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THE
ACCELERATING CHANGE 2004 CONFERENCE IS THIS
WEEKEND!
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Thank you
all for supporting our nonprofit's mission to promote social awareness,
technical comprehension, and positive applications of accelerating
technologies. On behalf of everyone at ASF and all the AC2004 organizers
and volunteers, we sincerely value your participation and hope to
see you all at Stanford this weekend for the world's premiere futurist
conference!
This edition of Tech Tidbits is a final sample of the good
stuff that'll be going on at AC2004--our second annual Accelerating
Change conference. With your support we will keep growing and raising
the bar each year. This year there will be over 25 press representatives
coming to the conference, including two film crews. It is a beautiful
thing to see our issues receive major media attention. We hope you'll
come, contribute your insights and experience, and influence our
direction for the future.
Accelerating
Change 2004: Physical Space, Virtual Space, and Interface
ASF Mission
Conference
Themes and Subthemes
AC2004 Debates Page
Stanford Virtual Human Interaction Lab Open House on Thursday, November
4th
Tech Night at SAP Labs on Friday, November 5th
Speaker
Bios and Abstracts (alpha order, below)
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Lada
Adamic
Research Scientist, HP Labs
Implicit
Structure and the Dynamics of Blogspace
Abstract |
Bio | Links |
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Shai
Agassi
Executive
Board Member, SAP
Achieving
Enterprise Agility
Abstract |
Bio | Links |
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Clark
Aldrich
Co-Founder, SimuLearn; Lead Designer, Virtual Learner;
Author, Simulations
and the Future of Learning, 2003
Talk: Simulation and the Future of Learning
Moderator: Virtual Learning and Community Panel
Abstract |
Bio
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Jeremy
Bailenson
Director, Virtual Human Interaction
Lab; Assistant Professor, Stanford U.
Collaborative Virtual Environments and Transformed Social
Interaction
Abstract
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Bio
| Links |
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Nova
Barlow
Online Community Developer, Themis Group
The Art of Community Management
Abstract |
Bio
| Links |
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Gordon
Bell
Project Director, MyLifeBits, Microsoft BARC
MyLifeBits: The Memex Vision and Implications (placeholder)
Abstract |
Bio
| Links |
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Dana
Blankenhorn
Technology Business Journalist and Consultant
Author, The
Blankenhorn Effect: How to Put Moore's Law to Work for You,
2002
The World of 'Always On'
Abstract |
Bio
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Cynthia
Breazeale
IT Innovation Strategic Program Manager, Intel
Innovation Through IT: Enabling Systemic Innovation
Abstract |
Bio
| Links |
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David
Brin
Physicist,
Science Fiction and Nonfiction Writer;
Author, The
Transparent Society: Will Technology Force Us to Choose Between
Privacy and Freedom?, 1999
Talk:
Evaluating
Horizons: What Limits Our Ability to Cope With Accelerating
Change?
Abstract
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Bio
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Debate: The
Cost and Benefit of Transparency: How Far, How Fast, How Fair? |
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Milton
Chen
CTO, VSee Lab
Design of a Visual Communication and Collaboration Software
for Afghanistan
Abstract |
Bio
| Links |
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Jack
Emmert
Creative
Director, Cryptic Studios; Lead Designer, City of Heroes
Debate:
Real Money in Virtual Economies: The Future of User-Created
Content
Abstract |
Bio
| Links |
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Doug
Engelbart
Inventor of the Mouse; Digital Interface Legend; Founder,
Bootstrap Institute;
Winner, Turing Award, MIT-Lemelson Prize
Large-Scale Collective IQ: Facilitating its Evolution
Abstract
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Bio
| Links |
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BJ
Fogg
Director
of Research and Design, Persuasive Technology Lab, Stanford
University;
Author,
Persuasive
Technology: Using Computers to Change What We Think and Do,
2002
Captology:
Understanding How Computers Manipulate People
Abstract |
Bio
| Links |
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Robert
Gehorsam
CEO, Forterra Systems; Formerly VP of Strategic Initiatives,
There Inc.
