Award-Winning Director to Discuss Ethics in Engineering
Following Viewing of His Movie, Primer
 

Shane Carruth, Primer writer, director and actor
Marc Apter, coordinator, IEEE EMCC
George McClure, former chair, IEEE EMCC
Dr. Jens Hannemann (Moderator), Department of Electrical Engineering,
University of Kentucky and member, IEEE EMCC

Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort & Spa in San Antonio, 9800 Hyatt Resort Drive, tel. +1 210 647 1234; Fredericksburg Ballroom D

Tuesday, 16 Nov. 2004, 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Shane Carruth, 31, of Dallas, is a former engineer who taught himself filmmaking. He drew upon his engineering background to create a work that raises moral and ethical questions about technology. He and volunteer leaders of the IEEE will be available for interviews. The event is not open to the public. Attendance is by invitation only.

Media wishing to attend should contact Chris McManes, IEEE-USA senior public relations coordinator, at c.mcmanes@ieee.org, tel. +1 202 785 0017, ext. 8356. On Wednesday, 17 Nov., contact Pender McCarter, IEEE-USA public relations director, on-site at +1 202 321 1828.

Two young engineers, Abe and Aaron, are members of a small group of men who work by day for a large corporation while conducting extracurricular experiments on their own time in a garage. While tweaking their current project, a device that reduces the apparent mass of any object placed inside it by blocking gravitational pull, they accidentally discover that it has some highly unexpected capabilities — ones that could enable them to do and to have seemingly anything they want. Taking advantage of this unique opportunity is the first challenge they face. Dealing with the consequences is the next.

See www.primermovie.com for more information.