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Tuesday
May 27 |
Telecosm 2008 |
5:00 pm -
6:30 pm
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Event Registration |
6:30 pm -
9:00 pm
The Adirondac
Cruise Ship |
Telecosm 2008 Welcome Reception & Networking Dinner Cruise
hosted by George Gilder and Forbes publisher Rich Karlgaard
(Sponsored by EZchip Technologies)
PLEASE NOTE: Ship boarding to begin at 6:30 pm on the front docks. Ship sets sail promptly at 7:00 pm. |
8:20 pm -
9:00 pm
Level Two,
The Adirondac |
The Deniers:
The smart money's on global cooling
Welcome Remarks:
Jeff Stambovsky, Telecosm 2008, Master of Ceremonies
Speaker:
Lawrence Solomon, Author, The Deniers
The world-renowned scientists who stood up against global warming hysteria, political persecution and fraud. And those who are too fearful to do so. |
9:15 pm
Mister Brown's Pub |
Telecosm After Hours |
Wednesday
May 28 |
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7:00 am -
8:00 am
Lobby
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Telecosm Registration & Continental Breakfast |
8:00 am -
8:10 am
Bellvue Ballroom |
Telecosm 2008 Welcome Remarks
Speaker:
Jeff Stambovsky, Telecosm 2008, Master of Ceremonies |
8:10 am -
8:30 am |
The Elements of Innovation: True innovation creates it's own market
Speaker:
George Gilder, Editor, Gilder Telecosm Forum; Chairman, George Gilder Fund Management, LLC |
8:30 am -
9:30 am |
Rejuvenating the Economy: Creating an environment in which entrepreneurial activity can flourish
Speaker:
Steve Forbes, President and Chief Executive Officer, Forbes Inc.; Editor in Chief, Forbes magazine |
9:30 am -
10:10 am |
Refreshment Break
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10:10 am -
10:50 am |
The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google
Speaker:
Nicholas Carr, Author, The Big Switch
Utility computing and the coming transformation of the Network. |
10:50 am -
12:00 pm |
Cloud Computing: The centralized data center paradigm
Panelists:
Larry Boucher, Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer, Alacritech
Nicholas Carr, Author, The Big Switch
Josh Coates, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Berkeley Data Systems (An EMC company)
Lane Patterson, Chief Technologist, Equinix
Dennis Quan,
Director, Tivoli UI Infrastructure, IBM
Moderator:
Spencer Reiss, Contributing Editor, Wired magazine
Protocol-neutral cloud computing and virtualized networking. |
| 12:00 am -
1:15 pm
Mountain View Terrace |
Luncheon Reception and Photography Exhibit
(Sponsored by Dick and Seng Merrill) |
1:15 pm -
2:00 pm
Bellvue Ballroom |
Who Killed Bear Stearns?
Speaker:
Andy Kessler, former hedge fund manager, Author, How We Got Here, Wall Street Meat, Running Money, The End of Medicine |
2:00 pm -
3:15 pm |
The Exaflood: Managing the coming digital deluge
Speaker:
Andrew Odlyzko, Digital Technology Center, University of Minnesota
Panelists:
Johna Till Johnson, President and Senior Founding Partner, Nemertes Research
Bob Metcalfe,
General Partner, Polaris Venture Partners; Ethernet inventor; 3Com founder; Holder of the National Medal of Technology
Walt Ordway, Former Chief Technology Officer, Digital Cinema Initiatives
(representing USVO)
Lane Patterson, Chief Technologist, Equinix
Joe Weinman, Vice President of Corporate Planning, Strategy and Emerging Services, AT&T
Moderator:
Bret Swanson, Director, Center of Global Innovation, Progress and Freedom Foundation
Commentator:
Tom Evslin, Co-founder and former Chief Executive Officer, ITXC Corp.; Blogger, Fractals of Change
Managing Internet traffic and building a network infrastructure capable of handling the coming onslaught of digital technologies that will drive a dramatic new round of Internet growth. |
3:15 pm -
3:50 pm |
Refreshment Break (Sponsored by USVO)
Investing in Intellectual Property Protection
(Breakout informational briefing in the Evelley room.)
