AGENDA
This is the preliminary agenda for the 2020 International Future Computing Summit. The topics and speakers are both subject to change without notice. The goal of this schedule structure is to enable IFC Summit delegates to have a full grasp of what’s to come in the Client-to-Cloud Revolution, and to further enable prospective speakers and marketers to better determine how their expertise and insights can contribute to this exciting subject matter.
All times listed are in Pacific Standard Time.
Wednesday
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Opening Sessions
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Welcome to the International Future Computing Summit
What the Future of Computing Could Look Like
Over the course of decades, computing has evolved in nearly every respect: ability, horsepower, connectivity, portability, and immersion. Dr. Jon Peddie will share his insights on what the next era of computing could look like and why.
Speaker
Dr. Jon Peddie, CEO, Jon Peddie Research -
Opening Sessions
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The Project CORA Vision Paper
Project CORA (Create Once Reach All) is the proposal to enable a single piece of content to run on many client devices from a single workflow and build process. It can take advantage of the capabilities of each client device, and support a client, cloud, and hybrid client-cloud workload balanced compute ecosystem.
The session will begin with an analysis of where the ecosystem is today along with a summary of some of its core challenges. This will be followed by a proposal for Project CORA along with a first-attempt birds eye view of a potential framework. TIFCA welcomes the industry to contribute to Project CORA through participation, framework engineering, and bold new ideas.
Speakers
Neil Schneider, Executive Director, TIFCA
Marius Varga, Teaching and Research Associate, University of Plymouth -
Cross-Platform Sessions
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TOOLS & WORKFLOWS
When discussing cross-platform, it's important to acknowledge the process and challenges that tools and technology makers go through to help enable the ecosystem with the latest innovations. This series of discussions tells the story of some of these tools and technologies in a cross-platform world.
Speakers
MODERATOR: Neil Schneider, TIFCA
Chris Hall, Director of Software Development, Advanced Micro Devices
Dr. Reuven Bakalash, CEO, Adshir
Steve Brightfield, Chief Marketing Officer, Siliconarts
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Cross-Platform Sessions
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Innovations in Cross-Platform Support
The next era of computing will enable a world of any place, any time, and any device user experiences that are delivered through a create-once reach-all approach. While this is an ambitious future-thinking vision, we are beginning to see real evidence of this next era of computing.
This panel features innovators that are changing the way content and applications are created, processed and distributed, with some innovations being readily available TODAY.
Speakers
Jarl Ostensen, Vice-President Technology, Polystream
Dr. Max Limper, CEO and Co-Founder,Darmstadt Graphics Group
Jeremy Alessi, CEO, StreamSDK -
Cross-Platform Sessions
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Open Standards and Infrastructure
For something to truly be a new computing era, it requires far more than one or more innovative products. It needs a vibrant community of partners and competitors working towards a strong ecosystem to live in. This ecosystem includes standards, platforms, intellectual property, a rule of law, and a desire to be far more than what any one organization can be on its own.
This discussion focuses on leading standards and ecosystem drivers contributing to our developing cross-platform world.
Speakers
Neil Trevett, President, The Khronos Group
Jeff McVeigh, VP and GM, Visual Computing Products, Intel -
Cross-Platform Sessions
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Industry Cross-Section: Infrastructure
The future of cross-platform is expected to become even more exciting and complex than it is today. This panel brings together a cross section of leading experts on infrastructure that should be considered in a future cross-platform world.
SPEAKERS
MODERATOR: Neil Schneider, TIFCA
Lynn Comp, Vice-President, Data Center Group; General Manager Visual Infrastructure Division and NPG Strategy, Intel Corporation
Terence Ng, Head of Global Software Services, Lenovo
Bebo White, Department Associate (Emeritus) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University
Eli Lubitch, President, Beamr
Richard Huddy, Chief Gaming Developer Relations Manager, Huawei -
Cross-Platform Sessions
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Analysts Corner
This panel will provide a birds eye view of content development, technology, and infrastructure in the client-cloud ecosystem.
SPEAKERS
MODERATOR: Kevin Williams, CEO, The Stinger Report
Thomas Poppelgaard, CEO, Poppelgaard
Wanda Meloni, CEO, M2 Insights
Ben Delaney, CEO, Immersive Edge Advisors -
Cross-Platform Sessions
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Content Development in a Cross-Platform World
The words cross-platform are heavily invested in compute models, operating systems, and choice of game engine and software platform. This panel gathers different viewpoints of what the future has in store for cross-platform.
SPEAKERS
MODERATOR: Andrew Schmied, M2 Insights
Bill Fishkin, CEO, Theia Interactive
Ryan McCall, Director Global Sales & Marketing, UL
Mark Morrison, CEO, ShowSpace Technologies -
Conclusion
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THE NEXT STEPS
To round out the sessions, The International Future Computing Association will share some of its strategies and plans for 2021.