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Tech Policy Summit Podcasts

The following podcasts were recorded at the 2nd annual Tech Policy Summit, which took place March 26-28, 2008 at the Renaissance Hollywood hotel in Hollywood, CA. There are a total of 24 podcasts from the 2008 Summit, and they appear in chronological order.

Roundtable -- Accelerating Innovation: How Enhanced Collaboration and Smart Policy Fuel Economic Growth
Audio of "Accelerating Innovation: How Enhanced Collaboration and Smart Policy Fuel Economic Growth" roundtable from the second annual Tech Policy Summit. Recorded on March 26, 2008 at the Renaissance Hollywood hotel.

Session Host: Roger Cochetti, Group Director U.S. Policy, Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) Participants: Prith Banerjee, Senior Vice President of Research and Development HP and Director of HP Labs; Thomas Kalil, Special Assistant to the Chancellor for Science and Technology, University of California at Berkeley; Lesa Mitchell, Vice President of Advancing Innovation, Kauffman Foundation, Mozelle Thompson, CEO Thompson Strategic Consulting and former Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission.

 

Interview -- Steve Wildstrom of BusinessWeek and Paul Jacobs CEO of Qualcomm
Steve Wildstrom, Technology Columnist for BusinessWeek interviews Paul Jacobs, CEO, Qualcomm. Recorded at the second annual Tech Policy Summit on March 26, 2008 at Renaissance Hollywood hotel.

 

Keynote -- Jon Dudas, Director USPTO

Keynote remarks by Jon Dudas, Undersecretary of Commerece for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, at the second annual Tech Policy Summit. Recorded on March 26, 2008 at the Renaissance Hollywood hotel.

 

Roundtable -- Growing the Global Market for Technology: The Politics of Trade and Protectionism

Audio of "Growing the Global Market for Technology: The Politics of Trade and Protectionism" roundtable from the second annual Tech Policy Summit. Recorded on March 26, 2008 at the Renaissance Hollywood hotel.

Session Host: Robert Atkinson, President, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation Participants: Peter Cowhey, Dean and Associate Vice Chancellor, UCSD; Ralph Hellmann, Senior Vice President of Government Relations, Information Technology Industry Council; Michael Petricone, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs, Consumer Electronics Association; Robet Kramer, Vice President, Public Policy, Computing Technology Industry Assocation (CompTIA).

 

Innovator Spotlight -- Jim Balcom, CEO of PolyFuel

Audio of an Innovator Spotlight, featuring Jim Balcom, President and CEO of PolyFuel at the second annual Tech Policy Summit. Recorded on March 26, 2008 at the Renaissance Hollywood hotel.

 

Roundtable -- The Making of a Tech President

Audio of "The Making of a Tech President" roundtable from the second annual Tech Policy Summit. Recorded on March 26, 2008 at the Renaissance Hollywood hotel.

Session Host: Sarah Lai Stirland, Contributing Writer, Wired.com Participants: Tony Perkins, Founder and Editor in Chief, AlwaysOn Network; Andrew Rasiej, Founder, Personal Democracy Forum and Co-Founder, techPresident; Rick White, Principal, Woodbay Group; Alec Ross, EVP External Affairs, One Economy Corporation.

 

Roundtable -- Using Social Media as a Policy Tool

Audio of "Using Social Media as a Policy Tool" roundtable from the second annual Tech Policy Summit. Recorded on March 26, 2008 at the Renaissance Hollywood hotel.

Session Host: JD Lasica, CEO of Ourmedia.org  Participants: John Earnhardt, Senior Manager, Global Media Operations, Cisco Systems; David Kralik, Director of Internet Strategy, American Solutions; Ellen Miller, Executive Director, The Sunlight Foundation.

 

Roundtable -- The Role of Privacy and Trust in the Innovation Economy

Audio of "The Role of Privacy and Trust in the Innovation Economy" roundtable from the second annual Tech Policy Summit. Recorded on March 26, 2008 at the Renaissance Hollywood hotel.

Session Host: Mozelle Thompson, CEO, Thompson Strategic Consulting Participants: Shawn Broderick, CEO, TrustPlus; J.R. Reagan, Vice President and Managing Director, BearingPoint; John Tomaszewski, Vice President of Policy and Compliance, TRUSTe.

 

Roundtable -- Building a More Effective Public Policy Organization

Audio of "Building a More Effective Public Policy Organization" roundtable from the second annual Tech Policy Summit. Recorded on March 26, 2008 at the Renaissance Hollywood hotel.

Session Host: Piper Cole, Aspiring Author and former Vice President of Policy Sun Microsystems. Participants: Steve Brown, Entreprenuer in Residence, Mohr Davidow Ventures; Tod Cohen, Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, eBay; Ken Kay, CEO, e-Luminate Group.

 

Roundtable -- Copyright in a Converged World: Sharing, Protecting and Monetizing Digital Content Across Devices

Audio of "Copyright in a Converged World: Sharing, Protecting and Monetizing Digital Content Across Devices" roundtable from the second annual Tech Policy Summit. Recorded on March 26, 2008 at the Renaissance Hollywood hotel.

Session Host: Doug Lichtman, Professor at UCLA Law School. Participants: Fred von Lohmann, Senior Staff Attorney, Electronic Frontier Foundation; Matt Zinn, Vice President and General Counsel, TiVo; Patrick Ross, Executive Director, Copyright Alliance.

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