Mary W. S. Wong
Professor of Law; Director, Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property; Chair, Graduate Intellectual Property Programs
University of New Hampshire School of Law

Professor Wong is the current Chair of the Intellectual Property Graduate Programs at the University of New Hampshire School of Law. She joined the law school in 2005 from the Singapore Management University, where she was an Associate Professor of Law in the Lee Kong Chian School of Business. From 1998 to 2003, Professor Wong was Special Counsel to Morrison & Foerster LLP, resident primarily in its New York office. While at Morrison & Foerster, Professor Wong counseled American, European and Asian clients on a wide range of technology transactions, and provided advice on international and comparative legal developments relating to the Internet, privacy, e-commerce and intellectual property. She has also been associated with the firm's Brussels and Singapore offices, and was previously a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Law of the National University of Singapore. In 2009, Professor Wong was elected to the Generic Names Supporting Organizations (GNSO) Council of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN), representing ICANN’s Non-Commercial Stakeholder Group in its main policy development body. She has since been elected to serve as the Vice-Chair of the GNSO Council. Professor Wong is also the immediate past chair of the International Copyright committee of the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Intellectual Property Law Section and a member of the inaugural Editorial Board for “Landslide", the Section’s flagship publication. She has also served on the ABA's Copyright Reform Task Force.

J. Scott Evans, Yahoo
Head of Global Brand, Domains & Copyright
Yahoo! Inc.

J. Scott received his undergraduate degree from Baylor University and his Juris Doctor cum laude in 1992 from the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at The University of Louisville. J. Scott first served as Corporate Counsel for Fruit of the Loom where he was responsible for managing the international intellectual property portfolios for Fruit of the Loom and its associate companies The B.V.D. Licensing Corporation, Gitano, Pro Player and Salem Sportswear, Inc. In November 1996, J. Scott joined Adams Evans P.A. where he continued to concentrate his practice in the areas of trademark, copyright, unfair competition and Internet law. In November 2007, J. Scott joined the legal team at Yahoo! Inc., where he serves as a Senior Legal Director – Head of Global Brand, Domains & Copyright.

J. Scott served on the five member drafting committee that assisted the staff at the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Number (ICANN) with the drafting of the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) and the Rules of Procedure for the UDRP. He also served as member of the Implementation Recommendation Team charged with proposing possible solutions for brand protection in new gTLDs. J. Scott is an active member of the International Trademark Association, where he serves as Secretary, is a member of the Board of Directors and he serves on the Executive Committee. J. Scott also currently serves on as a member of the U. S. Legislation Sub-Committee at INTA. Additionally, J. Scott is the immediate Past-President of the Intellectual Property Constituency (“IPC”) the body that participates on behalf of trademark and copyright owners in the ICANN policy process. J. Scott has twice been voted as one of the 50 Most Influential People in IP by Managing Intellectual Property magazine. J. Scott frequently lectures on trademark and Internet policy issues as well as domain name dispute resolution.

Jeffrey J. Neuman
Vice President, Business Affairs, Enterprise Services
NeuStar, Inc.

Mr. Neuman has over 10 years of Internet, technology and telecommunication law and policy experience with domain expertise in ecommerce, e–business, service and technology licensing, M&A, joint ventures, strategic alliances and reseller arrangements. Currently, he is responsible for the management of strategic accounts and aspects of NeuStar’s implementation of the new gTLD initiative as well as policy for NeuStar’s Enterprise Services. Previously, Mr. Neuman led the legal team for Enterprise, Media and Registry Services where he is responsible for the oversight of all legal and policy matters for these organizations. Mr. Neuman is the Vice-Chair of ICANN’s Generic Names Supporting Organization representing the gTLD Registries and is a frequent speaker on issues involving intellectual property, domain names, online dispute resolution and the introduction of new generic top–level domain names. He previously served as Chairman of the gTLD Registries Constituency of ICANN and has participated in numerous task forces and working groups within ICANN’s GNSO. Before joining NeuStar, he served as Information Technology Associate at Greenberg Traurig, LLP/ Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, and as an associate at the law firm of Arter & Hadden, LLP. Mr. Neuman holds a J.D. from The George Washington University Law School.

Kristina Rosette
Special Counsel
Covington & Burling LLP

Kristina Rosette is a Special Counsel at Covington & Burling LLP, where she specializes in domain name, Internet, and trademark matters. She completed in October 2011 a five-year term representing the Intellectual Property Constituency on ICANN's GNSO Council. She played a leading role in the creation (and was a member) of the ICANN Implementation Recommendation Team, the 18-person global team of trademark experts who designed and recommended trademark protections for the introduction of new gTLDs. Kristina has chaired the International Trademark Association (INTA) Internet Committee Subcommittee on Registration Practice and DNS Administration, acted as a Special Advisor to the INTA Internet Committee, and was the first person to win two INTA Volunteer Service Awards – both in recognition of her efforts to advance trademark owner interests in ICANN policies. In addition, Kristina serves as a panelist for proceedings under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Policy for both the World Intellectual Property Organization and the Czech Arbitration Court.