A forum on January 17, 2008 at the Fisher Conference Center at Stanford University, made possible through generous support from the Industrial Technology Research Institute.

Conference agenda and biographies (1019.3KB ) (for both conference days). Presentations and audio files will be linked below as they become available. Information is also available on the January 18 academic workshop: The Shape of Things to Come: A Global Perspective on Regional Innovation Indicators

MORNING KEYNOTE

From Patterns and Paradigms to Pathways: Harnessing the Potential of Global Collaboration John Hagel, Co-Chairman, Deloitte Center for Edge Innovation, Director, Deloitte Consulting LLP; co-author of The Only Sustainable Edge

SHIFTING INNOVATION NETWORKS IN CHINA

Innovation at Tencent David Wallerstein, Senior Executive Vice President, International Business, Tencent

Internet Services--entrepreneurial innovation success stories & challenges for state-driven innovation-on-demand (1.1MB ) Duncan Clark, Chairman, BDA

Innovations in China's e-Payment Market (386.6KB ) Bin Tang, CEO and Co-Founder, YeePay

Some Observations on the Internet and China Jin Ju, Minister-Counsellor for Science and Technology, Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the United States of America

VENTURE CAPITAL AS NETWORK BUILDER: NEW PATTERNS

Comparing the Venture Capital Industries in China and India (5.1MB ) Martin Kenney, Professor, Department of Human and Community Development, UC Davis; co-author of Locating Global Advantage

Partnering for Global Networks (231.8KB ) Neal Bhadkamkar, Managing Partner, Monitor Ventures

The Role of Venture Capitalists in Innovation Networks (3.0MB ) Gao Jian, Professor & Chair, Department of Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Tsinghua University, Beijing

How networks made the change from the "20-minute walk" domain to the "20-hour flight" domain (3.3MB ) Robert Eberhart, Executive in Residence, Pacific Rim Partners

PERSPECTIVES ON RAPIDLY MOVING TECHNOLOGIES

Benchmarking the Global "Cleantech" Venture Industry (674.1KB ) Martin Haemmig, Co-Chairman for Research & Statistics at the Swiss Venture Capital Association (SECA)

Some Technology Development Experiences at AU Optronics (4.6MB ) Fan Luo, Chief Technology Officer, AU Optronics, Taiwan

AFTERNOON KEYNOTE

Open Innovation in China's Semiconductor Industry (1.0MB ) Henry Chesbrough, Executive Director, Center for Open Innovation, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley; author of Open Innovation: The New Imperative for Creating and Profiting from Technology

Event Page: The Shape of Things to Come: New Patterns and Paradigms in Global Innovation Networks