‘Technology’

Man and his Machines

Revolving around the concept of Singularity, wherein technological growth becomes so rapid that computers/machines reach superintelligence, Ray Kurzweil’s documentary Transcendent Man is as eye-opening as it is thought-provoking. In a special showing at Sixth and I Historic synagogue this March, the documentary will be followed by a Q & A session with Kurzweil himself. Whether you have your own theories about our technological future, or you can’t even type without hunting and pecking, don’t feel overwhelmed (you don’t even need a Mensa card!). Expand your mind and enjoy yourself with this look at where we are, and where we might be headed in the not-so-distant future.

TRANSCENDENT MAN – The Life and Times Of Ray Kurzweil
A Screening of the film followed by a Q & A with Ray
@ Sixth and I Historic Synagogue • Washington, D.C.
March 10
7pm Doors

On Sale Thursday, January 20 at 10am

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TUESDAY NOV. 9 at 1:30 PM Abbott Center Auditorium, Darden School of Business

We hope you will join us in welcoming Wendell Weeks, Chairman and CEO of Corning, as he shares his perspectives on innovation.  You will hear Wendell explain innovation at Corning and how today’s rapidly changing global economy is impacting Corning and what Corning is doing about it.   How has Corning managed to produce so many technological breakthroughs?  How do Innovation Program Managers at Corning manage uncertainties?  Please see the attached bio for additional information about him.

Corning is the world leader in specialty glass and ceramics.  In its 159 year history, Corning has invented several breakthrough technologies that have enabled the way the world works, day-in and day-out.  Corning is ranked among the “World’s Most Innovative Companies”.  Corning’s latest breakthrough, Gorilla® glass, was actually invented more than 40 years ago.  Sales have grown from $20 million in 2008 to an anticipated $250 million in 2010, with a possibility of reaching $1 billion in 2011.  Click the link to learn more about Corning.   http://www.youtube.com/corningincorporated#p/u/0/_pCtt9vnHZI

If you will be attending, please RSVP via e-mail to Susan Levine or by phone at 982-2919. If you need parking, please stop in the gatehouse (first building on right as you come up the Boulevard) and get a parking pass.

Nov. 5-6

Open to the public, free of charge, no registration required.

Mike Lenox, Director, Batten Institute, will be participating in the panel on November 6^th at 11:15am (please see below).

Friday, Nov. 5	The Car of the Future
10:00-10:30 Colonnade Club	Welcome Address and Opening of On-Site Exhibitions
10:45-12:00 Harrison Institute, Auditorium	Keynote Presentation: Reinventing the Automobile Christopher Borroni-Bird (Director of Advanced Technology Vehicle Concepts at GM) Respondent:
12:15-1:30 Harrison Institute, Auditorium	Roundtable: The Technology of the Future: Hydro, Solar or Electric? Moderator and Panelists: Michelle Buchanan (Associate Laboratory Director, Oakridge National Laboratory) Bob Davis (Chemical Engineering, UVa) Brent Gunnoe (Director Center for Catalytic Hydrocarbon Functionalization, UVa)
6:30-9:00 Garden Room, West Range	Conference Dinner (by invitation) Dinner Talk: Wolfgang Schivelbusch (Cultural Historian)
Saturday, Nov. 6	The Future of the Car
11:15-12:45 Clark Auditorium 108	Keynote and Roundtable: What Society? Jeremy Rifkin (President of the Foundation On Economic Trends) Moderator and Respondents: Mike Lenox (Director Batten Institute, Darden School of Business, UVa) Kim Tanzer (Dean, School of Architecture, UVa)
3:30-5:30 Clark Auditorium 108	Double Keynote Presentation: The Car of the Future / Future of the Car Daniel Sperling (Founding Director of the Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis) Deborah Gordon (Transportation Policy Analyst) Free copies of their co-authored book, Two Billion Cars, will be distributed after the talk. Announcement of Student Prize Competition
5:30-7:00 Clark Lobby and Mural Room	Reception /Hors d’Oeuvres Free and open to the public
7:30-9:00 Clark Auditorium 108	Film Screening: The Nature of Cities, documentary by Tim Beatley (School of Architecture, UVa), followed by conversation with Tim Beatley and Wulf Daseking (Director of City Planning in Freiburg, Germany)

For more information: ??http://www.virginia.edu/german/Center/events.html

The E* Society will be broadcasting a live panel discussion from MIT. With sponsorship from the UVA Patent Foundation and the Charlottesville Venture Group, we expect to have diverse and knowledgeable group of attendees. Hear industry leaders discuss their experiences in commercializing research technologies. Following the broadcast, refreshments will be served and you will have the opportunity to meet prominent members of the Charlottesville entrepreneurial community as well as entrepreneurial minded students and professors from every college. Space is limited so in order to attend, you must sign up here: http://theesocietymitwebcast.eventbrite.com

