Organiser:
Organisation pro Software Escrow e.V., Munich (OSE)

Place, Date:
Friday, 29 January 2010 at the Haus der bayerischen Wirtschaft, Max-Joseph-Straße 5, D-80333 Munich

  • Thematic introduction Escrow – Risk Management – IT Governance,
    RA Prof Dr Jochen Schneider (law firm SSW, Munich)

Contractual practice of escrow
Moderator: Dr Thomas Fischl (Hammonds law firm, Munich)

  • Discussion of neutralised examples of clauses from escrow agreements,
    Dr Astrid Auer-Reinsdorff, lawyer (Dr Auer law firm, Berlin)
  • Contractual practice and surrender cases from the perspective of insolvency administration,
    Lawyer/insolvency administrator Prof. Rolf Rattunde (law firm Leonhardt Westhelle & Partner, Berlin)
  • International aspects of escrow,
    Attorney Dr Michael Schmidl (law firm Baker McKenzie, Munich)

IT audit, regulations and escrow
Moderator: RA Christian Kast (Anwaltscontor, Munich)

  • Regulatory and practical requirements for the filing of software from the perspective of an auditing firm,
    Dipl.-Math. Dr Hans-Christoph Capellaro (Ernst & Young, Munich)
  • Escrow as ‘best practice’ for securing the future viability of companies,
    StB, RA Prof. Dr Jens M. Schmittmann (Schulz Tegtmeyer Sozien law firm, Essen)
  • Criteria for the risk assessment of business-critical applications in project and ongoing operations,
    Speaker: lawyer Isabell Conrad (law firm SSW, Munich)

Quality and software source code
Moderator: Dr Michael Eggers (OSE, HanseEscrow Management, Hamburg)

  • Quality features/deficits in software source code and their consequences,
    Prof Dr Rainer Koschke (University of Bremen, AG Softwaretechnik)
  • IT-Due-Diligence and Technical Verification of Software – in English,
    B.Sc Physics/Comp. Simon Roach (Roach & Stolz Software, Munich)
  • Quality improvement of source code through verification (practical report),
    Dipl.-Inf. (Univ.) Markus Schmidt (publicly appointed, sworn IT expert, Munich)

Summary ‘Escrow, risk management and IT governance’
Moderation of the panel and discussion: Dr Peter Bräutigam (law firm Nörr Stiefenhofer Lutz, Munich)

  • Cardinal points of legal advice on escrow agreements and the practice of software quality assurance