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Speakers:
Jerry Sanders,
Founder and Chairman, AMD
Moderator:
Mike Malone,
Veteran Silicon Valley Journalist
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He has been called a street fighter, a lightning-rod character, charismatic, inspiring, flamboyant, intense and intelligent, and for 33 years Jerry Sanders has been the walking personification of Advanced Micro Devices. Sanders is a fascinating living example of the competitive spirit and a well-known personality in the tech industry. He led Sunnyvale-headquartered AMD for more than three decades in its hyper-competitive battle with its chief rival (that other processor company) and legends of his exploits abound. He's been loved and he's been hated, but he has always been listened to.
As a veteran statesman of the technology industry, Sanders is passionate in his belief that free and open competition - a level playing field - is the key driver of innovation, the fuel that has always been the catalyst for the technology industry. But to the detriment of our industry, the playing field has not always been level and it has not always been open. In his role at the helm of AMD, battling some of the fiercest adversaries in the industry, Sanders is all too familiar with the challenges faced in the effort to outwit, outplay and outlast.
Come hear one of the great legends of technology expound on the need to keep competition fair, focus on the needs of the customer, and reinvent your organization to match the environment of the day. More importantly, he will share his insights on how to accomplish these things during a time when the industry as a whole seeks to find its legs again.
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