About Supernova 2009

The Supernova conference explores the transformation of computing, communications, business, and society in the Network Age. Now in its eighth year, Supernova brings together approximately 500 leading executives, entrepreneurs, intellectuals, government officials, and business practitioners to make connections, discuss emerging trends, and discover innovative new ideas and companies.

2009 Theme: Change Networks

Networks are central instruments of the changes sweeping our world… and networks themselves must change to address novel demands. Device innovations such as smartphones and netbooks, the growing power of open source and open standards, social networking in all its forms, the rise of location awareness, the tidal wave of online video, the assembly of vast pools of cloud computing power, and the proliferation of new kinds of organizations all require network infrastructure… but not necessarily today’s infrastructure.

The past year demonstrated both the promise and the peril of our densely connected world. New strategies are needed for the new economic and social reality. Every crisis is also an opportunity for some.

Supernova will be held December 1, 2009 at the Mission Bay Conference Center on the UCSF Campus, and on December 2-3, 2009 on the Wharton San Francisco Campus.

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