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Dr. Milton Friedman

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Bob Metcalfe

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J.B. Holston

Eric Schmidt




Thursday, November 19 Friday, November 20 Saturday, November 21
5:00 – 6:00
p.m.
Registration
6:00 – 7:00
p.m.
Welcoming Reception
7:00 – 9:00
p.m.
Dinner & Address

Edward Crane,
President, Cato Institute

Silicon Valley Should Not
Normalize its Relations
with Washington


T.J. Rodgers,
President & CEO, Cypress Semiconductor Corp.
8:00 – 9:00
a.m.
Registration & Breakfast
9:00 – 9:50
a.m.
Fictional Futures

Dr. Vernor Vinge
Assoc. Prof. of Math & Computer Science, San Diego State University; Author, A Fire Upon the Deep

Dr. David Brin
Author of Earth, Startide Rising

Dr. Gregory Benford
Prof. Of Plasma Physics, UC Irvine; editor, Far Future
9:50–10:25
a.m.
CryptoPolitics

Dr. David Friedman
Professor of Law & Economics, Santa Clara University
10:25 – 10:40
a.m.
Break
10:40 – 11:30
a.m.
Antitrust and the Other Washington

Robert A. Levy
Senior Fellow in Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute

Ed Black
President, Computer & Communications Industry Association
11:30 – 12:00
p.m.
The Politicization of Silicon Valley

Dan Fylstra
President of Frontline Systems, Inc.
12:15 – 1:30
p.m.
Luncheon &
Address: Charting a Course in a Networked World


Eric Schmidt
Chairman & CEO, Novell Inc.
1:40 – 2:30 p.m. Local Bandwidth: The Last Gasp for the Last Mile?

Bob Metcalfe
Vice President, Technology, International Data Group

William A. Frezza
General Partner, Adams Capital Management

Lawrence D. Gasman
President, Communications Industry Researchers
2:30 – 3:20
p.m.
Enabling the Information Age Through Internet Computing

Larry Ellison
CEO, Oracle Corp.
3:20 – 3:35
p.m.
Break
3:35 - 4:40
p.m.
Upgrading Education

Andrew J. Coulson
Author, Market Education: The Unknown History

J.B. Holston
President and CEO, NetSage Corp.
4:40 - 5:10
p.m.
Myths of the Software Industry

Greg Maffei
Chief Financial Officer, Microsoft Corp.
5:10 - 6:00
p.m.
Tracing Digital Cash

Bill Melton
President & CEO, CyberCash Inc.
6:00 – 7:00
p.m.
Reception
7:30 – 8:30
a.m.
Breakfast
8:30  – 9:10
a.m.
The New World

K. Eric Drexler
Author, Engines of Creation
9:10  – 9:40
a.m.
Privacy or Freedom?

Solveig Singleton
Director of Information Studies, Cato Institute
9:40 - 10:10
a.m.
A Funny Thing About Network Effects

Dr. Stan Liebowitz
Professor, Management School, University of Texas at Dallas
10:10 – 10:25
a.m.
Break
10:25 - 12:00
a.m.
Money Management, Capital Flows, & Social Security in Cyberspace

Moderator:
K. Blake Darcy
CEO, DLJdirect Inc.

Scott Cook
Chairman of the Board, Intuit Corp.

José Piñera
Former Minister of Labor, Chile

Jeff Maggioncalda
President & CEO, Financial Engines
12:15 – 1:30
p.m.
Luncheon &
Address: The Suicidal Impulse of the Business Community

(Transcript of address)

Dr. Milton Friedman
Nobel Laureate, Economics
1:30 – 1:45
p.m.
Closing Comments

Mike Malone
Editor, Forbes ASAP
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