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FiRe 2012
Selected Speakers


Colin Angle
Co-Founder, Chairman, and CEO, iRobot


George Dyson
Author (Turing's Cathedral) and Historian of Technology, 


Mark Hurd
President, Oracle Corp.


Irwin Mark Jacobs
Founding Chairman and CEO Emeritus, Qualcomm


Paul Jacobs
Chairman and CEO, Qualcomm


Amory Lovins
Co-Founder, Chairman, and Chief Scientist, Rocky Mountain Institute


Paul Ricci
Chairman and CEO, Nuance Communications


Henry Tirri
Executive Vice President and CTO, Nokia


J. Craig Venter
Co-Founder, Chairman, CEO, and Co-Chief Scientific Officer, Synthetic Genomics Inc.

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Conference Agenda: FiRe 2012

Speaking assignments and agenda items are subject to change.

Note: Entries highlighted in blue indicate the creation of new fields, theories, or solutions in real time onstage.

Tuesday, May 22nd
2:00p - 4:00p Meet the FiReStarters
Private reception by invitation for the BBC, FiReStarters, and FiReSpotters; with Mark Anderson; Sharon Anderson-Morris, SNS Programs Director; and select SNS staff - Exec. Suite 266
5:00p - 7:00p Registration and Reception - Pacific Lawn
5:00p - 6:30p FiRe Registration & Cocktail Reception with live entertainment (adult partners welcome)
6:30p - 6:45p Welcome to FiRe, and Introduction to FiRe/Thunderbird 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
7:30p - 8:15p Dinner
8:15p - 9:00p Dinner Presentation: "From Reading to Writing the Genetic Code": Craig Venter, Chairman, CEO, and Co-Chief Scientific Officer, Synthetic Genomics; hosted by Mark Anderson;
9:00p --- Followed by:

Q & A and Discussion
Wednesday, May 23rd
6:45a - 7:55a Breakfast Buffet - Gallery Ballroom
8:00a - 11:50 Morning Sessions - Grand Ballroom
8:00a - 8:30a "The Power of Integration" - LIVE Worldwide (Note: This morning's sessions will be streamed live to mirror sites around the world): Welcome opening by Mark Anderson;

Followed by:

"A New Global Consortium for IP Protection": A Conversation with Steven Sprague, CEO, Wave Systems; Paul Ricci, Chairman and CEO, Nuance Communications; and Mark Anderson, Founding Chair, INVNT/IP

Hosted by Michal Lev-Ram, FORTUNE
8:30a - 9:00a "Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy": A Conversation with Bill Janeway, Senior Advisor, Warburg Pincus, NYC and Cambridge, U.K., and author of a new book of the same title; hosted by Mark Anderson
9:00a - 9:30a "The Future of Information Security": A Conversation with Gus Hunt, CTO, CIA; hosted by Robert Anderson, Director, Technology Transfer, Illinois Institute of Technology.
9:30a - 10:00a "Integrating Technology into the Enterprise: Making the Invisible Visible": A Conversation with John Hagel III, Director and Co-Chairman, Deloitte Center for the Edge; and

"Integrating Talent into the Enterprise": A Conversation with Eric Openshaw, Vice Chairman and U.S. Technology Leader, Deloitte LLP; and Global Technology Sector Leader, Deloitte;

Hosted by Lesley Curwen, Host, "Business Daily," BBC World Service

10:00a - 10:30a Break - The Courtyard
10:30a - 11:00a FiReStarters I: Companies Changing the World for the Better

Hosted by Lesley Curwen, Host, "Business Daily," BBC World Service:
  • OneOcean: Don Pickering, CEO
  • Heliae Technology Holdings: Dan Simon, President and CEO
  • WoodallTech: David E. Y. Sarna, CEO
  • Independa: Kian Saneii, Founder and CEO
  • One to the World: John Vadino, Founder and CEO
11:00a - 11:50a "The New Frontier: Simplify IT": A Centerpiece Conversation with Mark Hurd, President, Oracle; hosted by Mark Anderson
11:50a - 1:10p Lunch - Ocean Lawn
1:10p - 4:00p Afternoon Sessions - Grand Ballroom
1:10p - 1:40p "The Future of Mobile Computing: Integrated Features and Services Five Years From Now": With Henry Tirri, Executive Vice President and CTO, Nokia; James Barrese, CTO, PayPal; and Gavin Michael, Chief Technology Innovation Officer, Accenture; hosted by Chetan Sharma, President, Chetan Sharma Consulting
1:40p - 2:30p "The Future of Wireless": A Centerpiece Conversation with Irwin Jacobs, Co-Founder, past CEO, and Board Member; and Paul Jacobs, Chairman and CEO, Qualcomm; hosted by Mark Anderson
2:30p - 3:00p FiRe CTO Design Challenge: "Creating the New Field of 'Nutritional Microanalysis': Inputs for the Quantified Self"

