Al Gore will be the keynote speaker at Joint Venture: Silicon Valley's annual State of the Valley Conference at the McEnery Center in San Jose on Friday, Febrary 2. The event is Joint Venture's annual report card on the health of the Valley's economy and quality of life.
Gore's speech will be on "Thinking Green: Economic Strategy for the 21st Century." The event is CLOSED to the press, but enterprising bloggers may want to cover it.
More on Joint Venture and the event below, but the program includes a who's who of Valley luminaries from the public and private sectors. It's a bit pricey, but full of information not available elsewhere.
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Event Program
The AMD Innovators Breakfast
7:30 am - Reception and Registration – Continental Breakfast
The Kaiser Permanente Innovators Showcase
With exhibits and activities showcasing Silicon Valley innovators
Live music by the Lincoln High School (San Jose) Jazz Band
8:00 - WELCOME AND OVERVIEW
Russell Hancock President & CEO
Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network
8:10 - REMARKS
The Honorable Chuck Reed
Mayor-elect, City of San Jose
8:15 - THE 2007 SILICON VALLEY INDEX
Briefing Presentation
Doug Henton Collaborative Economics, Inc.
8:40 - PANEL DISCUSSION
What Does the Index Tell Us About Silicon Valley’s Challenges and Opportunities?
The Honorable Tom McEnerey,
Mayor of San Jose, 1983-1990
Heidi Roizen Managing Director, Mobius Venture Capital
Aart de Geus CEO, Synopsys Inc.
The Google Pathbreakers Forum
9:25 - MORNING KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Eric Schmidt, Chief Executive Officer, Google Inc.
9:55 - El Camino Youth Symphony
10:00 - Break
10:15 - PANEL DISCUSSION
Competition and Interconnection: Silicon Valley’s Role in the Global Network of Regions
Robert Ianucci, Executive Vice President, Nokia Inc. and Director, Nokia Research Center
Ash Lilani Head, SVB Global, Silicon Valley Bank
Lip-Bu Tan, Walden International
AnnaLee Saxenian, moderator, University of California, Berkeley
11:00 - Music & Dance by Peninsula Youth Theater
11:15 - PANEL DISCUSSION
Is Clean Technology Silicon Valley’s Next Wave of Innovation?
John Doerr Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
TJ Rodgers, CEO, Cypress Semiconductor; Chair, SunPower
David Pearce, CEO, Miasole
Lynn Orr, Director, Global Climate & Energy Project, Stanford University
12:00pm -Break
12:15 - THE SILICON VALLEY BANK LEADERSHIP LUNCHEON
Sponsored by Silicon Valley Bank
Stanford Kuumba African Drum & Dance Ensemble
Music by the Gunn High School (Palo Alto) Jazz Band
David Packard Award Presentation
Eric Benhamou Chairman, 3Com Corporation and Palm, Inc & Chairman & CEO, Benhamou Global Ventures
The 2007 David Packard Civic Entrepreneur Award Recipient
Presented by John Morgridge, Chairman Emeritus, Cisco Systems
— LUNCHEON KEYNOTE ADDRESS —
The Honorable Al Gore, Jr.
45th Vice President of the United States
Thinking Green: Economic Strategy for the 21st Century
2:00 - Adjourn
About Joint Venture: Silicon Valley
Joint Venture: Silicon Valley is a public-private collaborative that takes on key issues affecting Silicon Valley's economy and quality of life. Current initiatives:
Smart Health
Smart Health's mission is to create new models of healthcare delivery through the well-coordinated use of information systems. Focus is on clinical and administrative data sharing to improve health care quality and reduce costs. Participants include health care providers, employers and insurance companies.
Smart Valley
Silicon Valley is the world center for information technology, but we are not using it effectively for our own community, and our communications infrastructure is lagging behind that of many other major urban centers. Smart Valley's mission is to encourage the development and deployment of network-based applications that will significantly enhance the lives of Silicon Valley residents. Projects will be encouraged in healthcare, community, education, and government. Smart Valley will also work to accelerate the deployment of next generation communications technologies to homes, schools, businesses and public agencies in the region.
Wireless Silicon Valley
Smart Valley has partnered with city and county IT managers, and economic development staff to form the Wireless Silicon Valley Task Force. The Task Force is issuing a Request for Proposal to build a high-speed, wireless, data network that will cover all 1,500 square miles of the region. The network will be multi-purpose, serving local governments, businesses, and consumers.
California Competes
California Competes is a state-wide coalition of technology, business and education leaders promoting a new innovation agenda for the Golden State. California Competes wants to insure that our state government has a focal point and leadership for these issues in both the executive and legislative branches. Additionally, the coalition is promoting increased investment in research, particularly in projects that will foster collaboration between universities, industry, and national labs.
Grand Boulevard
Making El Camino Real a grand boulevard, one that meets our needs and reflects our regions dynamic profile.
New California Network
The New California Network develops nonpartisan and broadly supported reforms that will rebuild the fiscal foundation and improve the performance and accountability of state government for the purpose of making California prosperous, safe and healthy for all of its residents. While we seek meaningful reform as quickly as possible, fundamental change will require a sustained effort over seven to 10 years.
Silicon Valley Econonomic Development Alliance
Silicon Valley cities work together to create a healthy economic environment, share best practices with each other and build relationships with Silicon Valley's economic engine. They get the word out there: our region is the world's best place to build a company.