Speakers and lectures

Tentative list of outside speakers and instructor lectures. This may change as we identify new compelling speakers or some speakers do not accept our invitation.

 

Lectures (tentative)

Title

Description

Who

Future of the semiconductor industry

Technological advance has been relentless and will continue, but the design and applications side of the business has changed over the years. What is in store for the future?

Kurt Keutzer

On-Line media

What is happening with online media?  What's the state of the online advertising market?  Are there success stories?

Paul Grabowicz

Online auctions

Computer based communication has made it much easier and cheaper to conduct online auctions and several successful businesses have been built around this model.  We will describe some of the theory and practice of auction design.

HRV

Internet business models

The Internet is still evolving in terms of the appropriate business models for selling services and information. Google has been a leader in innovating in new advertising models.

Jonathan Rosenburg of Google

Agile software development

Agile software development processes like Extreme Programming illustrate, along with open source software, new directions in software project management.

Joshua Kerievsky of Industrial Logic

Project management

Practical issues and experience in technology project management.

Bernard Fraenkel of Persist Technologies

Real options

Incremental and flexible strategies for sunk investments can dramatically improve the ROI on projects

DGM

Open source software

What are some distinctive licensing terms and conditions? What does open source teach us about software development in a commercial context? How can open source be used as a competitive tool?

Eric Allman of Sendmail

Instructional management systems

What are the tradeoffs between choosing a coodinated solution vs. local autonomy and innovation. Illustrates in one concrete case how content suppliers, software suppliers, and end users respond to the need for commonality.

Fred Beshears of Berkeley ETS

Document engineering

How to reorganize the flow of information in an organization.  Planning, practice, and productivity.

Bob Glushko

Telecommunications meltdown

How did we get into this mess, and what are future prospects for the industry.

Greg Duncan

Systems components

We know what hardware and software components are, but the major opportunity is in "systems" components

DGM

Politics in standardization

What really happens in standardization? How do firms game the system, how does standardization fit in corporate strategy, how can standardization be used as a competitive tool?

Jayarami Reddy of SUN

Managing patent portfolios

How do patent portfolios fit into corporate strategy, and how does this differ across startups, small and large firms, hardware and software? What are the merits of defensive and offensive strategies against competitors?

Peter Detkin of Intel

Music industry woes

Do to massive piracy on the Internet, the music industry is struggling to contain piracy and define new business models for music download.

Peter Harter

Antitrust in software

What are the issues in the Microsoft case, and how could or should they be resolved?

Carl Shapiro

Options compensation

Options compensation is widely used in technology industries.  What are the theories and facts about options as incentive devices, and what underlies the current controversy about the accounting treatment.

HRV