Hosted and judged by Larry Smarr, Director, California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2), UCSD and Irvine;

Followed by

Charging the CTO Panel, consisting of:

David Brin, Author and Physicist; Ty Carlson, Architect for BPOS Engineering (R&D)/Office 365, Microsoft; William Harris, President and CEO, Science Foundation Arizona; Sridhar Jagannathan, VP, Technology Strategy and Partnerships, Office of the CTO, Intuit; Eric Openshaw, Vice Chairman and U.S. Technology Leader, Deloitte LLP, and Global Technology Sector Leader, Deloitte; Jerry Woodall, Founder, WoodallTech, and National Medal of Technology Laureate; André de Fusco, CEO and Director, Cynvenio Biosystems; and others TBA - (Panel to continue at 4pm Breakout and at Thursday 3:30pm Breakout; Conclusion to be presented Friday at 10am)

3:00p - 3:25p FiReStarters II: Companies Changing the World for the Better

Hosted by Lesley Curwen, Host, "Business Daily," BBC World Service:
  • Morphlabs: Winston Damarillo, Co-Founder and CEO
  • MAR Systems: Anthony Lammers, President and CEO
  • Simavita: Philippa Lewis, CEO
  • Active Life Scientific: Davis Brimer, Founder and CEO
3:25p - 4:00p "From Ice to Ocean: Sea-Level Rise to Ocean Health"

James Balog, Photographer, Chasing Ice; and Founder, the Extreme Ice Survey, on the subject of "Global Warming and Human Responses" - interviewed by Roger Payne, Founder/President, Ocean Alliance

Followed by:

Roger Payne, on the subject of "Ocean Toxins: Discoveries and Remedies" - interviewed by James Balog
4:00p - 5:00p Breakouts
  1. FiRe CTO Design Challenge: "Creating the New Field of 'Nutritional Microanalysis': Inputs for the Quantified Self": Moderated by Larry Smarr, Director, Calit2, UCSD and Irvine; with David Brin, Author and Physicist; Ty Carlson, Architect for BPOS Engineering (R&D)/Office 365, Microsoft; William Harris, President and CEO, Science Foundation Arizona; Sridhar Jagannathan, VP, Technology Strategy and Partnerships, Office of the CTO, Intuit; Eric Openshaw, Vice Chairman and U.S. Technology Leader, Deloitte LLP, and Global Technology Sector Leader, Deloitte; Jerry Woodall, Founder, WoodallTech, and National Medal of Technology Laureate; André de Fusco, CEO and Director, Cynvenio Biosystems; and others TBA - Gallery Ballroom I

  2. "Integrating Voice Everywhere: The Rise of the Personal Assistant": Moderated by Peter Mahoney, CMO, and Gary Clayton, Chief Creative Officer, Nuance Communications - Gallery Ballroom II

  3. "Highlights: Documentary Films, Their Makers and Their Needs": With James Balog, Photographer, Chasing Ice, and Director, Extreme Ice Survey; Chris Paine, Writer and Director, Revenge of the Electric Car; Peter Byck, Director/Producer, Carbon Nation; and Louie Psihoyos, Director, The Cove, and Executive Director, Oceanic Preservation Society; hosted by Geralyn Dreyfous, Co-Founder/Director-at-Large, Impact Partners, and Founder/Board Chair, Utah Film Center - Executive Suite 229

  4. "The AORTA Manifesto: A Movement to Revolutionize Teaching and Learning": Moderated by David Engle, Director of Operations, SNS Project Inkwell, and Superintendent, Port Townsend School District, WA; and Kathy Hurley, SVP Strategic Partnerships, Pearson Education and Pearson Foundation - Executive Suite 227
5:00p - 7:00p Meet the FiReStarters - The Courtyard
Exhibition with cocktails and hors d'oeuvres, with cocktails and hors d'oeuvres, with FiReStarter companies Active Life Scientific, Independa, Morphlabs, MAR Systems, One to the World, OneOcean, Heliae, Simavita, and WoodallTech

