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Tuesday, May 24th
2:00p - 4:00p Meet the FiReStarters - Exec. Suite 225
Private reception for the BBC, FiReStarters, and FiReSpotters; with Mark Anderson; Sharon Anderson-Morris, SNS Programs Director; and select SNS staff
4:00p - 7:00p Registration and Reception - Pacific Lawn
4:00p - 6:00p FiRe Registration
5:00p - 6:30p Cocktail Reception with live entertainment (adult partners welcome)
6:30p - 6:45p Welcome to FiRe, and Introduction to FiRe Interns and Staff: Sharon Anderson-Morris, SNS Programs Director
7:00p - 10:00p Dinner and Presentation - Gallery Ballroom
7:00p - 7:30p Welcoming Remarks:
  • Introductions and Appreciations: Sharon Anderson-Morris
  • Opening Remarks: Mark Anderson
8:15p - 9:00p Dinner Presentation: "Economic Cyberwar and the New Security Mandate": A conversation between Mark Anderson and Richard Marshall, Director, Global Cyber Security Management, Department of Homeland Security
9:00p --- Q & A and Discussion
Wednesday, May 25th
6:45a - 7:45a Continental Breakfast - Gallery Ballroom
Note: Private test drives in the all-electric Tesla Roadster will be available to all FiRe attendees today, with thanks to CEO Elon Musk, on a sign-up basis. Register today at the FiRe Registration Desk.
7:50a - 11:45 Morning Sessions - Grand Ballroom
7:50a - 8:00a "Welcome to FiRe" - LIVE Worldwide (Note: This morning's session will be streamed live to sites around the world): Mark Anderson

8:00a - 8:30a "Technology Driving Economics": A Conversation with John Hagel III, Director and Co-Chair, Deloitte Center for Edge Innovation; and Ira Kalish, Director of Global Economics, Deloitte Research; hosted by David Willis, Senior Foreign Correspondent, BBC

8:30a - 9:00a "The Future of Chipped Intelligence": A Conversation with Justin Rattner, CTO and Senior Fellow; and VP and Director, Intel Labs; Intel Corp.; hosted by Mark Anderson

9:00a - 9:30a "Polar Ice Volumes Over Time: Is the Climate Debate Over?": A Conversation with Wieslaw Maslowski, Research Professor of Oceanography, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey; hosted by Larry Smarr, Director, California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2), UC San Diego and Irvine

9:30a - 10:00a Break - The Courtyard

10:00a - 10:45a Keynote Conversation: Paul Ricci, Chairman and CEO, Nuance Corp.; hosted by Russ Daggatt, General Partner, Denny Hill Capital

10:45a - 11:15a HOTSPOTS I: Five Personal Views of the Future

A Panel hosted by David Willis, Senior Foreign Correspondent, BBC:
  • Stephen Dunnivant: Associate Dean, Gulf Coast Community College Advanced Technology Center
  • Samuel Huegli: CFO/Head, Corporate Center, Ringier AG
  • Paul Pluschkell: Co-Founder and CEO, Spigit Inc.
  • Jaidev Shergill: Founder and CEO, Bundle.com
  • Simon Hackett: Managing Director, Internode Pty
11:15a - 11:45a "The Future of Car Computing": A Conversation with Paul Mascarenas, CTO, Ford Motor Co.; hosted by Mark Anderson

11:45a - 1:00p Lunch - Ocean Lawn
1:00p - 3:30p Afternoon Sessions - Grand Ballroom
1:00p - 1:30p "IPTV and the World of Streaming 4G Devices": A Conversation with David Garrison, CEO, iBAHN; and Philip Nelson, SVP Strategic Development, NewTek; hosted by Jim Louderback, CEO, Revision3

1:30p - 2:00p "Embedded Vision: Computers Seeing You": A Conversation with Bruce Kleinman, Corporate VP, Platform Marketing, Xilinx;Jason Bluming, General Manager, Technical Strategy, Microsoft; and Ian Weightman, President, IMS Research; hosted by Scott Gardner, General Manager and EIC, Embedded Vision Alliance

