From: "Hameroff, Stuart R - (hameroff)" To: jeffrey E. <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 21:17:39 +0000 Attachments: RPISanDiego.docx We organized an awesome program, the best ever really. TSC, The Science of Consciousness, 2017 in Shanghai. We (CCS, Center for Consciousness Studies) had put out 35 to 50k for speakers (Including 9k for Roger Penrose business class from London) not to mention tons of work from our side. They had agreed to pay our Center for Consciousness Studies $100,000 per year for 5 years to collaborate on conferences and share logos, IP etc. for mutual events. First payment 100k was to be March 1. Didn't happen. Instead, they sent a contract demanding exclusive IP rights for 20 years in exchange for 150k per conference we organized (we'd make that much per conference anyway, so essentially they were offering nothing for exclusive IP rights for 20 years). They said we needed to sign by midnight or they would break off relations with us. It was a weekend, University lawyers unavailable. I showed the contract to my fiancé Betsy Bigbee (you met her at your place) who isn't a lawyer but has 10 years experience in contract law for some companies and real estate work. When her name appeared on the emails, they went ballistic and said she had no right to be involved in any way. We pointed out to them that their own contract said CCS could hire and employ anyone they wanted. They then were extremely, disgustingly rude to her. I said we would not sign, and they needed to apologize. They didn't, their deadline passed, and they wrote to all our speakers and registrants with their own TSC conference (Technology, Science and Consciousness) logo, already in hand, inviting them and asking for credit card and bank account information in an open email. They carefully avoided offering support for travel and lodging as we had promised our speakers. When we said we'd move to another venue in Shanghai, they said our p