Future Forward

2002 Agenda

Thursday, Sept. 26
9:00am Future Forward Golf Tournament at the Cranwell Resort & 
Golf Club, Hosted by Deloitte & Touche, Proceeds to benefit 
the Goodwill-Hinckley Home for Boys and Girls
2:00 - 6:00pm Registration
5:30 - 7:30pm  Cocktail Reception 
7:30pm - Free Time
Friday, Sept. 27
7:30 ?  Registration re-opens 
7:30 - 8:30am Breakfast
8:30 - 9:00am Introductions
9:00 - 10:30am The State of the New England Tech Economy

Moderator:
Scott Kirsner - Contributing editor at Wired Magazine and Fast Company; @large columnist for the Boston Globe

Speakers:
Hassan Ahmed, CEO, Sonus Networks
Greg Erman, President and CEO, MarketSoft Corporation
Ross Gittell, Professor, University of New Hampshire/
Whittemore School of Business and Economics
Thornton May, Psychographer & Futurist
Mary Puma, CEO, Axcelis Technologies
10:30 - 11:00am

Break
11:00 - 11:30am

Demo Session: The Future of Networks

Moderator: 
Elizabeth Altman, Vice President & Director, Business 
Development of Motorola Personal Communications Sector

Presenter:
Rob Poor, CTO and Co-founder, Ember Corporation
11:30 - 12:00pm

Demo Session: The Future of the Printed Page

Moderator: 
Elizabeth Altman, Vice President & Director, Business 
Development of Motorola Personal Communications Sector

Presenter:
 Russ Wilcox, General Manager, E Ink
12:00 - 1:30pm Lunch
1:30 - 2:30pm

Money Matters: Understanding Today?s Financial Markets and 
Investment Dynamics

Moderator:
Stephen Zamierowski, Tech-Venture Center, Deloitte & Touche

Speakers:
Ben Howe, Head of Mergers & Acquisitions, SG Cowen
Ted Dintersmith, General Partner, Charles River Ventures
Venetia Kontogouris, Managing Partner, Trident Capital
Terry McGuire, Co-founder and Managing General Partner, 
Polaris Venture Partners
Bo Peabody, Co-founder and Chairman, Village Ventures
2:30 - 3:00pm Break
3:00 - 4:00pm

The Future of Entertainment

Moderator:
Alan Webber, Founding Editor, Fast Company

Speaker:
 Douglas Trumbull, CEO, Entertainment Design Workshop
4:00 - 7:00pm Optional Activities
7:00 - 10:00pm

Friday night social
Music by The Stockwell Brothers Band
Saturday, Sept. 28
8:00 - 9:00am Breakfast
9:00 - 10:30am  Inside the Mind of the CIO (and CEO): Designing Strategies, 
Deploying New Technologies, Controlling Costs, Creating 
Advantage

Moderator:
 Abbie Lundberg, Editor-in-chief, CIO Magazine

Speakers:
John Fiore, Former CIO, State Street Corporation
David Lewis, CIO, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Tom Jeffery, VP/MIS, K-B Toys
John Watkins, CIO, Fairchild Semiconductor
Jim Zilinski, CEO, Berkshire Life
10:30 - 11:00am Break
11:00 - 12:00pm The Future of the Body: New Possibilities (and New Business Opportunities) Presented by the Genomics Revolution

Introducer:
Brenda Philips - Executive Director of Commonwealth Information Technology Initiative, UMass  

Speaker:
 Juan Enriquez, Director, Life Sciences Project, Harvard 
Business School
12:00 - 1:30pm Lunch

 
1:30 - 2:30pm
 
Leadership: What It Takes
Moderator: 
Alan Webber, Founding Editor, Fast Company

Speakers:
David Friend, Chairman, Sonexis
David M. Lederman, CEO, ABIOMED, Inc.
Debbie Miller, CEO, Egenera
Carl Yankowski, Chairman, GeoPhoenix; former CEO, Palm
Computing
2:30 - 3:00pm Break

 
3:00 - 3:30pm
 
Demo Session: The Future of Mobility
Moderator:
Jimmy Guterman, Founder and President, The Vineyard Group Inc.
Presenter:
Doug Field, Vice President of Product Management,
Segway LLC