Santa Clara University Hosts The Silicon Valley Challenge Summit.Sharing Technological Innovation for Global Benefit: Can Silicon Valley Meet the Challenge? SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif. -- Santa Clara University's Center for Science, Technology, and Society, in partnership with RiOS Institute, has taken to heart U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan's challenge to Silicon Valley ''This article or section is being rewritten at In November 2002 Kofi Annan issued a Challenge to Silicon Valley to create suitable systems at prices low enough to permit deployment everywhere, whether through international aid programs, NGO charity, or microcredit support. to "C*broaden its horizon and bring more of its remarkable dynamism and innovation to the developing world." Together, the organizers will convene the "Silicon Valley Challenge Summit: Sharing Technological Innovation for Global Benefit" on Nov. 16 at SCU SCU Santa Clara University SCU Southern Cross University (New South Wales, Australia) SCU Southern California University of Health Sciences (Whittier, California) SCU Serious Crimes Unit SCU Special Care Unit to craft an action agenda for engaging Silicon Valley with the developing world. Speakers include Craig Barrett, chairman of the board for Intel Corp., Bill Coleman, chairman Silicon Valley Leadership Group The Silicon Valley Leadership Group (SVLG) is an organization to, from its website, "involve principal officers and senior managers of member companies in a cooperative effort with local, regional, state, and federal government officials to address major public policy issues , and founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Cassatt Corp., Sarbuland Khan, executive coordinator of the Global Alliance for ICT (1) (Information and Communications Technology) An umbrella term for the information technology field. See IT. (2) (International Computers and Tabulators) See ICL. 1. (testing) ICT - In Circuit Test. and Development for the United Nations, Dan Shine, director of the 50x15 Program at AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. , and Paul Mountford, president of emerging markets at Cisco Systems. "I believe that the innovation and entrepreneurship that made Silicon Valley the birthplace of the 'Information Revolution' can and should be part of the solution to sustainable global development," Coleman said. "This summit is our opportunity to join with the global organizations that are leading the charge by leveraging our considerable skills and experience. I urge all of the Valley leaders to come forward to help us work for a better future." The Summit will showcase what has been done to bring information and communication technologies (ICT) to developing countries. In addition, panel discussions among civic, academic, corporate and not-for-profit organization leaders will focus on the efforts that are currently underway. "A goal of the Summit is the generation of an action agendaCoa series of next steps from a broader policy perspective and from different sector perspectives (economic, political, social) to drive the more coordinated actions of Silicon Valley as a whole," says Pedro Hernandez-Ramos, associate director of SCU's Center for Science, Technology, and Society, and one of the organizers of the event. James R. Fruchterman, Founder and 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. , The Benetech Initiative, and a 2006 MacArthur Fellow who will participate in one of the panels, remarked that "Linking both the hearts and minds of gifted technologists helps us identify where technology can have the greatest impact and improve the lives of many millions of people." By gathering leaders of ongoing efforts with top decision-makers in Silicon Valley, Hernandez-Ramos predicts, "there will be lots of sparks flying in terms of exploration of possibilities for ongoing action after the Summit between those individuals." Interactive workshop sessions during the Summit include "University-Industry Collaborations," "Working with Multilateral Development Organizations," and "Addressing the Bottom of the Pyramid In economics, the bottom of the pyramid is the largest, but poorest socio-economic group. In global terms, this is the four billion people who live on less than $2 per day, typically in developing countries. Market." "The Summit provides an opportunity to explore thorny issues of information and communication technology in the service of development, to forge partnerships and to suggest new ways forward, all in an intimate setting," said Geoffrey C. Bowker, Executive Director, Center for Science, Technology, and Society, at SCU. "It builds on the Center's commitment to researching and promoting the use of science and technology for the public good." The Summit is sponsored by Applied Materials Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Intel Corp. and NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on . For more information about the Summit, visit www.scu.edu/sts/ Speaker list includes: * Akhtar Badshah, Senior Director of Community Affairs, Microsoft Corp. * Craig R. Barrett, Chairman of the Board, Intel Corp. and Chairman, Global Alliance for ICT and Development, United Nations * Geoffrey C. Bowker, Regis and Dianne McKenna Professor and Executive Director, Center for Science, Technology, and Society, Santa Clara University * Paul Braund, Executive Director, RiOS Institute * Eric Brewer, Director for Intel Research and Director, Technology and Infrastructure for Emerging Regions (TIER) Program, University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley is a public research university located in Berkeley, California, United States. Commonly referred to as UC Berkeley, Berkeley and Cal * Eric Carlson, Associate Director, CSTS CSTS Construction Safety Training System CSTS Can't Stop The Serenity CSTS Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress (Bethesda, MD) CSTS Crew Space Transportation System (European Space Agency) Global Social Benefit Incubator and Faculty, Entrepreneur Leadership Program, Leavey School of Business The Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University was founded in 1923 and accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business twenty years later. , Santa Clara University * Manuel Castells, Wallis Annenberg Chair Professor of Communication Technology and Society, Annenberg School for Communication There are two schools named Annenberg School for Communication.
* Bill Coleman, Chairman, Silicon Valley Leadership Group and Founder, Chairman, and CEO, Cassatt Corp. * William H. Davidow, Founding Partner, MDV MDV mucosal disease virus. (Mohr Davidow Ventures) * James R. Fruchterman, Founder and CEO, The Benetech Initiative * Allen L. Hammond, Vice President for Innovation and Special Projects, World Resources Institute Founded in 1982, the World Resources Institute (WRI) is an environmental think tank based in Washington, D.C. WRI is an independent, non-partisan and nonprofit organization with a staff of more than 100 scientists, economists, policy experts, business analysts, statistical * Sarbuland Khan, Executive Coordinator of the Global Alliance for ICT and Development, United Nations * James L. Koch, Executive Director, CSTS Global Social Benefit Incubator, Santa Clara University * Paul Locatelli, S.J., President of Santa Clara University * James C. Morgan, Chairman, Applied Materials Inc. * Paul Mountford, President, Emerging Markets, Cisco Systems Ltd. * Djordjija Petkoski, Lead Specialist, Business, Competitiveness, and Development Group, World Bank Institute * Paul Saffo, Director and Roy Amara Fellow, Institute for the Future * AnnaLee Saxenian, Dean and Professor, School of Information and Professor, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley * Anke Schwittay, Director of Research, RiOS Institute * Dan Shine, Director, 50x15 Program, Advanced Micro Devices * Bess Stephens, Vice President, Corporate Philanthropy, Hewlett-Packard Co. About the organizers SCU's Center for Science, Technology, and Society researches and promotes the use of science and technology for the common good. Through research, education, and public events, the Center brings together scholars, industry leaders, and public advocates to collaboratively serve humanity by leveraging its unique strengths. The RiOS Institute is dedicated to harnessing design innovation and anthropological research as tools to improve social and technological development projects and is guided by the principles of the United Nation's Millennium Development Goals “MDG” redirects here. For other uses, see MDG (disambiguation). The Millennium Development Goals are eight goals that 192 United Nations member states have agreed to try to achieve by the year 2015. . About Santa Clara University Santa Clara University, a comprehensive Jesuit, Catholic university located in California's Silicon Valley, offers its 8,397 students rigorous undergraduate curricula in arts and sciences, business, and engineering, plus master's and law degrees. Distinguished nationally by the second-highest graduation rate among all U.S. master's universities, California's oldest higher-education institution demonstrates faith-inspired values of ethics and social justice. More information is online at www.scu.edu. |
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