2002 TR100

Morning Keynote

Clayton Christensen
Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
Author, The Innovator's Dilemma

Strategy Session with Consuelo Mack, CNBC and Keynote Speaker Clayton Christensen

This session will provide you with a preview of what's new since The Innovator's Dilemma. Most people are convinced that the process of innovation is inherently afflicted by random events.While this is undoubtably true, Professor Christensen has come to believe that innovation is much less random than many have supposed. In his talk, he will describe the variables that affect the probability of success, which management can capably understand and control.

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Security, Privacy and Technology Panel

Moderated by:
Steven Levy
Senior Editor, Chief Technology Writer, Newsweek

Panelists:
Lewis M. Branscomb
Professor Emeritus, Public Policy and Corporate Management, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Kenneth Starr
Partner, Kirkland and Ellis
Adjunct Professor, New York University School of Law

Nadine Strossen
President, ACLU

Charles Stuckey
Chairman of the Board, RSA Security

New technologies allow individuals, corporations and government entities to monitor, track and identify employees, customers and the general public. Technology Review will provide a forum to discuss security and privacy in today's global economy.

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Personalized Medicine Panel

Moderated by:
Rebecca Henderson
Eastman Kodak LFM Professor, MIT Sloan School

Panelists:
Darlene Solomon
Director of the Life Science Technologies Laboratory, Agilent Technologies

Jose B. Cibelli, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Vice-President of Research, A.C.T. Group

Benjamin Cravatt
Sripps Research Institute
TR100 Finalist

David Sabatini
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
TR100 Finalist

We've deciphered the human genome and moved into proteomics-the study of the individual proteins that the genes code for. Such advances anticipate the day when drugs are not only targeted at molecular workings or specific diseases but tailor-made for each individual's genetic makeup.

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Beyond Pervasive Computing Panel

Moderated by:
Robert Buderi
Editor, Technology Review
Author, Engines of Tomorrow and The Invention That Changed the World

Panelists:
Rodney A. Brooks
Fujitsu Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
Director of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Co-Director of Project Oxygen, MIT

Richard Rashid
Senior Vice-President, Microsoft Research

David Tennenhouse
Vice-President and Corporate Technology Group Director, Research, Intel Corporation

Steve Tuecke
Argonne National Laboratory
TR100 Finalist

Pervasive computing-the idea that wired and wireless computing services and applications will be available anytime/anywhere-is becoming realized.Now, computer scientists are taking the next step: promoting proactive, or attentive, computing, in which computers and sensors don't just respond to users, but anticipate their needs-through agents, data mining, sense-making and other software advances.

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Breaking the Energy Deadlock-New Technologies for a Secure and Sustainable Energy Economy

Moderated by:
Charles C. Mann
Contributing Writer, Technology Review
Correspondent, Science and The Atlantic Monthly

Panelists:
Firoz Rasul
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ballard Power Systems

Steve Gehl
Director, Strategic Technology and Alliances, Electric Power Research Institute, Inc.

Ashok Belani
President, Schlumberger Semiconductor Solutions

Michael Koss
Assistant Director, Sustainable Mobility Project, World Business Council for Sustainable Development

Decades of controversy over access, environmental impact, and economic costs have created an energy landscape characterized by glacial change punctuated by periodic domestic and international crises.Can new technologies-from fuel cells to wind turbines, improved oil and gas discovery and production methods, and intelligent power grids, buildings and transportation systems-break the impasse and lead to a reliable, low-cost and environmentally responsible energy future?

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Introducing the TR100

Moderated by:
Bob Metcalfe
Inventor of Ethernet
Founder of 3Com Corporation
Partner, Polaris Ventures

Panelists:
Bill Nguyen
Seven Networks
TR100 Finalist

Christina Lampe-Onnerud
TIAX
TR100 Finalist

Stephen O'Connor
Nanostream
TR100 Finalist

Andrew Barrows
NAV3D
TR100 Finalist

This panel discussion will vividly illustrate the power and
future of transformative technologies.

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