ADVISORY/Next 20 Years Conference in L.A. to Highlight Joe Firmage.Business Editors/High Tech Writers ADVISORY...for Wednesday (Aug. 30) LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 29, 2000 Internet visionary muses on the future as he and Ann Druyan Ann Druyan (born June 13, 1949) is an author and media producer known for her involvement in many projects aiming to popularize and explain science. In her writings, Druyan has stressed the idea that people can have a sense of awe and wonder about the unity of the cosmos without of Carl Sagan Carl Edward Sagan (November 9 1934 – December 20 1996) was an American astronomer and astrochemist and a highly successful popularizer of astronomy, astrophysics, and other natural sciences. Productions prepare to launch an integrated media network to enlighten, educate and entertain www.next20years.com The Next Twenty Years TWENTY YEARS. The lapse of twenty years raises a presumption of certain facts, and after such a time, the party against whom the presumption has been raised, will be required to prove a negative to establish his rights. 2. - Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. (TNTY), the distinguished technology industry conference series, has selected Joe Firmage Joseph Firmage (born October 26, 1970 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is an American Internet entrepreneur. He founded several business ventures prior to and during the dot-com boom and currently is involved with two closely linked organizations: ManyOne Networks of which he is CEO, and to share his visions of life in the year 2020 at its August 30th showcase at the Wiltern Theater. "We are especially proud to present Joe Firmage to our L.A. audience," said TNTY Executive Producer Bob Ayres. "Joe personifies what this series is really about--the impact of science and technology on life. Joe spends his life preparing our culture for the changes to come. He brings rare insight and experience that truly gets people thinking." "Fifty-three years ago, a basic insight was glimpsed in the functions of certain types of matter," Firmage said. "Resulting technologies--the transistor and integrated circuits--have enabled the birth of a new era of human community and self-awareness, offering our young species an electronic mirror, helping us to appreciate our diversity and evolve a peaceful world Peaceful World is a double-LP by rock band The Rascals, which was released in 1971. In August of 1970, Eddie Brigati left the band, and guitarist Gene Cornish left the following month. society. The sum total of recorded human knowledge will soon be accessible through a wireless device that will speak and understand spoken words, fitting in the palm of a child's hand. "At the same time, the sustainability of our civilization is threatened by its wastes and imbalances. Few people now question that the dimensions of the human footprint on nature's face have grown too large. And those dimensions are now subject to scaling through e-commerce." Firmage continues: "As technology radically expands and nature threatens contraction of our ability to share life experience, there are more reasons than ever to ask ourselves what ways there may be to evolve the economics that drives our work. And new insights in science, perhaps revealing tools of greater importance than the transistor, may offer us new answers to the challenges framing our view of the 21st century." Firmage is currently CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Project Voyager, the code name for a new kind of media network that intends to transform entertainment and learning drawn from the rapidly expanding knowledge base of science. Firmage formed Project Voyager with Ann Druyan, wife and collaborator of the late Carl Sagan and CEO of Carl Sagan Productions. Firmage was previously co-founder and principal of Intend Change, a venture construction firm that organized $250 million dollars and launched five market leaders for the new economy such as Electron Economy, Invesmart and iGeneration. He was co-founder and CEO of USWeb/CKS (now marchFIRST), an Internet professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. firm. In 1998, Ernst and Young recognized Firmage as Silicon Valley's Young Entrepreneur of the Year. Prior to USWeb/CKS, he was with Novell as Vice President of strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. for Novell's Systems Group. Firmage started his career as founder and CEO of Serius Corporation, a developer of object-based programming tools for PC developers. Serius was founded in 1989 and was acquired by Novell in 1993. The Wiltern Theater event is moderated by Dan Farber, Executive Vice President for Content Development and Integration at ZD Net. Speakers include Martin Tobias, Founder and CEO of Loudeye, and Jean Paul Jean Paul: see Richter, Johann Paul Friedrich. Jacob, Manager of Enternal Technical Relations at IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Almaden Research Center The IBM Almaden Research Center, located near San Jose, California, is one of IBM's largest research centers, specializing in both basic research in material science and applied research in computer storage, where many refinements and improvements were made in hard disc drive .
WHO: Joe Firmage
WHAT: Speaking on predictions for the year 2020
WHERE: TNTY--LA
Wiltern Theater
3790 Wilshire Boulevard
Loa Angeles, CA 90010
WHEN: Wednesday, August 30th, 5:30 p.m.
About The Next 20 Years Series An industry insider's sneak preview of the future, The Next 20 Years series joins industry leaders, senior industry executives and visionaries from all facets of the technology, medicine and entertainment communities to present and explore expert predictions on what is yet to come. While providing a platform to showcase companies that are poised today to be the new leaders, the series presents an opportunity to exchange ideas, share experiences and imagine what the future holds, all in the environment of a spirited cocktail party. As technology continues to shape our lives, TNTY welcomes exhibitors and speakers to take part in the series and invites online attendees to view the webcasts over ZDNet and read the show transcripts. More information and invitation requests can be found at www.tnty.com. |
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