WEEK 6 of 7 | ILEAD Summer Lecture Series

WEEK 6 of 7 | ILEAD Summer Lecture Series

DIGITAL REVOLUTION: PROMISE AND THREAT

David Cardinal

Extremetech.com Contributing Writer

DEATHMATCH IN TECHNOLOGY VALLEY:

Six tech titans, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Samsung, and Amazon, are on a collision course, each fighting for dominance and massive market caps. The conflict ranges from subtle chess moves to boxing roundhouses. David Cardinal, tech journalist and digital pioneer, is well-positioned to project how each expects to win and which have a fighting chance.

Carmelle J. Terborgh, Ph.D.

Team Lead, Esri Global Affairs

INTERCONNECTION OF GLOBAL CHALLENGES: MAPPING, TRACKING, PREDICTION:

Technology has allowed us all to embrace the power of ‘where’ in the last decade. New advancements in location analytics and the proliferation of mobile devices have turned consumers into censors and remote parts of the world into visibility. We can now use big data from cellular networks, earth observation platforms - like satellites and buoys, etc. to track, predict and map many aspects of global challenges like hurricanes, tsunamis, refuge migrations and more.

Details:

Time: 9am-12pm | August 14, 2013

Location: Spaulding Auditorium at the Hopkins Center for the Arts (The HOP), Dartmouth College (Enter on Lebanon Street)

Price: $20 per ticket

Brochure URL: http://www.dartmouth.edu/ilead/docs/ileadbrochure2013partial.pdf

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