Supernova 2007: because technology is everyone's business

Supernova 2008

June 16-18, 2008

San Francisco, CA
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We welcome speaking inquiries at . Speakers are invited on a rolling basis, to fit the sessions we develop and to produce the best mix of participants. There is no formal call for presentations or submission deadline.

Supernova

Redefining Technology Conferences

When was the last time an event challenged your assumptions, and made you think?

For seven years, the Supernova conference has anticipated critical developments on the path to the Network Age. It is consistently ahead of the curve in highlighting important topics and people. Only at Supernova do academics and entrepreneurs, business practitioners and technical visionaries, policy experts and industry thought leaders come together to share insights and build relationships. Only Supernova brings together one of the world’s foremost business schools—the Wharton School—with deep understanding of the technology world. 

Supernova 2008: June 16-18

We believe 2008 represents a turning point. The “web 2.0” boom has already lasted longer than its “web 1.0” predecessor. Battles over the future of the desktop, the data center, the broadband platform, the media, the social ecosystem, and the planet have been joined in earnest. This is not the time for small ideas or business as usual.

So, following our most successful event ever, we are moving to transform Supernova to embrace the Network Age, leveraging conference organizer Kevin Werbach’s unique global network of relationships in industry, academia, and government. Our goal is not to make Supernova the biggest or most comprehensive event you attend, but the one you remember the most. We want to transcend the typical conference by connecting you to the people, technology and ideas that will transform your networks.

Challenges for the Network Age

Networks are all around us. Yet their disruptive significance for business, public policy, and society is still poorly appreciated, despite an explosion of scientific research on fundamental network dynamics. The shift to network-based computing, services, business processes, marketing, entertainment, social relationships, connectivity, and culture will challenge our assumptions about how he world works. Those who fail to appreciate the complex implications are at risk. Those who can take advantage of the power of the new network face extraordinary opportunities. 

Supernova 2008 will explore a range of developments related to the shift to a network-based world.  Areas in which we are evaluating potential sessions include:

Advertising • Broadband technologies • Collaboration • Communications tools • Conversational marketing • Devices • Digital media • E-commerce • Enterprise software • Games • Identity • Intellectual property • Internet infrastructure • Mobile services • Open source • Search • Security and privacy • Semantic Web • Social networks • Syndication • User-generated media • Video • Visualization • Virtual worlds • Voice over IP • Web-based applications • Widgets • Wireless

Speaker Submission

We welcome submissions by email to .  We evaluate people rather than topics, so simply describe why the speaker would be a compelling addition to the Supernova roster.  We develop sessions on a rolling basis, so there is no official submission deadline.  Please be aware that we select the vast majority of speakers by invitation, to create the best possible experience for our attendees. 

Supernova 2007

The previous Supernova conference, “Defining the New Network,” examined the effects of an increasingly connected world on business, life, and public policy.  As disparate physical and social networks link with one another, a new societal network is rapidly evolving. 

The New Network is greater than the sum of its parts.  It challenges us to re-create everything from the software and hardware we use...to the business models we employ...to the information and entertainment we encounter...to the ways we work and play.  At Supernova 2007, we explored these new challenges.  Session and Connected Challenge topics included: 

Dark Matter: Are We Missing the Real Internet Economy? " Virtual Life or Virtual Hype? " Enterprise IT: The Next Great Disruption? " Better Broadband? " Is “User-Generated Content” the Future, or the Last Gasp of the Past? " Do You Know Where Your Identity Is? " Social Media, Social Commerce, Social Communications " Making Computers Smart: A Dumb Idea? " Is the Network Neutrality Battle Over… or Has it Just Begun? " Conversational Advertising: Attention vs. Engagement " Will Copyright Kill Social Media? " Innovation in the Age of Abundance " Does the Internet Need an Upgrade?

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