.Humanizing Technology - interface2001

[Pittsburgh Business Community Calendar]

interface2001 - http:www.cmuinterface.org.

Carnegie Mellon University - recently called  =93Digital U.=94 by Business=
 Week 
- announces interface2001, a conference entirely dedicated to exploring th=
e 
commercial potential of tomorrow=92s technology today. If you don=92t want=
 to 
be blindsided by the future (again), if you want to understand the
innovations that will soon change the way you do business, this is one
conference you can=92t miss. A key to future success is humanizing 
technology; developing products and services that will not simply make our=
 
lives busier, but better. interface2001 features the thinkers who are 
putting a human face on the future.

Network with CTOs, Business Development executives, MBA students, and
technology innovators who can help you successfully navigate what lies
ahead. Test drive bleeding edge prototypes that will become tomorrow=92s
mainstream products. Join the finest technical and business minds in the
country for a first glimpse at technologies that will change the way you
live and work.

Take a hand in shaping things to come.

Speakers include DiamondCluster International Chairman and CEO Mel
Bergstein and Marconi Communications Executive Vice President Joseph Pajer=
.
Don=92t be a bug on the windshield of the future. Learn from the best, peo=
ple 
who are changing the way we think, the way we live and the way we will wor=
k 
with the technologies headed this way.

Here=92s what we=92ll be exploring=85

=D8       Big Pipes =96 How the emergence of Broadband and Optical technol=
ogies 
will change business, open new markets and upend old ones.
=D8       Miracle Machines: MEMS (Micro Electrical Mechanical Systems) =96=
 
These invisible machines will change the nature of manufacturing and 
communications. 
=D8       Unwiring the World =96 What will happen when the web goes mobile=
?
=D8       Robotic Invasion =96 The commercial possibilities may be closer =
(and 
more amazing) than you think.
=D8       Future Perfect? =96 What innovations are coming in three to five=
 
years?
=D8       Who Do You Trust? =96 Security and privacy are quickly becoming 
paramount as the world goes online. Where are the pitfalls and 
opportunities?
=D8       Technology and the New Consumer =96 Adversaries or allies?
=D8       Transcending Mortality =96 Digital technologies are accelerating=
 
medical innovation more than ever, from the human genome project to the wa=
y 
medical records are stored and shared.
=D8       That=92s =93New=94 Entertainment! =96 What new media technologie=
s will 
shape the entertainment markets of tomorrow? What convergences are likely?=
 
And how do you tell the sizzle from the steak?

Don=92t miss a chance to explore the future before it arrives. Mark your
calendar for March 16-17, 2001. 

Get a glimpse, get a clue, get a reservation! Register at 
www.cmuinterface.org.