OVERVIEW
The Delta Conference: The Impact of 2008's Dramatic Events
on the World of Digital Media and Technology
February 25th, 2009 — Arrillaga Alumni Center at Stanford University
Keynotes:
- John Donahoe, CEO, eBay Inc.
- Sir Martin Sorrell, Chairman and CEO, WPP
Speakers:
- Jeremy Allaire, CEO and Founder, Brightcove, Inc.
- Adam Bain, President of Audience Network, Fox
- Jim Bankoff, CEO, SB Nation
- Matthew Barzun, National Finance Team for Barack Obama and Former Chief Strategy Officer, CNET Networks, Inc.
- John Battelle, Chairman and CEO, Federated Media
- Rob Bearden, President, Springsource, Former President, JBoss
- Dave Berman, President of Worldwide Sales and Service, WebEx
- Jonathan Bryce, Founder, Mosso
- Tim Cadogan, CEO, OpenX
- Duke Chung, CEO, Parature, Inc.
- Scott Dietzen, SVP of Communications and Products, Yahoo!
- Curt Hecht, President, VivaKi Nerve Center
- Chris Hughes, Facebook, and Architect of Obama's Digital Campaign Strategies
- Scott Moore, General Manager and US Executive Producer, MSN
- Bob Muglia, President Server and Tools Business (STB), Microsoft Corp.
- John Newton, CTO and Chairman, Alfresco
- Mike Olson, CEO, Cloudera
- Raghu Ramakrishnan, Chief Scientist for Audience and Research Fellow at Yahoo! Research
- Mark Read, Strategy Director, WPP
- Jack Rotolo, EVP, North American Sales, Glam Media, Inc.
- Mike Schroepfer, VP Engineering, Facebook
- Quincy Smith, President, CBS Interactive
- David Thompson, CEO Genius Inc., Former CMO Webex
- Jayshree Ullal, President and CEO, Arista Networks, Former SVP Datacenter, Switching, and Security Group, Cisco Systems
- Zack Urlocker, VP of Products, Sun Microsystems
- Maynard Webb, CEO, LiveOps, Former COO, eBay, Inc.
- Jeff Weiner, COO, Linked In, EIR Accel Partners and Greylock
- Dr. Rich Wolski, Professor of Computer Science, University of California, Santa Barbara and CTO, Eucalyptus Systems Inc.
Topics to Include:
- The Obama Administration Impact on Innovation Sectors
- Digital Media Advertiser & Technology Priorities in a Downsizing World
- From Dinosaurs to Mammals: How Budget Lockdowns are Accelerating Shifts to Open Source, Cloud Computing, and SaaS
- What Becomes of the Consumer?
- Will Cleantech Adoption be Hurt by Recession or Helped by Government Stimulus?


