Computer History Museum - Lectures

Unwinnable Wars: Personal Perspectives
on Technology Leadership

Eric Schmidt

Thursday, December 6 at 6:30 pm

Xerox PARC, Pake Auditorium
3333 Coyote Hill Road, Palo Alto, CA

Lecture seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.
Doors will not be opened until 6:00pm.
Event will end promptly at 9:00pm.

Advance Reservations are Required. Event is free.
Please RSVP by December 3, 2001

Click here to register online
or call 1-650-604-2714

ABSTRACT OF TALK

Dr. Eric Schmidt, Chairman and CEO of Google Inc., examines a wide range of issues relative to leadership in technology, including the economics of innovation; the inevitability of network effects; and the "second system syndrome." He also offers some observations on how the next generation of the Internet may take shape.

BACKGROUND OF SPEAKER:

Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin recruited Eric Schmidt from Novell, where he led that company's strategic planning, management and technology development as chairman and CEO. Schmidt's Novell experience culminated a 20-year record of achievement as an Internet strategist, entrepreneur and developer of great technologies. Schmidt's well-seasoned perspective perfectly complements Google's needs as a young and rapidly growing search engine with a unique corporate culture.

Prior to his appointment at Novell, Schmidt was chief technology officer and corporate executive officer at Sun Microsystems, Inc., where he led the development of Java, Sun's platform-independent programming technology, and defined Sun's Internet software strategy. Before joining Sun in 1983, Schmidt was a member of the research staff at the Computer Science Lab at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), and held positions at Bell Laboratories and Zilog. Schmidt has a B.S. in electrical engineering from Princeton University, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California-Berkeley.

Schmidt is an avid pilot and political junkie who never tires of debating the great issues of our day and the relative merits of small plane jet propulsion systems.

DIRECTIONS

From San Francisco:

take Freeway 101 south to Highway 380
take Highway 380 to Highway 280
take Freeway 280 south toward San Jose
exit at Page Mill Road and make a left turn, toward Palo Alto
make a right turn at Coyote Hill Road
Xerox PARC is on the left, just past the crest of the hill
Pake Auditorium is located to the left of the main entrance down the stairs

From San Jose:

take Freeway 280 north toward San Francisco
exit at Page Mill Road and make a right turn, toward Palo Alto
make a right turn at Coyote Hill Road
Xerox PARC is on the left, just past the crest of the hill
Pake Auditorium is located to the left of the main entrance down the stairs

From Highway 101 South of Palo Alto:

take Highway 101 north towards San Francisco
take the Oregon Expressway exit headed west
Oregon Expressway turns into Page Mill Road after El Camino
Follow Page Mill Road across Foothill Expressway
Turn left off Page Mill Road onto Coyote Hill Road
Xerox PARC is on the left, just past the crest of the hill
Pake Auditorium is located to the left of the main entrance down the stairs

NOTE: It is a little tricky coming from this way. The left hand turn is
not at a light or stop sign, but a jog in the road not too long
after crossing Foothill Expressway.