2:00p - 2:30p "Computing with Light: The Future of Photonics and the New OPSIS Lab": A Conversation with Michael Hochberg, Executive Director, OPSIS Lab, University of Washington; hosted by Robert Anderson, Director Technology Transfer, Illinois Institute of Technology

2:30p - 3:00p CTO Design Challenge: "Saving the Planet by Capturing Carbon" - Introduction: A Conversation with Greg McRae, Executive Director, Morgan Stanley, and Hoyt C. Hottel Professor of Chemical Engineering; hosted by Larry Smarr, Director, California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2), UC San Diego and Irvine;

- followed by Charging the CTO Panel, including:

David Brin, Scientist, Inventor, and Author; Joseph B. Burton, CTO & Head of Global Development, Plantronics Inc.; Ty Carlson, Business Productivity Online Services Engineering R&D, Office 365, Microsoft; Tom Malloy, SVP and Chief Software Architect, Advanced Technology Labs, Adobe Systems; Peter Moeckel, VP, Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, Deutsche Telekom; and Eric Openshaw, Vice Chairman and U.S. Technology Leader, Deloitte LLP, and Global Technology Sector Leader, Deloitte - (Panel to continue at 4pm Breakout and at Thursday 3:45pm Breakout; Conclusion to be presented Friday at 10am)

3:00p - 3:30p "Technology and Entertainment: Hollywood's Future": A Panel with Jean-Luc De Fanti, Founder and Managing Partner, Hemisphere Capital Management; Tim Disney, Executive Producer, The Last Mountain; and Ed Lantz, President and CTO, Vortex Immersion Media; and hosted by Lew Douglas, President, Lewis Douglas Consulting, and Board Member, Exodus Film Group

3:30p - 4:00p Break - The Courtyard
4:00p - 5:00p Breakouts
  1. FiRe CTO Design Challenge Working Session: The Challenge Continues - "Saving the Planet by Capturing Carbon" (Panel to continue at Thursday 3:45pm Breakout; Conclusion to be presented Friday at 10am) - Gallery Ballroom I

  2. "A Revolution in Car Computing": Moderated by Padraic Hannon, VP, Software and Data Architecture, Edmunds.com; with Paul Mascarenas, CTO, Ford Motor Co.; and Mark Zeinstra, Director, Infotainment and Connectivity, Johnson Controls - Gallery Ballroom II

  3. "Computers Hearing and Seeing": Moderated by Scott Gardner, General Manager and EIC, Embedded Vision Alliance; with Bruce Kleinman, Corporate VP, Platform Marketing, Xilinx; Gary Clayton, Chief Creative Officer, Nuance Communications; and Marc Tremblay, Distinguished Engineer, Microsoft - Executive Suite 229

  4. "Tomorrow's Entertainment: Technology and Devices": Moderated by Jim Louderback, CEO, Revision3; with Rob Chandhok, President, Qualcomm Internet Services and Qualcomm Innovation Center, Qualcomm; Tim Disney, Executive Producer, The Last Mountain; Lew Douglas, Board Member, Exodus Film Group, and President, Lewis Douglas Consulting; David Garrison, CEO, iBAHN; and Ed Lantz, President and CTO, Vortex Immersion Media - Executive Suite 227

5:00p - 7:00p Meet the FiReStarters - The Courtyard
Exhibition with cocktails and hors d'oeuvres, with FiReStarter companies CSRHUB, Cynvenio Biosystems, Easy Energy Systems Inc., Finsphere, Magnet Systems, Spigit, Terremark Worldwide, Vantage Data Centers, Wave Systems Corp., and others TBA
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7:00p - 9:00p FiRe Film Night: The Last Mountain - Grand Ballroom
7:00p - 7:20p "Investing in Films That Make a Difference": Geralyn White Dreyfous, Co-Founder, IMPACT Partners Film Fund; and Founder and Board Chair, SLC Film Center

7:20p - 7:30p FiRe 2011/Sundance Documentary Film Selection, The Last Mountain: Presented by Tom Burns, Founder and Director of the Carmel Art & Film Festival, a FiRe 2011 Alliance Partner

7:30p - 9:00p Global Film Debut: The Last Mountain

9:00p -- Discussion with the Producer: Tim Disney, Executive Producer, Uncommon Productions and The Last Mountain

