[Air-L] ucla on internet conference

[Dana Rotman]

Well, they do have a website... and about 8 million hits on Google....
Surely that makes John Taylor a distinguished speaker.
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Dana Rotman
PhD candidate
University of Maryland's iSchool


On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 11:15 AM, Terri Senft <tsenft at gmail.com> wrote:

> On the up-side, the views of Duran Duran will be fully represented.
>
> T
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> Dr. Theresa M. Senft
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> School of Social Sciences, Media and Cultural Studies
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> On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 4:07 PM, jeremy hunsinger <jhuns at vt.edu> wrote:
>
> > sort of sad that they  have no social,cultural,political, economic, comm,
> > media, etc. researchers on the speaker list that i see.   at least we see
> > where they think our work fits into the future i guess:(
> >
> >
> >>
> >> On October 29, 2009, UCLA Engineering will celebrate the 40th
> anniversary
> >> of the Internet with a Symposium that focuses not on the history or even
> on
> >> the technology, but rather on the impact the Internet has had on
> society,
> >> business, communities, lifestyles, culture, etc., and on the likely
> >> directions it will take in the future.
> >>
> >> Forty years ago, a team led by UCLA's Professor Leonard Kleinrock, sent
> >> the first message on the ARPANET, which later became the Internet. The
> >> Internet has revolutionized communication, education, business and
> >> entertainment leading to dramatic changes in our social, political and
> >> economic lives.
> >>
> >> What's next? The event's featured Internet leaders, activists and
> analysts
> >> will offer valuable insights on the opportunities and pitfalls that lie
> >> ahead.  Please check the website
> >> http://www.engineer.ucla.edu/IA40/index.html for detailed information.
> >>
> >> During this event, an IEEE Milestone Award will be unveiled by IEEE
> >> President John R. Vig.
> >>
> >> The keynote address will be given by Nicholas Negroponte, Chairman of
> One
> >> Laptop Per Child.
> >>
> >> Other Featured Speakers include:
> >>
> >> Arianna Huffington, Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, The Huffington Post
> >> John Taylor, Co-Founder & Bassist, Duran Duran
> >> John Perry Barlow, Co-Founder & Vice Chairman, Electronic Frontier
> >> Foundation
> >> Shiva Shivakumar, Vice President, Google, Inc.
> >> Michael Morhaime & Frank Pearce, Co-Founders, Blizzard Entertainment
> >> Mark Bregman, Chief Technology Officer, Symantec
> >> Thomas Gewecke, President of Digital Distribution, Warner Brothers
> >> Regina Dugan, Director, DARPA
> >> Gary Bridge,SVP, Cisco
> >>
> >> ----------------------------------------------------
> >> Best regards,
> >>
> >> Len
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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