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| 2:00p - 4:00p |
Meet the FiReStarters - Coronet Room |
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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 - Windsor Lawn |
| 4:00p - 6:30p |
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 - 9:00p |
Dinner and Presentation - Crown Room |
| 7:00p - 7:30p |
Welcoming Remarks:
- Introductions and Appreciations:
Sharon Anderson-Morris
- Opening Remarks by Mark Anderson
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| 8:00p |
Dinner Presentation: "Practical Strategies for Solving the Climate Problem":
Veerabhadran "Ram" Ramanathan, Distinguished Professor of Climate Sciences and Director, Center for Clouds,
Chemistry & Climate (C4), Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD |
| 7:00a - 7:50a |
Breakfast - Crown Room |
 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 across from the Grand Ballroom. |
| 7:50a - 12:00p |
Morning Sessions - Grand Ballroom |
| 7:50a - 8:00a |
"Welcome to FiRe" - LIVE Worldwide: Mark Anderson
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| 8:00a - 8:30a |
"How the World Really Works, and Why Technology Will Lead the Economic Rebound": Mark Anderson; hosted by Stephen Evans, Business Daily, BBC World Service
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| 8:30a - 9:00a |
"Shaping the Rebound: A How-To Guide": John Hagel III, Director and Co-Chairman, Deloitte LLP’s Center for Edge Innovation; hosted by Bill Phelps, Executive Director, Technology Consulting, Accenture
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| 9:00a - 9:30a |
"Bandwidth Economics: The Global Rollout": A conversation with Sol Trujillo, CEO, Telstra; hosted by Larry Smarr, Director, California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology ("the FiRe Lab"), UCSD
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| 9:30a - 10:00a |
Break – courtyard
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| 10:00a - 10:30a |
Keynote Conversation: Mark Hurd, Chairman and CEO, Hewlett-Packard; hosted by Mark Anderson
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| 10:30a - 11:00a |
HOTSPOTS I: Five Personal Views of the Future
A panel hosted by Stephen Evans, Presenter, Business Daily, BBC World Service:
- Sophie Vandebroek, CTO, Xerox, and President, Xerox Innovation Group
- Nova Spivack, CEO and Founder, Twine.com, and CEO, Radar Networks
- Bright B. Simons, Coordinator of the mPedigree Network, IMANI-Ghana
- Mary Branscombe, Independent Journalist
- Ty Carlson, Architect, "SiArch Group," Microsoft
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| 11:00a - 11:30a |
"In Search of Economic Redemption": Bill Janeway, Senior Advisor, Warburg Pincus; hosted by Mark Anderson
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| 11:30a - 12:00p |
"Clouds 2.0: Utility Computing for Consumers and the Enterprise": Russ Daniels, VP and CTO, Cloud Services Strategy, Hewlett-Packard; Amitabh Srivastava, Senior VP, Windows Azure, Microsoft; Rowan Trollope, SVP, Symantec; and Werner Vogels, CTO and VP, Amazon.com; hosted by John Thompson, CEO, Kognitio
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| 12:00p - 1:00p |
Lunch - Windsor lawn |
| 1:00p - 3:30p |
Afternoon Sessions - Grand Ballroom |
| 1:00p - 1:30p |
"The Future of Wireless Broadband": A panel with David C. Achim, President and COO, SkyFiber; Hugh Bradlow, CTO, Telstra; Fred Kitson, Corporate Vice President, Motorola; and Chris Pearson, President, 3G Americas; hosted by Chetan Sharma, President, Chetan Sharma Consulting
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| 1:30p - 2:00p |
"Blast Off! From Launching Private Rockets to the Next Electric Cars": A conversation with Elon Musk, CEO, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and Tesla Motors; hosted by Mark Anderson
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| 2:00p - 2:30p |
