Conference Agenda:

7:30 - 8:15 A.M.
Registration

8:15 - 8:30 A.M.
Opening Remarks

The Honorable Ed Lee, Mayor, City and County of San Francisco

8:30 - 9:30 A.M.
Waiting for California's Superman - A New Model for Education Reform

John Fensterwald, Editor and Co-Writer, Thoughts on Public Education in California (moderator)
Bonnie Reiss, Former California Secretary of Education
The Honorable Darrell Steinberg, California Senate President pro Tem
The Honorable Tom Torlakson, California State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Dr. Jerry Weast, Superintendent, Montgomery County Schools, Maryland
Introduction by Ralph Martinez, Area Vice President, Comcast

9:30 - 10:30 A.M.
Sports Center? - The Future of Sports in the Bay Area

Brian Murphy, Host, Murph and Mac Show on KNBR 680 (moderator)
Larry Baer, President, San Francisco Giants
Gary Cavalli, Executive Director, Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl
Dave Kaval, President, San Jose Earthquakes
Craig Thompson, CEO, America’s Cup Event Authority
Jed York, President & CEO, San Francisco 49ers
Introduction by Chris DiGiorgio, Northern California Managing Director, Accenture

10:30 - 10:45 A.M.
Break

10:45 - 11:45 A.m.
The New Infrastructure of the 21st Century

The Honorable Omar Ahmad, Mayor, City of San Carlos and CEO, SynCH Energy (moderator)
Eric Dresselhuys, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Silver Spring Networks
Richard Lowenthal, Founder and Chief Technical Officer, Coulomb Technologies
Woodson Martin, Senior Vice President, Salesforce.com
Ken McNeely, President, AT&T California
Lyndon Rive, CEO, SolarCity
Introduction by Janet Lamkin, California State President, Bank of America

11:45 A.M. - 12:15 P.M.
Memory Loss and Suicide in Soldiers and AthleteS: New Frontiers UCSF is Tackling to Recruit Exceptional Talent

Dr. Stanley Prusiner, Professor of Neurology and Director, Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases at UCSF (Winner of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Recipient of 2009 President’s National Medal of Science)
Introduction by John De Luca, Senior Advisor, E & J Gallo Winery and Judge Katherine Feinstein

12:15 - 1:00 P.M.
Reception

1:00 - 1:30 P.M.
Lunch

1:30 - 2:00 P.m.
Governor's Address

Governor Jerry Brown
Introduction by Andrew Giacomini, Managing Partner, Hanson Bridgett LLP

2:00 - 2:45 P.M.
Who Will Win in 2012?

Lloyd Dean, President & CEO, Catholic Healthcare West and Chairman, Bay Area Council (moderator)
Karen Hughes, Counselor to President George W. Bush (Worldwide Vice Chairman, Burson-Marsteller)
Mark Penn, Senior Adviser to President Bill Clinton and Chief Strategist, Hillary Clinton for President (CEO Worldwide, Burson-Marsteller)