Hosted by:
Patrick Gregston, Head of Business Development , USVO
Tom Perovic, Chief Architect, USVO |
3:50 pm -
4:10 pm |
Visual Technologies: The graphics paradigm in stunning clarity
Speaker:
David Kirk, Chief Scientist, NVIDIA
The rising demand for 3D and processing horsepower, and the rapid advance and increased use of general purpose parallel applications on the Net. |
4:10 pm -
5:00 pm |
Graphics Processors: Mastering the tectonics of parallelism to achieve spectacular scalability
Speaker:
Jules Urbach,
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Jules World, LLC/OTOY
Panelists:
David Kirk, Chief Scientist, Nvidia
Avi Muchnick, Co-founder, Aviary
Moderator:
George Gilder, Editor, Gilder Telecosm Forum; Chairman, George Gilder Fund Management, LLC
The Rise of Graphics Processors: The photorealistic computer-generated 3D images taking the Hollywood cognoscenti by storm |
5:00 pm -
5:45 pm
Lower Veranda |
Lakeside Cocktail Reception (Sponsored by Anteris) |
5:45 pm -
7:00 pm
The Sagamore
Dining Room |
Dinner (Sponsored by Qualcomm) |
7:15 pm -
7:45 pm
Bellvue Ballroom |
Wireless Life Sciences: Enabling the body area network
Introduction:
George Gilder, Editor, Gilder Telecosm Forum; Chairman, George Gilder Fund Management, LLC
Speaker:
Clint McClellan, Senior Director Marketing Intelligence, Qualcomm
How wireless technology is changing the way medicine is practiced. |
7:45 pm -
8:15 pm |
Is China Free?
Introduction:
Rich Karlgaard, Publisher, Forbes magazine
Speakers:
John Rutledge, Chairman, Rutledge Capital; Professor, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Chief Advisor to Governor of Beijing's Haidian District
Improving the performance of the real economy. |
8:15 pm -
9:00 pm |
Telecosm 2008 Economics Roundtable
Panelists:
Tom Evslin, Co-founder and former Chief Executive Officer, ITXC Corp.; Blogger, Fractals of Change
George Gilder, Editor, Gilder Telecosm Forum; Chairman, George Gilder Fund Management, LLC
Andy Kessler, former hedge fund manager, Author, How We Got Here, Wall Street Meat, Running Money, The End of Medicine
Paul McWilliams, Editor, Next Inning Technology Research
John Rutlegde, Chairman, Rutledge Capital; Professor, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Chief Advisor to Governor of Beijing's Haidian District
Bret Swanson, Director, Center of Global Innovation, Progress and Freedom Foundation
Stage Moderator:
Rich Karlgaard, Publisher, Forbes magazine
The monetary significance of gold prices, regulatory policies, long term interest rates, taxes, and Election 2008. |
9:15 pm
Mister Brown's Pub
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Telecosm After Hours |
Thursday
May 29 |
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7:30 am -
8:00 am
Lobby
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Continental Breakfast |
8:00 am -
8:10 am
Bellvue Ballroom |
Morning Remarks
Speaker:
Jeff Stambovsky, Telecosm 2008, Master of Ceremonies |
8:10 am -
9:10 am |
The Enernet: Lessons learned from 62 years of Internet history
Speaker:
Bob Metcalfe, General Partner, Polaris Venture Partners; Ethernet inventor; 3Com founder; Holder of the National Medal of Technology
How, in coming decades, to meet accelerating world needs for cheap and clean energy. Reconsidering the "green" consensus. A 62-year search for silver bullets. Relying on scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, and, yes, venture capitalists to do it again. |
9:10 am -
9:30 am |
The Nanomesh: New applications for carbon nanotubes
Speaker:
Chris Cooper, Founder, Seldon Technologies
Energy storage and production. Water, air, and fuel purification. |
9:30 am -
10:00 am |
Refreshment Break (Sponsored by Seldon Technologies )
Investing in Nanotech
(Breakout informational and business briefing in the Evelley room.)