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Thursday, May 26th
6:50a - 7:50a Continental Breakfast - Gallery Ballroom
8:00a - 12:00p Morning Sessions - Grand Ballroom
8:00a - 8:15a "Operation Enduring Care": A Conversation with Sloan D. Gibson, President and CEO, United Service Organizations (USO); and Louis "Chip" Weil III, Member, Board of Governors, USO, and Chairman, President, and CEO, Central Newspapers Inc. (Ret.); hosted by Don Budinger, Chair and Founder, The Rodel Foundations

8:15a - 8:40a "Tolerating Waste: From Keynes to Schumpeter": A Conversation with Bill Janeway, Senior Advisor, Warburg Pincus; hosted by Mark Anderson

8:40a - 9:15a FiReStarters I: Introduction by Sharon Anderson-Morris, SNS Programs Director;

Hosted by David Willis, Senior Foreign Correspondent, BBC:
  • Cynvenio Biosystems: André de Fusco, CEO and Director
  • Finsphere: Mike Buhrmann, Chairman and CEO
  • Magnet Systems: Alfred Chuang, Founder and CEO
  • Spigit Inc.: Paul Pluschkell, Co-Founder and CEO
  • Wave Systems Corp.: Steven Sprague, CEO
9:15a - 9:45a "Global Investing": A Panel with Kamran Elahian, Founder, Global Catalyst Partners; Gary Rieschel, Founding Partner, Qiming Ventures, Shanghai; Ricardo Salinas, Founder and Chairman, Grupo Salinas; and Christie Simons, Partner, Chinese Services Group, Deloitte & Touche LLP; hosted by Russ Daggatt, Founding General Partner, Denny Hill Capital

9:45a - 10:15a Fixing Healthcare I - "The Quantified Self: Personal Monitoring and Control for Health": A Conversation with Larry Smarr, Director, California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2), UC San Diego and Irvine; hosted by André de Fusco, CEO and Director, Cynvenio Biosystems

10:15a - 10:40a Break - The Courtyard

10:40a - 11:05a FiReStarters II

Hosted by David Willis, Senior Foreign Correspondent, BBC:
  • CSRHUB: Cynthia Figge, Co-Founder and COO
  • Easy Energy Systems: Mark Gaalswyk, Founder and Chairman
  • Terremark: Chris Drumgoole, SVP
  • Vantage Data Centers: Greg Ness, VP Marketing

11:05a - 11:35a Special Showing: "Are We Loving Them to Death?" - A KCPQ-TV production: How SNS' Orca Relief contributed to new federal protection for Killer Whales; with Pam Pearson, SVP/General Manager, KCQP/KZJO-TV and Tribune Broadcasting Co.; hosted by Mark Anderson

11:35a - 12:00p Economic Cyberwar II - "The Relation of Hackers to Nation-States": A Conversation with Jeffrey Carr, founder and CEO, Taia Global, and author of Inside Cyberwar; hosted by Richard Marshall, Director, Global Cyber Security Management, Department of Homeland Security

12:00p - 1:00p Lunch - Ocean Lawn
1:00p - 3:15p Afternoon Sessions - Grand Ballroom
1:00p - 1:30p "Infrastructure 2.0: Fixing the Cloud": A Conversation with Ali Alasti, VP, Hardware Development, Oracle; and Chris Drumgoole, SVP, Terremark Worldwide; hosted by Greg Ness, VP, Marketing, Vantage Data Centers

1:30p - 2:15p Fixing Healthcare II - "How Systems Medicine and Emerging Technologies Will Transform Healthcare": Centerpiece Conversation with Leroy Hood, President, Institute for Systems Biology; hosted by Mark Anderson

2:15p - 2:45p "Privacy Protection: The Consumer Side of Security": A Panel with Michael Buhrmann, CEO and Chairman, Finsphere; Kristy Edwards, Senior Director, Global Privacy and Information Security, Oracle; Tom Malloy, SVP and Chief Software Architect, Advanced Technology Lab, Adobe Systems; Sim Simeonov, Co-Founder, Evidon; and Steven Sprague, CEO, Wave Systems; hosted by Jonathan Ewert, CEO, Codero

