
Archetype: Conversations with Silicon Edition
November 6 @ 5:30 PM - 9:30 PM
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Archetype, a global tech communications consultancy, is co-hosting, with GV (fka Google Ventures) an exec, media and comms networking event in San Francisco on Thursday, November 6, from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. at GV’s office in the Ferry Building. We’re bringing together well-respected observers and founders in the semiconductor and computing industries for an evening of discussion about the past, present and future of computing, with ample time for networking before and after.
The first panel will focus on what has happened in chips over the past two decades to explore how we ended up where we are today. Participants include:
- Ashlee Vance, Founder and CEO, Core Memory, formerly of the NYT, Economist and Bloomberg
- Don Clark, The New York Times, formerly of the Wall Street Journal
- John Markoff, former The New York Times journalist
- Moderator: Leslie Berlin, historian and Executive Director, Steve Jobs Archive
The second panel will focus on what computing paradigms are poised to win in the decades to come, and will feature:
- Nicholas Harris, Founder and CEO, Lightmatter
- Tim Davis, Co-Founder and President, Modular
- Dave Munichiello, Managing Partner, GV
- Dr. Pete Shadbolt, Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, PsiQuantum
- Moderator: Lauren Goode, WIRED
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