FORTUNE's Brainstorm Tech 2008 aims to sharpen the thinking of attendees about the escalating impact of tech-driven change for all business and global society.
Sessions will be a mix of one-on-one interviews, panel discussions, small-group roundtables, and working lunch labs.
Please check back for a complete agenda, including speakers.
Monday, July 21
10:00am
Registration Opens
2:30pm - 4:00pm
Free Time Activities
- Guided Hikes through the Purisma Redwood Preserve
- Segway Tours along the Pacific Coast
- Submarine Simulator, sponsored by U.S. Submarines (runs throughout conference)
4:15pm - 4:20pm
Welcome & Opening Remarks
- David Kirkpatrick
Senior Editor, Internet and Technology
FORTUNE
- Andy Serwer
Managing Editor
FORTUNE
4:20 – 5:10pm
What's Tech Got to Do with It?
Geo-political instability, a teetering economy, a global food shortage and a looming general election in the U.S. — and meanwhile the Net just keeps becoming more and more central to our lives. How will tech affect the world going forward?
Moderator:
- David Kirkpatrick
Senior Editor, Internet and Technology
FORTUNE
Speakers:
- Marc R. Benioff
Founder, Chairman, and CEO
salesforce.com, Inc. - Michael S. Dell
Chairman and CEO
Dell Inc. - Gary Hamel
Director, Management Lab
Visiting Professor, London Business School - Christiane zu Salm
Member of the Board
Hubert Burda Media
5:10 – 5:15pm
The New Face of Innovation
- Brad Smith
President and CEO
Intuit Inc.
5:15 – 5:35pm
Platforms, the Net Economy, and the Future of Reading
- Jeffrey P. Bezos
Founder and CEO
Amazon.com, Inc.
Interviewer:
- David Kirkpatrick
Senior Editor, Internet and Technology
FORTUNE
5:35 – 6:15pm
Thinking Globally
Moderator:
- Peter Schwartz
Co-founder and Chairman
Global Business Network
Speakers:
- John S. Chen
Chairman, CEO and President
Sybase, Inc. - Sean M. Maloney
Executive Vice President
General Manager, Sales and Marketing Group
Chief Sales and Marketing Officer
Intel Corp. - Vineet Nayar
Chief Executive Officer
HCL Technologies Ltd. - Alexander Straub
Chief Executive Officer
PIXSTA
6:15pm - 6:30pm
Break
6:30pm - 7:30pm
Cocktail Reception
7:30pm - 9:30pm
Opening Night Dinner
Welcome:
- Vivek Shah
President
FORTUNE|Money Group
Blogger Showdown
Moderator:
- Adam Lashinsky
Senior Writer
FORTUNE
Speakers:
- Om Malik
Founder, Giga Omni Media, Inc.
Executive Editor, GigaOM.com - Robert Scoble
Managing Director, Fast Company.TV
Video Blogger, Scobleizer.com - Kara Swisher
Co-Executive Editor, AllThingsD.com
The Wall Street Journal
Tuesday, July 22
7:00am
Registration Opens
8:00am - 9:00am
Breakfast Roundtables
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Marketing Leaders Roundtable, sponsored by Mediaedge:cia
Moderator:
- Pattie Sellers
Editor at Large
FORTUNE
Special Guests:
- Andrew McLean
Chief Client Officer
GroupM - Marc Singer
Director, San Francisco Office
McKinsey & Company - Richard Wergan
Vice President, Worldwide Brand Marketing and Advertising
Xerox Corp.
- Pattie Sellers
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Challenges of High Growth: What do Innovative Companies Need?, sponsored by SAP
Moderator:
- David Kirkpatrick
Senior Editor, Internet and Technology
FORTUNE
Special Guests:
- Ralph Loura
Senior Vice President, Information Technology
Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. - Keerti Melkote
Co-founder and Vice President, Products and Partnerships
Aruba Networks, Inc. - Jerrold J. Pellizzon
Chief Financial Officer
Ceradyne Inc. - Paul Touw
President and CEO
XOJET, Inc.
- David Kirkpatrick
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Playing to Win: The Future of Gaming
Moderator:
- Jeffrey O'Brien
Senior Editor
FORTUNE
Speakers:
- Dennis Fong
Chief Executive Officer
Raptr, Inc. - Rod Humble
Senior Vice President and Head of Studio, The Sims Label
Electronic Arts Inc. - Steve Rechtschaffner
Chief Creative Officer, Humanature Studios
NEXON Publishing NA - Paul Thelen
Founder, Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer
Big Fish Games, Inc.