"Australia's Role as Asia Rises": A panel conversation with Simon Hackett, Founder and CEO, Internode; Chris Hancock, CEO, AARNet; Phil Scanlan, Australian Consul-General (New York); and Adrian Turner, CEO, Mocana Corp.; hosted by Larry Smarr, Director, California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (the "FiRe Lab"), UCSD
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| 2:30p - 3:00p |
CTO Design Challenge - "Water Beyond Tomorrow: Using Technology and Innovation to Provide San Diego (and the World) with Adequate Safe Water for Future Decades": A panel consisting of world-class technology leaders: Joe Burton, CTO, Cisco; Ty Carlson, Architect, "SiArch Group," Microsoft; Per-Kristian (Kris) Halvorsen, SVP and Chief Innovation Officer, Intuit; Eric Openshaw, Vice Chairman and U.S. Technology Leader, Deloitte LLP; Larry Smarr, Director, Calit2 (the "FiRe Lab"), UCSD; and Sophie Vandebroek, CTO, Xerox, and President, Xerox Innovation Group; hosted by David Brin, Author, Physicist, and Co-Host of TV's "ArchiTechs" series Panel to continue at 4pm Breakout and Thursday 3:30pm Breakout; "Solution" session to be presented Friday at 10am
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| 3:00p - 3:30p |
"Weapons-Free Nuclear Power Worldwide": A conversation with Ambassador Dennis Hays, Thorium Power; hosted by Robert F. Anderson, Director of Tech Transfer and Intellectual Property, Illinois Institute of Technology
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| 3:30p - 4:00p |
Break - Courtyard |
- FiRe CTO Design Challenge Working Session: The Challenge Continues - "Water Beyond Tomorrow: Using Technology and Innovation to Provide San Diego (and the World) with Adequate Safe Water for Future Decades": With Joe Burton, CTO, Cisco; Ty Carlson, Architect, "SiArch Group," Microsoft; Per-Kristian (Kris) Halvorsen, SVP and Chief Innovation Officer, Intuit; Tom Malloy, SVP and Chief Software Architect, Adobe Systems; Eric Openshaw, Vice Chairman and U.S. Technology Leader, Deloitte LLP; Larry Smarr, Director, Calit2 (the "FiRe Lab"), UCSD; Sophie Vandebroek, CTO, Xerox, and President, Xerox Innovation Group; hosted by David Brin, Author, Physicist, and Co-Host of TV's "ArchiTechs" series (Panel to continue at Thursday 3:30pm Breakout; "Solution" session to be presented Friday at 10am) - CONTINENTAL ROOM
- "Shaping the Rebound": Moderated by John Hagel III, Director and Co-Chairman, Deloitte Center for Edge Innovation - CRYSTAL ROOM
- "Making Electric Cars for Mass Markets": Moderated by Elon Musk, Chairman and CEO, Tesla Motors, and CEO, SpaceX - WINDSOR COMPLEX
- "Australia's Role as Asia Rises": A panel conversation with Hugh Bradlow, CTO, Telstra; Simon Hackett, Founder and CEO, Internode; Chris Hancock, CEO, AARNet; and Adrian Turner, CEO, Mocana; moderated by Phil Scanlan, Australian Consul-General (New York) - GARDEN ROOM
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| 5:00p - 7:00p |
Meet the FiReStarters - Grand Ballroom |
Exhibition with cocktails and hors d'oeuvres
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| 7:00p - 8:00p |
Global Film Debut: The Cove - Grand Ballroom |
Winner of the 2009 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award: With documentary filmmaker Louie Psihoyos, Executive Director of Oceanic Preservation Society
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| 7:00a - 7:55a |
Breakfast - Crown Room |
| 8:00a - 12:00p |
Morning Sessions - Grand Ballroom |
| 8:00a - 8:30a |
HOTSPOTS II: Five Personal Views of the Future
A panel hosted by Stephen Evans, Presenter, Business Daily, BBC World Service:
- Balan Nair, SVP and CTO, Liberty Global Inc.
- Jim Butler, General Manager, Communications Sector, Greater China, Microsoft
- David Morris, President and CEO, EcoVerdance
- Connie Wong, CEO, Vidiator
- Joe Burton, Vice President and CTO, Cisco Systems
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| 8:30a - 8:55a |
"Finding Solutions to Current Global Economic Challenges": Ira Kalish, Director of Global Economics, Deloitte Research; hosted by Scott Foster, Sr. Analyst, HSBC Securities (Japan) Ltd.
