Opening Ceremonies
Monday, October 17, 2005
The Martin J. Whitman School of Management, Syracuse University directions - parking

5:30 pm Introduction: Kevin Hair, Syracuse Research Corporation
  Host Welcome: Melvin T. Stith, Dean, Whitman School of Management
  Video Address: Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton
  Keynote: Building a Technology/Entrepreneurial Cluster Don Upson, Principal, ICG Government; formerly Virginia’s first Secretary of Technology
  CNY / Upstate Business Transformation Marilyn Higgins, VP Economic Development, National Grid
  Regional Perspective Jim Carrick, President and CEO, Strategic Computer Solutions
6:45 pm
8:00 pm
Reception

Conference
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Oncenter Complex, Downtown Syracuse directions

7:15 am Registration Opens/Continental Breakfast
8:00 am Video Address: Congressman Jim Walsh
8:10 am Keynote: Ian Taylor, Member of Parliament, UK, Vice Chairman Parliamentary Information Technology Committee, Council of the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology
8:45 am fuse2005 Collaborating for Growth David Montanaro, Chairman and CEO, USA Datanet
9:00 am

Senior Executive Roundtable Emerging Business Opportunities: Harnessing Technology for Business Success
Jim Louderback, SVP, Ziff Davis
Jeff Cohen, SVP/CIO, DestiNY USA
Jud Gostin, CEO, Sensis Corporation
Bronwyn Guthrie, VP, IBM Global Services
Louise McDonald, SVP, Welch Allyn
Don Upson, Principal, ICG Government

10:15 am Networking Break
10:45 am Concurrent Panels with Audience Q&A
  Changing Paradigms: Broadband Communications / Content Creation and Distribution
Dave Molta, Network Computing Magazine and Syracuse University (Moderator)
Carlos Dominguez, SVP, Cisco
Paul Gandel, CIO, Syracuse University
Mike LaJoie, EVP/CTO Time Warner Cable
John Turner, EVP and Chief Strategy Officer, USA Datanet
Mark Wegleitner, CTO, Verizon
   
  Health Care Information Technology
Chuck Fennell, CIO, St. Joseph’s Hospital (Moderator)
Patrick Boyle, VP, IBM
Dr. Robert Corona, VP & Chief Medical Director, Welch Allyn
Robert Krenitsky, CTO, Excellus BC/BS
Candy Obourn, SVP, Eastman Kodak
Dr. Clifford Goldsmith, Industry Manager, Healthcare Providers, Microsoft
Mitchell Rozonkiewiecz, VP Information Systems, Community General Hospital
   
12:15 pm Buffet Lunch
VC PitchFest [details]
  PitchFest Investor Panel
Errol Unikel
, CEO, Unicorn Technologies (Moderator)
Tim Gocher, Managing Director, Interregnum plc
Michael J. Schattner
, President, Onondaga Venture Capital Fund
Zachary J. Shulman, J.D.
, Cornell University; Partner, Cayuga Venture Fund
Dennis DeLeo
, General Partner, Trillium Group
Russ Howard
, Managing Director, High Peaks Venture Partners

Special Programs (by invitation) [details]
1:30 pm Growth Perspectives Senator Charles Schumer (video address)
1:45 pm
Concurrent Panels with Audience Q&A
  Security, Vulnerability and Identity Management
Robert DelZoppo, CTO, Syracuse Research Corporation (Moderator)
Steve Chapin, Professor of Computer Science, Syracuse University
Jay Mortensen, CTO, Purplewire
Shriram Revankar, Xerox Fellow, Xerox Corporation
Steve Stasiukonis, Managing Partner, Secure Network, Inc.
Chris Winn, VP, Security Solutions, Microsoft
   
 
  Collaboration: Evolving How We Do Business
Anthony Joseph, CEO, Presbyterian Home
Fred Easton,
Syracuse University (Moderator)
Ed Lipson
, CEO, SenSyr LLC
Lee McKnight, President & CEO, Wireless Grids Corporation
Marek Podgorny, CEO, CollabWorx
Nikolai Tutos, Sr. Technology Officer, DestiNY USA
David Warner, CTO, Mind Tel
   
3:25 pm

Keynote: What's Next? Mark Wegleitner, CTO, Verizon
3:45 pm Networking Reception sponsored by ClearChannel
5:00 pm Interregnum Reception (Syracuse Technology Garden)