Silicon Valley Study Tour 2011

Provisional Tour Program

Date Activity Topic Status
Sunday, 8. May 2011 - 8:00 - 23:00

Check-in

Stanford Terrace Inn, Stanford Terrace Inn, Palo Alto.

Please inform Wolfgang or Philipp if you arrive earlier

Scheduled
Monday, 9. May 2011 - 8:30 - 9:30

Guided tour

Stanford University, Hoover Tower, Stanford.
We meet Linda Bernard.

Hoover Tower houses a public policy research center.

Confirmed
Monday, 9. May 2011 - 9:30 - 10:30

Visit

Center for Design Research (CDR), Center for Design Research (CDR), Stanford.
We meet Tamara Carleton.

Foresight methods, ME310 studio space

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Monday, 9. May 2011 - 11:00 - 12:00

Presentation & Discussion

Stanford Law School.
We meet Bruce Cahan.

High Transparency Banks, Ethical Banking

Scheduled
Monday, 9. May 2011 - 12:15 - 14:00

Lunch

Stanford Faculty Club, Stanford Faculty Club, Stanford.
We meet Bruce Cahan.

Lunch

Confirmed
Monday, 9. May 2011 - 14:00 - 15:30

Visit

Stanford University, Stanford Forsythe Hall.
We meet Joyce Dickerson.

Sustainability & Energy Management @ Stanford Campus

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Monday, 9. May 2011 - 18:00 - 20:00

Welcome to Silicon Valley party

Silicon Valley Association, Stanford Terrace Inn, Palo Alto.

The tour participants meet invited guests from Silicon Valley.

Scheduled
Tuesday, 10. May 2011 - 9:00 - 13:30

Visit

Google, Google HQ Mountain View.
We meet Louis Perrochon.

Google App Engine, Google Apps for Business

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Tuesday, 10. May 2011 - 14:00 - 16:00

Visit

Microsoft Research, Microsoft Research Palo Alto.
We meet Justin Preston.

Microsoft Cloud Technology, Office 365

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Tuesday, 10. May 2011 - 17:30 - 19:00

Dinner

BayCHI, Café Pro Bono, Palo Alto.

Socializing event

Scheduled
Tuesday, 10. May 2011 - 19:30 - 21:30

Presentations

BayCHI, Xerox PARC, Palo Alto.

Cartographies of Time & SVA History

Scheduled
Wednesday, 11. May 2011 - 9:00 - 12:30

Visit

VMware, VMware HQ, Palo Alto.
We meet Othmar Bienz.

VM Cloud Strategy, Roadmap, Product Portfolio

Confirmed
Wednesday, 11. May 2011 - 13:00 - 14:30

Visit

Tesla Motors, Tesla Store, Menlo Park.
We meet Troj Jones.

Tesla electric cars

Confirmed
Wednesday, 11. May 2011 - 15:00 - 17:30

Visit

SNR Denton US LLP, SNR Denton US LLP, Palo Alto.
We meet Richard Horning.

VC Scene, IP, legal aspects of cloud computing

Confirmed
Wednesday, 11. May 2011 - 17:30 - 19:30

Evening mixer event

SNR Denton US LLP, SNR Denton US LLP, Palo Alto.
We meet Richard Horning.

Networking with ETH/Swiss universities alumnis living in the valley.

Confirmed
Thursday, 12. May 2011 - 9:00 - 10:30

Visit

Lithium, Lithium Headquaters, Emeryville CA.
We meet Phil Soffer.

social CRM

Confirmed
Thursday, 12. May 2011 - 13:00 - 14:00

Visit

OPOWER, OPOWER, San Francisco.
We meet Ling Ling Yee.

energy efficiency and conservation solutions

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Thursday, 12. May 2011 - 14:30 - 16:30

Visit

Hot Studio, Hot Studio, San Francisco.
We meet Chris Jones.

Agile UX, Lean UX

Confirmed
Thursday, 12. May 2011 - 17:30 - 18:30

Drinks

San Francisco Marriott Marquis (The View).

Bar on 39th floor with a spectacular view of downtown San Francisco.

Scheduled
Friday, 13. May 2011 - 10:00 - 12:00

Guided tour

Computer History Museum, Computer History Museum, Mountain View.

The world's leading institution exploring the history of computing

Scheduled
Friday, 13. May 2011 - 13:00 - 16:00

Visit

NASA Ames Research Center, NASA, Moffet Airfield, Mountain View.
We meet Terence Pagaduan.

Candidates: SkyTran project, Bloom Energy

Confirmed
Friday, 13. May 2011 - 18:30 - 22:00

Farewell dinner

Shoreline Lakeside Café, Mountain View.
We meet Les Cottrell.

First website & first internet link to China from SLAC

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Saturday, 14. May 2011 - 11:00 - 19:00

Rent bicycles at Fisherman's Wharf

Blazing Saddles Bike Rentals, Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco.

Optional: Bike to Golden Gate Bridge & return to SF via Sausalito.

Scheduled
Sunday, 15. May 2011 - 6:00 - 12:00

Check Out

Stanford Terrace Inn, Stanford Terrace Inn, Palo Alto.

Contact Wolfgang if you want to check out earlier or stay longer.

Scheduled