Re-Thinking the Digital Future

international | sci-tech | event notice 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

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