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"Somebody who you help to help themselves today may very well be your partner, your customer, or your very best employee tomorrow."
Carly Fiorina
CEO and President
Hewlett-Packard
Presentation to the 2003 Digital Connections Conference, San Jose, CA
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The
Creating Digital Dividends Conference
hosted by the World Resources Institute
October 16-18, 2000
Seattle, Washington
MONDAY,
OCTOBER 16TH
3:00 PM : OPENING
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WELCOME
Jonathan
Lash
President, World Resources Institute
Paul Schell
Mayor, City of Seattle
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KEYNOTE
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Carly
Fiorina
Chairman, President and CEO, Hewlett-Packard Company
Assisted by Debra
Dunn, Vice President, Strategy
and Corporate Operations
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3:45 – 5:00 PM : PLENARY
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WHY
CLOSING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE WILL CHANGE THE WORLD
Eric
Benhamou
Chairman and CEO, 3Com Corporation
Stephan
Schmidheiny
Founder and President, AVINA Foundation, and Chairman,
Grupo NUEVA
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Two
major addresses examine what providing universal
connectivity and access might mean to society and
to business.
Q&A with each speaker |
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5:00 – 7:00 PM : RECEPTION
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INVESTOR'S
EVENING
DIGITAL DIVIDENDS IDEA LAB OPENS
In Cove and Pacific rooms
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| Reception and plenary for conference
participants, invited venture capitalists, the Investors
Circle angel network, and the Alliance of Angels. |
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7:00 – 8:30 PM : EVENING PLENARY
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VIDEO
An introduction to the
Digital Dividends challenge
WELCOME TO GUESTS
Dan
Rosen
Managing Partner, Frazier Technology Ventures
WHY WE'RE HERE
William
D. Ruckelshaus
Chairman, World Resources Institute, and Strategic Partner,
Madrona Venture Group
TAKING THE VENTURE MODEL GLOBAL: THE INVESTMENT CHALLENGE
OPENING REMARKS
Vinod
Khosla
General Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers;
Tom Alberg
Managing Director, Madrona Venture Fund;
Heidi
Roizen
Managing Director, SOFTBANK Venture Capital;
Caroline
Williams
President, Grey Seal Capital
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The venture model is a crucial
part of the rapid innovation characteristic of today’s
digital industry. Can this model be successfully
spread around the world? What is the experience
to date? Prominent international investors and venture
capitalists will discuss trends, barriers, and opportunities
involved in taking venture investing global.
Q&A with the panel |
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17TH
7:00 AM
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DIGITAL
DIVIDENDS IDEA LAB OPENS
Continental Breakfast available
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8:00 AM : PLENARY
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ENABLING
TECHNOLOGY TRENDS
Russ
Daggatt
Vice Chairman, ICO-Teledesic Global Limited
Mike
McCue
Chairman and CEO, Tellme Networks
Kennet
Rådne
President, Ericsson Internet Solutions
COMMENTARY BY
Mark
Anderson
President, Strategic News Service, and
Kevin
Werbach
Editor, Release 1.0
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What technologies might be
disruptive of the Digital Divide, of poverty, of
environmental mismanagement? How might they work
together to enable profound social benefits and
open up large potential new markets? A panel of
industry leaders and expert commentators will discuss
the status, needs, and social promise of near-term
innovations that may be important for creating digital
dividends.
Q&A with the panel |
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9:50 AM
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APPLYING
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES WHERE THEY ARE MOST NEEDED
Robert
Bismuth
President and CEO, VisionCompass
William
B. Plummer
Vice President, Government & Industry Affairs, Nokia
Inc
Micah
Truman
Co-Founder and CEO, madeforchina.com
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A
panel with broad experience in emerging market regions
will discuss the challenges and the opportunities
for using digital technologies to meet human needs.
Q&A with the panel |
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10:50 AM
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RADICALLY
NEW BUSINESS MODELS: STRATEGIES FOR THE BOTTOM OF THE
PYRAMID
C.K.
