FiRe 2013
At the Future in Review (FiRe), hosted by Mark Anderson, founder and publisher of the Strategic News Service and held May 21-24, 2013 at the Montage Resort in Laguna Beach California, high tech industry leaders participate in presentations and discussions about the future in technology, including the global economy, cloud computing, biology and medical diagnostics, governmental and corporate policy, global information systems, protection of intellectual property, environmental sustainability, and other fields that contribute to technology outcomes. Strategic News Service and the SNS weekly global report have been accurately predicting the technology industry’s future since 1995.
(this image, L-R): Steven Sprague, Richard Marshall, Mark Anderson, Ty Carlson, Jerry Woodall, Pete Nicoletti, Larry Smarr, Barry Briggs, Eric Openshaw, Vaclav Vincalek.
Conclusion: Fire CTO Design Challenge: "Getting to Zero: Achieving Zero Loss of Crown-Jewel Intellectual Property - A CXO Checklist" - including:
The Challenge Judges: Mark Anderson, Founder and Chair, INVNT/IP; Richard Marshall, CEO, X-SES; and Steven Sprague, CEO, Wave Systems, and Founding Member, INVNT/IP; and
The Challenge Team: Barry Briggs, IT Chief Architect and CTO, Microsoft; Ty Carlson, Senior Manager, Technology Program Management, Digital Products Group, Amazon; Jeff Hudson, CEO, Venafi; Pete Nicoletti, Chief Information Security Officer, Virtustream; Eric Openshaw, Vice Chairman and US Technology, Media and Telecommunications Leader, Deloitte LLP; Larry Smarr, Director, Calit2, a UC San Diego/Irvine Partnership (HQ Qualcomm Institute), UCSD; Vaclav Vincalek, President, Pacific Coast Information Systems Ltd.; and Jerry Woodall, Founder, WoodallTech and HyroAlumina, and National Medal of Technology Laureate