Agenda
The GTD Summit will feature a series of compelling and practical roundtable discussions and panels that will provide suggestions, ideas and recommendations on how to make GTD really stick - for you personally or your organization.
You will hear success stories from business leaders and entrepreneurs who have used GTD to help them to transform teams, business units, and lead successful and impacting projects. Inspirational stories from leaders in education, entertainment, medical, non-profits and faith-based groups and communities – who have leveraged GTD to bring value to their organizations.
There will be sessions with David Allen. And other notable speakers such as James Fallows, Guy Kawasaki and General Randy Fullhart.
Below are the Breakout Panels.
We would also like to hear from you as to what you would like to hear and see at the GTD Summit. Do you have something to share? Have you seen something great you would like everyone to see? Is there a way you would like to participate? Let us know. Contact Dave Patrick at dave.patrick@davidco.com.
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Breakout Panels
GTD at Work
- Critical Behaviors in the Crunch - GTD and Organizational Change
- A GTD Workforce - Is There a New Industry Standard?
- Entrepreneurs and GTD - Making It Up and Making It Happen
- Good Things Getting Done: GTD Serving Service
- Self Management as Strategy: GTD and Leadership
- Relationship GTD: Influence, Integrity, and Incremental Sales
- Innovation - Getting New Stuff Done
- Your brain on GTD: Why It Works
- GTD and Education: Reading, Writing, Arithmetic and GTD
- Best Practices to Good Habits: Can I Make GTD Stick?
- Creativity and Clear Space - Inseparable, or Mutually Exclusive?
- GTD as Super Charger and Safety Net: Life Transitions and Transformations
- The Virtual Workplace - Does It Work?
- Productivity Tech: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
- GTD at Home: From the Boardroom to the Living Room
Lifeline GTD
GTD Style
Wednesday, March 11, 2009 – Pre-Conference Evening
5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Early registration
Welcome Reception
Jazz Ensemble
Thursday, March 12, 2009 - Day One
7:30 AM to 8:45 AM
Breakfast
Registration
Exhibitor Expo 7:30 AM to 6:00 PM
8:45 AM to 9:35 AM - Keynote Address
David Allen and Guy Kawasaki
9:35 AM to 10:25 AM - Keynote Panel
Getting Things Done - 2.0?
David Allen, Guy Kawasaki, Major General Randy Fulhart, Marshall Goldsmith, Paul Saffo
10:45AM to 12:15 PM - Breakout Panels
Self-management as Strategy: GTD and Leadership
Todd Brown, Randy Fullhart, Peter Gallant, Marshall Goldsmith, Dave Logan, Alan Nelson, Michael Winston, Greg Stikeleather
Good Things Getting Done: GTD Serving Service
Sean Finn, Carly Janson, Ron Kaufman, Gillian Martin Mehers, Jim Whitton, Wayne Pepper
GTD at Home: From the Boardroom to the Living Room
Meg Edwards, Ismael Ghalimi, Kim Hagerty, Brian Lowery, Bruce Somers, John de Souza, Mike Willliams, Eric Mack
11:45 AM to 12:30 AM Coaches' Theater: The Elegance of Low-Tech
Meg Edwards, Janet Riley
12:15 PM to 1:30 PM - Lunch
12:45 PM to 1:30 PM Coaches' Theater: Getting Email to Zero
Chris McIntyer, James Stevenson
1:30 PM to 3:00 PM A GTD Workforce – Is there a new Industry Standard?
Todd Brown, Randy Harward, Jeff Irby, Ron Kaufman, Sara Larch, Brian Lowery, Eric Ly, Mike Williams
1:30 PM to 3:00 PM Innovation – Getting New Stuff Done
Peter Gallant, Dean Hering, Frode Odegard, Venkat Rao, Greg Stikeleather, Michael Winston, Dave Logan
1:30 PM to 3:00 PM GTD as Super-Charged Safety Net
Marian Bateman, Paul Comey, Ben Hammersley, Frank Sopper, Jeff Tidwell, Maggie Weiss
1:45 PM to 2:30 PM Coaches' Theater: Unsticking Projects with the Natural
Planning Model with Danny Bader and Wayne Pepper
2:45 PM to 3:30 PM Coaches' Theater: Mastering GTD & Outlook®
Chris McIntyer and James Stevenson
3:30 PM to 5:00 PM The Virtual Workplace – Does it Work?
