"The work with the World Internet Center helped SAP Inspire (the internal corporate venturing group of SAP) to set up very successful idea-generation processes throughout the company that brought together different people from different lines of business in locations around the world. Not only the positive feedback from our colleagues, but also the valuable results we have been able to achieve in a short period of time, convinced us to continue this successful series of think tank sessions next year."

"The Silicon Valley World Internet Center organizes and maintains an excellent community consisting of system vendors, startups, venture capitalists, consultants and scholars. I believe this community is one of the centers for new-value creation. Through the Center, we garner insights about new markets and technologies, and we also find vital partners."

"The World Internet Center wields a powerful relationship base in the industry, able to pull together senior researchers, executives, and end-users to inform our strategic initiatives. Their professional process to extract key information from these multi-corporate sessions saves us time and resources while enhancing our business contacts in the Valley and developing our strategic research portfolio."

"The Center is a very effective voice in Silicon Valley. It provides a forum for communicating and testing new ideas and allows us an avenue for engaging an emerging and innovative e-business community."

"As a small company with a new base in the Silicon Valley, we found the Power Pub to be a very cost-effective means to get our ideas and services exposed to a truly savvy group of developers, venture capitalists, and end-users. Where else would we find such a useful gathering of experts around autonomic computing in a 2 - hour setting that covers the whole spectrum of business environments: a formal presentation, discussion time and then the flowing wine during networking. I have used the Power Pub environments with two separate companies and have had exceptional results. I'd recommend the Power Pub!"

ACCENTURE
Associate Partner & West Client Group Sales Director for California State Government

ADOBE SYSTEMS
Senior Education Marketing Manager, Intelligent Documents

eCommerce Operations Manager

International Solutions Design Manager

AETHER WIRE & LOCATION, INC.
President & Chief Executive Officer

ALIEN TECHNOLOGY
Vice President, Corporate Development & Product Strategy

Director, Channel Programs

Director, Product Marketing

APPLE COMPUTER, INC.
Director, Education Leadership and Advocacy

BP PLC
Vice President & Chief Technology Officer

Technology Director, CTO Office

Senior Technical Consultant, CTO Office

Group Telecommunications Director, CTO Office

Director, External Relations, CTO Office

BT GROUP CTO
Vice President of Technology, Technology & Innovation

CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL
Deputy Chief & CIO and Chief of Information Management Division

Assistant Chief, Information Management Division

CALIFORNIA TRUCKING ASSOCIATION
Director of Public Safety

CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, WEST COAST CAMPUS
Senior Fellow, School of Computer Science & Executive Director, Center for Engineered Innovation

Director of Engineering, School of Computer Science

CISCO SYSTEMS
EDW - Business

Program Administrator

COGENIA PARTNERS LLC
Managing Partner Automotive Electronics, Mobile Computing, and Telematics Consulting

COMPUTER HISTORY MUSEUM
Chief Executive Officer

COOPETITION, INC.
Chief Technology Officer

DAIMLERCHRYSLER RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Program Manager

DETECON, INC.
Director, Strategy & Innovation

DEUTSCHE TELEKOM
Senior Project Manager, Technology Innovation Center

Manager, Corporate InnovationStrategy

Head of Innovative Internet Products & Projects (T-Systems International)

DSSC
Chief Executive Officer

DUST, INC.
Chief Executive Officer

FRANCE TELECOM
R&D Business Analyst

FUJITSU CONSULTING
Strategy & Business Development

Senior Marketing Engineer

FUJITSU LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC.
Senior Vice President Business Development and Alliance Manager

FUJITSU SOFTWARE CORPORATION
President

FUJITSU SYSTEMS BUSINESS OF AMERICA, INC.
Vice President, Research & Development

FUJITSU SYSTEMS SOLUTIONS LTD.
Director, Research & Development

Senior System Engineer, Research & Development Division, Web Solutions & Services HQ

GARAGE TECHNOLOGY VENTURES
Principal

Vice President of Technology

GENENTECH
Clinical Trial Manager

HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY
Vice President, Partner Sales, Americas

Vice President, HP Services, ABC Sales

Vice President, Service Channel Partner Management

Vice President, Customer Support & Channels Market

Principal Scientist, Decision Technology Department

Global Operations Supply Chain, Strategy and Communications Advisor

Worldwide Director, Alliances & Partners

Director of Emerging Countries

Director, Strategic Alliances

Director, International Trade Development, Government Affairs Organization

Partner Engagement, Research & Programs Manager, Channel Services

Senior Manager, Accenture Strategy Practice

HPS Channels Marketing Manager, Americas

Business Planning & Strategy Manager, Personal Systems Group

Database Product Manager

HITACHI AMERICA LTD
Researcher, Harmonious Computing, Research & Development Division

RFID Consultant

HYPERION SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Vice President, Business Operations

IBM CORPORATION
Vice President, Global Communications Sector

IBM Distinguished Engineer; Member, IBM Academy of Technology; On Demand Systems Environment Architecture and Design

