Global InfoTech

Globally Minded

On September 6, 2007, the world’s top technology leaders met to discuss the future of information technology at the Coordinated Science Laboratory.

Topics ranged from how to keep the United States competitive in an ever-changing marketplace to whether parallelism is the key to boosting performance. Here’s a look at the day’s events.

Presentation Videos and Slides from Global Infotech:
Pathways to the Future with Global Partnerships

Date: Thursday, September 6, 2007

Global Infotech 2007 Presentations
Program Item	Speaker	Video (Real Player)	PDF
Welcome	Richard Herman, Chancellor, UIUC and Ravi Iyer, Director, CSL	Welcome Video
Keynote Address	Anita Jones, Lawrence R. Quarles Professor of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Virginia	A. Jones Video	Jones PDF

Panel One – Global Interdisciplinary Research	Introduction	Panel 1 Intro
Panel One - Speaker 1	R.R. Shah, Member-Secretary, Government of India Planning Commission	R.R. Shah Video	Shah PDF
Panel One - Speaker 2	Arvind Krishna, Vice President of Data Servers and Worldwide Information Management Development, IBM	A. Krishna Video	Krishna PDF
Panel One - Speaker 3	Daniel Atkins, Director, Office of Cyberinfrastructure, National Science Foundation	D. Atkins Video	Atkins PDF
Panel One - Speaker 4	Chong Tow Chong, Executive Director, Science and Engineering Council, A*STAR, Singapore	C.T. Chong Video	Chong PDF
Panel One - Speaker 5	Malik Ghallab, Chief Executive Officer for Science and Technology, INRIA, France	M. Ghallab Video	Ghallab PDF
Panel One - Speaker 6	William Wulf, Immediate Past President of the NAE	W. Wulf Video	Wulf PDF
Panel One - Discussion	Panel 1 Members	Panel 1 Discussion
Break
Panel Two – New Horizons in Information Technology	Introduction	Panel 2 Intro
Panel Two - Speaker 1	David Yen, Executive Vice President, Microelectronics, Sun Microsystems Inc.	D. Yen Video	Yen PDF
Panel Two - Speaker 2	David Kirk, Chief Scientist, NVIDIA	D. Kirk Video	Kirk PDF
Panel Two - Speaker 3	Krishan Sabnani, Senior Vice President, Networking & Network Management Research Lab, Bell Laboratories	K. Sabnani Video	Sabnani PDF
Panel Two - Speaker 4	Guojie Li, Director of ICT China	G. Li Video	Li PDF
Panel Two - Speaker 5	Ron Brachman, Vice President of Worldwide Research Operations, Yahoo!	R. Brachman Video	Brachman PDF
Panel Two - Discussion	Panel 2 Members	Panel 2 Discussion
Break 2
Panel Three – Global Market Demands	Introduction	Panel 3 Intro
Panel Three - Speaker 1	Erich Bloch, Director, The Washington Advisory Group	E. Bloch Video	Bloch PDF
Panel Three - Speaker 2	Gururaj Deshpande, Co-Founder and Chairman of Sycamore, Inc.	G. Deshpande Video	N/A
Panel Three - Speaker 3	K. Ananth Krishnan, Vice-President and Chief Technology Officer, Tata Consultancy Services, India	K. A. Krishnan Video	Krishnan PDF
Panel Three - Speaker 4	Ram Mynampati, President, Commercial and Healthcare Businesses, Satyam Computer Services Limited, India	R. Mynampati Video	Mynampati PDF
Panel Three - Speaker 5	Eric Paternoster, Senior Vice President, Insurance, Health Care & Life Sciences, Infosys Technologies, India	E. Paternoster Video	Paternoster PDF
Panel Three - Speaker 6	Larry Sumney, President and Chief Executive Officer, Semiconductor Research Corporation	L. Sumney Video	Sumney PDF
Panel Three - Discussion	Panel 3 Members	Panel 3 Discussion
Break 3
Closing Remarks	Linda Katehi, Provost, UIUC	Closing Remarks