Earth: A Persistent World Simulation (placeholder)
Abstract |
Bio
| Links |
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Dan
Gillmor
Business and Technology Columnist, San Jose Mercury News;
Author, We,
the Media: Journalism By and For the People, 2004
We, the Media: Journalism By and For the People
Abstract |
Bio
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Helen
Greiner
Co-founder and Chairman of the Board, iRobot
Mobile Robots - Saving Time, Money, and Lives
Abstract |
Bio
| Links |
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Dave
Hall
Chief Scientist, Digital Auto Drive
Team DAD (Digital Auto Drive): Autonomous
Vehicle Navigation and the DARPA Grand Challenge
Abstract |
Bio
| Links |
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Bruce
Hall
Business Development, Digital Auto Drive (DARPA Grand Challenge)
Team DAD (Digital Auto Drive): Autonomous
Vehicle Navigation and the DARPA Grand Challenge
Abstract |
Bio
| Links
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Keith
Halper
CEO and Co-Founder, Kuma Reality Games
Reality Games: The Next Revolution
Abstract |
Bio
| Links |
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Robin
Harper
Senior
VP, Linden Lab, creators of Second Life
Real
Learning in Digital Worlds
Abstract |
Bio
| Links |
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Dewayne
Hendricks
Wireless Activist; CEO,
Dandin Group; Director, Wireless Task Force, GBOB Initiative
One
Gigabit or Bust™ Initiative -- A Broadband Vision for
California
Abstract |
Bio
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Steve
Jurvetson
Managing
Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Talk: The Innovation Pipeline: Strategies at DFJ (Placeholder)
Moderator:
The Cost and Benefit of Transparency: How Far, How Fast,
How Fair?
Abstract |
Bio |
Links |
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Peter
Kaminski
CTO and Founder, Socialtext
Enterprising Social Software: Wikis and Weblogs
Abstract |
Bio
| Links |
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Jaron
Lanier
Founder, VPL
Research; Advisor, National Tele-Immersion Initiative; Computer
Scientist, Composer, Artist
Debate:
Finding Humanity in the Interface:
Capacity Atrophy or Augmentation?
Abstract |
Bio
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Alex
Lightman
CEO,
Charmed Technology; Chair, North American IPv6 Summits;
Author, Brave
New Unwired World, 2002
Abstract
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Bio
| Links |
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Richard
Marks
Special
Projects Manager, Research and Development,
Sony Computer Entertainment America
You
are Player One: User Interfaces in Interactive Entertainment
Abstract |
Bio
| Links
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John
Mauldin
President,
Millenium Wave Advisors;
Author, Bull's
Eye Investing: Targeting Real Returns in a Smoke and Mirrors
Market, 2004
Bull's
Eye Investing: Thriving in a Secular Bear Market
Abstract |
Bio
| Links |
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Peter
Norvig
Director
of Search Quality, Google;
Author, Artificial
Intelligence: A Modern Approach (the world's leading
texbook in AI), 2002
Web
Search as a Force for Good (placeholder)
Abstract |
Bio
| Links
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Andreas
Olligschlaeger
President, TruNorth Data Systems
Advanced IT and Security Systems in Law Enforcement
Abstract |
Bio
| Links |
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Cory
Ondrejka
VP of Product Development, Linden
Lab, creators of Second Life
Talk: Living
the Dream: Business, Community and Innovation at the Dawn of
Digital Worlds
Debate: Real Money in Virtual Economies: The Future of User-Created
Content
Abstract |
Bio
| Links |
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Jerry
Paffendorf
Director, ASF
Rise
of the Virtual-to-Real Labor Force: 5 Free Ideas—from
Underwear to Architecture
Abstract |
Bio
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Christine
Peterson
Founder and Vice President,
Foresight Institute;
Author, Leaping
the Abyss: Putting Group Genius to Work, 1997
Championing Innovation in Nanotechnology: Lessons Learned
Abstract
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Bio
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Gee
Rittenhouse
VP of Wireless Research, Lucent
Future
of Wireless Networking
Abstract |
Bio
| Links |
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Zack
Rosen
Founder
and Director, CivicSpace Labs; Creator, DeanSpace social software
Empowering
Democracy through Social Software
Abstract |
Bio
| Links |
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Steve
Salyer
President, Internet Gaming Entertainment
(IGE)
Debate:
Real Money in Virtual Economies: The Future of User-Created
Content
Abstract |
Bio
| Links |
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Joachim
Schaper
Vice President Americas, SAP
Research
Smart Items in the Enterprise
Abstract |
Bio
| Links |
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Tim
Sibley
Chief Scientist, StreamSage
Language
Processing: Is the Acceleration Missing?
