Future Forward

2003 Agenda

Companies exhibiting at Future Forward 2003 included: Hawkeye Global Inc., Curl Corporation, NetScreen Technologies, Inc., newScale Inc. and ViewWriter Technologies. Inc.  

Thursday, November 6
7:30 - 8:45am Breakfast

8:45 - 9:00am Introductions

9:00 - 10:30am The State of the Tech Sector in New England

Speakers:
Maria Cirino, CEO, Guardent
Ross Gittell, Professor, University of New Hampshire and Vice President, New England Economic Project
John Landry, Managing Director of Lead Dog Ventures
Phyllis Michaelides, CTO, Textron
Bill Warner, President, Warner Research; Founder, Avid Technology and Wildfire Communications

Moderator:
Scott Kirsner, Contributing editor, Wired Magazine and Fast Company; @large columnist, Boston Globe

10:30 - 11:00am Break

11:00 - 12:00pm Does IT Still Matter? A Debate

Speakers:
Nicholas Carr, Author of ?Why IT Doesn?t Matter?; former editor, Harvard Business Review
George Colony, CEO and founder, Forrester Research

Moderator:
Gary Beach, Publisher, CXO Media


12:00 - 1:30pm Lunch

1:30 - 2:30pm Session A: World-Class Product Development

Speakers:
Douglas Dayton, Director, IDEO Boston
Bill Warner, President, Warner Research; Founder, Avid Technology and Wildfire Communications

Moderator: 
Andrew Collins, Marketing & Venture Development Consultant

Session B: Tech Users and 
Tech Vendors -- Can This 
Marriage Be Saved?

Speakers:
Peter Burrows, CTO, Reebok
Tim Lieto, CEO, Sandial 
Systems
Phyllis Michaelides, CTO, 
Textron

Moderator: 
Jesse Devitte, Managing Director, Borealis Ventures

2:30 - 3:00pm Break

3:00 - 4:00pm Session A: Demo Session: New Dimensions in Sound, Video, and Printing

Speakers:
Yonald Chery, CEO, Mok3
Marina Hatsopoulos, CEO, 
Z Corp
Joseph Pompei, Founder, Holosonics

Moderator:
Hans Brechb
uhl, Executive Director, Center for Digital Strategies, Tuck School of Business

Session B: The New Breed of Technology Leader: Creative, Collaborative, and Close to Customers

Speakers:
Jeffrey Beir, Founder, eRoom; EVP, Documentum
Maria Cirino, CEO, Guardent
Tod Loofbourrow, CEO, Authoria

Moderator:
Katherine Catlin, Author and Founding Partner, The Catlin Group

4:00 - 4:30pm Break

4:30 - 5:30pm
A Conversation with Governor Craig Benson

Moderator:
Fred Kocher, President, Kocher & Company, Inc.

5:30pm - Join the eCoast Technology Roundtable for their Second eCoast Awards ceremony and reception

7:00pm - Dinner in Portsmouth with fellow attendees. (Meet in Harborside lobby beginning at 7 PM)

Friday, November 7
7:30 - 8:45am Breakfast

8:45 - 9:00am Introductions

9:00 - 10:30am CIO (and CTO) All-Stars Discuss Investing in the Right Projects, Forging Constructive Vendor Relationships, and Measuring Success

Speakers:
Terry Conner, CIO, Liberty Mutual
Bob Anderson, CIO, State of New Hampshire
John Halamka, CIO, CareGroup
Doug Schwinn, CIO, Hasbro
Justin Lindsey, CTO, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Gene Zimon, CIO, Nstar

Moderator: 
Thornton May, Futurist and Provocateur

10:30 - 11:00am Break

11:00 - 12:00pm Fireside Chat: The Future of Medical Devices and the Health Care System

Speaker:
John Abele, Founder and Chairman, Boston Scientific 

Moderator:
Bill Taylor, Founding Editor, Fast Company

12:00 - 1:30pm Lunch

1:30 - 2:30pm Session A: What's Brewing? Innovations from Corporate R&D Labs

Speakers:
Adam Bogue, VP, Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs
Rich Miner, Vice President, Orange Innovation
Mark Russell, Vice President, Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems

Moderator:
Elizabeth Altman, Vice President & Director, Business 
Development of Motorola Personal Communications Sector

Hosted By:
Mass High Tech

Session B: Raising Money in the Current Markets

Speakers:
Safi Bahcall, CEO, Synta Pharmaceuticals
Mike Balmuth, General Partner, Summit Accelerator Fund

Moderator:
Paul Deninger, CEO, Broadview International

Hosted By:
Nixon Peabody LLP

2:30 - 3:00pm Break

3:00 - 4:00pm Session A: Demo Session: RFID Tags

Speakers:
Jamshed Dubash, Director of Technology - Auto-ID, The 
Gillette Company
Bernd Schoner, Managing Director, ThingMagic  

Moderator:
Tom Hopcroft - President and Founder, New England Business and Technology Association

Session B: Acronyms Decoded: Speaking the Language of Web Services

Speakers:
David Sweet, Co-Founder and Board Member, Swingtide
Ted Schadler, Research Director, Forrester Research