THE THIRD CONFERENCE ON
INNOVATION JOURNALISM
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, APRIL 5-7 2006
PRE-REGISTER
HERE
The conference is free of charge. Seats are limited. Priority will be given
to journalism professionals and speakers
Conference Committee (click)
Sessions Chair: David Nordfors
8.30 – 9.00 a.m. Registration and Coffee
9.00 – 9.20 a.m. Opening
of Conference
Conference Co-Chairs:
David Nordfors, Senior Research Fellow
Innovation Journalism, SCIL, Stanford, U.S.; Program Leader, Innovation
Journalism, VINNOVA, Sweden
Stig Hagström, Stanford, U.S.
9.20 – 10.00 a.m. Keynote:
Vint Cerf,
Chief
Internet Evangelist, Google; Chairmann
ICANN
10.00
– 11.00 a.m. The Future of Innovation Journalism
Moderators: David
Nordfors and Vint Cerf
Panel participants:
Harry McCracken,
Editor-in-Chief, PC World, USA
Joel Dreyfus,
Editor-in-Chief, Red Herring, USA
Michael Kanellos,Editor-at-Large, CNET News.com, USA
11.00 – 11.20 a.m. Break
11.20 – 11.35 a.m. How to do Innovation Journalism in Teams
Erika Ingvald, Innovation Journalism
Fellow, Journalist
Elektroniktidningen, Sweden, hosted by PC World
11.35 – 11.55 a.m. Discussion
Panel
Harry McCracken, Editor-in-Chief, PC World
Eric Auchard, Chief Technology Correspondent,
Reuters
Chris Nolan, Founder, Spot-On.com
11.55 – 1.30 p.m. Lunch
1.30 – 1.45 p.m. Innovative Journalism as a Base for
Innovation Journalism
Amanda Termén, Innovation Journalism Fellow, Journalist Göteborgsposten, Sweden, hosted by CNET News.com
1.45 – 2.05 p.m. Discussion
Panel
Michael Kanellos, Editor-at-Large, CNET News.com
Tom
Murphy, Editor-in-Chief, RedHerring.com
Ross
Mayfield, CEO, Socialtext
2.05 – 2.20 p.m. Innovation Journalism timeframes - How to write about the future.
Jyrki Alkio, Innovation Journalism Fellow,
Staff Writer Helsingin Sanomat,
Finland, hosted by Red Herring
2.20 – 2.40 p.m. Discussion
Panel
Jarmo Salmela, TeliaSonera, Finland
Lee Bruno, Editorial Director –
Special Reports, The 451 Group, USA
Mike Langberg, Technology Columnist, San Jose Mercury News, USA
2.40 – 3.00 p.m. Break
3.00 – 3.15 p.m. The role of innovation journalism
in business journalism
Erik
Amcoff, Innovation Journalism Fellow, Editor at Affärsvärlden, Sweden, hosted
by Wall Street Journal
3.15 – 3.35 p.m. Discussion
Panel
Almar Latour, Technology Editor, Wall Street Journal, USA
Dan Gillmor, Founder, Center
for Citizen Media, USA
Johan Jörgensen, Entrepreneur, Sweden. Innovation
Journalism Fellow 2004.
3.35 – 3.50 p.m. How
to integrate Business into Science Stories
Eva Barkeman,
Innovation Journalism Fellow, Science Editor Aftonbladet,
Sweden, hosted by Fortune.
3.50 – 4.10 p.m. Discussion
Panel
Stuart
Gannes, Director Reuters Digital Vision Fellowships,
Stanford University; Fmr Science & Tech writer, Fortune, USA
Keith Devlin, Executive Director, Stanford Center for the Study of Language and Information;
Co-Founder Media-X, Stanford University, USA
Marie Granmar, Editor-in-Chief, Process Nordic, Sweden. Innovation
Journalism Fellow 2005.
4.10 – 4.30 p.m. Break
4.15 – 4.30 p.m. Podtech – an innovation journalism startup. New Platform. New Economics. New Realities.
John Furrier, CEO, Podtech
Networks, Inc, USA
4.30 – 5.00 p.m. Why We Invested $5.5M in Podtech, an Innovation Journalism Startup
Paul
Matteucci, Partner, US Venture
Partners, USA. Investor in Podtech.
5.00 –
5.30 p.m. Discussion
Panel
Sam
Perry, Startup Adviser; Reuters Digital Vision
Fellow, Stanford, USA
Richard
Horning, Principal, Fish & Richardson P.C.
5.30 – 7.30 p.m. Reception
8.50 – 9.10 a.m. Opening: The Discipline of
Innovation
Curtis Carlson, President, SRI International
9.10 – 9.30 a.m. Keynote: Innovation and Technology as a
Multidisciplinary Beat at the Wall Street Journal
Almar Latour, Technology Editor, The
Wall Street Journal
.
