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On
November 4th, a high-level group of entrepreneurs,
CIOs, CTOs, CEOs, researchers, and investors
convened for the tenth edition of the Future Forward
Retreat at the Wellesley
College Club in Wellesley,
Massachusetts.
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Thursday, November 4th
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8:00am - 8:45am |
Continental
Breakfast and Registration
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8:45am - 9:00am |
Welcome
& Introductions
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9:00am - 9:45am |
Opportunities
in a World of "Anywhere" Connectivity
Speakers:
Emily Nagle Green, CEO, The Yankee Group
Rich Miner, Partner, Google Ventures;
Co-Founder, Android
Interviewed by:
Antonio Rodriguez, General Partner, Matrix Partners
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9:45am - 10:30am |
Building
Boston's Most Successful Private E-Commerce Company
Speakers:
Niraj Shah and Steve Conine,
co-founders, CSN Stores
Interviewed by:
Bob Davis, General Partner, Highland Capital
Partners; Founding CEO, Lycos
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10:30am - 11:00am |
Networking
Break
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11:00am - 11:45am |
Changes
in the World of Seed-Stage Investing
Speakers:
David Frankel, Managing Partner, Founder
Collective
Rob Go, Co-Founder, NextView Ventures
Roy Rodenstein, Director of Business Planning,
AOL/Going
Jo Tango, Founder, Kepha Partners
Moderator:
David Cancel, Founder, Performable
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11:45am - 12:15pm |
New
Kind of Search, New Kind of Science
Speaker:
Stephen Wolfram, CEO, Wolfram Research;
Author, "A New Kind of Science"
Interviewed
by:
Christopher Meyer, CEO, Monitor Networks
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12:15pm - 1:30pm |
Lunch
& Lunch Table Discussions
Choose
to join a lunch table discussion, or simply form
your own conversation group. Lunch discussions will include:
Smartphones
as Building Blocks
...Led by Reed
Sturtevant and Katie Rae, Project 11
Ventures:
The
Real-Time Web - Emerging Trends and Challenges
...Led by Jason
Evanish, Oneforty & Greenhorn Connect
Creating
a Maniacal Focus on the Customer Experience
...Led by Israel Ganot, Gazelle
The
Collision of Location-Based Services & Social
Commerce
...Led by David
Chang, Where, Inc.
What
I've Learned Developing for the iPhone & iPad
...Led by Dan Bricklin, Software Garden
The
Consumerization of IT
...Led by Sim Simeonov, FastIgnite:
Let's
Discuss the Start-Up/Media/Blogger Relationship
...Led by Scott Kirsner, The Boston Globe
Sexy
Back: How To Make The Boston Startup Community
More Sexy and Keep The Best Young Talent
...Led by Rob Go, NextView Ventures
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1:30pm - 2:30pm |
Topics
Worth Tracking (Choose One Session)
Session A: Data, Analytics & the Cloud
(Council Library)
Led by: Andy Palmer, Serial Entrepreneur
Speakers:
Alan
Hoffman,
CEO, Cloudant
Chris
Lynch,
CEO, Vertica
Paul Sonderegger,
Chief Strategist, Endeca
Ben
Sprecher,
Co-Founder, Incentive Targeting
Gil
Zimmerman,
CEO, Aprigo
Session B: What's
Broken on Your Company's Web Site (Wall Room)
Led by: Jimmy Guterman, Senior Editor,
Harvard Business Review
Speaker:
Steve
Krug, Founder, Advanced Common Sense and Author,
"Don't Make Me Think"
Session C: Solving New Challenges in Robotics
(Council Dining Room)
Led by: Helen Greiner, CEO, Cyphy Works
Speakers:
Kevin
Galloway, Mechanical Engineer, Wyss Institute
for Biologically Inspired Engineering
Charles
Grinnell, CEO, Harvest Automation
Brad
Kayton, CEO, Vgo Communications
Session D: Opportunities
Created By the Smart Grid -- and a Smarter Energy
Consumer (President's Dining Room)
Led by: Rob Day, General Partners, Black
Coral Capital
Speakers:
Eric Emmons, Investment Partner, Siemens Venture
Capital
Martin Flusberg, CEO, Powerhouse Dynamics
Tom Pincince, President & CEO, Digital Lumens |
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2:30pm - 2:45pm |
Networking
Break
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2:45pm - 3:30pm |
Teens
on Technology: What they Use and How they Use It
Speakers:
Alexa,
Swampscott High School
Chris,
Lexington High School
Helen, Wellesley College
Lydia, Milton Academy
Michael, Boston College High School
Moderator:
Nabeel Hyatt, General Manager, Zynga Boston
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3:30pm - 3:45pm |
Networking
Break
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3:45pm - 4:30pm |
Demo
Session: Five Companies Shaping the Future
Speakers:
Christopher Ahlberg, CEO, Recorded Future
David Berman, CEO, Affectiva
Laila Partridge, CEO, DPL Health Games
David Perry, Osmopure
Marc Zawel, CEO, EqualApp
Moderator:
Liz Altman, Author of "The Innovator's
Guide to Growth"
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