12:30pm - 1:00pm
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Registration
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1:00pm - 1:10pm
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Welcome
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1:10pm - 2:00pm
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Looking Backward: A Pioneer's Perspective
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What lessons can we draw from the early history of the transistor and the microprocessor?
Lessons from aerospace
Tech booms and busts in our past
Jay Last, PhD., Physics (M.I.T), Co-Founder of Fairchild Semiconductor, and formerly, Vice President, Teledyne
Moshe Rubenstein, PhD., Professor Emeritus, UCLA (not attending)
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2:00pm - 3:00pm
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Looking Forward: The Next Waves
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What's in the pipeline- biotech, nanotechnology, or communications?
What's not yet in the pipeline?
How will these new technologies affect our lives and businesses?
Moderator:
Arlene Weintraub, Technology Writer, Business Week
Jehoshua Bruck, PhD., Professor of Computation and Neural Systems and Electrical Engineering, Cal Tech; Co-Founder, Rainfinity
Evelyn Hu, PhD., Co-Director, California Nano Systems Institute; Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UC Santa Barbara (not attending)
Andrew Berlin PhD., Sector Director, Intel Research & Principal Engineer, Intel Technology
William Opel PhD., Executive Director & CEO, Huntington Medical Research
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3:00 - 3:30
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Break
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3:30pm - 4:30pm
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Today: The Management of Innovation |
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How can innovation be financed when the equity markets are saying no thanks to IPOs?
Can a firm maintain its innovating spirit when it is laying off workers?
Where are venture capitalists looking for value?
How can you protect your intellectual property?
Moderator:
Kevin Albert, Managing Director, Merrill Lynch (not attending)
Derek Wilson, Esq., Partner, Morrison & Foerster LLP
Stephanie Davis, Director, Spencer Stuart and Associates
Duncan Cameron, Managing Director, Law and Economics Consulting
Rick Smith, General Partner, Palomar Ventures
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4:30pm - 4:30pm
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The Short and Long-Term Economic Outlook for California and the Nation |
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If it's not a Recession, what is it?
How long will it last? How can we know when it's ending?
Do we have to rely on a tech bounce-back?
How great s Northern California's exposure? Is Southern California immune?
How are aging and migration affecting the California Ecomony?
Moderator:
Christopher Thornberg, PhD., Senior Economist, UCLA Anderson Forecast
Edward Leamer, PhD., Director, Ucla Anderson Forecast
Tom Lieser, PhD., Senior Economist, UCLA Anderson Forecast
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5:30 - 7:00
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Cocktail Reception open to all attendees
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7:00 - 8:30
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Dinner Program
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Dinner Speaker:
Demetrios Boutris, Commissioner, California Department of Corporations
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