MAR 01, 2015 | US
Media Advisory: BSA CEO, Board Members and Sen. Hatch Announce Priorities for Software Industry
To conclude BSA member fly-in, BSA CEO and board members will provide comments on patent reform, government access to data, and global trade issues
WHAT: BSA President & CEO Victoria Espinel, in conjunction with Senator Orrin Hatch (R – Utah), Microsoft’s Brad Smith and Salesforce.com’s Burke Norton will address progress made on the most pressing issues facing the software industry and the next steps for patent reform, striking the right balance between privacy protections and government access to private data, and moving forward on global trade agreements. The comments conclude a full day of meetings with Members of Congress and the Administration as part of BSA’s General Counsel fly-in.
WHO:
- Senator Orrin Hatch (R – Utah)
- Victoria Espinel, President & CEO, BSA | The Software Alliance
- Brad Smith, Executive Vice President & General Counsel, Microsoft
- Burke Norton, Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Office, Salesforce.com
WHEN: Tuesday, March 3 at 3:45 p.m.
WHERE: Senate Visitor Center, Room 201
BSA members participating in Fly-In meetings include: Adobe, Altium, Apple, CA Technologies, Dell, IBM, Microsoft, Minitab, Oracle, Salesforce.com, and Siemens.
For more information, contact BSA Senior Communications Manager Kara Kelber at (202) 266-2526 or [email protected].
ABOUT BSA
The Business Software Alliance (www.bsa.org) is the global trade association of the enterprise software industry, representing companies that are leaders in artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, cloud computing, and other cutting-edge technologies. We work in over 20 markets in the US, Europe, and Asia, advocating for policies that build trust in technology so that every industry sector and the public can benefit from innovation. BSA also supports its members and their customers by raising awareness of the risks of unlicensed software use and the benefits of software asset management, driving license compliance and software adoption around the world through sound IT procurement.