Future Forward

Executive Retreat

Thursday, November 8th
  8:00am - 8:45am: Continental Breakfast

  8:45am - 9:00am: Welcome

  9:00am - 10:00am What's Changing: CIOs and Tech Execs on Trends, Technologies, Priorities, and the New Vendor-Customer Relationship

Speakers:
Bob Brennan, President & COO, Iron Mountain
Ken Chaisson, VP of IT, Legal Sea Foods
George Orlov, CIO & CTO, Forrester Research
Steve Papa, CEO and Founder, Endeca
Bill Wray, CIO, Citizens Bank

Moderator:
Jo Hoppe, VP, CIO, Pegasystems

 10:00am - 10:15am Networking Break

 10:15am - 11:15am Fireside Chat: From Start-Up to the S&P 500

Speaker:
Paul Sagan, CEO, Akamai Technologies

Fireside Chat: Thinking Differently About Security

Speaker:
Art Coviello, President, RSA, the security division of EMC

Moderator:
Scott Kirsner, Innovation Economy columnist, The Boston Globe

 11:15am - 11:30am Networking Break

 11:30am - 12:30pm Shifting Winds: VC, IPOs, M&A

Speakers:
Mohamad Ali
, VP, Business Development & Strategy, IBM's Information Management Division
Ismail Azeri, Director of Corporate Development, VMware
Maria Cirino, Managing Director, .406 Ventures
Giles McNamee, Managing Director, McNamee Lawrence & Co.
Nina Saberi, Founder and Partner, Castile Ventures

Moderator:
Dan Primack, Editor-At-Large, Thomson Financial

12:30pm - 2:00pm Lunch

  2:00pm - 2:45pm Simplicity is Complex

Speaker:
John Maeda, Associate Director of Research, MIT Media Lab; author, "The Laws of Simplicity"

  2:45pm - 3:00pm Networking Break

  3:00pm - 3:45pm Fireside Chat: George Colony on the End of IT and the Rise of BT

Speaker:
George Colony, CEO, Forrester Research

Moderator:
Charlie Brenner, Senior Vice President, Fidelity Investments


  3:45pm - 4:00pm Networking Break

  4:00pm - 4:45pm Demo Session: Start-Ups You Need to Know

Speakers:
Ralph Breslauer
, CEO, Vertica
Ted Morgan
, CEO and Founder, Skyhook Wireless
Mike Phillips, Co-founder and CTO, vlingo
Tan Rao, Founder and VP Product Strategy, Radiospire
Mark Thirman, CEO, AirPrint Networks

Moderator:
Elizabeth Altman, Vice President, Strategy, Motorola Mobile Devices


  4:45pm - 6:30pm Cocktail Reception

Hosted by:
New England Venture Capital Association and National Venture Capital Association

Request an invitation for the 2008 retreat, or suggest a speaker by e-mailing Scott Kirsner, scott@futureforward.com. For information on sponsorship opportunities, please contact Shayne Gilbert at sgilbert@futureforward.com