9.30 – 9.45 a.m. The Significance of Blogging
for Innovation Journalism
Patrick
Baltatzis, Innovation Journalism Fellow, Editor at Entreprenör, Sweden, hosted
by Business 2.0
9.45 – 10.05 a.m. Discussion
Panel
Nicklas Mattsson, Editor-in-Chief, Entreprenör, Sweden
Todd Lappin, Senior Editor, Business 2.0, USA
Martin Turner, Knight Fellow, Stanford
University; Americas bureau chief, BBC, Washington, D.C., USA
10.05 – 10.30 a.m. Break
10.30 – 10.45 a.m. Covering
startups and non-listed high-tech companies.
Thomas Frostberg, Innovation Journalism Fellow, Editor-in-Chief of Rapidus
News Service, Sweden, hosted by San Francisco Chronicle
10.45 – 11.05 a.m. Discussion
Panel
Harlan Jacobs, President, Genesis Business Centers, USA
Anders H. Pers, Business Angel, former Publisher Västmanlands Läns Tidning, chairman TT news agency and chairman TV4, Sweden
Janet Rae-Dupree, Knight Fellow, Stanford University; Contributing Editor, US News and World Report, USA
11.05 – 11.20 a.m. Being Wrong - A Limit Case
Gary
Wolf, Knight Fellow, Stanford University;
Contributing Editor, Wired Magazine, USA
11.20 – 11.40 a.m. Discussion Panel
Magnus
Höij, Feature Editor, Computer Sweden (IDG), Sweden
Sam
Perry, Startup Adviser; Reuters Digital Vision
Fellow, Stanford, USA
11.40 – 11.55 a.m. Innovation Journalism for Innovative Thinking in Corporate Environments
Violeta Bulc, Founder and
Director, Vibacom, Slovenia
11.55 – 12.15 p.m. Discussion
Panel
Thomas Buckholtz, Business Advisor and Executive Coach; fmr Commissioner,
US General Services Administration, USA
Valerie Cunningham, GoingOn
Networks, USA
12.15 – 1.45 p.m. Lunch
1.45 – 2.00 p.m. Innovations as a Topic for Media Reporting:
Implications of editorial strategies, news value and
framing.
Klaus Spachmann, Assistant Professor for Journalism,
Department of Communication Science, University of Hohenheim, Germany
2.00 – 2.20 p.m. Discussion
Panel
Wade Roush, Web Editor, Technology Review, USA
Marita Seulamo, Freelance Journalist, Finland
2.20 – 2.35 p.m. Innovation and journalism -- an impossible equation?
Kaarle Nordenstreng, Professor of journalism and mass communication, University of Tampere, Finland
Theodore Glasser, Professor of Communication, Stanford University, USA
2.35 – 2.50 p.m. Discussion
Dan Kreiss, Ph.D. student, Dept. Communication, Stanford University, USA
2.50 – 3.05 p.m. Break
Thu Apr 6:
Innovation Communication &
Journalism
3.05 – 3.20 p.m. New Perspectives on
Innovation Communication.
Findings from INNOVATE 2006, the 2nd
German Trend Survey
Simone Huck, Assistant Professor for Corporate
Communications, Department of Communication Science, University of Hohenheim, Germany
3.20 – 3.35 p.m. Innovation Journalism in Tech Magazines:
Factors of
Influence on Innovation Communication in Special Interest and Specialist Media.
Florian Krüger, Ph.D. student and researcher, Department of
Communication Science, University of Hohenheim, Germany
3.35 – 3.55 p.m. Discussion
Panel
John Joss, Writer, Innovation Communicator, USA
Lou Hoffman, President, Hoffman Agencies, USA
Mark Kennedy, Ass. Prof., Marshall School of
Business, USC,
USA
3.55 – 4.10 p.m. Communication
Strategies for Startups
Peter Svensson, Visiting
Researcher, Stanford University, Ph.D. Candidate Linköping University, Sweden.
4.10 – 4.25 p.m. Discussion
Panel
Frances
Mann-Craik, President, Addison Marketing
Richard
Horning, Principal, Fish & Richardson P.C.
4.25 – 4.40 p.m. A PR consultant’s view of the social
aspects of innovation journalism
Jan
Sandred, Special Adviser, VINNOVA, Sweden. Innovation Journalism Fellow 2004
4.40 – 4.55 p.m. Discussion Panel
5.00 – 7.30 p.m. Dinner
Reception
Fri Apr 7: Meeting Between Innovation
Journalism Programs and Fellows From Participating Countries (Closed Event)
Chairs: David Nordfors, Program Leader Stanford / Sweden: Seppo Sisättö, program secretary Finland; Amir Jahangir, Program Leader Pakistan; Alisa Weinstein, Senior Editor Innovation Journalism.
