Virtual Appliances Leadership Summit
Virtual Appliances Leadership Summit 2008 - Agenda

Monday, April 21, 2008
11:30 am – 1:00 pm Registration
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Networking Lunch
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm IT Enterprise Analyst Perspective: Al Gillen, IDC
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Open Virtual Machine Format and the Commercialization of Virtual Appliances: Simon Crosby, Citrix
3:00 pm – 3:15 pm Break
3:15 pm – 4:15 pm Panel Discussion: Managing Virtual Machine Proliferation; Brett Adam, rPath; Chris Farrow, Fortisphere; Stephen Pollack, Platespin; Michael Crandell, RightScale
4:15 pm – 5:00 pm Product Licensing Considerations for Virtual Appliances Based on Linux: Mark Webbink, J.D.
5:00 pm  – 5:45 pm LivePCs: Monica Lam, Ph.D., MokaFive
5:45 pm  – 6:00 pm
Closing Remarks: Billy Marshall, rPath
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Networking Reception
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Networking Dinner
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
8:00 am – 9:00 am Continental Breakfast
9:00 am – 9:15 am Opening Remarks: Billy Marshall, rPath
9:15 am – 10:15 am Keynote: Mark Lewis, EMC
10:15 am – 11:15 am Cloud Computing: Jeff Barr, Amazon Web Services
11:15 pm – 12:00 noon Cloud Computing Case Study: Daniel Chalef, KnowledgeTree
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Networking Lunch
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Analyst Perspective and ISV Case Studies: Bruce Richardson, AMR Research; Oz Greenberg, Business Objects; Hans Jansen, QAD; Feng Zhang, EMC
2:30 pm Closing Remarks