Supernova 2006 sessions and speakers will be announced soon. For those interested, last year's schedule is provided below.


2005 General Sessions

TUESDAY, JUNE 21
7:30am		Registration and continental breakfast
8:30am		Introduction: Kevin Werbach
		Spotlight Talk: Peter Quintas (SolidSpace)
		Perspective: Jonathan Schwartz (Sun Microsystems)
		Panel: Applications for a Mobile, Connected World [Lili Cheng (Microsoft); Caterina Fake (Ludicorp); Amy Jo Kim (SocialDesigner.Net); Mena Trott (Six Apart); Evan Williams (Odeo)] Innovative end-user tools are emerging as broadband Internet connectivity and intelligent digital devices become increasingly pervasive. From blogging to online photo sharing to podcasting, new services and platforms seemingly appear out of nowhere to take advantage of the capabilities that now exist. Most of these applications leverage two key elements of the new environment -- community and mobility. We'll delve into those issues to separate sustainable phenomena from fads.
10:30am		Break
11:00am		Perspective: Chris Anderson (Wired) -- The Long Tail
		Perspective: Jeff Weiner (Yahoo!)
		Spotlight Talks: Udi Manber (A9), Robin Sloan & Matt Thompson (EPIC 2014)
12:30pm		Lunch
2:00pm		Perspective: Hossein Eslambolchi (AT&T)
		Panel: Only Connect [Bill Schlough (SF Giants); Peter Sisson (Teleo); Stuart Henshall (Skype Journal)] We've been hearing for years about convergence, broadband, and wireless. Yet now, with developments in all three areas, the basic assumptions that have governed telecom for many years are suddenly unraveling. How will developments such as unlicensed wireless and software-based voice over IP undermine the old communications order? Perhaps more importantly, how can they help to build a new one that is both viable and vibrant?
3:30pm		Break
4:00pm		Perspective: Kris Lichter (IBM)
		Spotlight Talks: Byron Reeves (Stanford), Jane McGonigal (42 Entertainment)
		Panel: Connected Play [Raph Koster (Sony Online), JC Herz (Joystick Nation), Philip Rosedale (Linden Lab), Dennis Fong (Xfire)] Games matter -- even for those who neither play nor make them. Several million people spend hours in massively multiplayer virtual worlds. Games are pushing the frontiers of technology in semiconductors, digital media, collaboration, and visualization. They are significant cultural phenomena, something smart marketers (and the military) are starting to recognize. And the annual market for "virtual assets" is already an estimated $880 million. What tools and techniques will cross the line from virtual to real or the reverse? How will developments in the games world influence the broader tech and business worlds?
6:00pm		Evening Networking Gala
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22
7:30am		Registration and continental breakfast
8:30am		Introduction: Kevin Werbach
		Perspective: John Hagel and John Seely Brown
		Panel: Distributed Business [Philip Evans (Boston Consulting Group); Julius Genachowski (IAC/InterActiveCorp); Dick Hardt (Sxip Identity); Greg Lloyd (Traction Software); Sean Park (DrKW)] At every level, business is becoming more decentralized. More people are working as free agents and telecommuters. More employees are collaborating across organizations and distances with distributed work teams. More companies are directly coordinating with their suppliers, partners, and customers. And the growth of outsourcing shows no signs of slowdown. How must software and communications tools adapt to this new business reality? How can individuals manage their identities across a growing range of applications, roles, and business relationships?
		Spotlight Talk: Alan Ganek (IBM)
10:30am		Break
		Spotlight Talk: Linda Stone (Ex-Microsoft)
		Panel: Your Attention Please [Moderator: Steve Gillmor (ZDNet); Glenn Reid (FiveAcross); Doree Duncan Seligmann (Avaya); David Sifry (Technorati); Linda Stone (Ex-Microsoft)] Attention is one immutably scarce quantity in a world of increasing abundance. As everything becomes connected, and connectivity becomes increasingly widespread, the challenge in no longer getting more information, but getting less. We need tools, systems, and practices to help us cope with information overload. Fortunately, advances in this area are coming from several directions, ranging from communications systems to search-based technologies for managing and organizing information.
		Spotlight Talks: Tara Lemmey (LENS Ventures), Greg Glaros (US Navy)
12:30pm		Lunch and Policy Seminar [Bob Blau (BellSouth); Greg Rogers (Level 3); Bill Woodcock (Packet Clearing House); Andrew McLaughlin (Google)]
2:00pm		Perspective: Marc Benioff (Salesforce.com)
		Spotlight Talks: Patrick Grady (Rearden Commerce), John Clippinger (SocialPhysics)
3:30pm		Break
4:00pm		Spotlight Talks: Mike Homer (Kontiki/Open Media Network), Marc Canter (Ourmedia.org)
		Panel: Reinventing Media [Moderator: Dan Gillmor (Grassroots Media, Inc.); Jeremy Allaire (BrightCove); Suranga Chandratillake (Blinkx); Lawrence Gelburd (Wharton)] Peer-to-peer file-sharing and the music industry was just the tip of the iceberg. The rise of blogs has created a vast network of intentional and unintentional amateur journalists, challenging established media outlets as information gatekeepers. Meanwhile, the Net is rapidly becoming a video platform, challenging television and its deep influences on daily life around the world. How will the rise of citizen journalism and the videonet change the nature of media? What will it take for this new new media to become a true mass phenomenon? And what will be the business and social consequences if it does?
		Spotlight Talks
		Back-Channel Roundtable
6:30pm		Conference Concludes