Paul Comey, James Fallows, Ismael Ghalimi, Steve Leveen, Eric Ly, Alan Nelson, Mike Williams, Jeff Tidwell
3:30 PM to 5:00 PM GTD and Education – Reading, Writing, Arithmetic and GTD
Sean Finn, Gillian Martin Mehers, Frank Sopper, Greg Stikeleather , Dean Hering
3:30 PM to 5:00 PM Entrepreneurs and GTD – Making It Up and Making It Happen
Buzz Bruggeman, Peter Gallant, Frode Odegard, John de Souza, Bruce Somers
3:45 PM to 4:30 PM Coaches' Theater: Using GTD with Mobile Devices
Kelly Forrister and Wayne Pepper
5:00 PM to 6:00 PM Book Signing
David Allen, James Fallows, Marshall Goldsmith, Guy Kawasaki, Ron Kaufman, Dave Logan, Steve Leveen
6:00 PM to 7:00 PM GTD Connect Members' Reception
Friday, March 13, 2009 - Day Two
7:30 AM to 8:30 AM
Breakfast & Registration
7:30 AM to 3:30 PM Exhibitor Expo & Coaches’ Corner
8:30 AM to 9:30 AM David Allen presents Making It All Work
10:00 AM to 11:30 AM How the World Works – and Should We Care? (Round 2)
David Allen, Ron Kaufman, Dave Logan, Sanjiv Mirchandani, Michael Winston
11:30 AM to 12:45 PM Lunch
12:45 PM to 1:30 PM Coaches’ Theater: Mastering GTD & Outlook®
Chris McIntyer, James Stevenson
12:45 PM to 2:15 PM Best Practices to Good Habits: Can I Make GTD Stick?
Meg Edwards, Dean Hering, Alan Nelson, Jim Whitton, Danny Bader
12:45 PM to 2:15 PM Your Brain on GTD: Why It Works
Randy Harward, Venkat Rao, Bruce Somers, Frank Sopper, Greg Stikeleather, Paul Comey
12:45 PM to 2:15 PM Productivity Tech: the Good, the Bad, & the Ugly
Buzz Bruggeman, James Fallows, Ismael Ghalimi, Ben Hammersley , Steve Leveen, Eric Ly, Philip Rosedale, Paul Saffo, Michael Sliwinski, John de Souza, Jeff Tidwell
1:45 PM to 2:30 PM Coaches’ Theater: Using GTD with Mobile Devices
Kelly Forrister, Wayne Pepper
2:45 PM to 3:30 PM Coaches’ Theater: Getting Email to Zero
Michael Dolan and Chris McIntyer
2:45 PM to 4:15 PM Critical Behaviors in the Crunch: GTD and Organizational Change
Todd Brown, Paul Comey, Randy Fullhart, Sara Larch, Alan Nelson, Sanjiv Mirchandani, Frode Odegard, Mike Williams, Michael Winston, Jeff Irby
2:45 PM to 4:15 PM GTD and Sales, Customers & Relationships
Sean Finn, Brian Lowery, Michael Sliwinski, Bruce Somers, Jim Whitton, Pat Smith
2:45 PM to 4:15 PM Creativity and Clear Space – Inseparable, or Mutually Exclusive?
James Fallows, Dean Hering, Ben Hammersley, Venkat Rao, Frank Sopper, Greg Stikeleather, Jeff Tidwell, Wayne Pepper
4:30 PM David Allen Final Remarks
5:00 PM to 6:00 PM Farewell Wine and Cheese Reception
5:00 PM to 6:00 PM Book Signing
David Allen, Ron Kaufman
Additional Information
There will be a non-stop exhibitor room, along with a David Allen Company “Coaches’ Corner and Theater,” giving short presentations of personal productivity tactics and one-on-one informal workflow coaching tips and tricks.
David Allen will participate in both plenary panels, rotate between all the breakout sessions, deliver a one-hour keynote presentation of the core material in his new book, Making It All Work, and provide a closing summary and debrief of the Summit.
Each panel will have a designated Moderator and time-keeper, and will facilitate engagement and questions from the audience.

