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Technology and Society 1999 - The Evolution of the New Economy
November 4-5, 1999

Crowne Plaza San Jose/Silicon Valley
777 Bellew Drive, Milpitas, CA
Schedule as of September 21, 1999.

Thursday, November 4

4:00 - 6:00 p.m. Registration
 
6:00 - 6:30 p.m. Welcoming Reception
 
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Dinner and Address

Welcoming Remarks:
Edward Crane, President, Cato Institute

The Future of IP-Based Communications and Its Implications for Business, Culture, and Society

William Schrader, Chairman & CEO, PSINet

Friday, November 5

8:00 - 9:00 a.m. Registration & Continental Breakfast
 
9:00 - 9:45 a.m.

Strong Crypto, Smart Cell Phones, and the End of Monetary Sovereignty

Peter Thiel, CEO, Confinity Inc.
 

9:50 - 11:15 a.m.

Education for a High-Tech World: School Choice, For-Profit Schools

David Boaz, Author, Libertarianism

John Sperling, Founder, University of Phoenix, CEO, The Apollo Group

Tim Draper, Founder and Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
 

11:15 - 11:30 a.m.

Break
 

11:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.

Disputes in the New Economy: Staying Out of Court

Charles Brofman, President, Cybersettle
 

 1:00 - 2:15 p.m.

Luncheon & Address

Demand Chain Management: E-Business Channel Dynamics 

Tom Siebel, Chairman & CEO, Siebel Systems
 

 2:15-3:20 p.m.

Session A Breakouts

Spread Spectrum - The Future of Bandwidth?

William A. Frezza, General Partner, Adams Capital Management

Dave Hughes, Old Colorado City Communications

Tom Hazlett, Professor, University of California, Davis

or

Regulating Science - Will Mutant Plants Run Amok?

Nina Fedoroff, Professor of Life Sciences, Biotechnology Institute, Pennsylvania State University

Michael Gough, Author, Silencing Science

Scott Uknes, Vice President of Business Strategy, Paradigm Genetics
 

3:20 - 3:30 p.m. Break
 
3:30 - 4:40 p.m.

Session B Breakouts

Competition in Domain Name Space: Competing Registrars? Competing Registries?

Tony Rutkowski, Next Generation Internet Associates

Richard Sexton, VRX Network Services

Rita A. Rodin, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP.

or

The Science of the Small: Nanotech and Molecular Switches

Stan Williams, Principal Laboratory Scientist, Hewlett-Packard

James Von Ehr, CEO, Zyvex
 

5:00 - 5:30 p.m.

Reception
 

5:30 - 7:00 p.m.

Dinner Forum

M.C.: Mike Malone, Forbes ASAP
 


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