- Jeffrey O'Brien
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Europe's New Entrepreneurialism
Moderator:
- Christiane zu Salm
Member of the Board
Hubert Burda Media
Speakers:
- Tariq Krim
Founder and Strategic Advisor
Netvibes - Loïc Le Meur
Chief Executive Officer
Seesmic - Bernard Liautaud
General Partner, Balderton Capital
Founder, Business Objects - Alexander Straub
Chief Executive Officer
PIXSTA - Martin Varsavsky
Founder and CEO
FON
- Christiane zu Salm
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Digital Dangers: Playing Defense in a Virtual Universe
Moderator:
- Jon Fortt
Senior Writer
FORTUNE
Speakers:
- Eva Chen
CEO and Co-founder
Trend Micro, Inc. (USA) - Padmasree Warrior
Chief Technology Officer
Cisco Systems, Inc. - Linton Wells II
Transformation Chair; Distinguished Research Professor
National Defense University (NDU)
- Jon Fortt
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Heads in the Cloud: What Cloud Computing Is (and Isn't), and What It Means for Business
Moderator:
- Michael V. Copeland
Senior Editor at Large
FORTUNE
Speakers:
- Charles Fitzgerald
Vice President, Platform Marketing
Pi Corporation - Kevin Lynch
Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President, Experience and Technology Organization
Adobe Systems Incorporated - Marissa Mayer
Vice President, Search Products and User Experience
Google, Inc. - Zach Nelson
President and CEO
NetSuite - Adam Selipsky
Vice President, Product Management and Developer Relations
Amazon Web Services
- Michael V. Copeland
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How Net Content Will Be Monetized
Moderator:
- Adam Lashinsky
Senior Writer
FORTUNE
Speakers:
- Neil Ashe
President
CBS Interactive - Robert Glaser
Founder, Chairman and CEO
RealNetworks, Inc. - Mike Volpi
Chief Executive Officer
Joost - Gregory Waldorf
Chief Executive Officer
eHarmony
- Adam Lashinsky
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Identity and Transparency: How Far Can We Go?
Moderator:
- Jessi Hempel
Writer
FORTUNE
Speakers:
- Michael D. Capellas
Chairman and CEO
First Data - Arthur W. Coviello, Jr.
Executive Vice President, EMC Corp.
President, RSA, The Security Division of EMC - Chris Kelly
Chief Privacy Officer and Head of Global Public Policy
Facebook - Kevin Kelly
Co-founder and Senior Maverick, Wired Magazine
Editor and Publisher, Cool Tools - David Miller
Chief Security Officer
Compuware Covisint
- Jessi Hempel
9:00am - 9:15am
Switch Break
9:15am
Welcome Back
- Bob Bierman
Vice President
FORTUNE Live Media
9:15am - 9:45am
Titans of Digital Transformation
Moderator:
- Andy Serwer
Managing Editor
FORTUNE
Speakers:
- Philippe P. Dauman
President and CEO
Viacom Inc. - Ivan G. Seidenberg
Chairman and CEO
Verizon Communications Inc.
9:45am - 10:30am
The CTOs: Over the Horizon for Tech and the Industry
Moderator:
- Mark Anderson
Chief Executive Officer
Strategic News Service LLC (SNS)
Speakers:
- Bob Iannucci
Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
Nokia Corp. - Sophie V. Vandebroek
Chief Technology Officer and President, Xerox Innovation Group
Xerox Corp. - Padmasree Warrior
Chief Technology Officer
Cisco Systems, Inc.
10:30am - 10:35am
A Digital Nervous System for the Earth
- Stan Williams
Senior Fellow and Director, Information Quantum Systems Lab
Hewlett-Packard Co.
10:35am - 11:00am
Refreshment Break
11:00am - 11:10am
Power to the People
- Nicholas Negroponte
Founder and Chairman
One Laptop per Child
Interviewer:
- David Kirkpatrick
Senior Editor, Internet and Technology
FORTUNE
11:10am - 11:50am
How Green is Your Valley?
Moderator:
- James M. Manyika
Director (Senior Partner)
McKinsey & Company
Speakers:
- Vyomesh Joshi
Executive Vice President, Imaging and Printing Group
Hewlett-Packard Co. - Robert Lloyd
Senior Vice President, U.S., Canada, and Japan
Cisco Systems, Inc. - Jonathan Schwartz
Chief Executive Officer and President
Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Michael R. Splinter
President and CEO
Applied Materials, Inc.