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| 8:55a - 9:30a |
FiReStarters I: Introduction by Sharon Anderson-Morris, SNS Programs Director
Hosted by Stephen Evans, Presenter, Business Daily, BBC World Service:
- Complete Genomics: Aaron Solomon, VP, Business Development
- Tigo Energy: Sam Arditi, CEO
- Rearden Commerce: Patrick Grady, Chairman and CEO
- Avatar Reality: Jim Sink, VP, Business Development
- American CareSource: David Boone, President and CEO
- TTTech Computertechnik AG: George Kopetz, Member, Executive Board
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| 9:30a - 10:00a |
"Infrastructure 2.0: The Coming Network Revolution": A panel discussion with Erik Giesa, VP, Product Management and Product Marketing, F5 Networks; Doug Gourlay, VP, Data Center Solutions, Cisco; Richard Kagan, VP Marketing, Infoblox; and Mark Thiele, Director, Business Operations for R&D, VMware; hosted by Greg Ness, Senior Director, Infoblox
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| 10:00a - 10:30a |
Break - Courtyard
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| 10:30a - 11:00a |
"The Global Unveiling of the U-Movement™: Accelerating the U.N. Millennium Development Goals Through Social Media": Kamran Elahian, Chairman and Co-Founder, Global Catalyst Partners; hosted by Larry Brilliant, President, Skoll Urgent Threats Fund, and Senior Advisor to Jeff Skoll
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| 11:00a - 11:30a |
The Mercantilists:
"What the West Doesn't 'Get' About China": Sidney Rittenberg Sr., Rittenberg Associates Inc.; and
"Japan: The Real Asian Tech Tiger": Scott Foster, Senior Analyst, HSBC Securities (Japan) Ltd.;
hosted by Russ Daggatt, Founding Partner, Denny Hill Capital
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| 11:30a - 12:00p |
Latin America:
"Mexico's Future: Business vs. Narcotics": A conversation with Ricardo Salinas, Chairman, Grupo Salinas; and
"Venezuela's Future: Living with Chavez": A conversation with David Brillembourg, President, The Brilla Group; and Nelson Ortiz, former President, Caracas Stock Exchange;
hosted by Stephen Evans, Business Daily, BBC World Service
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| 12:00p - 1:00p |
Lunch - Windsor lawn |
| 1:00p - 3:05p |
Afternoon Sessions - Grand Ballroom |
| 1:00p - 1:30p |
"Assessing the H1N1 ('Swine Flu') Pandemic: What to Expect for the Next Few Years": Larry Brilliant, President, Skoll Urgent Threats Fund, and Senior Advisor to Jeff Skoll; hosted by Alan Smith, Founder and CEO, Vesta Health Systems Inc.
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| 1:30p - 2:00p |
"One Cloud Serving Many Platforms, Applications, and Devices": A panel with Mario Dal Canto, Chairman and CEO, SIMtone Corp.; Per-Kristian (Kris) Halvorsen, SVP and Chief Innovation Officer, Intuit; and Noam Ziv, VP, Engineering, Qualcomm; hosted by Tom Malloy, SVP and Chief Software Architect, Adobe Systems
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| 2:00p - 2:30p |
"Trends in Global Venture Investment": A panel with Roger Buckeridge, Director and Co-Founder, Allen & Buckeridge (Australia); Niall Davis, Partner, aeris CAPITAL AG (Zurich); Michael Pfeffer, Managing Partner, Kolohala Ventures (Hawaii); and Gary Rieschel, Founder and Managing Director, Qiming Venture Partners (Shanghai); hosted by Rick LeFaivre, Venture Partner, OVP Venture Partners (Seattle)
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| 2:30p - 3:05p |
FiReStarters II
Hosted by Stephen Evans, Presenter, Business Daily, BBC World Service:
- SkyFiber Inc.: David C. Achim, President and COO
- Smaato Inc.: Ragnar Kruse, Founder and CEO
- Blue Lava Technologies: Henk Rogers, Co-Founder and Chairman
- ClearFuels Technology Inc. Eric Darmstaedter, CEO
- SIMtone Corp.: Mario Dal Canto, Chairman and CEO
- Attensity Group: Ian Hersey, Global CTO and EVP, Products
- Vesta Health Systems Inc.: Alan Smith, Founder and CEO
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| 3:05p - 3:30p |
Break - Courtyard |
