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As those who have attended any of the five annual Stanford Summits know, the Stanford Summit is a two-and-a-half-day executive gathering that highlights the significant economic, political and commercial trends affecting the global technology industries. The Stanford Summit features the most innovative companies, eminent technologists, influential investors and journalists in keynote presentations, panel debates and private company CEO showcases. The Stanford Summit's goal is to identify the most promising entrepreneurial opportunities and investments in the global tech industry.
Previous executive speakers include Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, Skype founder, Niklas Zennstrom, Marc Benioff of Salesforce.com, Rob Glaser of RealNetworks, Verisign's Stratton Sclavos, Jonathan Schwartz of Sun Microsystems, Jon Miller of AOL, Marten Mickos of MySQL, and Trip Hawkins of Digital Chocolate.
Other notables include YouTube founder and CEO Chad Hurley, FCC Chairman Michael Powell, Stanford Law professor Larry Lessig, Dallas Mavericks owner, Mark Cuban, Don Evans, Secretary of Commerce, Clinton National Security Advisor, Sandy Berger, The "Dean for President" campaign's Joe Trippi, George Gilder, and Hall of Famer Ronnie Lott.
Who Attends
More than a thousand technology, media and advertising CEOs, business development officers, media buyers, venture capital and private-equity investors, and leading members of the press and blogging community will attend the Stanford Summit. Over 20,000 webcast viewers from over 100 countries will also tune in and interact with the program. Executives attend the Stanford Summit to identify and debate emerging trends, build high-level relationships and create new business opportunities.
| 6:00pm |
Welcoming Remarks from our Hosts |
| 6:10pm McCaw Hall |
AlwaysOn 100 Top Company Awards Co-Moderator: Steve Morgan, Partner, Silicon Valley VC Practice, KPMG Co-Moderator: Tony Perkins, Founder, AlwaysOn |
| 6:30pm McCaw Hall |
Introducing the New Captains of Innovation Moderator: Guy Kawasaki, Co-Founder, Truemors Craig Sherman, CEO, Gaia Online Paul Martino, CEO, Aggregate Knowledge Gil Penchina, CEO, Wikia |
| 7:30pm McCaw Hall |
AlwaysOn Reception in the Ford Gardens, Sponsored by Nova Scotia Business Robert Daigle, VP Business Development, Nova Scotia Business |
| 8:45am McCaw Hall |
Beyond Search: Discovery |
| 9:00am Fisher Center |
CEO Showcase -- Web Services Todd Humphrey, CEO, Cleverset Hari Shetty, CEO, iPolipo Jin Koh, CEO, Startforce John Bruce, CEO, Awareness Ranjith Kumaran, Founder, YouSendit Vajid Jafri, CEO, cFares Immediately followed by 15 minutes of analysis by industry experts David Carlick, Managing Director, Vantage Point Venture Partners David Weiden, Partner, Khosla Ventures Rod Randall, Senior Managing Director, Vesbridge *Following this the CEOs will be in the Fisher Lobby for 30-minutes of demos and Q&A |
| 9:30am McCaw Hall |
Joe Schoendorf: The Global Shift--Everything is Changing Joe Schoendorf, Partner, Accel Partners |
| 9:50am McCaw Hall |
Introductory Remarks -- Jeanne Bliss on Customer-Centered Innovation Jeanne Bliss, author, Chief Customer Officer |
| 10:00am McCaw Hall |