11:50am - 12:10pm
The Social Web and the Facebook Effect
- Sheryl Sandberg
Chief Operating Officer
Facebook
Interviewer:
- David Kirkpatrick
Senior Editor, Internet and Technology
FORTUNE
12:10pm - 12:30pm
Switch Break
12:30pm - 2:00pm
Lunch Labs
Working sessions on technology's role in the solution of problems.
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Shelter
Facilitators:
- Cameron Sinclair
Executive Director and Co-founder
Architecture for Humanity - Daniel Wallach
Executive Director
Greensburg GreenTown
- Cameron Sinclair
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Transparency
Facilitators:
- Esther Dyson
Chairman
EDventure Holdings - Kevin Kelly
Co-founder and Senior Maverick, Wired Magazine
Editor and Publisher, Cool Tools
- Esther Dyson
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Peace
Facilitators:
- Eric D. Rasmussen
President and CEO
InSTEDD - Linton Wells, II
Transformation Chair
Distinguished Research Professor
National Defense University (NDU)
- Eric D. Rasmussen
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Energy
Facilitators:
- Vinton G. Cerf
Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist
Google, Inc. - Todd Woody
Senior Editor
FORTUNE
- Vinton G. Cerf
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Governance and Governing
Facilitators:
- Daniel Kaufmann
Director, Governance and Anti-Corruption
World Bank Institute - Ross Mayfield
Chairman, President and Co-founder
Socialtext
- Daniel Kaufmann
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Talent
Facilitators:
- John Hagel III
Co-chairman, Deloitte Center for Edge Innovation
Deloitte - Vineet Nayar
Chief Executive Officer
HCL Technologies Ltd.
- John Hagel III
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Health Care
Facilitators:
- Zoë Baird
President
Markle Foundation - Marissa Mayer
Vice President, Search Products and User Experience
Google, Inc.
- Zoë Baird
2:00pm - 2:20pm
Switch Break
2:20pm - 3:05pm
Tech Investing in a World without Exits
Moderator:
- Adam Lashinsky
Senior Writer
FORTUNE
Speakers:
- Andrew Braccia
Partner
Accel Partners - Danny Rimer
Partner
Index Ventures - Dana Settle
Partner
Greycroft Partners, LLC - David E. Siminoff
General Partner
Venrock - Quincy Smith
Chief Executive Officer
CBS Interactive
3:05pm - 3:25pm
Rebuilding the Jumbo at 30,000 Feet:
Managing Big Media in the 21st Century
- Peter Chernin
President and COO
News Corp.
Interviewer:
- Richard Siklos
Editor at Large
FORTUNE
3:25pm - 3:30pm
Preventing Pandemics
- Seth Berkley
President, CEO, and Founder
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI)
3:30pm - 4:10pm
Synthetic Life and the Bio-Energy Revolution
Moderator:
- Steve Jurvetson
Managing Director
Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Speakers:
- Rodney Brooks
Panasonic Professor of Robotics, EECS
MIT - George M. Church
Professor of Genetics and Director, Center for Computational Genetics
Harvard Medical School - Drew Endy
Cabot Assistant Professor of Biological Engineering
MIT
4:10pm - 4:20pm
"Breakfast with You": A Performance by Misnomer Dance Theater
4:20pm - 4:45pm
Refreshment Break
4:45pm - 5:45pm
Concurrent Sessions
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2018: Life on the Net
Moderator:
- Quincy Smith
Chief Executive Officer
CBS Interactive
Speakers:
- Joichi Ito
CEO, Creative Commons
Chairman, Six Apart Japan - Lawrence Lessig
Professor of Law, Stanford Law School
Founder, Center for Internet and Society - Philip Rosedale
Founder and Chairman
Linden Lab
- Quincy Smith
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What the Rest of the World Wants
Moderator:
- David Kirkpatrick
Senior Editor, Internet and Technology
FORTUNE
Speakers:
- Rodrigo Baggio
Founder and Executive Director
Committee for Democracy in Information Technology (CDI) - Daniel Kaufmann
Director, Governance and Anti-Corruption
World Bank Institute - Koji Omi
Founder and Chairman, Science and Technology in Society (STS) Forum
Member of the House of Representatives
Former Minister of Finance of Japan - Tae Yoo
Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs
Cisco Systems, Inc.
