[Air-L] ucla on internet conference

Terri Senft tsenft at gmail.com
Fri Oct 16 08:15:29 PDT 2009


On the up-side, the views of Duran Duran will be fully represented.

T

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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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