- FiRe CTO Design Challenge Working Session: The Challenge Continues - "Water Beyond Tomorrow: Using Technology and Innovation to Provide San Diego (and the World) with Adequate Safe Water for Future Decades": With Joe Burton, CTO, Cisco; Ty Carlson, Architect, "SiArch Group," Microsoft; Per-Kristian (Kris) Halvorsen, SVP and Chief Innovation Officer, Intuit; Tom Malloy, SVP and Chief Software Architect, Adobe Systems; Eric Openshaw, Vice Chairman and U.S. Technology Leader, Deloitte LLP; and Larry Smarr, Director, Calit2 (the "FiRe Lab"), UCSD; hosted by David Brin, Author, Physicist, and Co-Host of TV's "ArchiTechs" series (Solution to be presented Friday at 10am plenary session) - CONTINENTAL ROOM
- "Fixing Healthcare": David Boone, President and CEO, American CareSource Holdings; Alan Smith, Founder and CEO, Vesta Health Systems Inc.; Aaron Solomon, VP, Business Development, Complete Genomics; and Noam Ziv, VP, Engineering, Qualcomm; moderated by Doug Smith, President, W.D. Smith & Associates - CRYSTAL ROOM
- "Mexico and Latin America's Near-Term Future": Ricardo Salinas, Chairman, Grupo Salinas (Mexico City); with Nelson Ortiz, former President, Caracas Stock Exchange; and Marcel Vinay, CEO, Investment Media Group; moderated by David Brillembourg, President, Brilla Group (Miami) - GARDEN ROOM
- "Lighting the FiRe: Taking Your Company to Global Prominence": A discussion open to all FiRe participants, including the CEOs of the FiReStarter companies - WINDSOR COMPLEX
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| 5:15p - 9:00p |
Calit2 Reception and Tour |
Food and cocktail reception and Special Tour of Next-Generation Visualization and Networking Facilities ("the FiRe Lab") of the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2) at UC–San Diego:= Hosted by Internet pioneer Larry Smarr, Director of Calit2 - Buses depart promptly at 5:15 from the hotel's main entrance; meet at the hotel's main entrance by 5:00
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| 7:00a - 7:55a |
Breakfast - Crown Room |
| 8:00a - 11:30a |
Morning Sessions - Grand Ballroom |
| 8:00a - 8:30a |
"SNS Project Inkwell: From Utah to Africa": Sharon Anderson-Morris, SNS Programs Director, and Project Inkwell Africa; David Engle, Director of Operations (U.S.), Project Inkwell; and Kathy Hurley, SVP, Pearson Learning; hosted by Tom Greaves, Chairman, the Greaves Group, and Member, Inkwell Steering Committee
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| 8:30a - 9:00a |
"Pollution Report on the World's Oceans": Roger Payne, Founder and President, Ocean Alliance; hosted by Cynthia Figge, Co-Founder, EKOS International and EkoHub
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| 9:00a - 9:30a |
"Whale Wars: Filming and Fighting Illegal Whalers in the Antarctic": Paul Watson, President and Founder, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society; hosted by Roger Payne, Founder and President, Ocean Alliance
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| 9:30a - 10:00a |
"Looking Further": A conversation with Brenda Cooper, Science Fiction author; hosted by Glen Hiemstra, Founder and Owner, Futurist.com
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| 10:00a - 10:30a |
"The FiRe CTO Design Challenge: Water Beyond Tomorrow: And the Solution Is - ": Conclusion, with Joe Burton, CTO, Cisco; Ty Carlson, Architect, "SiArch Group," Microsoft; Per-Kristian (Kris) Halvorsen, SVP and Chief Innovation Officer, Intuit; Eric Openshaw, Vice Chairman and U.S. Technology Leader, Deloitte LLP; and Larry Smarr, Director, Calit2 (the "FiRe Lab"), UCSD; hosted by David Brin, Author, Physicist, and Co-Host of TV's "ArchiTechs" series
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| 10:30a - 11:00a |
"Documenting Lushootseed, Through Its Last Living Speakers: A Foresight Foundation Project": A conversation with Jay Miller, Vice President, Lushootseed Research; hosted by David Engle, Director of Operations (U.S.), Project Inkwell
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| 11:00a - 11:30a |
"Your Turn: The Next Five Years": A group conversation with Mark Anderson
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| 11:30a - 12:00p |
Closing Comments and Summary: Mark Anderson |
Great thanks to Joe Sterling of Sterling Insights for providing his scribing services throughout the FiRe conference.
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