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IEEE in Central Texas Announces Globalization Forum, October Event in Austin To Focus on Technology Policy Issues

AUSTIN, TEXAS (03 October 2003) — IEEE-USA and the IEEE Central Texas Section are pleased to announce its upcoming forum, "Globalization & Technology: A Dialogue on Policy Issues." Scheduled for Friday, 17 October in Austin, Texas, the all-day event is expected to foster open discussion among government, academic and corporate leaders in a forum focused on the effect of globalization on public policy and technology.

Recognizing that Central Texas is a worldwide center of technology, speakers and audience will discuss how current advances in technology impact the world's economies and cultures, which policies the U.S. should adopt with regards to the globalization of technology, and how these shifts in policy shape the technology sectors of this region as well as the nation.

Confirmed keynote speakers include Clifford Lau, Associate Director for the University Program at the U.S. Office of Naval Research (Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense), and President-elect of the IEEE Nanotechnology Council; and national author and syndicated columnist Austin Bay, noted for his foreign affairs commentaries on National Public Radio's Morning Edition, CNN, C-SPAN, and ABC News Nightline.

Confirmed panelists include Ralph Wyndrum, AT&T Labs and V.P. of Technology Policy Activities, IEEE-USA; Juan Sanchez, V.P. for Research, The University of Texas at Austin; Jim Carlo, President-Elect of IEEE Standards Association; Brian Bauer, IBM Program Executive for Global Security Strategy and Assurance, IBM Global Services; LeEarl Bryant, 2002 President, IEEE-USA; Larry Leibrock, Associate Dean for Technology & Chief Technology Officer, The University of Texas at Austin; and Mayor Pro Tem Jackie Goodman, Austin City Council.

Keynote speakers and peer panels will address globalization issues such as technology transfer and commercialization, security and privacy, communications, energy and education. The forum is scheduled from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (forum includes continental breakfast, lunch and closing reception) at the Capitol Marriott in Austin, 701 East 11th Street. Complete forum details are available online at: www.ieee-centraltexassection.org.

Forum co-sponsors include American Electronics Association-Texas Council (AeA), IC² Institute, IEEE Computer Society (Austin Chapter), IEEE-Dallas Section, IEEE-El Paso Section, IEEE-Galveston Bay Section, IEEE Power Engineering Society-Central Texas, North Texas Technology Council, Rice Alliance for Technology & Entrepreneurship, Technical Business Network, Texas Camino Real Export Council and TiE (The IndUS Entrepreneurs).

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) has more than 380,000 members in approximately 150 countries. Through its members, the organization is a leading authority on areas ranging from aerospace, computers and telecommunications to biomedicine, electric power and consumer electronics. The IEEE produces nearly 30 percent of the world's literature in the electrical and electronics engineering, computing and control technology fields. This nonprofit organization also sponsors or cosponsors more than 300 technical conferences each year. Additional information about the IEEE can be found at http://www.ieee.org/.

IEEE-USA is an organizational unit of the IEEE created in 1973 to advance the public good, while promoting the careers and public-policy interests of the more than 235,000 electrical, electronics, computer and software engineers who are U.S. members of the IEEE. The IEEE is the world's largest technical professional society. For more information, go to http://www.ieeeusa.org.

For more details regarding this forum, please contact Emily Sopensky, Conference Chair: +1 512 452 2448 or e.sopensky@ieee.org. Online registration is available at www.ieee.org/CTS.

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Last Updated: 30 September 2003
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