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At The Stanford Summit, our editors also honored the AO 100 Top Private Companies.  Fifty of the top CEOs from the AO 100 pitched their market strategies to a panel of industry experts in our “CEO Showcase.”

Seven hundred technology, media and advertising CEOs, business development officers, media buyers, venture capital and private-equity investors, and leading members of the press and blogging community will attend The Stanford Summit. Over 20,000 webcast viewers from over 100 countries will also tune in and interact with the program. Executives attend the Stanford Summit to identify and debate emerging trends, build high-level relationships and create new business opportunities.  
                                          Stanford Summit 2006 Archives: 

Tuesday, July 25, 2006

6:00pm: Welcoming Remarks from Our Hosts
Tony Perkins (AlwaysOn), and Tom Byers (STVP) - View Archive

6:10pm: Featured Keynote: John Hennessy, President, Stanford University
Tom Byers, Professor, Stanford University - View Archive

6:30pm: AO-100 Winners [click link to see winners], Packy Kelly, Partner, KPMG - View Archive

6:45pm: Featured Keynote and Demo:
HP and DreamWorks Redefining Digital Entertainment and Communication
Todd Bradley, EVP, Personal Systems Group, HP --and--
Ed Leonard, CTO, DreamWorks
Moderator: Al Delattre, Global Managing Director, Accenture - View Archive

7:25pm: Fireside Chat 
Moderator: Al Delattre, Global Managing Director, Accenture
Ed Leonard, CTO, Dreamworks
Todd Bradley, executive vice president, Personal Systems Group, HP - View Archive

7:45pm: AlwaysOn Reception in the Ford Gardens

Wednesday, July 26, 2006

8:00am: Keynote: Bob Sutton, Stanford Professor, and Diego Rodriguez, IDEO, Consulting Associate Professor at Stanford - View Archive

8:20am: What Is the Secret Behind Creating Contagious Behavior?
Co-moderator: Bob Sutton, Stanford Professor
Co-moderator: Diego Rodriguez, IDEO, Consulting Associate Professor at Stanford
Mitchell Baker, President and CEO, Mozilla.org
Gil Penchina, CEO, Wikia
Perry Klebahn, Founder, Atlas Snow-Shoe Company, and Consulting Professor, Stanford - View Archive

9:00am: How Far Will Consumer-Generated Media Go?
Moderator: Kara Swisher, staff reporter, Wall Street Journal
David Goldberg, Head of Yahoo! Music
Michael Robertson, CEO, MP3Tunes
Chad Hurley, CEO, YouTube
Michael Arrieta, Senior VP, Sony Pictures - View Archive

10:30am: Will All Software Go Open Source?
Moderator: Bruce Perens, VP of Policy,SourceLabs  and Author of the Open Source Definition
Marten Mickos, CEO, MySQL
Ron Hovsepian, President and CEO, Novell
Matt Ettus, Founder, Ettus Research
Mark Spencer, Founder and President, Digium - View Archive

11:30am: Can Entrepreneurship and Innovation Be Taught?
Tina Seelig, Stanford Professor - View Archive

2:00pm: Keynote: Marc Benioff, CEO, Salesforce.com - View Archive

2:20pm: Has the Software as a Service Model Finally Arrived?
Moderator: Ray Lane, Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Marc Benioff, CEO, Salesforce.com
Brett Caine, President, Citrix Online Division, Citrix Systems
Greg Gianforte, CEO and Founder, RightNow Technologies
George Kadifa, General Manager, On Demand Group, IBM
Zach Nelson, CEO, NetSuite - View Archive

3:30pm: Keynote: Peter Hirshberg, Chairman and Chief Marketing Officer, Technorati - View Archive

3:45pm: Has Blogging and Social Networking Changed the Marketing Game?
Moderator: Peter Hirshberg, Chairman and Chief Marketing Officer, Technorati
Steve Rubel, SVP, me2revolution, Edelman
Charlene Li, Principal Analyst, Forrester Research
Jay Stockwell, SVP Marketing, Nielsen/BuzzMetrics
Bradley Silver, CEO, Brandimensions
Jeff Nolan, Director, Apollo Strategy Group, SAP - View Archive

4:30pm: Is Virtualization Re-inventing the Data Center?
Moderator: Andy Rachleff, Partner, Benchmark Capital
Ben Horowitz, CEO, Opsware
Diane Greene, President and Founder, VMware
Jeff Palmer, CEO, Blue Lane Technologies
Atiq Raza, Founder, CEO, Raza Microelectronics - View Archive

5:30pm: Where is Life After the Telephone?
Moderator: George Gilder, Chairman, Gilder Publishing, Editor in Chief, Gilder Technology Reports
Jack Waters, EVP and CTO, Level 3 Communications
Dragan Boscovic, Director, Wireless Systems and Networks, Motorola
Mark Plakias, VP, Strategy, FTGroup - Orange
Cyriac Roeding, Vice President, Wireless, CBS Digital Media
Charlie Paglee, President, Vozin Communications - View Archive

