[Air-L] ucla on internet conference

Rhiannon Bury rcbury at rogers.com
Fri Oct 16 17:26:11 PDT 2009


Any AoIR folk planning to go? I'm down that way at that time and may just change my flight to stay on and check it out. 

Rhiannon 



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>> 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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