NEW! Innovator Interviews
Don't miss these stimulating keynote exchanges between top innovators who are driving change with next-horizon technologies. On the main stage, Gartner analysts will ask how they drive innovation, why they choose the initiatives they do, and how they measure their successes and failures.
Our Innovator Interviews debut with:
- Philip Rosedale
- Founder & CEO
- Linden Lab, creators of Second Life
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Philip Rosedale has an extensive background in the development and pioneering of streaming technology. Rosedale served at RealNetworks as Vice President and CTO, where he was responsible for the development and launch of RealVideo, RealSystem 5.0, and RealSystem G2. In 1999 Rosedale joined Accel Partners as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence, and began the basic research that would become the technology behind Linden Lab.
- Dr. Irving Wladawsky-Berger
- VP, Technical Strategy & Innovation
- IBM Corp.
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Dr. Wladawsky-Berger is responsible for identifying emerging technologies and marketplace driven developments critical to the future of the IT industry, and organizing activities in and outside IBM in order to capitalize on them. Additionally he leads a number of key innovation-oriented activities and formulates technology strategy and public policy positions in support of them. As part of this effort, he is also responsible for the IBM Academy of Technology.
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- IBM Research, Intel Labs, and Microsoft Research
- Wednesday, April 25, 11:00 am - 12:15 pm
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Toiling away in their labs, the industry's tech and service leaders drive some of our most innovative new technologies and brightest future ideas. Billions are spent on R&D. But it's often under a shroud of secrecy. We've asked some of the most successful innovators for a peek inside those labs, to see a few of the projects in the pipeline. You won't want to miss this.
Gartner Analyst Opening Keynote: Revolution, Part 2
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Gartner Analyst Opening Keynote: Revolution, Part 2
A societal revolution looms. Advancing technology is eliminating complexity and, in many functions, the need for skilled labor. Your skills and the business model you defend simply won't matter—they won't save your job or your company. Four decades of technology automation transformed business, but now those gains are harder to find. Yet the impact of technology on society has just begun, and it will dwarf the advances we have seen to date. In the second half of the Information Revolution, attention is already moving from transaction to interaction and from value-add to value-defining. Great business opportunities will arise for those who can grasp them and raise the game. How will you help your company seize these ground-shaking challenges while competitors founder? Participating analysts include (l. to r.) Jennifer Beck, Steve Prentice, Daryl Plummer, Mark Raskino and Sandy Shen.
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New this year in San Francisco, the Closing Keynote is the ideal way to complete your Symposium experience. Senior Gartner analysts will boil the week down, drawing from more than 150 information–packed sessions. They summarize key trends and findings, and make recommendations across the IT spectrum.
