November 8 2007, 8:00am - 10:00am
Location:
The Tech Museum of Innovation San Jose, CA United States
Santa Clara University’s Center
for Science, Technology, and Society and the Tech Museum of Innovation Technology Benefiting Humanity: Taking Innovation to the Next Stage
For more information, visit http://www.scu.edu/sts.
<p>This
conference, hosted by Santa Clara University’s Center for Science,
Technology, and Society and the Tech Museum of Innovation, examines how
“social entrepreneurs” are breaking down barriers, and remaking the
rules of innovation, with careful consideration to how social
entrepreneurs “reframe” problems – from overcoming civil engineering
deficits, capital access constraints, base of the pyramid skill
shortages, to dealing with fragmented markets.
Learn, too, about programs at the Center to bridge the innovation
gap such as its Global Social Benefit Incubator (GSBI) and KnowledeX
(sponsored by Applied Materials).
Join this year’s Tech Laureates—innovators who are using
technology to benefit humanity in all 192 countries around the world—for a day of insight into technology’s potential to serve the world’s
most urgent unmet needs. Participants include:
- Manuel Castells, the world’s leading researcher in the field of communication technology and society;
- Allen Hammond, World Institute’s Vice President;
- Sally Osberg (invited) President and Chief Executive Officer of the Skoll Foundation;
- Regis McKenna (invited) - Chairman of the Center for Science, Technology, and Society; and
- other foremost Silicon Valley thinkers