Customer Powered Innovation Moderator: Jeanne Bliss, author, Chief Customer Officer Brett Caine, President, Citrix Online Adam Selipsky, VP, Amazon Web Services Danny Kolke, CEO, Etelos Steven Aldrich, VP Strategy & Innovation, Small Business Division, Intuit |
| 10:00am Fisher Center |
CEO Showcase -- Consumer Aaron Cohen, CEO, GoFish Vipin Jain, CEO, Retrevo Mike Metzger, CEO, PayScale Joel Smernoff, COO, PalTalk Dean McEvoy, Managing Director, Booking Angel Michael Bates, CEO, iqzone Immediately followed by 15 minutes of analysis by industry experts George Zachary, Partner, Charles River Ventures Andrew Braccia, Principal, Accel Partners Scott Chamberlin, SVP, Bridge Bank *Following this the CEOs will be in the Fisher Lobby for 30-minutes of demos and Q&A |
| 10:45am |
Break |
| 11:00am McCaw Hall |
A Brief Look at Second Life Philip Rosedale, CEO, Linden Lab |
| 11:15am McCaw Hall |
How Real is the Virtual Web? Moderator: Jaron Lanier, Scholar-In-Residence, CET, UC Berkeley Irving Wladawsky-Berger, VP, IBM Philip Rosedale, CEO, Linden Lab Craig Sherman, CEO, Gaia Online Chris Melissinos, Chief Gaming Officer, Sun Microsystems |
| 11:15am Fisher Center |
CEO Showcase -- Enterprise Jeany Stein, CEO, Design Universe Des Cahill, CEO, Habeas Michael Schmitt, CEO, Siderean Charles Kendrick, CEO, Isomorphic Software Tanya Shaw Weeks, President & CEO, Unique Solutions Design Ltd. Roberto Medrano, EVP, SOA Software Immediately followed by 15 minutes of analysis by industry experts Venu Pemmaraju, Investment Manager, Intel Capital Saeed Amidi, President & CEO, Plug and Play Tech Center Robert Bauer, CTO, H5 *Following this the CEOs will be in the Fisher Lobby for 30-minutes of demos and Q&A |
| 11:30am -- 1:30pm | Buffet Lunch -- in the Ford Gardens ...and be sure to catch the fabulous Patent Crisis panel at Noon... |
| Noon McCaw Hall |
The Patent Crisis: Crossroads for the Business of Technology Moderator: Michael Brandis, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold Chip Lutton, Chief Patent Counsel, Apple Michelle Lee, Assoc. General Counsel, Head of Patents, Google David Kappos, VP & Asst. Gen. Counsel, Int. Property Law, IBM David Hayes, Partner, Intellectual Property Group, Fenwick & West |
| Noon Fisher Center |
CE0 Showcase -- Mobile Anu Nigam, CEO, 411Sync Gary Tauss, CEO, Mobidia James Siminoff, CEO, SimulScribe Y.C. Chao, Co-Founder and VP Research & Development, TeleNav Mark Cannon, CEO, Digit Wireless Rod Stambaugh, CEO, FEED Immediately followed by 15 minutes of analysis by industry experts George Zachary, Partner, Charles River Ventures Rob Trice, Partner, Nokia Growth Partners Andy Abramson, Principal, Comunicano *Following this the CEOs will be in the Fisher Lobby for 30-minutes of demos and Q&A |
| 1:45pm McCaw Hall |
Why Aren't VCs Happy? Paul Deninger, Vice Chairman, Jefferies & Company |
| 1:45pm Fisher Center |
CEO Showcase -- Hardware & Infrastructure Steve Lewis, CEO, Teneros Billy Marshall, CEO, rPath John LeMoncheck, CEO, SiBEAM Dan Stevenson, President, Data Robotics Gordon Knight, CEO, Nanochip Pete Raciti, CEO, Terra Fuel Technologies Immediately followed by 15 minutes of analysis by industry experts Adam Selipsky, VP, Amazon Web Services Mark Zawacki, Managing Director & Founder, Milestone Group Ping Li, Accel Partners *Following this the CEOs will be in the Fisher Lobby for 30-minutes of demos and Q&A |