5:00pm--7:00pm: Audi Ride and Drive
at Trader Vics

Thursday, July 27, 2006

8:00am: Keynote: Vinod Khosla, Partner, Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers
Saving the World from Oil - The Ethanol Alternative - View Archive

8:20am: Is the Home Run VC Deal Still Alive?
Moderator: Mark Stevens, Partner, Fenwick & West
Vinod Khosla, Partner, Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers
Michael Grimes, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley
Theresia Ranzetta, Partner, Accel Partners
Geoff Yang, partner, Redpoint Ventures - View Archive

9:00am: Keynote: Bob Suh, Chief Technology Strategist, Accenture - View Archive

9:20am: Does America Still Have a Lock on Innovation?
Moderator: Andreas Kluth, Technology Correspondent, The Economist
Bob Suh, Chief Technology Strategist, Accenture
Irving Wladawsky-Berger, Vice President,Technical Strategy and Innovation, IBM
Bill Tai, Charles River Ventures
Netanel Jacobsson, Founding Partner and SVP, Maxthon - View Archive

10:00am: Keynote: Joe Schoendorf, Executive Partner, Accel Partners
China: Friend or Foe - View Archive

11:00am: What’s It Going to Take to Secure the Internet?
Moderator: George Gilder, Chairman, Gilder Publishing, Editor in Chief, Gilder Technology Reports
Kevin A. Hassett, Director of Economic Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute
Greg Papadopoulos, CTO and EVP of Research and Development, Sun Microsystems
John Stewart, VP and CSO, Corporate Security Programs Organization, Cisco Systems
Greg Pierson, President/CEO and founder, iovation - View Archive

Noon: Keynote: From the Infobahn to the Autobahn
Wolfgang Hoffmann, Director of Product Planning, Audi of America
Host: Satjiv Chahil, SVP, Global Marketing, HP, and AlwaysOn editorial advisor - View Archive

2:00pm: Is Anything Anywhere - Ubiquitous Computing - Closer Than You think?
Terry Winograd, Stanford Professor
Scott Klemmer, Stanford Professor
Frederick L. Kitson, VP and Director, Motorola Labs
Stewart Butterfield, founder, Flickr - View Archive

3:30pm: Keynote: Dr. Paul Jacobs, CEO, QUALCOMM - View Archive

4:00pm: What Is the Data Telling Us?
Moderator: Bambi Francisco, senior columnist/correspondent, Marketwatch
Usama Fayyad, Chief Data Officer, Yahoo
Jim Lanzone. CEO, Ask.com
Peter Norvig, Engineering Search and Quality Director, Google
Michael Yavonditte, CEO, Quigo - View Archive

5:00pm: What's Your Long Bet?
Moderator: Paul Saffo, saffo.com
Stewart Brand, co-founder, the Long Now Foundation
Kevin Kelly, author & editor-at-large, Wired
Nathan Myhrvold, CEO and Co-Founder, Intellectual Ventures. - View Archive

6:00pm: Closing Keynote: Steve Wozniak, co-founder, Apple Computer - View Archive

CEO Showcases

3VR Security
Above All Software
Application Security
AR Networks
BitPass
Blue Lithium
BroadRamp
Cast Iron Systems
Centerpost
Collabnet
CornerStone OnDemand
Eloqua
introNetworks
LocaModa
MusicGremlin
Ortiva Wireless
Palamida
PassAlong Networks
Pay-By-Touch
Pixsy
PodBridge
PremiTech
Qualys
Rebtel
ScrapBlog
SilkCloud
SilverPeak Systems
Smaato
Streamload
Teneros
Vernier Networks
Voice Indigo
Wide Orbit

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                          Important Stanford Summit 2007 Information:

AO Hollywood 2007 Ticket Rates & Other Information
If you want to order your ticket by phone or inquire about group rates, contact Kathy Osweiler at 415.751.0170 or kathy@alwayson-network.com.

CEO Showcase Opportunity
Fifty top CEOs will have the opportunity to present their market strategies and business partnering objectives on the main stage at The Stanford Summit. Qualifying companies are either public or privately held and ideally come from one of the following industry sectors:

Consumer and Entertainment
Devices and Components
Enterprise
Mobile and Wireless
Network and Infrastructure
Services and Enablers

For detailed information on the AO 100 nomination and selection process and the CEO Showcase opportunity please contact:

Ryan Brenner
ryan@alwayson-network.com
650.346.4726


Noah Gellman
noah@alwayson-network.com
office   616.414.2464.
mobile 310.351.567

Stanford Summit Brand Sponsor Program
Sponsors gain brand exposure and communicate their leadership positions to The Stanford Summit live attendees and webcast audience through a powerful combination of video commercials, e-marketing campaigns, print advertising, on-site material distribution and signage, and program exposure. Brand sponsorship is open to technology, service and investment firms, and high-end consumer brands. To find out how your company can join The Stanford Summit’s distinguished group of sponsors, contact:

Ryan Brenner
ryan@alwayson-network.com
650.346.4726

Grant Gunderson
grant@alwayson-network.com
916.217.0427