Dinner and Address

Welcoming Remarks:
Edward Crane, President, Cato Institute

The Future of IP-Based Communications and Its Implications for Business, Culture, and Society

William Schrader, Chairman & CEO, PSINet

Strong Crypto, Smart Cell Phones, and the End of Monetary Sovereignty

Peter Thiel, CEO, Confinity Inc.
 

Education for a High-Tech World: School Choice, For-Profit Schools

David Boaz, Author, Libertarianism

John Sperling, Founder, University of Phoenix, CEO, The Apollo Group

Tim Draper, Founder and Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
 

Break
 

Disputes in the New Economy: Staying Out of Court

Charles Brofman, President, Cybersettle
 

Luncheon & Address

Demand Chain Management: E-Business Channel Dynamics 

Tom Siebel, Chairman & CEO, Siebel Systems
 

Session A Breakouts

Spread Spectrum - The Future of Bandwidth?

William A. Frezza, General Partner, Adams Capital Management

Dave Hughes, Old Colorado City Communications

Tom Hazlett, Professor, University of California, Davis

or

Regulating Science - Will Mutant Plants Run Amok?

Nina Fedoroff, Professor of Life Sciences, Biotechnology Institute, Pennsylvania State University

Michael Gough, Author, Silencing Science

Scott Uknes, Vice President of Business Strategy, Paradigm Genetics
 

Session B Breakouts

Competition in Domain Name Space: Competing Registrars? Competing Registries?

Tony Rutkowski, Next Generation Internet Associates

Richard Sexton, VRX Network Services

Rita A. Rodin, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP.

or

The Science of the Small: Nanotech and Molecular Switches

Stan Williams, Principal Laboratory Scientist, Hewlett-Packard

James Von Ehr, CEO, Zyvex
 

Reception
 

Dinner Forum

M.C.: Mike Malone, Forbes ASAP