Wednesday, March 7
Keynote Presentation
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
Larry Page, Co-Founder & CEO, Google
Larry Page graduated with honors with a bachelor of science and engineering degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. While at the University of Michigan, Page received numerous leadership awards for his efforts toward improving the college of engineering. Like Kevin O'Connor, co-founder and chief executive officer of DoubleClick, Page was president of the University of Michigan Eta Kappa Nu Honor Society. He is currently on leave from Stanford University, where he is a Ph.D. candidate in computer science with Professor Terry Winograd. Page originated and led the Stanford research project that has transformed into Google. His previous work experience includes software design at Advanced Management Systems in Washington, D.C., and CogniTek in Evanston, Ill. Influenced at an early age by his father, a computer science professor, Page first started using computers in 1979. He founded Google Inc. in 1998 with Sergey Brin.