The Complexity of Platforms-Agenda

Venue: Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Auditorium, 1st floor, 3000 Hanover St., Palo Alto, CA 94304

Draft Agenda
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8:30 a.m.	Breakfast and Registration
9:00 a.m.	Welcome, Suparno Banerjee, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
9:10 a.m.	From Platform Strategy towards Complexity Theory, Will Tracy, Santa Fe Institute
9:30 a.m.	Discussion
9:50 a.m.	Break
10:05 a.m.	Platform Ecosystems: How Network Business Models Invert the Firm (Remote), Marshall Van Alstyne, MIT
10:25 a.m.	Discussion
10:45 a.m.	State Action, Monopolies, and Platforms: The Challenge of Democratic Governance in an Age of Platform Power, Nathaniel Persily, Stanford Law School
11:05 a.m.	Discussion
11:25 a.m.	Designing Data to Build and Enrich Platforms, Adam Bly, Spotify
11:45 a.m.	Discussion
12:05 p.m.	Lunch
1:20 p.m.	Embodied Networks, M Eifler, Y Combinator Research
1:40 p.m.	Discussion
2:00 p.m.	The Role of Complexity in Stabilizing Platforms, Terry Crowley, Recreational Programmer
2:20 p.m.	Discussion
2:40 p.m.	Break
3:00 p.m.	A Natural History of Complex Platforms, David Krakauer, Santa Fe Institute
3:30 p.m.	Discussion
4:00 p.m.	Practitioners Panel: John Hagel, Santa Fe Institute, and Deloitte; Graham Spencer, Santa Fe Institute, and GV; Angel Verdu, Wattabit; Suparno Banerjee, HPE; and Bowen Pan, Facebook - moderated by David Krakauer, Santa Fe Institute
5:00 p.m.	Adjourn