COSE's Future Forum Looks at 2025 Vision.CLEVELAND -- The Council of Smaller Enterprises (COSE (Common Open Software Environment) Pronounced "cozy." An alliance of major Unix vendors dedicated to standardizing open systems. In 1993, its first specification was the CDE (Common Desktop Environment), a user interface based on Motif. ) and the Greater Cleveland Greater Cleveland is a nickname for the metropolitan area surrounding Cleveland in Ohio. Northeast Ohio refers to a similar but substantially larger area as described below. Partnership (GCP GCP Good Clinical Practice GCP Ground Control Point GCP Global Carbon Project GCP Gateway Control Protocol GCP Global Consciousness Project GCP Granulocyte Chemotactic Protein GCP Grand Central Parkway (New York) ) will hold a public forum hosting regional and national leaders to discuss what the future will look like in 15 to 20 years and how that affects our decisions today. The Future Forum event is scheduled for Thursday, June 7 from 4 - 7:30 p.m. at Myers University David N. Myers University is a private, not-for-profit university located in Cleveland, Ohio. Myers University is a small university that offers a wide array of business programs, although it is no longer exclusively a business school. Club, 3813 Euclid Avenue For the street in Ontario, California, see . Euclid Avenue is a name applied to streets in many American cities; however, Cleveland, Ohio’s Euclid Avenue received nationwide attention from the 1860s to the 1920s for its beauty and wealth. , Cleveland. This interactive discussion will focus on the impact of new and emerging technology, market trends and regional and global changes to help us visualize the potential, the possibilities and the risk inherent in all change. Topics and featured panelists include: * The Future of Sports - Dave Gilbert
* The Future of Film - Ivan Elias Schwarz - Vice President, Greater Cleveland Film Commission * The Future Impact of Global Warming - Michael MacCracken, Ph.D., Chief Scientist for Climate Change Programs, Climate Institute * The Future of Libraries - Sari Feldman, Executive Director, Cuyahoga County Public Library Cuyahoga County Public Library serves the suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio and was ranked the number one public library in the United States among libraries serving populations of more than 500,000 by the Hennen's American Public Library Ratings 2006. The program will be moderated by Dr. Lester A. Lefton, President of Kent State University. Each member of the four person panel will provide a 10-15 minute overview of their work. The remaining portion of the two hour program will be devoted to discussion between the presenters and the audience. "The panel we have assembled is absolutely fantastic and the topics could not be timelier to our region," says Lou Licata, Chairman of COSE. "The more aware we are about the future, the better prepared we are to forge the alliances, partnerships and networks we will need to implement our future visions." Sponsor for the 2007 Future Forum is The Minute Men Human Resource System. Tickets to the Future Forum are $25 for COSE and GCP members and $40 for non-members--for more information on the event, logon to www.cose.org/futureforum. COSE serves as a one-stop resource for its members by providing: group-purchasing programs that reduce the cost of doing business; education and development programs for small- and mid-sized businesses; advocacy on legislative and regulatory issues affecting the business community; a wide range of resources focused on helping firms grow; and economic development partners that can address business concerns. (www.cose.org) |
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