AILA Rome District Chapter Autumn Conference

Wednesday November 18 , 2009

8:30- 9:00 Registration

9:00-9:30 Welcoming Remarks
Maria Çelebi - AILA Rome District Chair, Istanbul, Turkey
Bernard Wolfsdorf - AILA President, Los Angeles, CA

9:15- 10:15 Maintenance of LPR Status
Nita Upadhye (D.L) - London, UK
Liam Schwartz - AILA Rome District Secretary, Tel Aviv, Israel
Anastasia Tonello - AILA Rome District Vice Chair, New York, NY/London, UK
Doug Hauer - Boston, MA

10:15-10:25 Coffee/Tea Break

10:25- 11:25 Ethics
Steve Pattison - Rome District Chapter Treasurer, London, UK
Sal Savatteri - Portland, ME/Scranton, PA
Susanne Turner - Frankfurt, Germany

11:25- 12:25 Tax Consequences and US Immigration
Paul Samartin (D.L), London, UK
Suzanne Reisman, London, UK
Steve Trow, Washington, DC

12:30- 1:30 Lunch and Rome District Chapter Committee Reports
Guest Speaker: Mark Levy, Berley Chartered Accountants
Topic: Challenges in Today's Business Environment

1:30- 3:15 Tour of US Embassy London - NIV and IV Sections

3:15- 3:30 Coffee/Tea Break

3:30- 4:30 Government Panel with US Embassy London Senior Foreign Service Officers
Kehrela Hodkinson -AILA Rome District Immediate Past Chair, London, UK
Consul General, Visa Chief and Deputy, IV Chief, NIV Chief, and E Visa Officer

4:30- 5:30 Waivers and Security Clearances
Daniel Parisi (D.L.), London, UK
Farshad Owji, San Francisco, CA
Kathleen Campbell Walker, El Paso, TX
Maria Çelebi, AILA Rome District Chair, Istanbul, Turkey

To Register: Please complete the attached registration form with payment and return to Nita N. Upadhye, Hodkinson Law Group, 19/20 Grosvenor Street, London W1K 4QH.