AGENDA
- Friday, February 2, 2007
Forum
Level, Huntsman Hall
(Room F85 Huntsman Hall)
8:30 -
9:00
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
(Forum Level, Huntsman Hall,
38th and Walnut, Philadelphia)
9:00 -
9:15 WELCOME & INTRODUCTION
Harbir Singh – Co-Director,
Mack Center for Technological Innovation
Michael Tomczyk – Managing
Director, Mack Center for Technological Innovation
MORNING
SESSION – CONSUMER EMPOWERING
TECHNOLOGIES
9:15-10:00 KEYNOTE PRESENTATION:
WIKINOMICS
Collaboration and Innovation in the Age of Linux, ,
MySpace and Wikipedia
Anthony D.
Williams
Co-Author of the new book
WIKINOMICS
Based on a $9
million research project, the new book
Wikinomics shows how masses of people are creating TV news stories,
sequencing the human genome, remixing their favorite music, designing software,
finding a cure for disease, editing school texts, inventing new cosmetics, or
even building motorcycles. What does this mean for companies that have been the
traditional gatekeepers of information?
10:00-10:45 CONSUMER DIRECTED HEALTH CARE
Barbara Gniewick –
Principal, Human Capital
Deloitte Consulting
Deloitte has
been conducting research on the emerging field of "Consumer Directed Health
Care" and in 2006 published a report on this topic. Key findings and insights
are presented.
10:45-11:00 BREAK
11:00-11:45 GENETIC TESTING: HYPE VS. REALITY
David Johnston, Ph.D.,
Vice President & Chief
Scientific
Officer, Esoterix Clinical
Trials
Services;
Laboratory
Corporation of America
Individual
gene profiling is often billed as a diagnostic technology of the future,
potentially leading to new forms of personalized medicine. But what is the true
state of the technology, and potential for the future?
11:45-12:30 CONSUMER-DESIGNED VIDEO GAMES
Chris
Satchell –
General Manager, Game
Development Group, Microsoft
Microsoft
tackled a business problem – strong demand for new games for the X-BOX – with a
creative technology response – make a game design system available to students
and other game players! Chris will discuss the new XNA game development system
and "creator's club".
12:30 -1:15 LUNCH and PANEL DISCUSSION
(speakers "eat and meet" with
audience)
Moderated by Terry J. Fadem,
Managing Director, Office of Corporate Alliances, University of Pennsylvania
School of Medicine
AFTERNOON
SESSION – ECO-TECHNOLOGIES
1:15 –
2:00 ECO-MAGINATION
John Righini – General Electric Co.
GE has a
variety of innovative technologies underway as part of their "Eco-magination"
initiative. Technologies and related solutions involved range from solar and wind power technologies to carbon credits.
2:00 –
2:45 THE FUTURE OF HYDROGEN POWER
David
Austgen, General Manager - Technology, Operations, Shell Hydrogen LLC
Shell has invested more
than $1 billion in its Renewables and Hydrogen business. Shell Hydrogen
recently commissioned the U.S.' first retail hydrogen refueling station in
Washington, D.C. and has several other refueling stations in development.
The company has a unique viewpoint on what types of infrastructure will be
needed to fuel hydrogen powered vehicles of the future.
2:45 –
3:00 BREAK
3:00 –
3:45 TIDAL TURBINES
Ron Smith –
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Verdant Power Inc.
Verdant Power
recently installed the first pilot "tidal turbine" in the East River in New
York. Pilot
programs for more than 100 "Tidal turbines" that draw energy from tidal currents
in rivers are being planned in the U.S. alone. This natural source of renewable energy
involves complex issues ranging from regulatory and technical challenges, to
what happens to the fish? We will learn more about this intriguing
technology, which has the potential to aid in the quest for
renewable energy sources.
3:45 ADJOURN
DIRECTIONS:
Huntsman Hall is located at the corner of 38th and Walnut in Philadelphia.
There is an enclosed parking garage across the street. The building is
approx. 45 minutes from the airport and 20 min. from 30th Street Train Station.
ACCOMMODATIONS: Hotels closest to the campus are the Inn at Penn on
Sansom Street, and the Sheraton University City.