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USRio+2.0 Conference - Full Program
Stanford University, Graduate School of Business
February 2 - 4, 2012
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| THURSDAY 2/2 | Stanford University, Graduate School of Business |
| 12:00 pm | Registration Opens (Community Court outside Cemex Auditorium) Attendees must obtain a conference badge at registration to gain access to conference sessions & events |
| 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm |
Introductory Session (Oberndorf Event Center, 3rd Floor North Building)
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| 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm | Demo Alley Speed-Geeking (Oberndorf Event Ctr, 3rd floor North Bldg.) Orientation by: Noel Dickover, Senior New Media Advisor, Office of eDiplomacy, U.S. Department of State |
| 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm | Evening Networking Reception at Stanford University (Oberndorf Event Ctr, 3rd floor North Bldg.) |
| 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm | U.S. Rio+2.0 Stanford Connection Dinners (Vidalakis @ Schwab Residential Center) The Center for Social Innovation at the Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) will organize a set of themed dinners to bring conference attendees together with business school students and alumni. |
| FRIDAY 2/3 | Stanford University, Graduate School of Business |
| 7:30 am | Registration Opens (Community Court outside Cemex Auditorium) Attendees must obtain a conference badge at registration to gain access to conference sessions & events |
| 8:00 am - 8:30 am | Coffee & Pastries (Community Court outside Cemex Auditorium) |
| 8:30 am - 8:35 am | Introductory Remarks (Cemex Auditorium) Garth Saloner, Dean, Stanford Graduate School of Business |
| 8:35 am - 8:45 am | Welcome (Cemex Auditorium) Dr. Kerri-Ann Jones, Assistant Secretary of State Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, U.S. Department of State |
| 8:45 am - 9:15 am |
Opening Keynote Address (Cemex Auditorium) The Honorable Lisa Jackson Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| 9:15 am - 9:45 am | Plenary Remarks (Cemex Auditorium) Tim O’Reilly, Founder and CEO, O’Reilly Media |
| 9:45 am - 10:15 am | Coffee and Networking (Community Court outside Cemex Auditorium) |
| 10:15 am - 11:15 am | Panel Session I (Cemex Auditorium) The Innovation Culture: Four Entrepreneurs’ Perspectives Moderator: Dilawar Syed, President and CEO of Yonja Media Group Speakers:
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| 11:15 am - 12:15 pm |
Panel Session II (Cemex Auditorium) Framing the Challenges: How Can Connection Technologies Support Sustainable Development? Moderator: Nancy Keith Kelly, Director, Stakeholder Enagement, HP Environmental Sustainability
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| 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm | Lunch (Oberndorf & Vidalakis) |
| 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm | Science, Technology and Innovation for the 21st Century Sustainable Development
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| 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Panel Session III (Cemex Auditorium) Developing Country Perspectives: The Impact of Connection Technologies on Sustainable Development & Financing Considerations Moderator: Jeremy Weinstein, Associate Professor of Political Science and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University.
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| 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm |
Breakout Session I (Rooms TBA) Moderator: Jerry Michalski, Guide Health
Environment
Agriculture
Sustainable Economic Growth
Big Data
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| 4:00 pm - 4:15 pm | Coffee and Networking (Community Court outside Cemex Auditorium) |
| 4:15 pm - 5:15 pm | Breakout Session II (Rooms TBA) All participants to switch groups |
| 5:15 pm - 5:30 pm | Board buses for NASA/Ames (Loading Zone TBA) |
| 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Reception at NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, CA 94035 |
| SATURDAY 2/4 | Stanford University, Graduate School of Business, Cemex Auditorium and Oberndorf Event Center |
| 8:30 am - 9:00 am | Coffee and Pastries (Community Court outside Cemex Auditorium) |
| 9:00 am - 9:15 am | Opening Remarks (Cemex Auditorium) William Bullard, Corporate Relations Director, Diageo Latin America & Caribbean Fabien Cousteau, Aquatic Filmmaker and Oceanographic Explorer |
| 9:15 am - 9:30 am | Welcome to the UnConfernece (Cemex Auditorium) Facilitated by Gary Bolles, Co-Founder, eParachute.com |
| 9:30 am - 9:45 am | Conferees develop themes and suggest sessions (Cemex Auditorium) |
| 9:45 am - 12:00 pm | UnConference sessions (Rooms TBA) Dynamic Interaction to Develop the Themes/Solutions to Bring to Rio+20 |
| 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Lunch (Oberndorf) |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm |
Summation of Key Themes (Cemex Auditorium) |
| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Closing Keynote (Cemex Auditorium) Michael Jones, Chief Technology Advocate, Google |
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Image credits: Laptop.org, The Stanford Global Health Center
