Events

Berkeley Open Innovation Forum

September 29, 2010

Please join us on Wednesday, September 29, 2010

To register, please CLICK HERE.

The Bancroft Hotel
2680 Bancroft Way
Berkeley, California

AGENDA

Welcome - Registration & Breakfast 8:15 am

I. Introduction – What is "Open Innovation"?                                        9:00 am 
    Brief Welcome: Overview of Forum motivations, scope and objectives 
    Keynote: Prof. Henry Chesbrough (U.C. Berkeley), Marshall Phelps 

II. Foundational Models 1                                                                           9:30 am 
    Topic: JVs, Standards, Patent Pools & Cross-Licensing 
    Speakers: Marshall Phelps, Mallun Yen (Cisco), Leo Novakoski (Microsoft), 
    Sandy Bloch (IBM), Gary Loeb (Genentech) 

    Mid Morning Break                                                                                 10:45 am

III. Foundational Models 2                                                                          11:00 am 
    Topic: Small Inventor Product Development Funnels; Consumer Products 
    Speakers: Andy Gilcinski (Clorox), Shaila Ruparel (Finisar), 
    John Funk (Evergreen IP), John Murphy (T-Mobile)

Lunch Break                                                                                                 12:15 pm 
    Keynote: Marshall Phelps (Microsoft)

IV. Recent Revolutions                                                                               1:30 pm 
    Topic: Open Source, Open APIs and Web Services 
    Speakers: Gary Spiegel (Oracle), Karna Nisewaner (Intuit), Harvey Anderson (Mozilla) 

    Mid Afternoon Break                                                                               2:45 pm

V. Emerging Trends                                                                                    3:00 pm 
    Topic: App Stores and Widgets for Internet-Connected Smart Devices 
    Speakers: Juan Gonzalez (KPMG), Andrew Torrance (University of Kansas), 
    Matt Ocko (Arch Capital)

VI. Forward Looking Prospects                                                                4:15 pm 
    Topic: Energy, Clean Technology; Financial Services; IP Licensing 
    Speakers: Manavinder Bains (NYSE Euronext), Lisa Green (Creative Commons), 
    Paul Saraceni (RPX Corporation), Nicholas Mack (Sungevity)

Closing Address & Reception                                                                    5:30 pm

SPEAKERS

Panelists include leaders from the following companies and organizations: 

• Microsoft
• U.C. Berkeley 
• Genentech 
• NYSE Euronext 
• Cisco Systems 
• IBM 
• Mozilla Foundation 
• Oracle 
• Clorox 
• Creative Commons
• CBS Interactive   

*Detailed biographies of speakers coming soon...