| 2:00pm McCaw Hall |
VCs: Are You Happy? Moderator: Mark Stevens, Managing Partner, Fenwick & West Roger McNamee, Partner, Elevation Partners Erik Straser, General Partner, Mohr Davidow Ventures Paul Deninger, Vice Chairman, Jefferies & Company Bill Gurley, General Partner, Benchmark Capital |
| 2:45pm McCaw Hall |
Building the Green Data Center Moderator: Dave Edwards, Research Analyst, Morgan Stanley Steve Sams, VP, Global Site & Facilities, IBM Global Technology Services Mike Rigodanzo, SVP Technology Services, Technology Solutions Group, HP Stephen Trainor, VP Strategy, Level-3 Subodh Bapat, VP & Distinguished Engineer, Sun Microsystems |
| 2:45pm Fisher Center |
CEO Showcase -- Advertising & Web Services Christina Tutone, Managing Director, Ad It Last Lance Podell, CEO, Pulse360 Jay Hallberg, CMO, SpiceWorks Jack Jia, CEO, Baynote Aaron Goldschlager, Managing Director, Auship.com Vincent Hsieh, CEO, Aleric Immediately followed by 15 minutes of analysis by industry experts Adam Selipsky, VP, Amazon Web Services Tom Cole, General Partner, Trinity Ventures Sam Angus, Corporate Partner, Fenwick & West *Following this the CEOs will be in the Fisher Lobby for 30-minutes of demos and Q&A |
| 3:30pm | Break |
| 3:45pm McCaw Hall |
CE0 Showcase Indy Gill, CEO, Unwired Buyer Marketta Silvera, CEO, Apptera Luis Solis, CEO, Group Systems Ari Klinger, Director, Wookah David Riker, CEO, Storm Exchange Paul Pluschkell, CEO, Spigit *Following this the CEOs will be in the Fisher Lobby for 30-minutes of demos and Q&A |
| 4:30pm McCaw Hall |
Featured Fireside Chat -- with US Senator John McCain US Senator John McCain, 2008 US presidential candidate Tony Perkins, Founder, AlwaysOn Peter Robinson, Research Fellow, The Hoover Institution |
| 5:30pm McCaw Hall |
Fireside Chat -- Co-Creating the Global Mobile Experience Om Malik, GigaOm Tero Ojanpera, CTO, Nokia |
| 5:50pm McCaw Hall |
Where is the Mobile Convergence Tipping Point? Moderator: Om Malik, GigaOm Larry Lang, VP & GM, Mobility Signaling & Control Business Unit, Cisco Tero Ojanpera, CTO, Nokia Len Lauer, EVP & Group President, QUALCOMM Philip Alvelda, CEO, MobiTV Deep Nishar, Director of Product Management, Asia-Pacific, Google |
| 7:00pm |
Hawaiian Luau in Dohrmann Grove |
| 8:00am Fisher Center |
Europe is Back! Welcome to the South of France Team Cote D'Azur Breakfast, Yves Kraemer Raffle for a ticket to the Monte Carlo 2008 Formula 1 Grand Prix Winner must be present to win. |
| 8:45am McCaw Hall |
Will the Internet Still Be Here in 20 Years? Moderator: Al Delattre, Global Partner, Accenture Nick McKeown, Professor, Stanford University Andy Bechtolsheim, Co-Founder, Sun Microsystems Phil McKinney, VP & CTO Personal Systems Group, HP |
| 9:30am McCaw Hall |
The New News |
| 9:30am Fisher Center |
CE0 Showcase -- Next Gen Media Tools Steve Rosenbaum, CEO, Magnify.net Reena Jadhav, CMO, Conduit Adam Selig, CEO, Visible Technologies Malcolm Allen, CEO, Freedomtel Glynx Immediately followed by 15 minutes of analysis by industry experts David Carlick, Managing Director, Vantage Point Venture Partners Sharon Wienbar, Managing Director, Scale Venture Partners Jim Armstrong, Managing Director, Clearstone Venture Partners *Following this the CEOs will be in the Fisher Lobby for 30-minutes of demos and Q&A |
