Silicon Valley Comes to Oxford

at the Oxford Said Business School

9TH SILICON VALLEY COMES TO OXFORD SCHEDULE

Monday 23 November 2009 9.30am to 8pm

The Garage 1
9.30am to 11:30am

Interactive brainstorming session to discuss a genuine issue set by one of our visiting VIPs led by Mark Cowan of Happen (Oxford and Saïd students only)

VIP Lunch with the Dean (private)
12 noon to 1pm

Lunchtime Panel Session
1pm to 2pm

All the VIPs introduce themselves and take questions from the audience
Chaired by Mike Malone, technology journalist and author of 30 years

Masterclasses Session I
2 pm to 3.15pm

Mainly for Saïd and Oxford students, VIPs will give a Masterclass including lots of time for Q&A
Corporates or University people wishing to attend: please email Deborah.lisburne@sbs.ox.ac.uk

The Garage 2
2:30pm – 5:15pm

Interactive brainstorming session to discuss a genuine issue set by one of our visiting VIPs led by Mark Cowan of Happen

Networking Tea/Coffee break
3.15pm – 3.45pm

Masterclasses Session II
3.45pm – 5.00pm

Mainly for Saïd and Oxford students, VIPs will give a Masterclass including lots of time for Q&A
Corporates or University people wishing to attend: please email Deborah.lisburne@sbs.ox.ac.uk

Networking Tea/coffee break
5pm – 6.00pm
Corporate guests arrive

Evening Plenary Panel:
‘Social Networks: What now?’
6pm to 7.30pm

Panelists:
Jim Buckmaster, CEO Craigslist
Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn
Ram Shriram, Board member Google Inc.
Biz Stone, Co-Founder, and Creative Director of Twitter
Peter Thiel, President Clarium Capital Management

Chair: Frances Cairncross, Rector of Exeter College Oxford