Prahalad
Harvey C. Fruehauf Professor of Business Administration,
University of Michigan School of Business, and Chairman,
PRAJA inc.
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The 4 billion people with incomes
less than $1500/year represent huge potential markets.
What strategies and business models are required
to realize these markets? A distinguished business
scholar outlines a path-breaking study.
Q&A with the speaker |
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11:40 - 12:45 PM : LUNCH
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served
buffet style in the Harbor dining room
Informal remarks by John Stanton,
Chairman and CEO, Western Wireless and VoiceStream Wireless
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1:00 PM : PLENARY
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IT'S
WORKING: DIGITAL DIVIDENDS IN ACTION
Three distinguished innovators will describe creative
ventures that bridge the Digital Divide, delivering connectivity,
health care, educational services, economic opportunity,
and much more. Q&A with each speaker
THE
LINCOS PROJECT: A COUNTRY CONSORTIA STRATEGY FOR VILLAGE
TELECENTERS
José
María Figueres
President (1994-1998), Costa Rica
Lyle Hurst
Director, World e-Inclusion Initiative, Hewlett-Packard
Company
GRAMEENPHONE:
BUILDING A BUSINESS IN RURAL BANGLADESH
Iqbal
Z. Quadir
Co-Founder, GrameenPhone and Chairman, Globekids
NATIONAL
STUDENT PORTAL: CREATING EDUCATIONAL CONNECTIVITY FOR
10 MILLION STUDENTS IN ARGENTINA
Martin
Varsavsky
President, Jazztel, and Founder, Educ.ar
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2:10 PM
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ENHANCING HUMAN WELFARE, ENABLING
THE NEXT GENERATION
Carlene
Moore Ellis
Vice President Education, Intel
Brad
Turner
Executive Vice President, iGeneration
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Business leaders with a strong
social mission will join the previous speakers to
discuss the challenges and the opportunities for
bettering the human condition.
Q&A with the panel and speakers |
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3:00 - 5:15 PM
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THE INDUSTRY: ACCEPTING THE CHALLENGE,
EXPLOITING THE OPPORTUNITIES
Dr.
Vinton G. Cerf
Senior Vice President, Internet Architecture and Technology,
WorldCom, Inc.
Jeff
Bezos
Founder and CEO, Amazon.com
John
Gage
Chief Researcher and Director of Science Office, Sun
Microsystems
Samme
Thompson
Senior Vice President and Director, Strategy and Corporate
Development, Motorola
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Major addresses by senior industry
leaders focus on the challenge for the industry
in closing the digital divide, discussing what the
digital industry needs to do to extend digital access
to virtually everyone in the world and identifying
key business opportunities for creating social or
environmental benefits as digital services expand
to developing regions and underserved sectors.
Q&A with each speaker |
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7:00 - 9:30 PM : TUESDAY EVENING
SOCIAL EVENT
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THE
EXPERIENCE MUSIC PROJECT
Paul Allen’s recently opened Experience Music Project
(EMP) will be the site for a reception and light dinner,
an evening of informal discussion and pure fun with exclusive
use of the facility. Extraordinarily creative and innovative
uses of technology allow visitors to experience, create
and interact with music. World-renowned architect Frank
Gehry, creator of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, designed
the color-filled, boundary-breaking facility which houses
the EMP.
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7:30 PM
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ERICA
AWARDS
In the Sky Church of the EMP, five of the world’s
most innovative non-commercial website projects serving
social purposes will be recognized with a major prize
from Ericsson.
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18TH
7:30 AM
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DIGITAL
DIVIDENDS IDEA LAB OPENS
Continental Breakfast available
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8:30 AM : KEYNOTE
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Rob
Glaser
Chairman and CEO, RealNetworks
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8:55 AM : PLENARY
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CREATING DIGITAL DIVIDEND OPPORTUNITIES
IN UNDERSERVED SECTORS
Drawing on their direct experience, speakers will give
brief introductions to prototype ventures and potential
markets that will be explored further in the breakout
session.
SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY
George
H. Weyerhaeuser, Jr.
Senior Vice President, Technology, Weyerhaeuser
A senior executive describes the need for better digital
tools to enable more productive and environmentally
sound forest management
INTERNET
COMMERCE FOR DEVELOPMENT
Michelle Long
Founder and Vice President, Viatru
An innovative start-up describes a new business-to-business
e-commerce model that is creating links between large
retailers and artisans, farmers, and small producers
from developing communities
EXPANDING
MICROFINANCE
Jonathan
Campaigne
Chairman and Executive Director, PRIDE AFRICA, Nairobi,
Kenya
The head of a microfinance organization operating in
East Africa describes its pioneering use of digital
methods to extend the reach of this powerful anti-poverty
tool
RURAL CONNECTIVITY
Ashok
Khosla
Chairman and CEO, TARAhaat; President, Development Alternatives
An innovative startup in India that intends to alleviate
rural poverty via the internet-enabled rural ../marketplace/marketplace
PRECISION
AGRICULTURE
Francis J. Pierce
Director, Center for Precision Agricultural Systems,
Washington State University
A leading agricultural scientist describes the potential
of digital tools to increase farm productivity and reduce
environmental harm
VIRTUAL
WATERSHEDS
Brian
Boyle
Associate Director for Strategic Planning, Battelle
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
A senior natural resource expert describes
the potential of digital tools to enable cooperative
management of entire watersheds
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10:30 AM : COFFEE BREAK
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10:50 AM : PLENARY
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WHAT
GOVERNMENTS CAN DO: PATHBREAKING MARKET DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
JORDAN
Minister
Fawaz Zu’bi
delivering
remarks for His Majesty King
Abdullah II Andhra Pradesh
INDIA
Chief
Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu,
assisted by his Information Technology Advisor, Dr.
T.H. Chowdary
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For business strategies to
work, governments must provide minimum enabling
policies. Creative government leadership can do
much more, establishing conditions for rapid adoption
of digital approaches and demonstrating their application
to make government more efficient. Two such efforts
that deserve to be more widely known – and
that global companies could point out to the many
jurisdictions that now seek investment – are
described by the political leaders who initiated
them.
Q&A with the speakers |
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11:50 AM : LUNCH
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1:00 PM : BREAKOUT SESSION
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Focused
around specific Digital Dividend case studies as a starting
point and assisted by a discussion leader and sector-specific
experts, tables of 10 will have lunch together and then
discuss market opportunities, technology challenges, business
obstacles. The goal is to draw on the of expertise participants
to outline potential strategies for success for each case
study.
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2:15 PM : PLENARY
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IMPLEMENTING
AN ACTION AGENDA: POLICY LEADERS REPORT ON THE DIGITAL
OPPORTUNITY TASKFORCE
Mark
Malloch Brown
Administrator, United Nations Development Programme
Zoe
Baird
President, Markle Foundation
Kathy
Bushkin
Chief Communications Officer and Senior Vice President,
America Online
Mohsen
Khalil
Director, Global Information and Communication Technologies,
World Bank and International Finance Corporation |
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Private sector initiatives
to close the digital divide were announced at the
G-8 Summit. The Digital Opportunity Taskforce, a
coordinated global strategy to implement these initiatives,
is bringing together the efforts of governments,
multilateral organizations, the private sector,
and civil society. It builds on the willingness
of the private sector to share technology, the willingness
of developing countries to create the policy framework
and enabling conditions for their citizens to benefit
from the digital opportunity, and the willingness
of multilateral institutions and civil society to
act as catalysts and guarantors in this process.
Senior policy leaders representing each sector will
report briefly on actions underway, explain how
companies can participate, and engage in a high-level
forum on next steps for the coordinated action agenda.
Participation from the audience. |
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4:00 PM : KEYNOTE
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Bill
Gates
Chairman and Chief Software Architect, Microsoft
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4:50 PM : CLOSING REMARKS
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William
D. Ruckelshaus
Chairman, World Resources Institute, and Strategic Partner,
Madrona Venture Group
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