Past Silicon Forums
Stonebrick Group presents
August 9, 2005
Eric Benhamou
Chairman of 3Com, Chairman PalmOne, and Chairman of Cypress Semiconductor
"Corporate Social Responsibility"
May 26, 2005
Brian Halla
CEO of National Semiconductor.
"China"
Pictures: http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=asux6s3.bko29rtv&x=1&y=-309z3m
April 15, 2005
Larry Diamond
Fellow at the Hoover Institute and author of the current Iraqi constitution.
"Rebuilding Iraq"
Pictures: http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=asux6s3.bakbwi4r&x=1&y=8wacw8
February 1, 2005
Marc Benioff
CEO of Salesforce.com
"Corporate Responsibility"
Ofoto Pictures: http://www.ofoto.com/I.jsp?c=asux6s3.9vwo6ye3&x=1&y=-t248cu
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November 10, 2004
Malcolm Gladwell
Malcolm Gladwell is the author of the Tipping Point. His second book, Blink, will be out in January, 2005.
"How one's "gut instinct" plays a major role in the decision making process"
Pictures: http://www.ofoto.com/I.jsp?c=asux6s3.5yucpa7f&x=1&y=-nm2kak
October 19, 2004
Jerry Brown
Mayor of Oakland. Former Governor of California (1975-1983), former California Secretary of State (1971-1975), founder of two charter schools, and candidate for California Attorney General (2006).
"Urban Turnaround: Fixing Schools, Street Corners, and Blighted Real Estate"
Pictures: http://www.ofoto.com/I.jsp?c=asux6s3.4lid9szz&x=1&y=-9kdedd
August 10, 2004
Ken Denman
CEO of iPass (NASDAQ: IPAS)
"Topic: How Access to the Internet is Bringing Democracy and Free Markets to the Developing World"
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May 12, 2004
Floyd Kvamme v. Reed Hundt
"Who is better for Silicon Valley, Bush or Kerry?"
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April 8, 2004
Abe Sofaer
Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and the author of the famous memo on terrorism in 1985 that became known as the “Sofaer Doctrine”.
"The Legal Framework of Terrorism"
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February 3, 2004
John Arquilla
RAND Fellow and Professor of Defense Analysis at the Naval Postgraduate School
"Military Transformation: What the U.S. Military Needs to Look Like to be Effective in the 21st Century"
Pictures: http://www.ofoto.com/I.jsp?c=asux6s3.5hq7oyxr&x=1&y=z428nf
November 13, 2003
Geoffrey Moore
Managing Director of TCG Advisors and founder of The Chasm Group
"Public Policy Implications of Outshoring and Outsourcing"
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September 16, 2003
Jock Covey
SVP of Corporate Affairs at Bechtel
"Rebuilding Iraq -- (re)construction of a political and social infrastructure, drawing on lessons from arenas elsewhere in the Middle East and Balkans"
Pictures: http://www.ofoto.com/I.jsp?c=asux6s3.99nusbtj&x=1&y=-xncrld
July 24, 2003
Reed Hundt
former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission
"Politics of Technology"
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May 23, 2003
Peter Thiel
Chairman of Clarium Capital and Founder and CEO of PayPal
"The Ungovernability of America and the Crisis of our Constitutional System"
http://www.ofoto.com/I.jsp?m=23512813203.59844720903&n=1131463613
May 23, 2003
Peter Thiel
Founder and CEO of PayPal
"The Ungovernability of America and the Crisis of our Constitutional System"
http://www.ofoto.com/I.jsp?m=23512813203.59844720903&n=1131463613
March 18, 2003
Bill Coleman
Founder, BEA Systems
Corporate Governance - what the federal government still needs to do and where it went too far
http://www.ofoto.com/I.jsp?m=23512813203.24599043803&n=2015345680
December 10, 2002
Taher Elgamal
Chairman and CTO, Securify
Govt Policies on Cyber Security
October 23, 2002
Rick White,
former Congressman and CEO of TechNet
Options and option expensing.
http://www.ofoto.com/I.jsp?m=23512813203.62654814603&n=232046068
September 17, 2002
Isabel Maxwell,
President Emeritus of Commtouch and Consultant to Apax Partners, Israel
Israel regional conflict -- what is the path to real peace? What is the technology situation in Isreal? What can Silicon Valley-ites really do to help?
http://www.ofoto.com/I.jsp?m=23512813203.97985974503&n=1648744510
August 20, 2002
Joe Kraus, co-founder of Digitalconsumer.org, and former co-founder of Excite, Inc.
"Digital Consumer Rights: Silicon Valley v. Hollywood!
http://www.ofoto.com/I.jsp?m=23512813203.47883929503&n=1766665016
July 30, 2002
Bob Epstein, co-Founder of Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2) and former CEO of Sybase "Business Friendly Environmental Policy: How Entrenched Interests Are Raising the Cost of Doing Business for the Rest of Us."
http://www.ofoto.com/I.jsp?m=80545296403.94190731503&n=286947300
June 25, 2002
George Scalise, President of the Semiconductor Industry Association.