Business Development Executive, Wireless & Pervasive Computing, Venture Capital Relations

Marketing Executive, Consumer Products Industry, IBM Software Group

Senior Technical Staff Member, High Performance On Demand Solutions, Software Group

Senior Technical Staff Member, Solutions Engineering & Marketing, Systems & Technology Group

Research Staff Member, IBM Almaden Research Center

Senior Manager, User Sciences & Experience Research

Senior Engineer, Storage Systems Division

Manager of Advanced Optimization, Advanced Database Solutions

Technical Staff, IBM Almaden Research Center

IBM VENTURE CAPITAL GROUP
Director of Strategy

INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES
Marketing Manager RFID and Biometrics

INTEL CORPORATION
Strategic Technology Planning Manager, Business & Technology Programs

Senior Manager, Strategic Investments

Senior Technical Marketing Engineer

INTEL RESEARCH, BERKELEY
Senior Researcher

INTERNATIONAL ANGEL INVESTORS
Chair Emeritus

INTUIT
Enterprise Architect

KLM ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES
Vice President, Systems Development

Vice President, Distribution eBusiness and eService

Director of Marketing for eBusiness

LEVI STRAUSS
Director, Application Architecture

Director, IT Strategy & Architecture

MCKESSON
Manager, eCommerce

MERVYN'S
Senior Analyst - Logistics

MONTEREY BAY INTERNATIONAL TRADE ASSOCIATION
Executive Director

MOTOROLA, INC.
Director, Strategy & Business Development, Florida Research Labs

NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER
Chief, Protective Services & Director, Emergency Services

Associate Director for Strategic Development, Information Sciences & Technology Directorate

SBIR Program Manager & Deputy Chief, Commercial Technology Office

NEC CORPORATION
Manager, Solutions Business Planning Department, Marketing Division

NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA, INC.
Senior Research Staff Member Market Analyst (NEC Solutions America)

NETWORK APPLIANCE
Director, SAP Global Alliance

Senior Manager, CDBU Marketing

NOKIA
Director of Product Development, Enterprise Solutions

Senior Hardware Architect, Nokia Internet Communications

Software Engineer, Member of Technical Staff

OKINAWA (JAPAN) PREFECTURAL GOVERNMENT
Chief, Business Support and IT Promotion Division, Okinawa Industry Promotion Public Corporation

OFFICE OF CONGRESSWOMAN ANNA ESHOO
Senior Field Representative

ORACLE CORPORATION
Development Manager

OSPREY VENTURES, LP
Venture Partner

PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER (PARC)
Principal Scientist

Area Manager, Perceptual Document Analysis

Manager, Device Hardware Laboratory

Visiting Researcher

PEOPLESOFT, INC.
Director, SRM Product Marketing

SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY
Professor and Chair, Management Information Systems, College of Business

SAP
Executive Vice President for Development

Vice President of Development

Vice President and Chief Development Architect, Corporate Research

Vice President, Americas, Corporate Research

Vice President, xApps

Managing Director, SAP Labs North America

Technical Director, Auto-ID, Corporate Research

Director, Smart Items

Director of Product Strategy, GBU Commerce

Director of Development, BI Advanced Technologies

Senior Researcher, SAP Corporate Research

Corporate Consulting Team, Office of the CEO

Business Process Renovation

Senior Software Developer, Knowledge Management Platform - Collaboration Integration

SECURITY TECHNOLOGY VENTURES
Managing Director

SENSORIA CORPORATION
President & Chief Executive Officer

SILICON GRAPHICS, INC.
Senior Director, Market Strategy

SOLECTRON
Vice President, Market Planning & Sales Support

SOLID INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Vice President Americas Sales

Vice President Worldwide Marketing

SOUTH AFRICAN CONSULATE GENERAL
Vice Consul

SRI CONSULTING BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE, INC.
Director, SRI Computer Science Laboratory

Technology Navigator

Senior Consultant

STANFORD UNIVERSITY
Professor, Computer Science

Consulting Associate Professor, Computer Science

Professor, Center for African Studies

STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
Information Architect, Multi-Organ Transplant Program

STATE OF CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Deputy Director

STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECURITY OFFICE
State Information Security Officer

SUN MICROSYSTEMS
Vice President, Sun Services

Senior Director, Sun Engineering, Architecture and Technology, Office of the CTO

Systems Engineer, iForce Solution Center

Senior Staff, Volume Systems Products, Office of the CTO

Manager, High Availability, Market Development, Enterprise Services

Market Development Manager, Higher Education

Industry Marketing Manager

Briefing Program Manager, Global Sales Operations

Senior Program Manager, APAC Change Acceleration

US MARINE CORPS SYSTEMS COMMAND (MCSC)
Systems Engineer

VOLTAFLEX CORPORATION
Chief Technology Officer

WALMART.COM
Director of Engineering

WEBEX COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Director, Technology

WESTERN DISASTER CENTER
Executive Director

XTERPRISE
President, RFID Consultancy