Abstract |
Bio
| Links |
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Rich
Skrenta
Co-Founder
and CEO, Topix.net
Text Analytics for News
Abstract
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Bio
| Links |
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John
Smart
President, ASF
Simulation, Agents, and Accelerating Change: Personality
Capture and the Linguistic User Interface
Abstract |
Bio
| Links |
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Jim
Spohrer
Director,
Almaden Services Research, IBM
Almaden
Service
Science: An Emerging Multidiscipline to Accelerate Innovation
Abstract |
Bio
| Links |
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Brad
Templeton
Chairman,
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Debate:
The Cost and Benefit of Transparency: How Far, How Fast,
How Fair?
Abstract |
Bio
| Links |
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Peter
Thiel
Co-Founder and Former CEO, PayPal;
President, Clarium Capital
Author, The
Diversity Myth: Multiculturalism and Political Intolerance On
Campus, 1998
Virtual
Money, Privacy, and Democracy (placeholder)
Abstract |
Bio
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Will
Wright
Founder, Maxis; Creator, Sim City, The Sims
Talk: Sculpting Possibility Space
Abstract |
Bio
| Links
Debate:
Finding Humanity in the Interface:
Capacity Atrophy or Augmentation? |
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Wlodek
Zadrozny
Technologist, On Demand Innovation Services, IBM Research
Text Analytics for Asset Valuation: Tools for Evaluating
Intangible Assets are Emerging and Will Change the Investment
Landscape.
Abstract |
Bio
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Emcees and Moderators (alpha order)
Last
Call for Participant Statements! Already enrolled for AC2004?
Send in your participant
statements (with digital photo if possible) for the AC2004 website
and Conference Handbook. We want to know what your passions,
problems/projects, and recommended resources
are. It only takes a few minutes to respond, and adds greatly to
the event.
 Send
us your Challenge Questions! On Saturday Night, AC2004
attendees will debate important questions in our three conference
themes over dinner—one question per table. Then volunteers
will discuss their table's insights in a "Futuristically Incorrect"
setting over dessert. Have questions to suggest? Send them to jerrypaffendorf
(at)accelerating.org. Here are a few examples to get you started:
What
current investment sectors and strategies are most likely to keep
the U.S. on a curve of accelerating productivity for the next ten
years? How can we increase tech transfer to emerging nations without
hurting U.S. jobs? How do we better sort out real news from hype
in a world of increasing "information overload"? What
will our communities look like in 2020, and will they be real, virtual,
or some new combination? Will our most productive digital personas
(personal "avatars") in 2023 record our life histories
and mirror our personalities, and will they start to feel like extensions
of ourselves?
Call for Submissions
ASF
is seeking submissions for its Accelerating
Times (AT) web-based publication. AT is a "free and
priceless" biannual newsletter covering scientific, technological,
business, and humanist dialogs in accelerating change. Anyone may
submit reader feedback, scan hits, article links, original papers,
questions, and even cartoons (for you illustrators out there) to
mail(at)accelerating.org. Accepted work will appear, fully credited,
in future issues of Accelerating Times.
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