TPS 2009
Produced by SageScape, Tech Policy Summit provides an independent, nonpartisan forum for prominent executives, nonprofit leaders, government officials, academic experts and journalists to collaborate on strategic policy issues impacting technology development and deployment.
The 3rd annual Tech Policy Summit was held May 11-13 at the San Mateo Marriott hotel. The theme for the 2009 Summit was Accelerating Innovation and Economic Growth, and conference sessions focused on tech policy under the Obama administration and in the 111th Congress.
BusinessWeek technology columnist Steve Wildstrom served as the official emcee for the 2009 Summit, and speakers included:
- Judith Estrin, CEO of JLABS
- Dr. Prith Banerjee, SVP of Research at HP
- Larry Irving, Co-chair, Internet Innovation Alliance
- David Hornik, Partner at August Capital
- Chris Kelly, Chief Privacy Officer of Facebook
- Kara Swisher, Co-executive Editor, AllThingsD
- Reid Hoffman, Chairman and CEO, LinkedIn
- Mitch Kapor, Chairman, Xmarks
- Kim Polese, CEO, SpikeSource
- Marc Stanley, Director, TIP, NIST
- Link Hoewing, AVP, Internet & Technology, Verizon
- Chris Sacca, Founder, Lowercase Capital
- Hon. Rachelle Chong, Commissioner, CPUC
- Robert Scoble, Managing Director, Building43
- Gary Shapiro, President and CEO, CEA
- Tim O'Reilly, CEO, O'Reilly Media
- Carl Malamud, CEO, Public.Resource.Org
- Bill Schrier, CTO, City of Seattle
- Mark Lemley, Professor, Stanford Law School
- Fran Maier, CEO, TRUSTe
- Chris Hoofnagle, Director, Information Privacy Programs, BCLT
You can view photos and listen to free podcasts from the conference in our Media Vault.
Thank you to our 2009 sponsors:
- AT&T
- BusinessWeek
- Science Debate
- Ericsson
- Orrick
- Personal Democracy Forum
- Tessera
- TRUSTe
- American Solutions
- CTIA
- Guidewire Group
- Mark Monitor
- CDT
- One Economy
- Sunlight Foundation
- Verizon
