J.P. Auffret

Recent director of Technology Management Program and Bioscience Management Program at George Mason University (2003 – 2007)
Recent faculty member in George Mason University School of Management; previously faculty member in the University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business and Physicist-in-Residence at American University
Co-founder and Vice President of International Academy of CIO
Fifteen years of management and executive experience in global telecommunications at MCI and Concert
B.S. - Duke University, M.B.A - University of Virginia, Ph.D. Physics – American University

Jeff Matsuura

Counsel at the technology law firm, the Alliance Law Group, with primary practice areas of legal, regulatory, and public policy issues associated with technology and intellectual property licensing, online publishing/media, digital rights management, emerging technologies and scientific research, and new venture development;
Formerly served as Director of the Program in Law and Technology at the University of Dayton School of Law
Fifteen years of management and executive experience at MCI, The Discovery Channel, Satellite Business Systems, Comsat Systems, and TELE-TV;
Author of six books including: “Law of the Internet” (with co-author George Delta, “A Manager’s Guide to the Law and Economics of Data Networks”, Security, Rights and Liabilities in eCommerce”, “Managing Intellectual Assets in a Digital Age” and Nanotechnology Regulation and Policy Worldwide;
B.A. – Duke University, J.D. University of Virginia, M.B.A. (Executive MBA Program) – The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

George Delta

Of-counsel at the law firm Gary and Regenhardt with primary practice areas of corporate and individual tax issues including mergers and acquisitions, tax planning, commercial transactions and the tax treatment of complex financial transactions; commercial transactions involving the Internet, including the taxation of such transactions, and in negotiating, drafting, and managing performance contracts and contracts for the sale and purchase of intellectual property and other goods and services.
Represented clients before the IRS, state tax agencies, the U.S. Tax Court, and state tax courts.
Fifteen years of experience in serving on the boards of start-up, small and midsized companies and associations
Co-author of “Law of the Internet” with Jeff Matsuura
B.A. – University of Virginia, J.D. - University of Virginia, L.L.M. Taxation – New York University