"The roll of large corporations, government, and universities in future technology research and development."
http://www.ofoto.com/I.jsp?m=85595296403&n=191231565
May 28, 2002
Michael Yang, CEO of NetGeo and former CEO of mySimon
"North Korea and its political implications"
April 16, 2002
Joe Firmage
"Alien Existence?"
February 27, 2002
Mike McCurry, Chairman of Grassroots Enterprise and principal of Public Strategies Group. McCurry served in the White House as press secretary to President Bill Clinton
(1995-1998).
"Connecting People to Politics in the Age of Digits and Dubya. How governments can better communicate public information and why/if that is important."
http://www.ofoto.com/I.jsp?m=58873515303&n=1616215831
January 11, 2002
Steve Westly, former SVP of eBay and former Energy Department Official under President Carter.
"Future of California's Energy"
http://www.ofoto.com/I.jsp?m=51781225303&n=1485136511
December 12, 2001
Bill Simon, co-CEO Simon & Sons,
GOP candidate for Governor of California
"Education: The Schools we Need and How we can Get There."
November 14, 2001
Bill Jones, California's Secretary of State and
GOP candidate for Governor of California
E-government: What government can do over the Internet to service residents. How much money should the government spend to Internetize its services?
http://www.ofoto.com/I.jsp?m=13002225303&n=1366587877
September 19, 2001
Professor Scott Sagan with the Center for International Security & Cooperation at Stanford University.
"Terrorism and Internal Security"
August 14, 2001
“Who's The Weakest Link in Dot Com Trivia?”
Contestants
- Richard Brandt -- former Editor-in-Chief of Upside. eFounders
- Peter Delevett -- columnist, San Jose Mercury News
- Jerry Kaplan -- founder of Go and OnSale
- Mitchell Kertzman -- CEO, Liberate Technologies
- Steve Kirsch -- founder of Frame Technology, Infoseek, and Propel
- Kim Polese -- founder, Chair, and CSO of Marimba
- Kara Swisher -- "Boom Town" columnist for the Wall Street Journal
- Michael Tchong -- Editor-in-Chief of Iconocast
- Neil Weintraut -- 21st Century Internet Ventures
June 12, 2001
Philippe Kahn, CEO of Lightsurf “Wireless Digital Media and the future of intellectual property.” Philippe previously founded Starfish Software and Borland International.
May 15, 2001
Laura D'Andrea Tyson, Dean of the U.C. Berkeley Haas School of Business The Economy – “Back to the Future: The New Economy Meets Old Realities.” Tyson was formerly the President Clinton’s National Economic Adviser and was the highest ranking woman in the Clinton White House.
April 18, 2001
Linda Stone, VP of Corporate and Industry Initiatives at Microsoft, as well as an active board member of World Wildlife Fund. Environmental Policy – “What should we know about the environment? What should the environmental debate be centered on? Should Silicon Valley companies promote causes to save the environment?” Linda Stone is a member of Microsoft's Business Leadership Team.
March 27, 2001
Nat Goldhaber, Vice Chairman of MyPoints.com (NASDAQ: MYPT) and 2000 Vice Presidential nominee from the Natural Law Party “Are Third Parties a benefit or a detriment to the American system? "
February 27, 2001
Ellen Hancock, CEO of Exodus (NASDAQ: EXDS) “Online Privacy”
October 25, 2000
Greg Slayton, CEO Click Action Bush/Gore Election
September 19, 2000
Congressman Campbell
"Tort Reform"
August 1, 2000
"Antitrust; how will government look to regulate technology activities in the future? Will the B2B exchanges create price-fixing concerns? How will the Microsoft case or the blocking of the MCI/Sprint deal affect other markets and mergers?"
May 23, 2000
Steve Kirsch, founder of Infoseek, founder of Propel, and founder of Frame Technology "Should business leaders strive to be socially responsible and is it more profitable to be ethical?"
March 14, 2000
Floyd Kvamme, partner at Kleiner Perkins, on Encryption: "What should be the level of government involvement in policing high tech encryption sales-both foreign and domestic?"
January 11, 2000
"School Choice: Should we allow full our limited competition in the K-12 education system? Should the government subsidize private education? Should states allow kids to pick between different public schools?"
October 12, 1999
T.J. Rodgers, CEO of Cypress Semiconductor "The Digital Divide: Is there a digital divide on race, income, or geography? If so, what should Silicon Valley do about it?"
July 14, 1999
Paul Lippe, SVP at Synopsys and SV Democrat Tony Perkins, Chairman of the Red Herring and recently appointed Co-Chairman of Technology Entrepreneurs for George W. Bush. "Who should Silicon Valley support: Republicans, Democrats, both, or neither?"
May 18, 1999
"What role, if any, the U.S. government should play in copyright and intellectual property issues"
March 23, 1999
Julie Wainwright, Pets.com -- CEO "Is there a glass ceiling for women in the workplace?"
January 26, 1999
"Immigration"
November 10 , 1998
Eric Schmidt, CEO of Novell "A Discussion of Political Events Affecting Technology Firms"
September 2, 1998
Tim Draper, Managing Partner of Draper Fisher Jurvetson "Education"
To nominate someone for the Silicon Forum, please email Sally Dorfman at sally@stonebrick.com
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