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2001
Voice Technology
The General Magic and Dialogic Symposium: "The
Liberation of Information: Voice Technology and the Changing Sound
of Business"
How has the voice-technology industry affected productivity
and communication in the world of business,what are the challenges
and how are they being met? Participants were leaders from the vanguard
of the industry, both creators and users. During this two-day meeting
at the Meridian House in Washington, D.C. everyone agreed that, in
the upcoming generation of voice applications, customers needs must
shape interactions rather than cost concerns.
2000
Loyalties
The eLoyalty Symposium:
"21st Century Loyalties: Trust, Commitment and Personal Identity
in the Information Age"
How has the concept of loyalty changed
in an age of growing internet-facilitated global interconnectivity
and interaction? Recipients of the year 2000 eLoyalty Leadership Award
and thirty senior information technology users, executives, and opinion
leaders gathered to discuss this question at a two-day symposium held
at the Cosmos Club and the Library of Congress, in Washington, DC.
1999
Transportation & Energy
The Department of Energy Symposium
What has it taken to bring forth an alternative
to the internal combustion engine for the 21st century? As fuel cell
vehicles make their appearance on streets around the world, a small
group of senior automotive executives came together in Washington
DC to reflect, for the historical record, on how the Partnership for
a New Generation of Vehicles (PGNV) project has evolved.
Human Relationships
The Technology Solutions Loyalty Symposium: "The
Loyalty Proposition"
At first glance, it might seem that
information technology would be a force to tear down old product and
corporate loyalties. In an age when the competitive product is just
a mouse click away, is it
possible to nurture the product loyalties that make the lives of both
businesses and consumers more efficient? To get the answers to questions
such as that the Program convened a group of business leaders in Washington
DC on May 7, 1999.
Manufacturing
The SGI Manufacturing Symposium: "Information
Technology and a New Generation of Vehicles"
Once the paragon of the Industrial Age,
transportation companies have turned
themselves into leaders of the Information Age as well. Automobile
companies routinely design every aspect of a car electronically, using
high- resolution displays rather than clay models. How is the presence
of this new information technology changing the whole way these companies
think about their products, and how they will shape their companies
in the years to come? To make sure that the answers to questions such
as these are being captured for the historical record, a group of
the leaders in vehicle design was convened in Washington DC on April
13, 1999.
Partnership
"Gene Medicine: Using the Map"
In conjunction with the National Foundation for
Cancer Research, the Industrial Investment Council, and hosted by
the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany the Program convened
some of the leading scientists and researchers from around the world
to discuss the advances in gene diagnostics, gene therapy, gene medicine
and pharmocogenomics. Global leaders of the international Human Genome
Project met in Washington DC to compare notes on rapidly accelerating
advances.
1998
Education
The Toshiba America Information Systems Information
Technology Education Symposium: "From School to Work: Shaping
the Journey"
This symposium illuminated critical
issues in the discussion on how educators respond to 21st century
demands and
how well they embraced the new tools
of technology to teach K-12 students.
Medicine
The Hoffmann-La Roche Symposium on Technology and
Medicine "Parallel Revolutions o Improving Health Care management
& Quality in the Information Age"
The 1997 Medical symposium brought
together distinguished representatives from all branches of medicine
to evaluate recent advances in medical technology and to
discuss how this new technology could best be used to further the
goals of high quality, cost effective health care.
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1997
Education
The Toshiba America Information Systems Information
Technology Education Symposium: "Knowledge in Motion: New Tools
for Teachers in the Information Age"
The 1997 education symposium highlights some of the new opportunities
and experiences that information technology has afforded us. The event
took place at the National Museum of America History and explored
ways for improving educational access to technology, evaluating educational
content available on the Internet and improving communication between
home, school and the community.
1996
Education
The Zenith Data Systems Computerworld Smithsonian
Education Symposium: "Learning to Achieve Excellence in the Information
Age"
As information technology enriches the
learning experience the way educators teach and students learn is
changing. The 1996 symposium explored
opportunities made possible by networked learning
environments, instant access to expanding information and an increased
level of
communication.
1995
Medicine
The Science Applications International Corporation
(SAIC) and Integrated Surgical Systems (ISS) Howard A Paul Symposium
on Technology and Medicine:
"Mapping the Agenda for Healthcare: The New Frontiers"
The goal of the Symposium was to gather, define, disseminate, and
deliver information on today's cataclysmic revolution in the practice
of medicine--a revolution driven by new technologies, specifically
information technologies--to a still coalescing health care community.
The speed with which new developments and protocols are communicated,
the collapsing of space and time facilitated by computer networking
and the increasing accessibility of vast pools of information containing
the wisdom, insights and experiences of thousands of physicians worldwide,
is right now tearing down the walls that once separated physician
from physician, and patients from the best health care available anywhere
in the world at any given time.
Education
The Zenith Data Systems Education Symposium: "Passion
to Create - Power to Inspire: The Learning Revolution"
The symposium showcased and explored resources on the Internet and
other networks and explored ways in which these resources were changing
the landscape of learning. Among the issues discussed were home learning,
models for new relationships between teachers and students and the
escalating importance of sharing each innovation in education.
1994
Medicine
The Integrated Surgical Systems Howard A Paul Symposium
on Technology and Medicine: "The Promise of Technology: Better
Care and Lower Costs in the New Healthcare Environment"
Former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop
moderated the second annual Medical Symposium Distinguished doctors,
researchers, hospital administrators, healthcare professionals, Wall
Street Financiers, ethicists and journalists contributed their time
to the ongoing debate about how best to use the power of technology
to address difficult issues in healthcare.
Education
"Building New Communities of Learning: Bringing
the World to the Classroom and Bringing the Classroom to the World"
The symposium focused on three topics. Using technology to bridge
gaps between learning inside and outside the classroom; the current
state of Information Technology and its potential impact on education;
shifting roles of studentand teacher as computers and related technologies
become tools for education.
1993
Medicine
The Integrated Surgical Systems Howard A Paul Symposium
on Technology and Medicine
The Symposia on Technology and Medicine honor the memory of Howard
A. Paul, founder of ISS and visionary in the application of technology
in medical practice.
Education
The first Computerworld Smithsonian Education Symposium was moderated
by Alice Wolfe; the former mayor of Cambridge and the keynote address
was delivered by Senator Jeff Bingaman Jr. (D-NM). The discussions
and demonstrations were devoted to both
networks and networking; both technical and human; to the resources
available to educators at that time; the alternatives
for the foreseeable future, their educational relevance to the workplace,
and the costs, burdens and economic implications of it all.
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