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About The World Technology Network

The World Technology Network (WTN) combines a global meeting ground, a virtual think tank, and an elite club whose members are all focused on the business or science of bringing important emerging technologies of all types (from biotech to new materials, from IT to new energy sources) into reality. The WTN's membership is comprised of nearly 1000 individuals and organizations from over 60 countries nominated and judged by their peers to be the most innovative in the technology world.

The WTN brings key players together -- from the most cutting-edge technologists to the most forward-thinking financiers, from the most conceptual futurists to the most grounded entrepreneurs, from the most insightful science writers to the most savvy marketers, from the most big-picture government officials to the most focused policy analysts, and from the world's leading corporations to the world's newest start-ups -- helping to make things happen sooner and better than they might have.

The WTN exists to "encourage serendipity" -- the happy accidents of colliding ideas and new relationships that cause the biggest breakthroughs for individuals and institutions. The WTN works to accomplish its mission through global and regional events for its members (and others) to help make connections among them, and to examine the likely implications and possible applications of emerging technologies. The WTN also seeks to provide useful information and provoke action through its publications.

The World Technology Awards are presented each year to the outstanding innovators from each sector within the technology arena, both as a way to honor those individuals and as a vetting mechanism to determine the newest WTN members. The Awards are announced each year in a gala ceremony at the close of the annual World Technology Summit.

The World Technology Summit is a global gathering of the WTN membership as well as other delegates. The 2001 World Technology Summit was held in London at Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine and the National Museum of Science & Industry. The 2002 World Technology Summit was held in New York City, in part at United Nations headquarters. The 2003 and 2004 World Technology Summits and Awards took place in San Francisco.

The WTN also convenes more specific high-level gatherings. For example, in February 2004, we held the World Energy Technologies Summit at UNESCO headquarters in Paris.

In order to provide "insights from the innovators" to those who do not or cannot attend our conferences, we produce publications. "World Technology Intelligence" brings together articles about the work of WTN members, mostly written in their own words. "World Technology Reports" are occasional publications covering a specific topic of interest. For more information on either publication, please contact info@wtn.net.

We recently launched The WTN Update, a monthly e-newsletter summarizing recent work of WTN members.

We also organize chapter meetings and roundtables in key cities around the world where WTN membership has achieved a local critical mass. And, we are exploring the development of other online and offline services.

WTN is a community for and of those people working in and around new technologies, who are creating the future and changing the world.