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The Wolfsberg Digital Future Forum 2005

category international | miscellaneous | event notice author Saturday February 26, 2005 17:12author by Professor Prabhu Guptara - Wolfsbergauthor email prabhu.guptara at ubs dot comauthor address CH-8570 Ermatingen, Switzerlandauthor phone + 41 71 663 5651 Report this post to the editors

An annual 2-day event to bring participants up to speed with the latest advances in the digital technologies (e.g. IT, Telecoms, Internet, nanotech, biotech, robotics, rapid manufacturing, computer gaming, adaptive home automation, et al)
and to consider their implications for business, society, individuals, families, ethics, environment and politics.

The Wolfsberg Digital Future Forum
11-12 April 2005

Objectives To share
- Insights into Cutting Edge Research and into Developments over the next 3-5 Years
- Impacts on Learning and Business
- Implications for Society and Private Life

Participants are: Executives with relevant responsibilities, investors, analysts, knowledge workers, future-orientated individuals

Chair Prof. Prabhu Guptara, Wolfsberg

Tentative Programme

Monday, 11 April 2005

09.00 Registration, Coffee

09.30 Welcome and Introduction
Dr. Toni Schönenberger, Wolfsberg
Prof. Prabhu Guptara, Wolfsberg

09.45 IT: The Latest Developments
Ian Pearson, Futurologist, BT plc, London, UK
Stephen Kenny, Independent Privacy Advisor, Den Haag, Netherlands
Dr. Hellmuth Broda, Chief Technologist EMEA, Sun Microsystems Inc., Basel
Loic Le Meur, Executive Vice President and General Manager Europe,Six Apart, Paris,
France
Mary Ann Wangemann, EDS Fellow, EDS, Herndon/Washington, USA
DK Matai, Chairman, mi2g, London, UK
Discussion

10.45 Coffee Break

11.15 IT: The Latest Developments
Session continued (Discussion)

12.30 Buffet Lunch

14.00 Digitalisation and Rapid Manufacturing
Bradley C. Fox, President, The Center for Rapid Manufacturing, Lakeville, USA
Dr. Hans Langer, CEO, EOS GmbH Electro Optical Systems, Krailing/Munich,
Germany
Dr. Neil Hopkinson, Lecturer/Consortium Manager, Loughborough University,
Wolfson School of Mechanical and Manufaturing, Leicestershire, UK
Discussion


15.30 Coffee Break

16.00 Robotics: The State of the Art and The Immediate Future
Jean-Luc Burquier, President Club Robotique, Symap, Paris, France
Dr. Chun-Yuan Gu, Programme Manager, Mecatronics & Robot Automation, ABB AB,
Västerås, Sweden
Discussion

17.30 Networking Time

18.30 Through A Glass Darkly: My View of the Near Future
Dr. Gene M. Amdahl, Founder of the Amdahl Corporation and of the Wikipedia,
Menlo Park, USA
Discussion

19.30 Apéro and Dinner
Networking


Tuesday, 12 April 2005

08.30 E- and M-Commerce: Latest Developments
Malcolm Ross, Principal, Merlin Consulting Ltd, Valletta, Malta
Discussion

09.15 Biotech, Bubbles and a Post-Genomic Future
Pete Moore, Journalist and Author on Science, Alveston, UK
Prof. Jacqueline McGlade, Executive Director, European Environment Agency,
Copenhagen, Denmark
Prof. Herbert Girardet, Director of Research, World Future Council, London, UK

10.30 Coffee Break

11.00 Biotech, Bubbles and a Post-Genomic Future
Session continued (Discussion)

11.45 A New Economics for the Digital Age?
Dr. Mario Raich, Chairman, Learnità Ltd., London, UK
Jakob von Uexkull, Businessman and Founder, The Right Livelihood Award, Stockholm,
Sweden
Discussion

13.00 Buffet Lunch

14.00 The Future of Work and of Business
Pam Hurley, Founder and Director, Tosca Consulting Ltd, London, UK
Dr. Michael Jackson, Chairman, Shaping Tomorrow Ltd, London, UK
Jonathan Evans, Head of Human Resources, Westminster City Council, London, UK
Discussion

15.30 Concluding Remarks
Prof. Prabhu Guptara, Wolfsberg

16.00 Coffee and Departure

Related Link: http://www.wolfsberg.com
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