Hosted by:
Alan Cummings, Chief Executive Officer, Seldon Technologies |
10:00 am -
10:45 am |
Building a New Generation of Memory
Speakers:
Dale Jacobson, Chief Operating Officer; Senior VP, SemEquip
J. Tom Pawlowski, Chief Technologist, Micron
Kevin Witt, Director, Disruptive Technology, Semitool
DRAM, SRAM, MRAM, FRAM, nRAM, OUM, CMOS and FLASH competition on the horizon. |
10:45 am -
12:00 pm |
The Microprocessor Forum: Computing in transition
Speakers:
Nick Tredennick, Contributing Editor, Gilder Telecosm Forum
Larry Boucher, Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer, Alacritech
Panelists:
Dale Jacobson, Chief Operating Officer; Senior Vice President, SemEquip
J. Tom Pawlowski, Chief Technologist, Micron
Rajit Manohar, Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Achronix Semiconductor
Kevin Witt, Director, Disruptive Technology, Semitool
Panel Moderator:
Nick Tredennick, Contributing Editor, Gilder Telecosm Forum
Chips in the big switch. |
12:00 pm -
1:15 pm
Trillium Bis |
Luncheon Reception (Sponsored by BroadLight) |
1:15 pm -
1:45 pm
Bellvue Ballroom |
Flexibility and Integration: Enabling triple-play data, voice and video services
Speaker:
Eli Fruchter, President and Chief Executive Officer, EZchip;
Chairman of the Boardm LanOptics
The fertile balance between custom processors and programmability. |
1:45 pm -
2:50 pm |
Photonic Integration: Multicore multiprocessor innovation
Speakers:
Behrooz Abdi, President and Chief Executive Officer, RMI Corp.
Syed Ali, President and Chief Executive Officer, Cavium Networks
Ron Jankov, President and Chief Executive Officer, NetLogic
Panelists:
Eli Fruchter, President and Chief Executive Officer, EZchip;
Chairman of the Boardm LanOptics
Andrew Schmitt, Founder and General Partner, Nyquist Capital
Moderator:
George Gilder, Editor, Gilder Telecosm Forum; Chairman, George Gilder Fund Management, LLC
Application-layer networking across the wirespeed reaches of the Net. |
2:50 pm -
3:20 pm |
Refreshment Break (Sponsored by Wave)
Holding Back the Exaflood: Delivering high-value content to the trusted subscriber at the edge
(Breakout informational briefing in the Evelley room.)
Hosted by:
Steven Sprague, President and Chief Executive Officer, Wave |
3:20 pm -
3:40 pm |
Fiber-to-the-Chip: CMOS photonics
Speaker:
Greg Young, Chief Executive Officer, Luxtera |
3:40 pm -
4:45 pm |
Connectivity Everywhere: The future of the all-optical network
Speakers:
Giorgio Anania, Board Member, PhotonIC
Raanan Gewirtzman, Chief Executive Officer, BroadLight
David Welch,
Chief Strategy Officer, Founder, Infinera
Panelists:
Terry Turpin, Former Chief Technologist, Essex Corp.;Optical Computing Guru, Lightwave Logic
Greg Young, Chief Executive Officer, Luxtera
Moderator:
Charlie Burger, Senior Technology Analyst, Gilder Publishing, LLC
Ethernet routing solutions, digital processing, real-time packet inspection, new I-O schemes, integrated photonics, and innovative processor architectures.
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4:45 pm -
5:10 pm |
Broadband Wireless: High-speed communication through integrated wireless solutions
Speakers:
Douglas Lockie, Founder, GigaBeam
Eli Harry, Chairman, Provigent
Increasing capacity and improving accessibility and scalability. |
5:10 pm -
6:15 pm |
Building the New Teleputer: The wireless future
Speakers:
Bami Bastani, Chief Executive Officer, Anadigics
John Feland,
Human Interface Architect, Synaptics
Lloyd Watts, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Audience
Commentator:
Ronald Reedy, Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Peregrine Semiconductor
Moderator:
Charlie Burger, Senior Technology Analyst, Gilder Publishing, LLC
Displacing PCs as the key devices on the network. |
6:30 pm -
8:00 pm
Shelving Rock Terrace |
Farewall Cocktail & Dinner Reception (Sponsored by Audience) |
8:00 pm -
8:15 pm
Bellvue Ballroom |
The Age of Entanglement
Introduction:
George Gilder, Editor, Gilder Telecosm Forum; Chairman, George Gilder Fund Management, LLC
Speaker:
Louisa Gilder, Author, The Age of Entanglement: When Quantum Physics Was Reborn |
| 8:15 pm |
The Amazing Efficiencies of the Microcosm: The dynamic between creativity and discovery
Introduction:
Lloyd Watts, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer , Audience
Speaker:
Carver Mead, Internationally known author and educator; Holder of the National Medal of Technology; Founder of twenty-five companies; Gordon and Betty Moore Professor of Engineering Emeritus, California Institute of Technology
The emergence of the noosphere, the next phase transition. |
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Farewell Remarks
Speaker:
George Gilder, Editor, Gilder Telecosm Forum; Chairman, George Gilder Fund Management, LLC |
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