| 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Registration & Breakfast |
| 9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. | Welcome Address |
| Larry Warnock, CEO, Gazzang, Inc. | |
| Steven Tyndall, Partner, Baker Botts, LLP | |
| The Future of Technology in Central Texas | |
| Mayor Lee Leffingwell | |
| The Economic Impact of Technology in Texas | |
| Senator Kirk Watson | |
| 9:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. | Break |
| 10:15 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Keynote |
| Dr. George Friedman, Founder and CEO, Strafor | |
| 11:00 a.m. – 11:20 a.m. | The Future of Technology in Texas |
| Governor Rick Perry | |
| 11:20 a.m. – 12:10 p.m. | Panel: The Holy Grail – Achieving Capital Diversification |
| Moderated by: Ned Hill, Managing Partner, DFJ Mercury | |
| Barry Evans, CEO, Calxeda | |
| Josh Baer, CEO, Other Inbox | |
| 12:10 p.m. – 1:10 p.m. | Luncheon & Networking |
| 1:10 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Panel: Injecting the Startup Instinct – Austin’s Talent Challenge |
| Moderated by: John Price, CEO, Vast | |
| Sarah Smith, Director of Online Operations – Austin, Facebook | |
| Russ Reeder, CEO, Libre Digital | |
| John Arrow, CEO, Mutual Mobile | |
| 2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Break |
| 2:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. | Panel: Preparing Austin’s Next Generation Workforce – STEM |
| Sandy Dochen, Corporate Citizenship, IBM | |
| Cameron Evans, CTO – U.S. Education, Microsoft | |
| Catherine Morse, Public Affairs & General Counsel, Samsung | |
| 3:15 p.m. – 4:05 p.m. | Panel: Next Generation – Austin 3.0 |
| Moderated by: Bob Metcalfe, Professor of Innovation, UT | |
| Josh Williams, CEO, Gowalla | |
| Kay Hammer, CEO, Dorsan Biofuels | |
| Gary Gattis, CEO, Spacetime Studios | |
| 4:05 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Survey Findings & Closing Remarks |
| 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | Cocktail Reception |



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