7:00p - 9:00p FiRe Film Night: Chasing Ice - Grand Ballroom
7:00p - 7:15p Opening Comments: Sharon Anderson-Morris, FiRe Film Project; and James Balog, Director of Extreme Ice Survey and Photographer, Chasing Ice, the FiRe 2012/Sundance Documentary Film Selection;

Followed by:

7:15p - 8:30p Global Film Debut: Chasing Ice, winner of the Sundance Film Festival "Excellence in Cinematography" Award
8:30p --- Discussion with James Balog
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Thursday, May 24th
6:50a - 7:50a Breakfast Buffet - Gallery Ballroom
7:55a - 12:00p Morning Sessions - Grand Ballroom
7:55a - 8:00a Welcome and Announcements: Sharon Anderson-Morris
8:00a - 8:30a "Integrating Robots into Our Homes, Healthcare, and Beyond": A Conversation with Colin Angle, Chairman, CEO, and Co-Founder, iRobot; hosted by Patrick Lane, Technology Correspondent, The Economist
8:30a - 9:00a "FiRe Films: A New Program Uniting Technology, Finance, and Documentaries": Introduced by Sharon Anderson-Morris;

Followed by:

"Documentaries Creating Action": With James Balog, Photographer, Chasing Ice, and Director, Extreme Ice Survey; Chris Paine, Writer and Director, Revenge of the Electric Car; Peter Byck, Director/Producer, Carbon Nation; and Louie Psihoyos, Director, The Cove, and Executive Director, Oceanic Preservation Society; hosted by Geralyn Dreyfous, Co-Founder/Director-at-Large, Impact Partners, and Founder/Board Chair, Utah Film Center
9:00a - 9:30a HotSpots: Personal Views of the Future

Hosted by Lesley Curwen, Host, "Business Daily," BBC World Service:
  • Jin Zidell: Founder and Chairman, Blue Planet Network
  • André de Fusco: CEO and Director, Cynvenio Biosystems
  • Alexander Gounares: Founder and CEO, Concurix
  • David Garrison: CEO, iBAHN
  • Hugh Bradlow: CTO, Telstra
9:30a - 10:00a "The Future Integration of Critical Technologies into the Connected Car": A Conversation with Ben Smith, Director of Program Management, Windows Embedded, Microsoft; Gary Clayton, Chief Creative Officer, Nuance Communications; and Sheryl Connelly, Global Trends and Futuring Manager, Ford Motor; hosted by Matthias Hohensee, Bureau Chief Silicon Valley, and Columnist, WirtschaftsWoche
10:00a - 10:30a "Shifts in Technology Investing": With Nathan McDonald, President, Keiretsu Forum Northwest; Gary Rieschel, Founder and Managing Director, Qiming Venture Partners; and Bruce Dines, VP, LGI Ventures, Liberty Global; hosted by John Petote, CEO, CIO Solutions, and Angel Investor, Tech Coast Angels
10:30a - 11:00a Break - The Courtyard
11:00a - 11:30a "Integrating for Better Healthcare Solutions": With Kian Saneii, CEO, Independa; Philippa Lewis, CEO, Simavita; Davis Brimer, Founder and CEO, Active Life Scientific; Brett Davis, Senior Director, Healthcare, Oracle; hosted by Doug Smith, President, W.D. Smith & Associates
11:30a - 12:00a "From Carbon to Carbon": With David E.Y. Sarna, CEO, WoodallTech; and Dan Simon, President and CEO, Heliae; hosted by Glen Hiemstra, Founder, Futurist.com
12:00p - 1:00p Lunch - Ocean Lawn
1:00p - 3:00p Afternoon Sessions - Grand Ballroom
1:00p - 1:30p "What Every CIO Should Know About Cloud Computing": A Discussion with James Barrese, CTO, PayPal; Winston Damarillo, Co-Founder and CEO, Morphlabs; David Nelson, Chief Strategist, Cloud Computing, Boeing; Allwyn Sequeira, VP/CTO, Security and Networking in the Cloud Infrastructure BU, VMware; and Don Pickering, CEO, OneOcean; hosted by Greg Ness, Chief Marketing Officer, Vantage Data Centers
1:30p - 2:00p "Using Patterns to Understand Animal Language": A Conversation with Con Slobodchikoff, Professor Emeritus of Biology, Northern Arizona University, and CEO, Animal Communications Ltd.; hosted by Roger Payne, Founder and President, Ocean Alliance
2:00p - 2:30p "Privacy Protection: Going Global": A Conversation with David Vladeck, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, U.S. Federal Trade Commission; hosted by Jonathan Ewert, President, TransforMedia LLC
2:30p - 3:00p "Technology Addresses Human Trafficking: A New Global Rescue System": With Julia Ormond, Actress, and Founder and President, Alliance to Stop Slavery and End Trafficking (ASSET); Hugh Bradlow, CTO, Telstra; Michael Geraghty, CTO, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children; and Andrew Wallis, CEO, Unseen; hosted by Mark Anderson
3:00p - 3:30p Break - The Courtyard
3:30p - 5:00p Breakouts
  1. FiRe CTO Design Challenge: Working Session: The Challenge Continues - "Creating the New Field of 'Nutritional Microanalysis': Inputs for the Quantified Self" Moderated by Larry Smarr, Director, Calit2, UCSD and Irvine; with David Brin, Author and Physicist; Ty Carlson, Architect for BPOS Engineering (R&D)/Office 365, Microsoft; William Harris, President and CEO, Science Foundation Arizona; Sridhar Jagannathan, VP, Technology Strategy and Partnerships, Office of the CTO, Intuit; Eric Openshaw, Vice Chairman and U.S. Technology Leader, Deloitte LLP, and Global Technology Sector Leader, Deloitte; Jerry Woodall, Founder, WoodallTech, and National Medal of Technology Laureate; André de Fusco, CEO and Director, Cynvenio Biosystems; and others TBA - Gallery Ballroom I

