Early Bird Special
(before January 2) 		$195
Pre-Registration
(before January 23) 		$325
Registration $395
Stanford Students & Staff $10

Stanford's MediaX and Accel Partners have organized this 15th Symposium to explore and highlight the impact of 2008's dramatic events on the world of digital media and technology. This Symposium brings together the Stanford research community, high-technology business leaders, and entrepreneurs who are collectively driving developments in this rapidly changing arena.

Schedule Details

7:30 a.m.
Breakfast
8:15 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Welcome

Chuck House, Executive Director, Stanford MediaX
Kevin Efrusy, Partner, Accel Partners
8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
Keynote

John Donahoe, CEO, eBay Inc.
9:15 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Panel

Technology Priorities in an Obama Administration: Lessons from the Campaign

10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Break
10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Fireside Chat

Jayshree Ullal, President and CEO, Arista Networks; Former SVP Datacenter, Switching and Security Group, Cisco Systems
10:45 a.m. – 11:20 a.m.
Panel

Trends in Datacenter Infrastructure and Cloud Computing

11:20 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Panel

Will the Recession Strengthen Open Source or Destroy Profitability?

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Lunch
1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Fireside Chat

Bob Muglia, President, Server and Tools Business, Microsoft Corp.
1:30 p.m. – 2:10 p.m.
Panel

SaaS Crossing the Chasm: Are We There Yet?

2:10 p.m. – 2:40 p.m.
Keynote

Sir Martin Sorrell, Chairman and CEO, WPP

2:40 p.m. – 3:25 p.m.
Panel

Digital Media
3:25 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Panel

State of Online Advertising
4:00 p.m.
Wrap Up

Kevin Efrusy, Partner, Accel Partners