Meetings and Events
- What are the key economic inflection points in the year ahead?
- How can I truly push innovation in my organization?
- What are the characteristics of an effective leader in the tumult of technology today?
When our CEOs get together each quarter, it often includes guest speakers who address topics that are at the forefront of our member's minds. Relevant topics such as the state of the economy, new innovations in technology, shaping the culture of an organization, how to manage during IPOs, Board management & dynamics, and brand building/value creation are but a few of the topics we have tackled.
UPCOMING SESSIONS
2012 Q1 Meeting: Wednesday, February 15, 2012
"Cloud—Will it matter that global-scale economics will collide with local rules? What is the Euro crisis really about and what does this mean to high tech companies?"
Political Scientist and Professor John Zysman Ph.D. Through his academic work and role as an adviser to senior policymakers, government leaders and company executives, John Zysman has played a leading role in developing the trade, innovation and service strategies for central challenges in today's global economy. Professor Zysman is an expert lecturer on the intersection of cloud computing, mobile and new media – and how they will power the next wave of global economic growth.
Past speakers and topics have included:
"Evolution and Future Relevance of Social Business"
Tony Zingale, CEO-Jive Software (NASDAQ: JIVE). In Q4 2011, we welcomed Jive Software CEO, Tony Zingale who has nearly 30 years experience building profitable, high growth IT companies, and sits on the boards of Jive, McAfee, Coverity and Service Source. As the first company to bring the innovation of social media to the enterprise, Tony led a discussion on the "Evolution and Future Relevance of Social Business.
"2011 Trends, What's Ahead for 2012"
Steve Bochner, CEO-Wilson Sonsini, has served as lead counsel for some of Silicon Valley's most prominent companies. He has assisted clients in venture capital, public offerings and merger transactions valued in the billions of dollars. Steve shared trends in 2011 as well as his predictions and advice for 2012.
"State of the Markets"
Christina Morgan, Vice Chairman - JP Morgan
"Innovation"
Reid Hoffman, founder and Chairman of LinkedIn, an angel investor in Flickr, Last.fm, Zynga and Facebook, and partner at Greylock Partners; Judith Estrin, author of Closing the Information Gap, former CTO of CISCO, and board member of Disney and FedEx; Doug Solomon, partner in charge of technology strategy at world-leading design firm IDEO, and formerly head of strategy at both Apple and Palm.
"Leadership"
Mark Hurd, Hewlett Packard Chairman & CEO; Bill Coleman, founder & former CEO of BEA Systems, founder & former CEO of Cassatt Corporation, BOD Symantec Corporation & Nexant.
"Economic Outlook"
Brad DeLong, Professor of Economics at UC Berkeley, and one of the world's most influential economics bloggers; Ronald McKinnon, Professor of International Economics at Stanford, and one of the world's leading analysts of the US/China economic nexus; Peter Schwartz, founder & Chairman of GBN, internationally renowned futurist & business strategist, author of The Art of the Long View and Inevitable Surprises; John Zysman, political scientist and Co-Head of the Berkeley Roundtable on International Economy.
