From: jeffrey E. <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2017 10:27 AM To: Hameroff, Stuart R - (hameroff) Subject: Re: who are the speakers and what is the cost. Im =n for at least 50k, before knowing anyhing On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 11:=7 PM, Hameroff, Stuart R - (hameroff wrote: We organized an awesome program, the best ever really. TSC, The Science of Consciousness, 2017 in Shanghai. We (CCS, Center for Co=sciousness Studies) had put out 35 to 50k for speakers (Including 9k =or 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 confere=ces and share logos, IP etc. for mutual events. First payment 100k was to be March 1. Didn't happ=n. Instead, they sent a contract deman=ing exclusive IP rights for 20 years in exchange for 150k per conference w= organized (we'd make that much per conference anyway, so essentially =hey were offering nothing for exclusive IP rights for 20 years). They said we needed to sign by midnight or they woul= break off relations with us. It was a weekend, University lawyers unavail=ble. 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 comp=nies 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 w=y. We pointed out to them that their own contract said CCS could hire and =mploy anyone they wanted. They then were extremely, disgustingly=C2 rude to her. I said we would not sign, and they needed to apolo=ize. EFTA_R1_01897773 EFTA02653815