[Random-bits] E-commerce Roundtable Tue Nov 21

[James Love]

     The next E-commerce Roundtable will be held Tuesday, November 21st
from 12-2pm.  The meeting will be held at USPIRG, which is located at at
218 D Street, SE, Washington, DC, near the Capitol South Metro stop on
the Orange or Blue line.

     The purpose of the meeting is to discuss what impact the next
Administration will have on e-commerce.  Ed Mierzwinski will chair the
meeting.

  There will also be a few other short presentations, including:

 Mark Cooper, Consumer Federation of America - protecting consumers in
B2C transactions and protecting competition in the B2B marketplace.

 Jean Ann Fox, also of CFA -  the use of alternative dispute resolution
procedures, whether to implement the OECD guidelines by voluntary self
regulation or by legal requirements, and use of payment methods to
resolve disputes.

  Manon Ress, Essential Information -  Report on Hague treaty
discussions and meetings.

 DIRECTIONS

 The Roundtable will be located at U.S. PIRG's office (Phone
202-546-9707) on the 2nd floor, 218 D St, SE, Washington, DC. (right
next to a health club on a little park.) U.S. PIRG's office is 2 blocks
from the Capital South metro stop. The metro is on First street, turn
right off escalator and go down the hill half a block and turn left on
D--up the hill one and one-half blocks.

  CONTACT

  For more information or questions about the E-commerce Roundtable
please contact Alan Bushnell, akb@cptech.org or (202) 387-8030.



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James Love  mailto:love@cptech.org http://www.cptech.org
Consumer Project on Technology, P.O. Box 19367, Washington, DC 20036
voice 1.202.387.8030  fax  1.202.234.5176