Xconomy Forum: What’s Your Breakthrough Idea?

Date: March 29, 2010, 2:00-5:30 pm

Location: Microsoft Atrium, Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

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Breakthrough ideas are backbones of innovation and progress. But in the world of technology and business, great ideas are a dime a dozen. What really counts is forethought, execution, and results. So what makes for a true breakthrough idea, and how do you know one when you see one? How can entrepreneurs, researchers, and business leaders---in areas as diverse as software, mobile, biotech, entertainment, and cleantech---make their big ideas more marketable, scalable, and impactful and really change the world?

Join us for a special half-day Xconomy Forum that will tackle these questions and more---and celebrate some of the most promising ideas and startups in Seattle and beyond. The forum will feature a penetrating discussion of what makes breakthrough ideas successful, by two of the Seattle area’s top innovation leaders and big thinkers: Nathan Myhrvold, co-founder and CEO of Intellectual Ventures, and Leroy Hood, co-founder and president of the Institute for Systems Biology.

They will be joined by leading experts from Seattle’s mobile, gaming, healthcare, and imaging clusters, as well as national speakers on robotics and energy, for deeper dives into specific game-changing ideas across different fields.

The discussions and subsequent networking reception will be of strong interest to entrepreneurs, investors, business leaders, scientists, technologists, inventors, faculty, students, and service providers to the technology and life sciences community---anyone interested in the world’s biggest ideas and how they will impact the future of innovation.

Confirmed speakers:

Nathan Myhrvold, CEO, Intellectual Ventures

Leroy Hood, President, Institute for Systems Biology

David Bluhm, CEO, Z2Live

Mick Mountz, CEO, Kiva Systems

Steve Seitz, Professor of Computer Science, UW

Norm Wu, CEO, Qliance

Tickets:

At the door: $195

Regular registration: $175

Early bird registration: $95

Students: $35