- David Kirkpatrick
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Attention as Commodity
Moderator:
- Jessi Hempel
Writer
FORTUNE
Speakers:
- Amit Kapur
Chief Operating Officer
MySpace - Max Levchin
Founder, CEO and Chairman
Slide, Inc. - Jeff Weiner
Executive in Residence
Accel Partners & Greylock Partners
- Jessi Hempel
5:45pm - 6:45pm
Free Time
6:45pm - 7:00pm
Cocktail Reception
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Dinner
Sponsored by Singapore Exhibition & Convention Bureau
Welcome:
- Hugh C. Wiley
Worldwide Publisher
FORTUNE
Wednesday, July 23
7:00am
Registration Opens
7:30am - 8:30am
Breakfast Roundtables
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Designing the Mobile Internet
Moderator:
- Michal Lev-Ram
Reporter
FORTUNE
Speakers:
- Steve Boom
Senior Vice President, Connected Life
Yahoo! Inc. - Mark Rolston
Chief Creative Officer
frogdesign, inc.
- Michal Lev-Ram
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Digital Exhibitionism: The Future of Relationships
Shifting Individuals and Organizations from E-business to Me-business
Moderator:
- Andreas S. Weigend
people & data
www.weigend.com
Speakers:
- Esther Dyson
Chairman
EDventure Holdings - Marc Singer
Director, San Francisco Office
McKinsey & Company - Shoshana Zuboff
Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration, Retired
Harvard Business School
- Andreas S. Weigend
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Can For-Profit Technology Jumpstart Global Development?
Moderator:
- David Kirkpatrick
Senior Editor, Internet and Technology
FORTUNE
Speaker:
- Iqbal Z. Quadir
Founder and Director, Legatum Center in Developmental Entrepreneurship
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- David Kirkpatrick
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Flexing the (Social) Network: Programming for the Web
Moderator:
- Jessi Hempel
Writer
FORTUNE
Speakers:
- Chris Elam
Founder and Director
Misnomer Dance Theater - Adam Elend
Executive Producer
CBS Interactive - Dina Kaplan
Co-founder and COO
blip.tv - Steve Mitgang
Chief Executive Officer
Veoh Networks, Inc.
- Jessi Hempel
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Is Philanthropy Dead?
Moderator:
- Katie Benner
Writer/Reporter
FORTUNE
Speakers:
- Charles Best
Founder and CEO
DonorsChoose.org - Premal Shah
President
Kiva.org - Dan Shine
Vice President, 50x15 Initiative
President, 50x15 Foundation
AMD
- Katie Benner
8:30am - 8:45am
Switch Break
8:45am - 8:50am
Welcome Back
- Kirk McDonald
Chief Advertising Officer
FORTUNE|Money Group
8:50am - 9:30am
The Eyes Have It: Advertising and Media Decision Making in the Digital Era
Moderator:
- Jessi Hempel
Writer
FORTUNE
Speakers:
- Tom Bedecarré
Chief Executive Officer
AKQA - Lynda M. Clarizio
President, Platform-A
Executive Vice President
AOL, LLC - Brian McAndrews
Senior Vice President, Advertiser and Publisher Solutions Group (APS)
Microsoft Corp.
9:30am - 9:35am
Notes from the Field
- Tara Lemmey
Founder and CEO
LENS Ventures, LLC
9:35am - 10:15am
The Future of Code
Moderator:
- Neville Roy Singham
Founder and Chairman
ThoughtWorks, Inc.
Speakers:
- Grady Booch
Chief Scientist
IBM Rational - David Heinemeier Hansson
Partner
37signals - Charles Simonyi
President and CEO
Intentional Software Corp.
10:15am - 10:20am
Rethinking the Engineer
- Leah H. Jamieson
John A. Edwardson Dean of Engineering, Purdue University
Board Director, IEEE
10:20am - 10:40am
Break
10:40am - 11:05am
Guitar Heroes
- Chris DeWolfe
CEO and Co-founder
MySpace - Robert A. Kotick
Chairman and CEO
Activision, Inc.
Interviewer:
- Adam Lashinsky
Senior Writer
FORTUNE
11:05am - 11:25am
Great Expectations
- Eric Schmidt
Chairman and CEO
Google, Inc.
Interviewer:
- David Kirkpatrick
Senior Editor, Internet and Technology
FORTUNE
11:25am - 11:50am
Music, Green Cars, and the Future
- Neil Young
Singer, Songwriter, Musician
Interviewer:
- John W. Huey
Editor-in-Chief
Time Inc.
11:50am
Closing Remarks
- David Kirkpatrick
Senior Editor, Internet and Technology
FORTUNE - Andy Serwer
Managing Editor
FORTUNE
