The forum is set to begin this afternoon, just after 1 p.m. EST, and the dozens of expected participants not only include the names mentioned above, but also Craiglist founder Craig Newmark, Wendy Lea of GetSatisfaction, Shantanu Narayen of Adobe and Sal Iannuzzi of Monster. Individuals were selected based on their proven experience in using technology to improve cost management and customer service.
According to the White House blog, the forum is less a discussion about cool websites and more an exploration of how to revolutionize the way that the government uses technology. While the current administration has impressively embraced social media and web technologies, it's clear that its mission is to accomplish much more.
To that purpose, OMB Director Peter Orszag writes:
"Twenty years ago, people who came to work in the federal government had better technology at work than at home. Today, that’s no longer the case. The American people deserve better service from their government, and better return for their tax dollars. This forum is part of our efforts to modernize government and bring us into the 21st century."
The full list of expected attendees, according to The Washington Post, can be seen below:
Shantanu Narayen, Adobe Technology
John McGlade, Air Products & Chemicals
Klaus Kleinfeld, Alcoa Consumer Goods
Angie Hicks, Angie's List
Cheryl Milone, Article One Partners
Andrea Jung, Avon
Debra Lee, BET Holdings
Gregory Page, Cargill
David Dougherty, Convergys
Craig Newmark, Craigslist
Samuel Allen, Deere & Co.
John Riccitiello, Electronic Arts
Chris Hughes, Facebook
Michael Thompson, Fair Oaks Farms
Ping Fu, Geomagic
Wendy Lea, GetSatisfaction
Andrew Mason, Groupon/The Point
Daniel Weirich, GW Micro
Al Fuller, Integrated Packaging
Millard Drexler, J. Crew
Carl Camden, Kelly Service Staffing
John Lee, Lee Technologies
James Crowe, Level 3 Communications
Bill McComb, Liz Claiborne
Jeff Joerres, Manpower
Steve Ballmer, Microsoft
Sal Iannuzzi, Monster
Panday Punita, netCustomer
Jeffrey Jordan, OpenTable
Charles Harrington, Parsons
Indra Nooyi, PepsiCo
Peter Darbee, PG&E
Robert Glaser, RealNetworks
Tom Adams, Rosetta Stone
Sam GIlliland, Sabre Holdings
Gary Kelly,Southwest Airlines
Daniel Hesse, Sprint Nextel
Ronald Sargent, Staples
John Chen, Sybase
James Kennedy, T. Rowe Price
Jeff Bewkes, Time Warner
Dan Bane, Trader Joe's
Glenn Tilton, United Airlines
Scott David, UPS
Joe Robles, USAA Insurance
David Segura, VisionIT
Daniel Fulton, Weyerhaeuser
Jeff Fettig, Whirpool
Jeremy Stoppelman, Yelp