Bienvenido al sitio oficial del evento Microsoft Research Academic Summit

Miércoles, 9 May, 2007 – Research Track

7:00-9:00	Breakfast

9:00-10:30	Welcome and Registration

9:00 - 10:30	Press Conference

10:30 - 11:00	Opening Ceremony

11:00 - 12:00	Keynote Address: The Evolution of Computing Speaker Craig Mundie Microsoft Chief Research and Strategy Officer.

12:00 - 13:00	Keynote Panel Session “Science, Technology and Innovation as drivers for economical development in Chile & in Latin America” Panel Sailesh Chutani (Moderator) External Research Director Microsoft Research Vivian Heyl Chiappini Presidenta de CONICYT Gobierno de Chile Jean Jacques Duhart Saurel Director Ejecutivo Innova Chile CORFO. Gobierno de Chile Daniel Malkin Deputy Manager for Education, Science and Technology, Sustainable Development Department Inter-American Development Bank Michel Bergeron Director, Department of Science and Technology, Organization of American States Hernán de Solminihac T. Decano Facultad de Ingeniería Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

13.00 - 13:30	Photo

13:30 - 15:00	Lunch

15.00 - 16:00	"Ensuring Microsoft’s Future: an Overview of Microsoft Research" Speaker Rico Malvar Managing Director Microsoft Research Redmond

16.00 - 17:00	“Biotechnology & Innovation: Challenges and Opportunities in Chile” Speaker PhD. Pablo Valenzuela Founder and President Fundación Ciencia para la Vida

17:00 - 17:30	Break

17.30 - 18:15	“UI Support for Today’s Crazed Information Worker” Speaker Mary Czerwinski Research Area Manager of the Human-Centered Computing (HCC) groups and manager of the Visualization and Interaction (VIBE) Research Group Microsoft Research

18:15 - 19:00	“Machine Learning, Reasoning, and Intelligence in Daily Life: Directions and Challenges” Speaker Eric Horvitz Principal Researcher and Research Area Manager Adaptive Systems & Interaction Group Microsoft Research

19:00 - 20:30	Free Time

20:30	Welcome Reception -Dinner & Show

Thursday, 10 May, 2007

7:30 - 8:45

Breakfast

Research Track

Curriculum Innovation Track

Digital Inclusion Track

9:00 - 9.45

“Emerging Technologies and Knowledge Management”

Speaker

Jonathan Grudin
Adaptive Systems and Interaction Group
Principal Researcher
Microsoft Research

"Classroom Presenter and ConferenceXP – Technology to support in-class and distance education"

Speaker

Richard Anderson
University of Washington

“An Overview of Digital Inclusion Research Projects From Around the World”

Short presentations by Digital Inclusion PIs

Speaker

Tom Healy
Lead Program Manager
Microsoft Research

9:45 - 10:30

“Microsoft’s .NET: What Is It, and What’s Next? ”

Speaker

Jim Miller
Software Architect
Microsoft

“Shared Source and Windows Academic Program”/Windows Core Architecture: Compare and Contrast”

Speakers

Arkady Retik
Program Manager in Platforms group
Microsoft

Dave Probert
Senior Program Manager
Microsoft

“The Use of Speech Technologies for Reducing The Digital Divide”

Speaker

Alex Acero
Researcher Area Manager
Speech Technology Group
Natural Language Group
Communication and Collaboration Group

10:30 - 11:00

Coffe Break

11:00 - 11:45

“Power and Frustration of e-Science”

Speaker

Fabrizio Gagliardi
Scientific and Technical Computing, Microsoft

“Game Design & Development in Computing Education: Fragging the Ivory Tower”

Speaker

John Nordlinger – Microsoft Research/ Andy Phelps
RIT

“Case Study in Digital Inclusion: Ambient Networks”

Speaker

Eduardo Grampín
Instituto de Computación. Universidad de la República, Uruguay

11:45 - 13:00

“The Multimedia Revolution”

Speaker

Alex Acero
Researcher Area Manager
Speech Technology Group
Natural Language Group
Communication and Collaboration Group

“Robots in the classroom: this time it's Personal!”

Speaker

Douglas Blank
Institute for Personal Robots in Education.

“Case Study in Digital Inclusion: Digital Inclusion Kit in Health and Higher Education”

Speakers

Marcelo Risk and development team University of Buenos Aires

13:00- 14:00

Lunch

14:00 -15:00

Plenary Panel Session: “Technology for Emerging Markets”

Panel

Tom Healy
(Moderator)
Lead Program Manager
Microsoft Research

P. Anandan
Managing Director,
Microsoft Research India

Marcelo Risk
University of Buenos Aires

Henry Nyongesa
University of Botswana

15:00 -16:00

“Pictures of traces of places, people and groups: Recent work from the Microsoft Research Community Technologies Group”

Speaker

Marc Smith
Senior Research Sociologist leading the Community Technologies Group Microsoft Research.

16:00 : 23:00

Valparaíso Tour - Vineyard visit - Dinner and Show

23:00

Return to Hotel

Friday, 11 May, 2007 – DemoFest and Closing Keynote Panel

7.00-8.30	Breakfast

8:30 - 11:30	Demo Fest 20+ Onsite Research Demos

11.30 - 12:00	Coffee Break / Check-out procedure

12:00 - 13:00	Latin America: Where we have been and where we are going Speakers Tom Healy Lead Program Manager Microsoft Research Jaime Puente Senior Program Manager Microsoft Research

13.00 - 15:00	Farewell Lunch – Closing Ceremony Mario Rodriguez Mier Academic Relationship Manager Microsoft Chile

15:00	End of Event - Trasportation to Airport