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The First Annual Great Silicon Valley Oxford Union Debate

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The Churchill Club presents: The First Annual Great Silicon Valley Oxford Union Debate: Motion: “This House Believes that the Problems of Tomorrow are Too Big for the Entrepreneurs of Today” co-hosted by Santa Clara University, in cooperation with the Leavey School of Business, and the Center for Science, Technology and Society.

Speakers:
Master of Ceremonies: Scott Budman, Business & Technology Reporter & TechNow! Host, NBC
Joe DiNucci, Professional Coach; Partner, Enabling Thought Leadership (Proposition Team Captain)
Tom Hayes, Vice President, Corporate Marketing, Marvell (Opposition Team)
Steve Hoover, CEO, PARC (Proposition Team)
Pat House, Co-founder, Vice Chairman, and SVP Strategy, C3 (Opposition Team)
Santosh Jayaram, Founder & COO, Daemonic Labs (Opposition Team)
Richard Lowenthal, CTO and Co-founder, Coulomb Technologies (Proposition Team)
Michael Malone, American author, columnist at The Economist, Wall Street Journal, and New York Times, former editor, Forbes (Opposition Team Captain)
Brian Sager, Founder, Nanosolar (Proposition Team)

Water, energy and food supply, terrorism, Internet security – like world history, one thing after another. Tomorrow’s critical economic, social, political, and environmental problems are crowding into today. How will they be solved? Join us for an evening of persuasion, rhetoric and wit, as Churchill Club and Oxford University's Saïd Business School co-present an Oxford Union debate with a Silicon Valley twist on a big topic that matters to us all—with strong opinions on both sides of the argument.

Reflecting the centuries-old heritage, we have the President-elect of the Oxford Union flying over from England to preside over the debate. Reflecting Silicon Valley, expect a high irreverence quotient. Both sides of the proposition will be rigorously argued, but the audience will decide who argued best.

Don’t miss the inaugural of what is sure to become the newest great Silicon Valley institution and the chance to be there at the birth of something big! To whet your appetite, check out the 2011 “Silicon Valley Comes to Oxford” Oxford Union debate here.

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Date and Time

Tuesday Jun 19, 2012
5:30 PM - 9:00 PM PDT

Tuesday, June 19, 2012
5.30PM - Hors d'Oeuvres Reception
7.00PM - Program
8.15PM - Champagne and Dessert
9.00PM - Close

Location

Santa Clara University
Mayer Theater
500 El Camino Real
Santa Clara, CA 95053

500 El Camino Road Santa Clara CA 95053

Fees/Admission

Member: $54
Non-Member: $79

On the Door
Member: $70
Non-Member: $95

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Churchill Club

Contact Information

Marcia Loggins Tel: +1 408.979.5126
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