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Executive Retreat

On November 5th, a high-level group of entrepreneurs, CIOs, CTOs, CEOs, researchers, and investors will convened for the ninth edition of the Future Forward Retreat at the Henderson House in Weston, Massachusetts.

 

Thursday, November 5th
    8:00am - 8:45am Continental Breakfast

    8:45am - 9:00am Greetings & Introduction
(All our participants will have a chance to introduce themselves – succinctly!)

    9:00am - 9:45am Demystifying the New Marketing (And Should We Even Still Call It "Marketing"?)

Speakers:
Edward Boches, Chief Creative Officer, Mullen
Chris Brogan, President, New Marketing Labs and Author, Trust Agents

Moderator:
Brian Halligan, CEO, HubSpot

   9:45am - 10:00am Networking Break

   10:00am - 11:00am Fireside Chat Double-Header: The Long Road to Global Domination

Speakers:
Steve Kaufer, Co-Founder & CEO, TripAdvisor
Russ Wilcox, Co-Founder and CEO, E Ink Corp.

Moderator:
Scott Kirsner, Innovation Economy columnist, The Boston Globe

   11:00am - 11:15am Networking Break

   11:15am - 12:00pm The New Rules of Angel Investing

Speakers:
Joe Caruso, The Bantam Group
Jean Hammond, JPH Associates
Bengt Karlsson PhD, founding member, First Run Angels
Jeffrey Sohl, Director, Center for Venture Research, UNH
Bill Warner, President, Warner Research and Founder, Avid Technology

Moderator:
John Landry, Founder, Lead Dog Ventures

   12:00pm - 1:15pm Lunch (and Lunch Discussions)

Participants will be invited to suggest their own topics for discussion at lunch roundtables. And we've lined up four in advance:

Understanding buyers of tech and services who aren't the CIO
...Led by Donald Henrich of Vico Software and Eric Groves of Constant Contact

How the iPhone app ecosystem is changing
...Led by Brad Rosen of Drync and Charles Teague of FitNow/LoseIt

Finding the Real Value in Twitter
...Led by Chris Brogan of New Marketing Labs and Laura Fitton of Oneforty

Proven PR Practices for Launching with Success
...Led by Sue Parente and Kim Miller of Tier One Partners


   1:15pm - 2:00pm Music, The Stock Market, Erogenous Zones, and Baby Names: Visualizing Information in New Ways

Speaker:
Martin Wattenberg, Founding Manager, IBM's Visual Communication Lab

   2:00pm - 2:15pm Networking Break

   2:15pm - 3:00pm Starting Up, Getting Big, Going Public

Speakers:
Woody Benson, Partner, Prism VentureWorks
Michael Simon, Founder and CEO, LogMeIn  

Moderator:
Doug Levin, Clean Energy Fellow, New England Clean Energy Council

   3:00pm - 3:15pm Networking Break

   3:15pm - 4:00pm Demo Session: Promising Technologies from New England Start-Ups        

Speakers:
Pano Anthos, CEO, Hangout Industries
Tom Dusenberry,
President, Robonica
Laura Fitton, Founder & CEO, Oneforty
David Peters, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, MooBella
Ben Rubin, Co-fo
under & CTO, Zeo

Moderator:
Liz Altman, VP, Business Development, Motorola Mobile Devices