| 10:15am | Break |
| 10:30am McCaw Hall |
Who do the Big Brands Want to Eat to Grow Their Businesses? |
| 10:30am Fisher Center |
CE0 Showcase -- Technology Enablers Shawn Hardin, CEO, Flock Leonard Backus, CEO, Datamash James Rogers, CEO, Nextrials David Thompson, CEO, Genius.com Mike Connor, CEO, EffectiveUI Bjorn Espenes, CEO, Infopia Immediately followed by 15 minutes of analysis by industry experts Brian Kelly, Partner, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips Paul Gibson, Bridge Bank Mike Sigal, Guidewire Group *Following this the CEOs will be in the Fisher Lobby for 30-minutes of demos and Q&A |
| 11:15am Fisher Center |
CE0 Showcase -- Web Services & Collaboration Ken Liu, CEO, MindTouch Aaron Levie, CEO, Box.Net Jeff Solomon, CEO, Leads360 Pankaj Malviya, CEO, LongJump David Rolston, CEO, Forterra Systems Levy Cohen, CEO, Collarity Immediately followed by 15 minutes of analysis by industry experts Jim Schroder, Montgomery & Company Lisa Lambert, Managing Director, Intel Capital Maha Ibrahim, General Partner, Canaan Partners *Following this the CEOs will be in the Fisher Lobby for 30-minutes of demos and Q&A |
| 11:15am McCaw Hall |
Entrepreneurship as an Extreme Sport Tina Seelig, Executive Director, Stanford Technology Ventures Program |
| 11:30am -- 1:30pm |
Buffet Lunch -- in the Ford Gardens |
| 1:00pm McCaw Hall |
Social Networking 3.0 Moderator: Charlene Li, Senior Analyst, Forrester Research Travis Katz, SVP, MySpace International Dustin Moskovitz, Co-Founder, Facebook Rich Rosenblatt, CEO, Demand Media Gina Bianchini, CEO, Ning Karl Jacob, CEO, Wallop |
| 1:00pm Fisher Center |
CE0 Showcase -- Mobile & Wireless Jin Koh, CEO, Nuvoiz Bill Howe, CEO, Azaire Networks Luceille Outhred, CEO, Digislide Jason Thibeault, Founder, GoWare Neeraj Bansal, SVP, Sapphire Immediately followed by 15 minutes of analysis by industry experts Tim Chang, Principal, Norwest Venture Partners Rod Randall, Senior Managing Director, Vesbridge Jim Long, Venture Advisor, Gabriel Venture Partners *Following this the CEOs will be in the Fisher Lobby for 30-minutes of demos and Q&A |
| 2:00pm McCaw Hall |
CEO Showcase TJ Kang, CEO, ThinkFree Richard Onyon, Founder, FusionOne Isaac Sundarajan, CEO, Codenomicon Delip Andra, CEO, Minekey Ragnar Kruse, CEO, Smaato *Following this the CEOs will be in the Fisher Lobby for 30-minutes of demos and Q&A |
| 2:45pm McCaw Hall |
High Performance Global Innovation -- From Labs to Customer Doug Merritt, Corporate Officer & Member of the Executive Council, SAP AG |
| 3:00pm McCaw Hall |
Out of the Labs and Into the Market Moderator: George Gilder, Chairman, Gilder Technology Publishing Dr. Jai Menon, IBM Fellow, VP & CTO, Architecture & Strategy, IBM Doug Merritt, Corporate Officer & Member of the Executive Council, SAP AG George Dies, Director of Strategic Planning, HP |
| 3:45pm McCaw Hall |
The Democratization of Media: Good or Bad? Moderator: Dan Farber, Editor-in-Chief, ZDNet Andrew Keen, author, Cult of the Amateur Bill Cleary, Founder, Cleary & Partners Barbara Waugh, Director, University Relations, HP George Gilder, Chairman, Gilder Technology Publishing |
| 4:30pm |
Closing Reception -- Magaritas & Mojitos Arrillaga Alumni Center Gardens |
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