Techonomy 2011 Conference, hosted by David Kirkpatrick, Examines Revolutions in Progress and Critical Relationships between Technology, Innovation, Productivity and Jobs

TUCSON, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

• Sunday, November 13:
  • 3:05 p.m. MT (5:05 p.m. EST) Revolutions in Progress: The Case for Optimism: Marc Benioff, salesforce.com; Scott Cook, Intuit; Gary Hamel, Management Lab
  • 3:55 p.m. MT (5:55 p.m. EST) 21st Century Individuals vs. 20th Century Organizations: Jack Dorsey, Twitter/Square and Capitalism in the Age of the Individual: Shoshana Zuboff, Harvard Business School
  • 4:40 p.m. MT (6:40 p.m. EST) Global Regulation in an Age of Empowerment: Hamadoun Touré, Secretary General, International Telecommunication Union
  • 5:00 p.m. MT (7:00 p.m. EST) The Brain and the Data: How Accurately Can We Predict? Vivek Ranadivé, TIBCO Software, Inc.
• Monday, November 14:
  • 8:30 a.m. MT (10:30 a.m. EST) Four Young Innovators Changing the World from the Ground Up: The Staples/Ashoka Youth Social Entrepreneur Competition
  • 8:45 a.m. MT (10:45 a.m. EST) Every Company Is a Software Company: Deborah Hopkins, Citi; K. Venkatesh Prasad, Ford; Hugo Sarrazin, McKinsey & Company; David Zanca, FedEx
  • 9:30 a.m. MT (11:30 a.m. EST) Why Consumers Call the Shots: Greg Gianforte, RightNow
  • 9:35 a.m. MT (11:35 a.m. EST) Entertainment and the Cutting Edge of Technology: Jeffrey Katzenberg, DreamWorks Animation SKG
  • 10:20 a.m. MT (12:20 p.m. EST) Can Technology Be Society’s Economic Engine? Tyler Cowen, George Mason University, and Erik Brynjolfsson, MIT Center for Digital Business
  • 11:00 a.m. MT (1:00 p.m. EST) Where Are the Jobs in a Digital Age? Steve Case, Revolution LLC; Steve Forbes, Forbes Media
  • 11:35 a.m. MT (1:35 p.m. EST) What Does It Mean to Be Educated in the 21st Century? Ángel Cabrera, Thunderbird School of Global Management; Andrew Rosen, Kaplan, Inc.; Maria M. Klawe, Harvey Mudd College
  • 1:30 p.m. MT (3:30 p.m. EST) Computer Science or Data Science? Panning for Gold in the Information Stream: Francis deSouza, Symantec; Marissa Mayer, Google; Doug Merritt, Baynote Systems; Heidi Messer, Cross Commerce Media [SUBJECT TO CHANGE]
  • 2:45 p.m. MT (4:45 p.m. EST) The Global Innovation Agenda: John Kao, Institute for Large Scale Innovation
  • 3:00 p.m. MT (5:00 p.m. EST) Decoding the Metrics: The Shift Index: John Hagel, Deloitte’s Center for the Edge
  • 3:05 p.m. MT (5:05 p.m. EST) China: The New Techonomic Power: Ned Hooper, Cisco; Doreen Lorenzo, frog; Guo Xiao, ThoughtWorks
  • 3:50 p.m. MT (5:50 p.m. EST) A conversation with Craig Mundie, Microsoft Corporation
  • 4:10 p.m. MT (6:10 p.m. EST) A conversation with Mike Lynch, Autonomy
  • 4:45 p.m. MT (6:45 p.m. EST) The Social Path to Productivity and Corporate Transformation: Kendall Collins, Salesforce Chatter; Daniel Debow, Rypple; Deborah Hopkins, Citi; David Sacks, Yammer; Tony Zingale, Jive Software
• Tuesday, November 15:
  • 9:40 a.m. MT (11:40 a.m. EST) Understanding the iConsumer: The Latest Data: Bertil Chappuis, McKinsey & Company
  • 9:55 a.m. MT (11:55 a.m. EST) From Business Empire to Individual Empowerment: Thriving in the New Paradigm: Dan Hesse, Sprint Nextel; Kevin Johnson, Juniper Networks; Marissa Mayer, Google
  • 10:40 a.m. MT (12:40 p.m. EST) How Technological Progress Will Transform Environmentalism: Fred Krupp, Environmental Defense Fund
  • 11:00 a.m. MT (1:00 p.m. EST) A History of Citizen Empowerment: Jared Cohen, Google Ideas
  • 11:15 a.m. MT (1:15 p.m. EST) What Comes After the Revolution? Jim Breyer, Accel Partners & Sean Parker, Founders Fund

For live Techonomy Sessions please go to www.livestream.com/techonomy.

Techonomy would like to thank its sponsors and partners including: HP, Forbes, Ashoka, Citi, Haworth, Hill & Knowlton, Kaplan University, McKinsey & Company, salesforce.com, DonorsChoose.org, FedEx, QlikView, Qualcomm, RightNow, RSA and TIBCO.

About Techonomy: The Techonomy conference is organized by Techonomy Media Inc. (www.techonomy.com). It brings together invited global leaders to explore how technology and innovation can accelerate progress in business and society. Techonomy is not a tech conference. It's a conference about how tech is changing everything else. The 2011 event takes place November 13-15 at the Ritz-Carlton Dove Mountain Hotel near Tucson, Arizona. Attendees will include Marc Benioff, Jack Dorsey, Sean Parker, Jim Breyer, Steve Case, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Dan Hesse, Marissa Mayer, Craig Mundie and Hamadoun Touré. Sponsors and partners include HP, Forbes, Ashoka, Citi, FedEx, Haworth, Hill & Knowlton, Kaplan University, McKinsey & Co., QlikView, Qualcomm, RightNow, RSA, salesforce.com, and Tibco. For more information visit www.techonomy.com. Techonomy Media also creates and publishes content at www.techonomy.com and at www.forbes/techonomy.com.

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