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Technology and Evolving Systems: (Simplifying) The Complexity and Integration
February 24-25, 1999 in Miami, FL

TUESDAY, February 23
6:30 pm
Reception, Altamira, The Biltmore Hotel
7:30 pm
Buffet Dinner, Altamira, The Biltmore Hotel

WEDNESDAY, February 24
7:30 am

Continental Breakfast, Southwest Terrace (off Alhambra Room), The Biltmore Hotel

8:30 am
WELCOME - Alhambra Room, The Biltmore Hotel
Leonard Kleinrock
Chief Executive Officer, TTI/Vanguard
8:35 am
CONFERENCE OVERVIEW
Alan Kay
Vice President and Fellow, Walt Disney Imagineering and TTI/Vanguard Advisory Board Member
8:45 am
SOFTWARE: AS COMPLEXITY INCREASES, ARCHITECTURE DOMINATES MATERIAL
Alan Kay, Vice President and Fellow, Walt Disney Imagineering and TTI/Vanguard Advisory Board Member
10:00 am
Break - Alhambra Loggia
10:30 am
COLLECTIVE IQ, IMPROVEMENT INFRASTRUCTURES, AND A BOOTSTRAP SOCIETY
Douglas Engelbart, Director, Bootstrap Institute
11:30 pm
EXPONENTS OF CHANGE: HOW SCALE SHAPES SYSTEMS
David Reed, Information Architect and TTI/vanguard Advisory Board Member
12:00 pm
Lunch
1:20 pm
A TIME FOR REFLECTION
Dr. Richard Schroth
Chief Executive Officer, Executive Insights and TTI/Vanguard Advisory Board Member
1:40 pm
STAGES FOR "EMERGENT DESIGN": OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE AND COMMODITY SUPERCOMPUTING
David Reed, Information Architect and TTI/vanguard Advisory Board Member
2:00 pm
SOFTWARE BEYOND SCARCITY: CREATIVITY, GIFT AND MARKETS IN A NETWORKED WORLD
Eric Raymond, President, Open Source Initiative
3:00 pm
Break
3:30 pm
FROM TOYS TO TERAFLOPS: THE EMERGENCE OF COMMODITY SUPERCOMPUTING
Tom Sterling, Senior Scientist, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Professor, Caltech
6:30 pm
Reception - Danielson Gallery at the Biltmore Hotel
7:30 pm
Dinner - Danielson Gallery at the Biltmore Hotel

THURSDAY, February 25
7:30 am

Continental Breakfast - Southwest Terrace (off Alhambra Room), The Biltmore Hotel

8:30 am
VANGUARD 1999 CONFERENCE OVERVIEW - Alhambra Room, The Biltmore Hotel
Leonard Kleinrock
Chief Executive Officer, TTI/Vanguard
8:40 am
MANAGING THE THREAT AND OPPORTUNITY OF DISTRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGY
Clayton Christensen, Professor, Harvard Business School
10:00 am
Break
10:30 am
AT HOME IN THE UNIVERSE: THE SEARCH FOR THE LAWS OF SELF-ORGANIZATION AND COMPLEXITY
Stuart Kauffman, Founding General Partner and Chief Scientific Officer, Bios Group LP
11:30 am
A SECOND POINT OF REFLECTION
Dr. Richard Schroth, Chief Executive Officer, Executive Insights and TTI/Vanguard Advisory Board Member
12:00 pm
Lunch
1:15 pm
LIVING WITH THE TANGLED WEBS WE WEAVE: A DRAMATIC APPROACH TO SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT AND DELIVERY
Tim Andrews, Chief Technology Officer, Viant Corporation
2:15 pm
HOW NEW PHONE NETWORKS ARE EMERGING FROM THE CLOUD OF THE INTERNET
Robert Lucky, Corporate Vice President, Applied Research, Bellcore and TTI/Vanguard Advisory Board Member
2:45 pm
HIGHLIGHTS: TECHNOLOGY & EVOLVING SYSTEMS CONFERENCE
Robert Lucky, Corporate Vice President, Applied Research, Bellcore and TTI/Vanguard Advisory Board Member
3:00 pm
Close of Conference

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