The Founding Fathers of Adobe: Twenty Years of Innovation
Speakers: Bruce Chizen, CEO, Adobe Systems Chuck Geschke, Co-founder and Chairman of the Board, Adobe Systems John Warnock, Co-founder and Chairman of the Board, Adobe Systems
Moderator: Paul Saffo, Director, Institute for the Future
Over the past two decades, Adobe's technologies have become so ingrained in visual communications that virtually everything you see in magazines, flyers, brochures, billboards, Web pages, streaming video and blockbuster movies has been touched by at least one Adobe product.
In this roundtable discussion, Warnock, Geschke, and Chizen will discuss the company's beginnings, its impact on society, and the challenges and lessons learned along the way. Among the most public of those challenges was the passing of the torch to the next generation of management. How did they do it and why were they successful? The panel will also look to the future. What are Adobe’s plans for building upon their success and what are the challenges to maintaining market share?
Location: Crowne Plaza Cabana Hotel 4290 El Camino Real Palo Alto, CA