CONVENED BY
THE 2009 WORLD TECHNOLOGY SUMMIT & AWARDS VIDEO WEBCAST
DAY 1 | DAY 2 | AWARDS GALA
Filming and Video Production provided by Haas Productions
DAY 1: Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Day 1: Opening Remarks
James P. Clark, Founder/Chairman, The World Technology Network"How to Save the Future (and how to think about the future)"
Scott McCleod, co-creator of the "Did You Know" viral internet phenomenon "Did You Know?" (a thought-provoking look at the world as it really is today)
Demos (from the stage)
David Post, Founder and Chairman, Next Island LLC
Jeremiah D. Jackson, Senior Principal Engineer, Kleinfelder
Erica vanderLinde Feidner, President/CEO, Piano Matchmaker LLC
Usman Haque, Director, Haque Design + Research Ltd; Founder,Pachube & Adam Somlai-Fischer, Cofounder, Prezi.com
Panel Discussion
"Changing the World: NGOs, International Development, and the Internet"Moderator: Sarah McCue, Founder/Chairman, BluMail/BluWorld
Panelists include: Shamina de Gonzaga, Co-founder, what moves you?
Timothy Anderson, President, World Computer Exchange
Co-Chairs - overviews of different fields represented by the WTN membership
Design - Ron Nabarro , Designer
Education - Richard Baraniuk Founder, Connexions (Rice University)
Environment - Dean Cameron, Founder, Biolytix
Finance - Rebecca Fannin, Author, "Silicon Dragon: How China is Winning the Tech Race" and International Editor, Asian Venture Capital Journal (AVCJ)
Health & Medicine - Frank Volke, Head of NMR/MRI-Group, Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering (IBMT)
IT Hardware/Software- Ian Sands, Director of Envisioning, Microsoft
Luncheon Speaker
"Where's My Jetpack?: A Guide to the Science Fiction Future that Never Arrived"Daniel H. Wilson, author
"How to Save the Future: The Future Needs Solar"Zhengrong Shi, Founder/Chairman/CEO, Suntech Power Holdings (China); "The Sun King"
Panel Discussions
"Innovation: Is this the best or worst of times?"Moderator: Stephanie Mehta, Global Editor, Fortune magazine
Panelists include: Lowell McAdam, CEO, Verizon Wireless
Peter F. Volanakis, President and Chief Operating Officer, Corning
"Social Networks & Societal Revolution: what happened/is happening in Iran?"Moderator: Lily Mazahery, Founder/President, Legal Rights Institute
Panelists include:
Reza Sayah, CNN Correspondent, Mark D. Drapeau, AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow, The Center for Technology and National Security Policy, The National Defense University










