printable versionGates, Yang, other business leaders to discuss global competitiveness at summit
Microsoft's Bill Gates, Sun Microsystems' Scott McNealy, Netflix's Reed Hastings, Yahoo!'s Jerry Yang, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers' John Doerr and National Semiconductor's Brian Halla are coming to Stanford to discuss the state of technology innovation and public policies needed to sustain America's competitiveness in the global economy. Their discussion, Nov. 15 in Memorial Auditorium at the third annual TechNet Innovation Summit, will be moderated by journalist Charlie Rose and videotaped for broadcast on The Charlie Rose Show at a later date.
The event is co-hosted by Stanford and TechNet, a bipartisan political network of CEOs that promotes technology industries and the economy. The event is free and open to the Stanford community, but tickets are required. One ticket is available per Stanford ID. Tickets can be obtained starting today from the Stanford Ticket Office (open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from noon to 4 p.m.) and Nov. 13 and 14 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in White Plaza.
Doors open at 7:45 a.m. and close at 8:30 a.m. for taping of the program, which kicks off with remarks from Stanford President John Hennessy and TechNet CEO Lezlee Westine. The ensuing discussions are "The Bright Future for the Internet" with Halla, Hastings and Yang; "Green Tech: Solutions for America's Future" with Doerr and McNealy; and "The Global Knowledge Economy: Keeping our Competitive Edge" with Gates. The event concludes around 1 p.m.