Past HTC Events

HTC 2004 PROGRAM OUTLINE

SUNDAY JANUARY 11, PRE-FORUM ACTIVITIES
Location: San Jose Museum of Art

Gallery Tour and Reception hosted by Philips, Dinner hosted by NFIA and HP

  • Welcome by Karien van Gennip, Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade
    and Erik van der Meijden, Vice President and Managing Director, HP Netherlands

MONDAY, JANUARY 12 - HIGH TECH CONNECTIONS FORUM DAY ONE
Location: Fairmont Hotel, San Jose

Networking breakfast hosted by Cap Gemini Ernst & Young

Speakers:

Networking lunch hosted by Oracle
Speaker:

  • Volkert Doeksen, CEO, NIB Capital Private Equity
    - "Make-or-Break: Venture Capital on Both Sides of the Atlantic"

Concurrent breakout sessions on:

NANOTECHNOLOGY

EMBEDDED SYSTEMS

BROADBAND (GIGAPORT & GRIDS)

Speaker:

Networking/Cocktails hosted by Intel

Dinner hosted by Microsoft
Speaker:

  • Maggie Wilderotter, Senior Vice President Business Strategy, Microsoft Corporation
    - "Microsoft's View on Innovation"

TUESDAY, JANUARY 13 - HIGH TECH CONNECTIONS FORUM DAY TWO
Location: Fairmont Hotel, San Jose

Networking breakfast hosted by ASML

Speakers:

Panel discussion with Dutch Country Managers
Moderated by Jan Willem Oosterwijk, Secretary-General, Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs

  • Eduard Hoeberichts, President, ASML Special Applications
  • Maggie Morrison, Country General Manager, Cisco Systems Netherlands
  • Erik van der Meijden, Vice President and Managing Director, HP Netherlands
  • Bart Fehmers, Country General Manager, IBM Netherlands
  • Maurits Tichelman, Director, Intel Benelux
  • Johan Doruiter, Vice President and Managing Director, Oracle Netherlands
  • Jerome Verhagen, Site Manager, Philips High Tech Campus Eindhoven

  • Official closing remarks by Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade Van Gennip
    and U.S. Ambassador Sobel

Networking lunch hosted by IBM


Optional afternoon programs following the forum:

  • IBM - Campus visit
  • Oracle - Campus visit
  • Philips hosts: 'The High Tech Campus Eindhoven: Cradle of Innovation'
  • Wireless Lab of Berkeley University - visit organized by the Netherlands Office for Science & Technology