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Executive Round Table Agenda

Creating "WOW" experiences in Digital Life
Palo Alto, California
October 18 - 19, 2007

Ideas, People and Knowledge for the Networked Digital Industry



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Thursday, October 18

12:00 pm

 Welcome and Introductions
 Morley Winograd
 Executive Director
 USC/Marshall/CTM
12:45 pm

Kickoff Remarks

 Envisioning Digital Life

 Marc Davis
 Social Network Guru
                   Yahoo Inc!                                                  


 Respondent

 Andres Jordan
 Vice President
 Innovation and Growth
                  T-Systems
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1:45 pm

Panel I: Finding the Right Entrance
               to the Digital Home

 

 

 Moderator:
 
 Omar El Sawy Co-PI
 Sloan Foundation,Digital Home project
 Marshall School of Business


  Panelists

                                                  
Kevin Wirick,
Vice President
Motorola


Brad Ketch,
CEO
RIM Semiconductor


Gabriel Sidhom
Vice President
Orange


JH Kah
Vice President
LS Telecom International
3:00 pm

Break

3:15 pm

Mini Roundtable - Round One

  • Should Television and PCs be Networked Together?

                        Moderator:

                             Andrea Vladar
                             Research Fellow
                        CTM

     Provacateur:
     
     Taras Bugir
     Director, Media and Entertainment
     Sun Microsystems


     
  • Is Storage the Place to find the Key to the Digital Home?

     Moderator:
     
     Jim Short
     Co-PI, Sloan Foundation
     Digital Home Project
     UCSD, ASIC



     Pr    ovacateur:
     
          Krishna Chander
          Senior Analyst for Storage
     iSuppli
4:30 pm

Reports from the Mini - Roundtables by CTM Board Members

Captstone Session
4:45 pm


 Trip Hawkins
 CEO
 Digital Chocolate


           The New Gaming Experience:
                "Casual Virtual Worlds"

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 Eric David Greenspan
 CEO
 Make it Work

                                                                                    
"Delivering WOW Experiences in the Digital Home"


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5:45 pm

Adjourn for Reception

Hosted by:
 
 Rich Green
 Executive Vice President, Software
 Sun Microsystems
7:00 pm -
8:30 pm

Reception & Dinner


Zibibbo Restaurant
Palo Alto

Friday, October 19

8:00 am

Breakfast

 The NDI Innovation Challenge

 Speaker:
 
  Bobby Chang
 Vice President
 Huawei Technologies
Respondent



 Sriram Dasu
 Professor 
 Marshall School of Business

9:00 am

Panel II: Creating an Enticing
                Customer Experience






 Moderator:
 
 David Wertheimer
 Executive Director
 Entertainment Technology Center
                    USC, Cinematic Arts 

 Panelists

                                                      
 Matt Palmer
 Executive Vice President
 and General Manager
 Stardoll


 Jean Marc Frangos
 Senior Vice President
 BT

 
Connie Wong
 CEO
 Vidiator
 and
 President
 Hutchison Whampoa Americas
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10:15 am

Break
10:30 am

Mini Roundtable Discussions - Round Two

 

  • Is Virtual Life the Ultimate Customer Experience?

 Moderator:
 
 Elizabeth Fife
 Associate Director of Industry Studies
 CTM


 Provacateur:
 
 Pete Markiewicz
 Co-Author, Millennials and Pop Culture
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  • What does a Truly Immersive Customer Experience Look Like?

 Moderator:
 
 Francis Pereira
 Associate Director of Industry Studies
 CTM

 

 Provocateur:

 James Baker
 Director
 IMSC, Viterbi/USC

 
11:45 am

Reports from the Mini-Roundtables by CTM Board Members
12:30 pm

KEYNOTE SPEAKER


 Creating the Service Platform for Digital Life

 Jonathan Schwartz
 Chief Executive Officer and President
 Sun Microsystems

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1:00 pm

Closing Remarks


 Morley Winograd
 Executive Director
 CTM
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