2:45p - 3:15p HOTSPOTS II: Four Personal Views of the Future

A Panel hosted by David Willis, Senior Foreign Correspondent, BBC:
  • Rob Chandhok: President, Qualcomm Internet Services and Qualcomm Innovation Center, Qualcomm
  • Nancy Stagliano: CEO, CytomX Therapeutics
  • Charles Stucki: VP/GM, Solutions & Business Incubation, TECB Group, Cisco Systems
  • Special Announcement: Kamran Elahian, Chairman, Global Catalyst Foundation, and Co-Chair, UN Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies and Development (UNGAID); and John McArthur, CEO, Millennium Promise
3:15p - 3:45p Break - The Courtyard
3:45p - 4:45p Breakouts
  1. FiRe CTO Design Challenge Working Session: The Challenge Continues - "Saving the Planet by Capturing Carbon" (Conclusion to be presented Friday at 10am) - Gallery Ballroom I

  2. "Fixing Healthcare": Moderated by André de Fusco, CEO and Director, Cynvenio Biosystems; with Leroy Hood, President, Institute for Systems Biology; and Larry Smarr, Director, California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2), UC San Diego and Irvine - Gallery Ballroom II

  3. "Securing Privacy": Moderated by Tom Malloy, SVP and Chief Software Architect, Advanced Technology Lab, Adobe Systems; co-led by Jonathan Ewert, CEO, Codero; with Michael Buhrmann, CEO and Chairman, Finsphere; Kristy Edwards, Senior Director, Global Privacy and Information Security, Oracle; and Steven Sprague, CEO, Wave Systems - Executive Suite 229

  4. "Advanced Persistent Threats: The Next Security Battle": Moderated by Jeffrey Carr, Founder and Principal, Taia Global, and author of Inside Cyberwar; with Richard Marshall, Director, Global Cyber Security Management, Department of Homeland Security - Executive Suite 227

5:00p Dinner off-agenda
Hotel Dining: Hotel Concierge: Laguna Beach Visitors Bureau:
8:30p The FiRe Social - Lobby Lounge
View Lounge infoMeetup for One and All, including FiRe Speakers, FiReStarters, Press, and SNS Staff
Friday, May 27th
7:00a - 7:55a Continental Breakfast - Gallery Ballroom
8:00a - 12:00p Morning Sessions - Grand Ballroom
8:00a - 8:30a "Changing Our Buildings vs. Our Climate: From Data Centers to Residences": A Conversation with Jason Green, Director, Vantage Data Centers; Hank Louis, Founder and Director, DesignBuildBLUFF, College of Architecture + Planning, University of Utah; and Brad Peacock, Principal, DwellTek; hosted by Cynthia Figge, Co-founder and COO, CSRHUB

8:30a - 9:00a "Remote Viewing in Underwater Cities": A Panel with John Delaney, Professor, School of Oceanography and Paros Endowed Chair for Sensor Networks, and Director and PI for the Regional Cabled Observatory of NSF's OOI; and Doug Stanley, CEO and Co-Founder, Ridgeline Entertainment; on the construction of the world's first undersea broadband and power-supplied permanent remote sensing network; hosted by Michael Pfeffer, Managing Partner, Kolohala Ventures

9:00a - 9:30a "Social Networks in Political Change": A Panel with John Crowley, Research Fellow, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative and STAR-TIDES; Jesse Driscoll, Assistant Professor of Political Science, International Relations and Pacific Studies, UC San Diego; and Patrick Meier, Co-Founder, International Network of Crisis Mappers, and Director of Crisis Mapping and Partnerships, Ushahidi; hosted by Brett Horvath, Director, Leaders Network

9:30a - 10:00a "Looking Further: The World in 20 Years": A Conversation with David Brin, Scientist, Inventor, and Author; hosted by Glen Hiemstra, Founder and Owner, Futurist.com

10:00a - 11:00a The FiRe CTO Design Challenge - "Saving the Planet by Capturing Carbon:" Conclusion: Hosted by Larry Smarr, Director, California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2), UC San Diego and Irvine

11:00a - 11:30a "Your Turn: The Next Five Years": Audience Questions and Comments; hosted by Mark Anderson

11:30a - 12:00p Closing Comments and Summary: Mark Anderson

 

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