PopTech Announces 2004 Program: ``The New Renaissance''.CAMDEN, Maine Camden is a town in Knox County, Maine, United States. The population was 5,254 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 66.8 km² (25.8 mi²). 47.4 km² (18.3 mi²) of it is land and 19.5 km² (7. -- Eighth Annual Summit Will Feature Connected Conversations Among Leaders Ranging From Primatologist to Leading Visual Effects Artist PopTech, the world's premier conference exploring the social impact of technology, today announced its 2004 program, "The New Renaissance." This October 21-24, PopTech will unite the world's most prominent thought leaders and innovators for over three days of exploring the ways that technology is transforming the human experience. The community of PopTech 2004 will discuss the challenges and opportunities for this New Renaissance in human science, art and industry, with conversations ranging from the evolving understanding of human nature, connected civics civics, branch of learning that treats of the relationship between citizens and their society and state, originally called civil government. With the large immigration into the United States in the latter half of the 19th cent. , space exploration, and will even include previews of some breathtaking technologies of tomorrow. "PopTech has been evolving in a very cool way. We started in our own backyards, looking at the future of rural telecommunications. But that was seven years ago," said Bob Metcalfe, Ethernet inventor, venture capitalist Venture Capitalist An investor who provides capital to either start-up ventures or support small companies who wish to expand but do not have access to public funding. Notes: Venture capitalists usually expect higher returns for the additional risks taken. , and a founding director of PopTech. "We are still looking at future impacts of technology on people, but now we are looking at the bottom of the oceans, high in the sky, in outer space, over the Internet, through art and music and warfare, and not just next year, but sometimes way out past the next ice age. Please join us for another mind-blowing weekend in Camden, Maine." The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times described PopTech as "a gathering of innovators who are unafraid of amending the laws of nature" and was cited as one of five "enduring ... not to miss" conferences by Business 2.0. The caliber of attendees is unsurpassed - comprised of leaders from the highest ranks of science, technology, business and the arts. The small size of the conference encourages relationship building and deep thinking, and its venue - the Maine coast during peak foliage in the lovely Camden Camden, borough, Greater London, England Camden, inner borough (1991 pop. 170,500) of Greater London, SE England. Within the borough, residential Hampstead is popular with writers and artists. Opera House - makes for an inspirational weekend unlike any other conference experience in the world. Partial PopTech 2004 Speaker List --Richard Alley, climate change researcher; author, The Two-Mile Time Machine --Thomas Barnett, senior strategic warfare researcher at US Naval War College and Assistant for Strategic Futures to the US Secretary of Defense --Janine Benyus, author, Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature --Jonathan Coulton, singer & songwriter --Tom Daniel, biomechanist and zoologist --Frans de Waal
a person skilled in ethology. and zoologist; director, Living Links Center --Brian Fagan, archaeologist, expert on human prehistory prehistory, period of human evolution before writing was invented and records kept. The term was coined by Daniel Wilson in 1851. It is followed by protohistory, the period for which we have some records but must still rely largely on archaeological evidence to --Richard Florida, Carnegie Mellon professor of economic development; author, The Rise of the Creative Class; founder, Catalytix --Ze Frank, performance artist, humorist hu·mor·ist n. 1. A person with a good sense of humor. 2. A performer or writer of humorous material. humorist Noun a person who speaks or writes in a humorous way , and filmmaker --Malcolm Gladwell, journalist & author, The Tipping Point --Bruce Mau, designer --Grant McCracken, anthropologist; founder, Institute of Contemporary Culture; author, Culture and Consumption --Bob Metcalfe, inventor, Ethernet; general partner, Polaris Venture Partners; founder, 3Com; founding director, PopTech --Alexis Rockman, artist exploring the intersections between biology and technology --Jim Rygiel, visual effects pioneer, most recently named Digital Effects Artist of the Year by the American Film Institute American Film Institute (AFI), nonprofit organization established in Washington, D.C., in 1967 by the National Endowment for the Arts to preserve and catalog American films and television, to provide work grants for new and established filmmakers, and to increase for his work on The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. --John Sculley, partner, Sculley Brothers; co-founder, InPhonic; founding director, PopTech --Eloma Simpson Barnes, orator ORATOR, practice. A good man, skillful in speaking well, and who employs a perfect eloquence to defend causes either public or private. Dupin, Profession d'Avocat, tom. 1, p. 19.. 2. --Spencer Wells, population geneticist ge·net·i·cist n. A specialist in genetics. geneticist a specialist in genetics. geneticist and filmmaker The early registration price, valid through tomorrow, is $1695. Effective July 1, remaining tickets will be priced at $1995. Additional information is available online at http://www.poptech.org About PopTech PopTech, officially known as the Camden Technology Conference, was founded in 1997 to explore the impact of technology on human culture. Hosted annually in the historic seaside village of Camden, Maine, the Camden Technology Conference is a non-profit organization focused on uniting the world's most prominent thought leaders to network, share knowledge, and discuss the effects of technology on society at its PopTech conferences. The conference's roster of speakers and its unique format have earned international acclaim. The audience is limited to 500 attendees and includes founders, CEOs, creators, senior technical personnel, investors, inventors, and policy makers from academia, government and private think tanks. For more information see: http://www.poptech.org. |
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