8.00 – 8.45 a.m. Assessment
of Program Achievements and Recommendations for the Future
Discussion with organisers,
participants, and other people involved in the Innovation Journalism Programs
Fri Apr 7: Innovation Journalism Initiatives Around the
World
9.00 – 9.15 a.m. The Innovation Journalism Programs at
Stanford and in Sweden
David
Nordfors, Innovation Journalism Program Leader, Stanford and Sweden
9.15 – 9.30 a.m. The Innovation Journalism Course at the
Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Mats
Nyberg, Project Leader, Royal Institute of
Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden
9.30 –
9.45 a.m. Discussion
Claes Thorson, Press Counsellor,
Embassy of Sweden in Washington D.C., former Correspondent SVT, former Managing
Director, TV4, Sweden
9.45 – 10.00 a.m. The Finnish National Innovation
Journalism Fellowship Program
Seppo Sisättö,
Lecturer, Political Science, University of Helsinki;
Secretary, Finnish National Innovation Journalism Fellowship Program, Finland
10.00 – 10.15 a.m. Experiences from the Innovation Journalism
Pilot Course in Jyväskylä
Turo Uskali, Visiting
Scholar, Innovation Journalism, Stanford; Research Scholar, University
of Jyväskylä, Finland
10.15 – 10.30 a.m. Discussion
panel: Finnish Initiatives
Mary Kiely, Executive Director, Wallenberg
Global Learning Network, Stanford, USA
10.30 – 10.45 a.m. Break
10.45 – 11.00 a.m. The German Innovation Communication Program
Simone Huck, Assistant Professor for Corporate
Communications, Department of Communication Science, University of Hohenheim, Germany
11.00 –
11.15 a.m. Discussion
11.15
– 11.30 a.m. The Pakistan
Innovation Journalism Fellowship Program
Amir Jahangir, Pakistan
11.30 –
11.45 a.m. Discussion
Kevin
Murphy, President, J.E. Austin Associates, USA
Alisa
Weinstein, Senior Editor, Innovation Journalism, USA
11.45 –
12.00 p.m. Innovation
Journalism in Slovenia
Violeta Bulc, President Vibacom, Slovenia
Polona Pibernik, Slovenia
12.00 –
12.15 p.m. Discussion
12.15 –
12.30 p.m. The
Basque Initiative on Journalism and Innovation
Patricia
Valdenebro, International Knowledge Cluster, Spain
12.30 –
12.45 p.m. Discussion
Francis Pisani, Blogger and Tech Columnist, Le Monde
(France), El Pais (Spain), Reforma (Mexico).
12.45 – 2.00 p.m. Lunch
Fri Apr 7: The Role of Journalism in Innovation Systems
2.00 – 2.15 p.m. The Role of Journalism in
forming the Public Perception of a New Industry
Stine Grodal, Doctoral
Candidate, Management Science and Engineering, Stanford
University, USA
2.15 – 2.30 p.m. Discussion
Panel
Michael Borrus (prel.), Mohr Davidow
Ventures, USA
2.30 – 2.45 p.m. Innovation journalism
as an essential element in the new endogenous theory of growth. Results of the Finnish research program.
Erkki Kauhanen, Researcher and Journalist, the Journalism Research
and Development Centre, University of Tampere, Finland
2.45 – 3.00 p.m. Discussion
Panel
Antti Ainamo, Visiting Scholar, Stanford University, USA
3.00 – 3.15 p.m. Pause
.
3.15 – 4.00 p.m. The Role of Journalism in
Innovation Systems
Moderator: David Nordfors, Program Leader,
Innovation Journalism, Stanford University, USA
·
Karin Markides, Deputy
Director General, VINNOVA, Sweden
·
Ellen Levy, Director of
Industry Collaboration and Research, Media X, Stanford University; Network
Advisor, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, USA
·
Patrick Windham, Lecturer, Public
Policy Program, Stanford University, USA
·
Joseph Yang, Director of the
Science & Technology Division of the
Taipei
Economical and Cultural Office (TECO) in San
Francisco, Taiwan
·
Antti Hautamäki, Director of Innovation Research, SITRA, Finland; Visiting Scholar UC
Berkeley School of Information, Finland
Conference Committee:
- David Nordfors, Conference Co-Chair, Senior Research Scholar –
Innovation Journalism, SCIL, Stanford University, U.S.; Program Leader
Innovation Journalism, VINNOVA, Sweden.
- Stig Hagström, Conference Co-Chair,
Co-Director, SCIL, Professor, Stanford University, U.S.
- Annette Eldredge, Conference Coordinator, SCIL,
Stanford University, U.S., Eldredge @ stanford.edu, +1 (650) 724-6483
- Melinda Sacks, Conference Press Contact, Director of Communications,
SCIL, U.S, msacks @ stanford.edu, +1 (650) 924-0139
- Peter Svensson, Visiting Researcher -
Innovation Communication, SCIL
- Turo Uskali, Visiting Scholar - Innovation
Journalism, SCIL
Conference Editorial
Staff
- David Nordfors, Publisher and Editor
- John Joss, Senior Editor
- Alisa Weinstein, Senior Editor