Future Forward

Executive Retreat

Tuesday, November 1
8:00am - 9:00am Breakfast

9:00am - 10:00am Fireside Chat with Michael Ruettgers, Chairman, EMC Corporation: Building an Industry Giant: The Secrets of EMC's Success

Moderator:
Bill Taylor, Cofounder and Founding Editor, Fast Company

10:00am - 10:15am Break

10:15am - 11:15am Inside the Mind of the CIO
Five CIOs Discuss What's on Their To-Do List, and How They Work With Outside Partners

Speakers:
Rick Broughton, Director of IT Strategy, Dunkin' Brands Inc.
Peter Cuozzo, CIO, DeScenza Diamonds
Mary Finlay, Deputy CIO, Partners Healthcare 
Kevin Roden, CIO, Iron Mountain 
David Rudzinsky, CIO, Hologic, Inc.

Moderator:
Ian Campbell, co-founder, Nucleus Research

11:15am - 11:30am Break

11:30am - 12:15pm What Blogging Isn't: And What It Means for Businesses, Media, and Bloggers

Speaker:
David Weinberger
, Fellow at Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society; Co-author of "The Cluetrain Manifesto" and author of "Small Pieces Loosely Joined"

12:15pm - 1:15pm Lunch

1:15pm - 2:15pm

Fireside Chat with Ray Kurzweil, President, Kurzweil Technologies and author, "The Singularity is Near" 

  • What is "the Singularity," and why does it matter?

  • Envisioning how today's technologies will evolve

  • Introducing the right technology at the right time

  • Understanding early adopters and building big markets

Moderator:
Scott Kirsner, @large columnist, Boston Globe

2:15pm - 2:30pm Break

2:30pm - 3:15pm Understanding the New Rules of Venture Capital
(Four Entrepreneurs Who Went to the Dark Side)

Speakers:
Jeffrey Beir, General Partner, North Bridge Venture Partners
Jeffrey Bussgang
, General Partner, IDG Ventures
Elliot Katzman, General Partner, Kodiak Venture Partners
Jonathan Seelig, Managing Director, Globespan Capital Partners

Moderator:
John Landry
, Chairman and CTO, Adesso Systems and Managing Director, Lead Dog Ventures

3:15pm - 3:30pm Break

3:30pm - 4:30pm
First Look: A Demo Session Featuring New England's Most Compelling New Technologies

Speakers:
Gregg Favalora, Founder, Actuality Systems
Tom Gerace, CEO, Gather
Mitch Sanders, Founder, ECI Biotech
Greg Schmergel, CEO, Nantero
Paul
Sereiko, Sensicast Systems, Inc.

Moderator:
Elizabeth Altman, Vice President of Strategy and Business Development, Motorola's Mobile Devices


Directions to Tupper Hall, Endicott College (289 Hale Street,
Beverly, MA):

Take Route 128 North to exit 17 (Grapevine Road, Beverly Farms).  Turn right off the exit ramp and right again after 1.5 miles onto Haskell Street (by the cemetery).  Proceed to the end: at the stop sign, turn right onto Hale Street - Route 127.  Travel 1.5 miles on Route 127 to Endicott College.  Proceed past the Main entrance; Tupper Hall is located on the left hand side, approximately 100 yards.  Enter at the stone pillars.  There is parking available next to the building.

If you are coming from Salem on 127, Tupper Hall will be on the right hand side as you approach the campus.