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International - Event Notice Thursday January 01 1970 Re-Thinking the Digital Future
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Saturday March 13, 2004 18:50 by Professor Prabhu Guptara - Wolfsberg prabhu.guptara at ubs dot com Wolfsbergstrasse 1, CH-8272 Ermatingen, Switzerland +41.71.663.5651
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Impacts, Trends and Challenges
As far as I can discover, the only event to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the launch of the Internet, with top speakers such as Bill Dutton, Director of the Oxford Internet Institute, and industry speakers from Cisco, IBM, Nokia, Novell and UBS. Considers the coming together of biotech, nano-technology, robotics, gaming, and adaptive home automation with E- and M-Commerce, as well as the ethical, social and political issues which arise.
Provides:
- Insights into Cutting Edge Research
- Implications for Society and Private Life
- Impact on Learning and Business
Target group: Executives with relevant responsibilities, investors, analysts, knowledge workers, future-orientated individuals Wolfsberg Think Tank
Re-Thinking the Digital Future: Impacts, Trends and Challenges
1 - 2 July 2004
Objectives On the 10th Anniversary of the launch of the Internet, to consider:
- Insights into Cutting Edge Research
- Implications for Society and Private Life
- Impact on Learning and Business
Target group Executives with relevant responsibilities, investors, analysts, knowledge workers, future-orientated individuals
Chair Prof. Prabhu Guptara, Wolfsberg
Tentative Programme
Thursday, 1 July 2004
09.00 Registration, Coffee
10.00 Introduction
Dr. Toni Schönenberger, Wolfsberg
10.15 The Technology State of the World Report:
Assessing the Lessons from the Digital Age up to the Present
Prof. William H. Dutton, Director, University of Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford
Discussion
11.30 Industry Views of Future Technologies
Mark Helfenstein, General Manager Switzerland, Cisco, Zurich
Doug Dykeman, Head of Computer Science, IBM Research Lab, Rueschlikon
Gilles Lunzenfichter, Director, Novell (Schweiz) AG, Zurich
Q&A
12.30 Buffet Lunch
14.00 Expert Views of Future Technologies
Nano-Technology
Prof. Jean-Claude Badoux, former Rector, Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne
Robotics
Prof. Thomas Hinderling, President, Swiss Centre for Electronics and Microtechnology, Neuchâtel
Digital Art by Yves Netzhammer
15.15 Short break
15.30 Expert Views of Future Technologies Cont.
E- and M-Commerce
Malcolm Ross, Principal, Merlin Consulting Ltd, Valletta
16.30 Coffee Break
17.00 Expert Views of Future Technologies Cont.
Gaming
David Gardner, Managing Director, Electronic Arts Inc., Chertsey
Adaptive Home Automation
James Bodmer, Chairman, Adhoco, Zurich
18.00 Free Time
19.00 Utopia or Dystopia? The Digital Aftermath
Dr. Christopher Hook, Director, Centre for Bioethics & Human Dignity,
Mayo, Clinic, Rochester
Discussion
19.45 Apéro and Dinner
Networking
Friday, 2 July 2004
08.30 But do we want to play the game? The Consumer Perspective
Michael Greeson, Vice President Research and Strategy, Parks Associates, Dallas, USA
09.15 Impacts and Challenges for Business, Learning, Society and Private Life
Interactive Workshops using E-Meeting Technology (Anthony Adams)
10.45 Coffee Break
11.15 Mapping The Business Prospects for the Digital Future
Marc Furrer, Director, Federal Office of Communications, Berne
Dr. D K Matai (mi2g, London)
Andrew Pinder, UK Government "e-envoy" (London) - tbc
Panel chaired by Prof . Prabhu Guptara, Wolfsberg
12.30 Concluding Remarks
Dr. Toni Schönenberger, Wolfsberg
12.45 Buffet lunch
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