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First-Ever FORTUNE iMEME Conference to Convene Top Tech and Media Leaders in San Francisco.


-- Speakers Include Leaders from Google, Motorola, Hewlett-Packard, Yahoo! and Facebook, among many others --

-- "Digital Playground" for Up-and-Coming Tech Companies to Showcase Products --

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 -- Top leaders in technology will convene in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden  on July 12th & 13th for FORTUNE's first-ever iMEME: Thinkers of Tech Conference. The invitation-only event will bring together a select group of leaders and innovators in technology to discuss digital evolution and its impact on the worlds of commerce and culture. Participants will include leaders of the Internet, tech, media and telecom industries, founders of the information age, and explorers of new digital frontiers.

iMEME will be comprised of a mix of keynote presentations, along with panels on topics like: the growing opportunity for technology companies in the developing world, the future of media, bionics, why Internet companies want to be platforms, the future of open source, and the coming green automobile.

Confirmed speakers include: Mark Hurd, Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Hewlett-Packard; John Chambers John Chambers could be any of the following people:
  • John Chambers (scientist) one of the two scientists who formulated the Planet V Theory.
  • John Chambers (programmer), the creator of the S programming language and core member of the R programming language project.
, CEO, Cisco Systems; Paul Jacobs, CEO, Qualcomm; Hector Ruiz, CEO, AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. ; Vinton Cerf, Chief Internet Evangelist, Google; Marissa Mayer, Vice President, Google; Padmasree Warrior, CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. , Motorola; Marc Benioff, CEO, Salesforce.com; Mark Zuckerberg, CEO, Facebook; Robert Glaser, CEO, RealNetworks; Beth Comstock, President, Integrated Media, NBC Universal; Jimmy Wales, Chairman Emeritus, Wikimedia Found.; Richard Barton, CEO, Zillow.com; Jim Buckmaster, CEO Craigslist; Jeff Weiner, Executive VP, Yahoo!.

FORTUNE's iMEME will also feature a "Digital Playground" where up-and-coming tech companies can showcase their products, demonstrate how their advanced technologies are paving the way for the future, and why being a disruptor in today's marketplace is the key to success in the digital age.

Editorially sponsored by FORTUNE's technology, media, and Internet editorial talent and chaired by technology editor David Kirkpatrick, iMEME's major corporate sponsors include: Avaya, BT, Herman Miller, and The NASDAQ Stock Market Nasdaq stock market

The first electronic stock market listing over 5000 companies. The Nasdaq stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq National Market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq Smallcap Market that trades emerging growth companies.
, Inc.; Knowledge Partner: McKinsey & Company; and Supporters: Yoomba and spigit, Inc.

For additional information and a full list of speakers, visit: http://www.timeinc.net/fortune/conferences/imeme/imeme_home.html
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