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  1. Thompson talks about how Symantec was looking at changing from a software business to a content business. He shares the history about the marriage between Symantec and other companies that they have acquired over the years.

  2. Dr Gibson-Smith assesses the challenges that Europe faces in competing with the New Economies, and identifies four key areas in which the European economy must be strengthened to meet the challenges of the post-crisis world.

  3. Valuation examples - Implied growth rate & Target prices - Financial service firms: pre and post crisis - Valuing the S&P 500 - Negative FCFE and dilution effects

  4. Reaction norms depict the range of phenotypes a single genotype can produce, depending on the environment. Reaction norms must fit within an organism's phylogenetic constraints. They can differ for different individuals within a population, but some traits differ very little based on the environment; some do not differ at all.

  5. Lynn Reedy, senior vice president of product, development and architecture at eBay, sets the stage for the talk about eBay, its history, leadership and how to be successful at a high growth company.

  6. Originally, altruism and self-sacrifice were thought to be incompatible with natural selection, even by Darwin. Now we have several explanations for how altruism can increase an individual's fitness. One is kin selection, or the idea that helping relatives can help increase one's genes in the population. Another involves ecological constraints and punishments. Here, individuals contribute to the group and wait their turn to reproduce.

  7. Bellas talks about two Foundry companies which utilize new surgical procedures. The first is Thermage, which uses a procedure that stimulates new collagen growth. The second is Xstent, which works with stent implants.

  8. Moore explains the concept of fractalization of markets when markets get out of the growth phase.

  9. Earl discusses the importance of understanding and developing games for local markets. EA started a studio in Shanghai to learn about China's gaming population. He also talks about protecting EA's IP via an online distribution mechanism.

  10. Scott shares his philosophy on giving people an opportunity to grow within the company. At Juniper, he chooses the most energetic and enthusiastic person instead of the most experienced one for a given project.