  2. "What May Prevent China from Developing Its Own IP": Moderated by Gary Rieschel, Founder and Managing Director, Qiming Ventures - Gallery Ballroom II

  3. "Clean Water Everywhere": Moderated by Jin Zidell, Founder and Chairman, Blue Planet Network; and Russ Daggatt, Founding General Partner, Denny Hill Capital - Executive Suite 229

  4. "Technology Solutions to Human Trafficking": Moderated by Julia Ormond, Actress, and Founder and President, Alliance to Stop Slavery and End Trafficking (ASSET) - Executive Suite 227
5:00p Dinner off-agenda
Hotel Dining: Hotel Concierge: Laguna Beach Visitors Bureau:
8:30p The FiRe Social - Lobby Lounge
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Friday, May 25th
7:00a - 7:55a Breakfast Buffett - Gallery Ballroom
7:55a - 12:00p Morning Sessions - Grand Ballroom
7:55a - 8:00a Announcements: Sharon Anderson-Morris
8:00a - 8:30a "Reinventing Fire: Selecting a Preferred Energy Future": A Conversation with Amory Lovins, author of the book of the same name and Co-Founder, Chairman, and Chief Scientist, Rocky Mountain Institute; hosted by Scott Foster, Senior Analyst (Sustainability), BNP Paribas (Japan)
8:30a - 9:00a "Turing's Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe - Histories of Exceptional Individuals and Scientific Breakthroughs": With George Dyson, author of the new book of the same name; hosted by Don Budinger, Chair and Founding Director, The Rodel Foundations
9:00a - 9:30a "The Future of Cleantech": A Conversation with Tom Matzzie, Founder and CEO, Ethical Electric; and Anthony Lammers, President and CEO, MAR Systems; hosted by Sheeraz Haji, CEO, Cleantech Group
9:30a - 10:00a "Looking Further": With Kim Stanley Robinson, Science Fiction Author; hosted by David Brin, Physicist and Science Fiction Author
10:00a - 11:00a Conclusion: FiRe CTO Design Challenge: "Creating the New Field of Medicine: 'Nutritional Microanalysis': Inputs for the Quantified Self": Hosted and judged by Larry Smarr, Director, Calit2, UCSD and Irvine; with David Brin, Author and Physicist; Ty Carlson, Architect for BPOS Engineering (R&D)/Office 365, Microsoft; William Harris, President and CEO, Science Foundation Arizona; Sridhar Jagannathan, VP, Technology Strategy and Partnerships, Office of the CTO, Intuit; Eric Openshaw, Vice Chairman and U.S. Technology Leader, Deloitte LLP, and Global Technology Sector Leader, Deloitte; Jerry Woodall, Founder, WoodallTech, and National Medal of Technology Laureate; André de Fusco, CEO and Director, Cynvenio Biosystems; and others TBA
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

Note: All speaking assignments and agenda items are subject to change.

 
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