On February 8, 2013, at Parkside Hall in San Jose,  Joint Venture Silicon Valley held “2013 State of the Valley Conference.” They discussed the need for greater regional cooperation to deal with the changes in climate, education and economic growth and immigration in the San Francisco Bay Area. Speakers included:

Emmett Carson, President and CEO Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Chris DiGiorgio, Co-Chair of the Board, Joint Venture Silicon Valley

James Fallows, National correspondent, The Atlantic magazine,

Michael Garvey, Former City Manager San Carlos

Russell Hancock, President and  CEO, Joint Venture Silicon Valley

Ted Lempert, Children Now

Lenny Mendonca, McKinsey and Company and recipient of the David Packard Award for Civic Entrepreneurship

Kim Polese, Chair, ClearStreet

Tim O’Reilly, Founder, O’Reilly Media

Chuck Reed, Mayor of San Jose

Paul Saffo, Futurist and Consulting Professor, Stanford

John Swartz, Tech Team Leader, USA Today

Kara Swisher, Columnist, Wall Street Journal

Egon Terplan, San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association

Susan Wojcicki, Senior Vice President, Google

Entertainment was provided by, Lynbrook High Jazz Choir, Peninsula Youth Theatre, Pioneer High Jazz Band, Santa Theresa High School Band and Stanford Kuumba.

France Diniz also attended this event.

Note: Attendees agreed to be photographed when they register for a public event.

    

 

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