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The following is the agenda from the 2003 
Nantucket Conference. Guest activities are in blue

Thursday, May 1
     4:30pm-5:30pm
A special pre-conference CEO conversation: Getting a Grip on Biotech: Understanding Industry Dynamics, How IT and Biotech Can Work Together, and the Impact on Us as Humans

Speaker:
Steve Holtzman, CEO, Infinity Pharmaceuticals

    5:30pm-7:30pm Opening cocktail reception 

    7:30pm Dinner in Nantucket

Friday, May 2
     7:30am-8:30am Breakfast

     8:30am-8:45am Introductions

     8:45am-9:00am MATCH School

Speaker:
Michael Goldstein, Founder and Executive Director, Media and Technology Charter School 

     9:00am-10:30am Moving Fast in a Slow-Motion World: A Conversation About What It Takes to Win in 2003

Speakers:
Shimon Alon, CEO, Precise Software Solutions
Ray Ozzie, Founder, Chairman & CEO, Groove Networks
Kenan Sahin, President, TIAX; Founder, Kenan Systems
Chris Stone, Vice Chairman, Office of the CEO, Novell

Moderator:
Bob Metcalfe, General Partner, Polaris Venture Partners; Founder, 3Com Corp.

    10:30am-11:00am Break

    11:00am-12:00pm  Fireside Chat: Craig Venter, President of the TIGR Center for the Advancement of Genomics, the Institute for Biological Energy Alternatives and the J. Craig Venter Science Foundation

Moderator:
Alison Taunton-Rigby, President and CEO of RiboNovix, Inc.; President of Forester Biotech

    11:00am-12:30pm
Informal Playgroup for guests and their children. (Meet in the Harbor House Village lobby at 11am to walk over to Children's playground together. Raindate: May 3)

    12:00pm-1:30pm Lunch

     1:30pm-2:30pm    Inside Insights: CIOs and Tech Vendors Discuss the Challenges of Finding Early Adopters, Getting New Projects Approved in an Era of 'No New Projects,' Identifying the Right Metrics, and Working Together Toward Success

Speaker:
Carol Campbell Beggs, Vice President, Technology, Sonesta International Hotels Corporation
Francis deSouza, Founder and CEO, IMlogic
John Glaser, CIO, Partners HealthCare System
Ray Ozzie, Founder, Chairman & CEO, Groove Networks
Jit Saxena, CEO, Netezza

Moderator:
Lew McCreary - Editorial Director, CXO Media Inc.; Editor in Chief, CSO Magazine

     2:30pm-3:00pm Break

     3:00pm-4:00pm Ethics for the Perfectly Ethical: An Interactive Seminar on the Changing Definition of 'Doing the Right Thing' at Work

Introducer:
Scott Cohen - Founding Managing Partner of Financial Media Holdings Group, Inc.

Speaker:
Laura Nash, Senior Research Fellow, Harvard Business School

Follow-up to the Ethics Panel

     4:30pm-6:45pm Bird Walk/Nature Hike: Enjoy the Nantucket outdoors on this walk/hike given by the Maria Mitchell Association.
Sponsored by: Gustin Partners

     4:30pm-6:00pm
Van tour of Nantucket
(Sign up at Harbor House Village lobby, limited space)

Advisor Host: Lisa DeSisto - Vice President and General Manager of Boston.com

     5:00pm-6:30pm Ghost Walk: Come learn about the ghosts that haunt some of Nantucket's hotels, restaurants and houses. (Sign up at Harbor House Village lobby, limited space)

Advisor Host: Patrick Rafter - Director of Corporate Communications at Bluesocket, Inc.

     6:30pm-9:30pm Children's Program: Circus theme (contests, games, arts & crafts and more! Dinner will be provided for the children.)
Harbor House: Sankaty room
(Sign up children at Harbor House Village lobby, limited space)


     7:00pm-10:00pm Clambake at Point Breeze (indoors)


Saturday, May 3
     8:00am - 9:00am Breakfast

     9:00am-10:30am The New Face of Finance: Debating the Changes Ahead in Angel Investing, Venture Capital, and Investment Banking

Speakers:
Ted Dintersmith, General Partner, Charles River Ventures
Henry McCance, Chairman and President, Greylock
Michael P. Murray, Managing Director, Deutsche Bank
John Simon, Managing Director, General Catalyst
Lou Volpe, Managing General Partner, Kodiak Venture Partners

Moderator:
John Landry, Managing Director, Lead Dog Ventures

    10:30am-11:00am Break

    11:00am-12:00pm Fireside Chat: Ed Zander, former President and COO, Sun Microsystems; Board Member, Netezza & Seagate Technology

Moderator:
Maryfran Johnson, Editor in Chief, Computerworld; Vice President, Editorial Content for computerworld.com

    11:00am-12:30pm Whaling Museum: Guests and children welcome. (Meet in the Harbor House Village lobby at 11am to pick up your tickets and walk over to the Whaling Museum together; limited space)

    12:00pm-1:30pm Lunch

     1:30pm-2:30pm The New Power Generation: Is the Business of Renewable Energy Approaching a Tipping Point?

Speakers:
Roberto Cordaro, President and Chief Executive Officer, Nuvera Fuel Cells
Mark Farber, CEO, Evergreen Solar
Jim Gordon, President, Cape Wind Associates
Dan Reicher, EVP, Northern Power Systems; Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Energy

Moderator:
Scott Kirsner, Contributing editor at Wired Magazine and Fast Company; @large columnist for the Boston Globe

     3:00pm-5:15pm Bird Walk/Nature Hike: Enjoy the Nantucket outdoors on this walk/hike given by the Maria Mitchell Association.
Sponsored by: Gustin Partners


     3:30pm-6:00pm Tour of Cisco Brewers, Nantucket Vineyard, Triple Eight Distillery

Advisor Host: Kristen Collins - Founder of KMCpartners

*Guest activities subject to change