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Things That Think, See, Feel and Do
November 10-11, 1998 in Los Angeles, CA

MONDAY, November 9
6:30 pm
Reception and Buffet Dinner

TUESDAY, November 10
7:30 am

Continental Breakfast

8:30 am
Conference Overview
Peter Cochrane, Head of Advanced Research, BT Laboratories and TTI/Vanguard Advisory Board Member
8:45 am
PLASTIC BATTERIES
Robert Lucky, Corporate Vice President, Applied Research, Bellcore and TTI/Vanguard Advisory Board Member
9:15 am
VIRTUAL IMAGES IN A MOBILE WORLD
Glen G. Kephart, Vice President, Marketing Display Products, Kopin Corporation
10:00 am
Break
10:30 am
PAPERLESSNESS, AND PUTTING ALL OF OUR BOOKS, PAPERS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS IN CYBERSPACE
Gordon Bell, Senior Researcher, Microsoft Corporation and TTI/Vanguard Advisory Board Member
10:50 pm
A COMPLETE PAPERLESS PUBLISHING AND SECURE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
James Sachs, Co-founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, SoftBook Press, Inc.
11:30 pm
VISIONS OF FRANKENSTEIN DANCE IN OUR HEADS
Richard R. Gillen, Director of Technical Development, Medtronic, Inc.
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm
THINGS THAT LIVE: PROGRESS TOWARDS LIVING ARTIFACTS
Christopher Langton, Chief Technology Officer, Swarm Corporation
2:30 pm
MICROELECTRONIC OLFACTION – HOW ICs CAN LEARN TO SMELL!
Oliver Brand, Project Leader, Physical Electronics Laboratory, ETH Zurich
3:20 pm
Break
3:45 pm
BREAKING THE TWO-FOOT BUBBLE
Mike M. Paull, Managing Director, Intelligent Home Systems Group, Microsoft Corporation
4:45 pm
Closing
5:00 pm
Reception and Concert at the home of Alan Kay
Meet in the Hotel’s main lobby for transportation to the concert
7:30 pm
Dinner at Michael’s Restaurant, 1147 Third Street, Santa Monica Transportation will be provided from the concert to the restaurant, which is Located one block from the Miramar Sheraton

WEDNESDAY, November 11
7:30 am

Continental Breakfast

8:30 am
MACHINES CAN NEVER BE REALLY INTELLIGENT, CAN THEY?
Kevin Warwick, Professor of Cybernetics, University of Reading
9:15 am
THE WEARABLE MOTHERBOARD©: A FLEXIBLE INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PERSONAL INFORMATION PROCESSING
Sundaresan Jayaraman, Professor, School of Textile & Fiber Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
10:00 am
Break
10:30 am
WIRELESS INTEGRATED NETWORK SENSORS: A GLOBAL DIGITAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
William J. Kaiser, Professor and Chairman, Electrical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles
11:15 am
LIFELONG KINDERGARTEN
Mitchel Resnick, Associate Professor, MIT Media Laboratory
12:15 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm
MICRO AIRCRAFT
Paul B. MacCready, Chairman, AeroVironment, Inc.
2:00 pm
WIRELESS PIROCELL
Peter Cochrane, Head of Advanced Research, BT Laboratories and TTI/Vanguard Advisory Board Member and Mr. Ian Neild, BT Laboratories
2:45 pm
Conference Wrap-Up & Closing Remarks
Peter Cochrane, Head of Research, BT Laboratories and TTI/Vanguard Advisory Board Member

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