Date: Tuesday, September 21

Time: 3:00-6:00 pm

Location: Classroom 120

Darden School of Business – University of Virginia
100 Darden Boulevard
Charlottesville, VA 22903

Lab to Market:
Success is Not Final, Failure is Not Fatal

Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Live Global Webcast

3:15 – 3:45 pm (EDT): Meet the TR35
3:45 – 5:00 pm: Lab to Market Panel
5:00 pm: Networking Reception
(MIT Kresge Auditorium live audience)

presented in partnership with

and the EmTech@MIT 2010 Conference
PANEL:
– Lili Cheng, Microsoft’s FUSE Labs
– Scott Elrod, Palo Alto Research Center
– Pamela McNamara, Cambridge Consultants
– Alexander Wong, D.E. Shaw Group
– Jason Pontin (moderator), Technology Review
Innovation in business and technology no longer takes place when a lone scientist screams “Eureka!” in a dusty lab.  Corporations are turning to centers of research and launching their own labs where the expressed mission is for diverse groups of interdisciplinary experts to collaborate on ideas that transform our world.

Our panel will share stories of their decades of real-world wisdom in leading teams to cutting edge breakthroughs and frustrating dead ends, and what makes labs such a powerful and challenging work environment.

Preceding the panel will be members of the TR35; 35 young innovators whose inventions and research is inspiring and revolutionary.

Lili Cheng
General Manager
Microsoft’s FUSE Labs

Lili Cheng is the general manager of FUSE Labs, and has been at Microsoft since 1995. Previously, she was the director of the Creative Systems Group (CSG) and the Social Computing Groups (SCG) within Microsoft Research. Before her time in MSR, she was the director of user experience for Microsoft Windows. She is also a registered architect; she worked in Tokyo and Los Angeles for Nihon Sekkei and Skidmore Owings and Merrill on commercial urban design and large-scale building projects. She has taught at NYU-Interactive Telecommunications as well as Harvard University. She was born in Tokyo, and is married with three boys.

Scott Elrod
VP and Director of Hardware Systems Lab
Palo Alto Research Center

Scott Elrod directs PARC’s HSL research organization, which focuses on clean technologies, ink-jet printing, and biomedical systems for drug discovery and clinical diagnosis. He also directs the Cleantech Innovation Program at PARC, which develops technologies for delivering affordable solar energy, increasing solar-cell efficiency, purifying water, managing energy utilization, and harnessing renewable fuels.

Elrod received his AB degree in physics from Earlham College in 1981 and his PhD in applied physics from Stanford University in 1985. While at Stanford, he built the world’s first low-temperature tunneling microscope.

Pamela McNamara
President of U.S. Operations
Cambridge Consultants

Pamela joined Cambridge Consultants in February 2009 as President of U.S. Operations.

Prior to this, Pamela was CEO of CRF, Inc. a leading global provider of eDiaries and wireless data collection solutions for the life sciences industry.  Pamela was also part of Arthur D. Little for more than 20 years, holding a number of senior technology and management positions in Global Health Care, during which she worked closely with Cambridge Consultants on the commercialization of drug delivery solutions.  She went on to serve as CEO of the entire Arthur D. Little organization.

Pamela also serves as a Director on the boards of GTC Biopharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:  GTCB) and Southcoast Health Systems, and is a member of the Corporation of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.  She holds a bachelor’s in civil engineering from Tufts University.

Alexander Wong
Managing Director
D.E. Shaw Group

Alexander Wong is a managing director of
D. E. Shaw & Co. and head of venture capital at the D. E. Shaw Group. Prior to joining the firm in 2005, Dr. Wong was a partner at Apax Partners, a global private equity firm. Before that, he served as a managing director at Intel Capital and in technical roles at Motorola and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. He currently serves on the boards of directors of Infinite Power Solutions, Solaicx, and Natrix Separations. Wong holds a bachelor’s in computer engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and his master’s and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.

Moderator:
Jason Pontin
Editor in Chief and Publisher
Technology Review

As editor in chief, Jason Pontin is responsible for the editorial direction of the award-winning magazine Technology Review and TechnologyReview.com. Pontin took on the role of publisher in September 2005, overseeing all aspects of the company’s growth strategy, which includes a rapidly expanding website, specialty e-newsletters, an aggressive international expansion, and signature events, such as the annual Emerging Technologies Conference at MIT.

From 1996 to 2002, Pontin the was the editor of the technology business magazine Red Herring. Most recently, he was editor in chief of the Acumen Journal, covering the business, economic, and policy implications of discoveries in biotechnology and the life sciences. He has written for many national and international publications, including The New York Times, The Economist, The Financial Times, Wired, and The Believer. He is a frequent guest on television and radio shows, including ABC News, CNN, and National Public Radio.