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September 13-15, 2000

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13
8:15 pm

WELCOME

Mark Ziebarth, President, Gilder Publishing

George Gilder, Chairman, Gilder Publishing

Steve Forbes, Editor-in-Chief, FORBES Magazine

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Rich Karlgaard, Publisher, FORBES Magazine

8:10 am

Gordon L. Stitt, President & CEO, Extreme Networks, Inc.

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9:10 am

INTO THE FIBERSPHERE
Introduction:
Michael Murray, Managing Director, Deutsche Bank

Speakers:
David Huber, President & CEO, Corvis Corporation
Simon Cao, Senior Vice President & Founder, Avanex
Fahri Diner, Chief Executive Officer, Qtera Corporation

Moderator:
Richard Vigilante, Publisher, Gilder Technology Report

Commentator:
Fred Leonberger, Senior VP & CTO, JDSU

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10:30 am

BYE BYE BITS PER SECOND
Introduction:
Joe Hold, President, Infonet USA

Speakers:
Nick Tanzi, President & COO, MFNX
Greg Amadon, Chairman, Founder & CTO, Terabeam
Leo Hindery, President & CEO, Global Crossing

Moderator:
Bret Swanson, Technology Analyst, Gilder Technology Report

Commentator:
Nayel Shafei, CEO, Enkido

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12:00 pm

ARE CABLE MODEMS DEAD?
Introduction:
George Gilder, Chairman, Gilder Publishing

Participants:
Henry Nicholas III, President & CEO, Broadcom Corporation
Zaki Rakib, CEO, Terayon Communication Systems, Inc.

1:00 pm

MICROMIRRORS OR TINY LITTLE BUBBLES
Introduction:
John W. Bell, Vice President, Wholesales Services, UUNet

Speakers:
Rajiv Ramaswami, VP, System Architecture, Xros
Julie Fouquet, Project Manager, Agilent Technologies

Moderator:
Richard Vigilante, Publisher, Gilder Technology Report

Commentator:
Charlie Burger, Technology Analyst, Gilder Technology Report

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2:00 pm

OPTICAL NETWORK MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL:
HELLO LAMDAS GALORE

Speakers:
Stephen Alexander, Vice President & CTO, CIENA Corporation
Gururaj "Desh" Deshpande, Founder & CEO, Sycamore Networks, Inc.

Moderator:
Rajiv Ramaswami, VP, System Architecture, Xros

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3:15 pm

FINANCING THE BANDWIDTH REVOLUTION
Introduction:
Mike Gaddis, CEO & Founder, CoreExpress

Speakers:
Dominic Orr, CEO, Alteon WebSystems
Milton Chang, Chairman, New Focus Inc.
John Malloy, Partner, Nokia Ventures

Moderator:
Andrew J. Kessler, President and Co-Founder, Velocity Capital Management LLC

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8:30 pm

THE LONGEST MILE
Introduction:
David Dortman, General Manager, Gildertech.com

Speakers:
Bill St. Arnaud, Senior Director, Network Projects, Canarie, Inc.
David Kettler, Vice President of Science & Technology and Chief Architect, BellSouth

Moderator:
David S. Isenberg, Principal Prosultant, Isen.com, inc.

Commentator:
Matt Bross, Chief Technology Officer, Williams

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9:30 pm

THE SHORTEST PIPE
Dr. Richard Clark, Consultant, MIT Labs

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15
8:00 am

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Mark Ziebarth, President, Gilder Publishing

8:10 am

THE STOREWIDTH PARADIGM
George Gilder, Chairman, Gilder Publishing
Dan Warmenhoven, CEO, Network Appliance, Inc.

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8:45 am

THE STOREWIDTH BATTLEFRONT
Avi Freedman, VP & Chief Network Architect, Akamai Technologies
Drew Major, Chief Scientist and Technology Officer, Net Content Division, Novell, Inc.
Niel Robertson, Vice President of Research, Exodus
Bill Miller, Co-founder, Executive Vice-President and CTO, StorageNetworks, Inc.

Moderator:
George Gilder, Chairman, Gilder Publishing

Commentator:
Steven Milunovich, Managing Director, Securities Research & Economics, Merrill Lynch

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10:30 am

SATELLITE BROADBAND TO HOME:
CLOSER THAN YOU THINK
Introduction:
Ron Henderson, Vice President, EIS and Field Sales, Genuity

Speakers:
Dr. John Klineberg, President, Space Systems Loral
Tom Moore, Chief Executive Officer, Wild Blue
Robert Bednarek, Chief Technology Officer, PanAmSat

Moderator:
Thomas Lehrman, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Gerson Lehrman Group

Commentator:
Mark Dankberg, CEO, ViaSat

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11:30 am

LUNCHEON & SPEAKER

Nick Tredennick, Editor, The Chip Report

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1:00 pm

ENABLING THE BROADBAND EXPLOSION
Introduction:
Mary Collins, Technology Analyst, Gilder Technology Report

Speakers:
Henry Nicholas III, President & CEO, Broadcom
Dwight Decker, Chairman & CEO, Conexant
Gene Frantz, Senior Fellow, Texas Instruments

Moderator:
Nick Tredennick, Editor, The Chip Report

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2:00 pm

WIRELESS CHIPS: WIN HERE, WIN EVERYWHERE
Introduction:
Dwight Decker, Chairman & CEO, Conexant

Speakers:
Klein Gilhousen, Senior Vice President Technology, QUALCOMM Inc.
John Brewer, Jr., Principal, Vincio

Moderator:
Richard Vigilante, Publisher, Gilder Technology Report

Commentator:
Andrew Seybold, Editor, Forbes/Seybold Wireless Report

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3:15 pm

THE THREE WISE MEN

Speakers:
Paul Green, Director, Optical Networking Technology, Tellabs, Inc.
Peter Huber, Author & Editor, Digital Power Report
Robert W. Lucky, Corporate Vice President-Applied Research, Telcordia Technologies

Moderator:
Spencer Reiss, Editor, New Economy Watch

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4:30 pm

LIFE AFTER TELEVISION

Dinesh D'Souza
George Gilder, Chairman, Gilder Publishing

Moderator:
Rich Karlgaard, Publisher, FORBES Magazine

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8:30 pm

Introduction:
George Gilder, Chairman, Gilder Publishing

THE LONGER VIEW
Carver Mead, Chairman, Foveon; Professor Emeritus, Caltech

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