This presentation is about innovation at Google from multiple perspectives: From the scientific bases of Google's cloud-oriented computing model to the architecture of Google's software, technology is an important catalyst in Google's ability to rapidly generate ideas and then turn them into valuable products. But also, a culture of employee empowerment and respect for the talent of the broad organization is equally important. In fact, Google's technology focus and its organizational approaches often merge through the internal application of web-centric technologies that allow the best possible communication, measurement, and informed decision making. From his vantage point as Vice President of Research and Special Initiatives, Dr. Spector will describe these and other approaches to innovation at Google.

Dr. Spector is Vice President of Research and Special Initiatives at Google -- his responsibilities typically include projects with high strategic value to the company, but somewhat outside the mainstream of current products, such as Google Health.