats including cybersquatting, fake sites, logo misuse, traffic diversion and phishing. | |
| Wednesday 15:30-16:15 |
18. ICANN and the new generic Top-Level Domain Names (New gTLDs). Karla Valente, Director of Communications and Product Services from ICANN, the non-profit corporation that ultimately controls internet domain names, explains the New gTLD Program and its critical importance for brand owners. | |
| Thursday 15:00-15:45 | 34. Protecting your brand online. Using LEGO as a case study, Mette Andersen, Director and Corporate Counsel for LEGO, and James Panton, GM for Brand Protection at Melbourne IT, explain how to monitor, secure and protect your brand on the worldwide web against an ever-growing list of threats including cybersquatting, phishing and grey market activity |

