Morning

7:30-8:00

Continental Breakfast

8:00-8:30

California in the Information Economy:
The Role of Smart Communities

Senate Bill 1 at Governor Wilson's urging and support, created a new Department of Information Technology headed by a Chief Information Officer for the State of California. John Thomas Flynn is the State's first CIO. Senate Bill 1 also created a California Commission on Information Technology to help the CIO, and in turn the State, fashion its agenda and provide the kind of private/public partnerships so necessary to success and survival in a global information economy. John M. Eger. of SDSU is the first Commission Chairman. Together, DOIT and the Commission are recognizing the leadership shown in communities throughout the State.

Introduction and Welcome

Honorable John Thomas Flynn
Chief Information Officer,
State of California Conference Chair

Honorable John M. Eger
President, San Diego Baja Communications Council

Opening Session Chair: To be determined

8:30-9:30

 

Opening Keynotes:

The DNA of California

Kevin Starr, State Librarian of California, historian and author of no less than thirteen books on California, speaks with authority on the DNA of cities. California is made up of a lot of interesting cities, some quite different from others. But is there a DNA to California? Is this the place for the explorer, the entrepreneur, the dreamer? And importantly are dreams what California is about? If so, how do we move those dreams to reality?

Honorable Kevin Starr
Librarian, State of California

The Internet Imperative

The Internet is a revolution. Netscape Communications is the revolutionary. Now the fundamental economics of the existing telecommunications industry in the U.S., indeed worldwide, is being transformed. Importantly, because telecommunications touches every aspect of the way we live and work, our world is likewise undergoing a major transformation. Cities of the Future will be cities that understand the fundamentals of this Internet Imperative.

Larry Geisel
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Netscape Communications Corporation

9:30

Beverage Break

9:45-11:00

"Connecting the Dots to California's Future:
California's Greatest Exports"

Speakers:

"Art and Technology and the 'Whole-Brain' Community"
Gini Barrett
Executive Director
Alliance and Motion Picture and Television Producers

"California: Global University On-Line"
Joe Rodota
Chief of Staff
Office of the Governor of the State of California

"Telemedicine to the World"
Dr. William Otterson, Director
UCSD Connect

Moderator:

Jim Flanigan, Syndicated Columnist,
Los Angles Times

11:00-12:30

 

The Cabinet Roundtable: Forging the Links Between Business and Government, Trade and Investment

The Information Age, born of a convergence of technology and economics, has flattened our world and in the process changed the existing relationships between government and business, between state and municipalities, between the state and the federal government. It has been suggested that a new federalism and a new state/local partnership is necessary to move us forward into the new millennium. How can the State, with its tremendous assets, mobilize itself and develop such a partnership with state and local municipalities to allow those governments closest to the people to use technology to provide health care, education and government itself, and in the process enhance our trade and economic interests?

Speakers:

Honorable Joanne Kozberg
Secretary, State and Consumer Services Agency

Honorable Sandra Smoley*
Secretary, Health and Welfare Agency

Honorable Julie Meier Wright
Secretary, California Trade and Commerce Agency

Sunne Wright McPeak
President and CEO, Bay Area Council

Moderator:

Bob Kittle
Editor of the Editorial Page, San Diego Union-Tribune

Chair: To be determined

Afternoon

12:30-2:00

 

Luncheon

Luncheon Address

Honorable Richard Riordan*
Mayor, City of Los Angeles

The Future of California in the Global Information Economy

If we can connect the dots to our future, recognizing the importance of art and technology, entertainment and education, enterprise and excellence in government, and recognize the power of the city-state to future of the State of California, we will succeed beyond our wildest expectations.

Chair: To be determined

2:00-5:00

The Importance of Business/Government Partnerships: Changing the Paradigm

Discussion Group A	Discussion Group B	Discussion Group C
Beyond Technology: Planning the 21st Century Community	Innovations in Financing and Developing Information Infrastructures	Building Community Information Architectures: Kiosk-based Commercial and Government Information Services
Moderator: Roger Caves, Professor of City Planning Co-Director of the Institute for Public and Urban Affairs, SDSU	Moderator: Bharat Dave, Vice President and General Manager Western Region, Siemens Communication Inc.	Moderator: Mike Real, Director, SDSU's School of Communication
Speakerrs: John Ambler Vice President, Product Marketing and Engineering GTE Customer Network John Bridges Urban Planning Consultant, Cotton/Beland/Associates Richard W. Gittings, City Manager City of San Marcos Sanford Goodkin, President Sanford R. Goodkin and Associates Brian Moura, Assistant City Manager City of San Carlos	Speaker:s: Paul Shockley, Manager, Information Technology Services, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Chip Eady Attorney, Musick, Peeler & Garrett Brain Renner, Vice President, Business Development, ICG Communications	Speaker:s: Dr. Larry Berman, Chairman Department of Political Science UC Davis Jon Fullinwider, Director,Dept of Information Services, County of San Diego Kelly Hickel, President Information Systems, Inc., Maxell Technologies Richard Wilken, Director, Information Technology and Communications, City of San Diego

4:00

 

Adjournment