Housekeeping

• Welcome to the 8th annual Supernova conference!

• Today at Mission Bay Conference Center– Opening Gala & Showcase: 6:30pm-9pm

• Wednesday and Thursday: Wharton | SF101 Howard Street, 5th Floor

Online Resources

• Detailed in attendee handout

• The Hub: http://www.supernovahub.com/conversation– Twitter feed: http://twitter.com/supernovahub

• Smile, you’re on streaming video!

• WiFi SSID (today): CommunityCenter– Please be conscientious!

• Use tag “#sn09” on any conference-related tweets, posts, photos, or videos

Thanks to Our Sponsors

Thanks to Our Sponsors

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MEDIA SPONSORS

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Knowledge@Wharton, CircleID, The Next Web, iTechLaw, Laughing Squid, ConferenceGuru,International Association of Privacy Professionals, Emerging Communications Conference (EComm), ReadWriteWeb, South by Southwest Interactive, Tech Policy Central

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Why Supernova?

• An (explosive) end, but also a beginning– Impacts of increasingly pervasive networks

• The song remains the same:From crash to boom 2.0 to crash to… ???

• Networks matter– Intelligence and control moving from centers to

edges

• Intersection of tech, business, society, and policy

The Network Age

• Networks are everywhere– Communications

systems, applications, social graphs, business relationships, politics, etc.

• Networks have distinct properties

2009 Theme:

Change Network

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Change Network

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Change Network

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The Next Three Days

• Be challenged.

• Be provocative.

• Be productive.

• Have fun!