AT THE CENTER
The electronic newsletter of the
Silicon Valley World Internet Center
Tuesday, February 4, 2003
The Silicon
Valley World Internet Center thanks its Sponsors for their continuing
support:
EXECUTIVE
SPONSORS
Amdocs, Inc. Cable & Wireless
Deutsche Telekom Fujitsu IBM Corporation
SAP Sun Microsystems
KNOWLEDGE
NETWORK PARTNERS
Halleck IC Growth, Inc.
Internet Wire
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PUB TALK: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY
6, 2003
"The New, New Media - How Networked
RFID Readers Create a New Commercial Medium"
By Dr. Richard Swan, Director of Corporate Research, SAP Labs LLC
5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Open to the Public. The Pub Talk begins at 6:00
p.m.
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EXECUTIVE BRIEFING & PUB TALK: THURSDAY,
FEBRUARY 6, 2003 - CANCELLED
"Due Diligence in Selecting a VPN Provider
to Maximize the Impact to Your Business"
Please Note: This Executive Briefing & Pub Talk on VPNs have been
cancelled. See above listing for information on the new Pub Talk
presentation.
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SUMMARY: CHALLENGE-THE-EXPERT:
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2003
"When, oh, When, Will the RFID Explosion Really
Happen? What Needs to Be in Place First and What is Missing Now?"
By Mr. Dean Frew, Managing Director, Incucomm, Inc.
Summary and Presentation Link Below.
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SPECIAL PRESENTATION:
MONDAY, APRIL 7, 2003
"Are We There Yet? A Look at Technology and
Where We Expected to be by Now"
By Dr. Bob Glass, Futurist, and Fellow, Silicon Valley World Internet
Center
7:00 p.m. Open to the Public. No Fee.
Not held at the Center. Held at Cypress Semiconductor, 198 Champion
Court, Building 6, San Jose
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PUB TALK: THURSDAY,
FEBRUARY 6, 2003
"The New, New Media - How Networked RFID Readers
Create a New Commercial Medium"
By Dr. Richard Swan, Director of Corporate Research, SAP Labs LLC
5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Open to the Public. The Pub Talk begins at 6:00
p.m.
The combination of inexpensive Radio Frequency IDentification
(RFID) tags and large-scale networks of compatible and interconnected
RFID readers will create a new kind of media. There are strong business
reasons for tagging consumer goods and tracking them from the manufacturer
through the supply chain. The MIT Auto-ID Center promotes this as
the replacement for the barcode. However, these emerging cross-industry
networks will enable a new kind of bi-directional communication
between enterprises and objects. Not only will there be messages
from objects like "Hi, I just arrived at the backroom of store #135
in Fernville," and "Hi, I was just placed into a shopping basket
by Ms. J. Smith" - but also messages to objects like "Dear Dr. Detergent,
your price is now discounted by $0.50" and "Dear Mr. Non-Skid Breaks,
you have been recalled. Your driver will be informed next time they
buy gas."
At this Pub Talk, Richard Swan will describe some examples of pilot
RFID networks being built by SAP and their partners, and will very
briefly show a vision for large-scale cross-industry deployment
of Auto-ID.
ABOUT RICHARD SWAN
Dr. Richard Swan is the Director of Corporate Research at SAP
Labs in Palo Alto. The groups' "Smart Item Infrastructure" research
program is being deployed in several pilots with major customers.
Dr. Swan is leading the definition of SAP's technical product strategy
in this space. Other current research areas include desktop and
mobile multimodal speech. Dr. Swan is the founder of SAP's Voice
Center.
Dr. Swan has led the development of a wide range of bleeding,
hairy edge software and hardware systems. At Carnegie-Mellon University
he developed Cm*, then the largest multi-microprocessor system.
As Vice President for Engineering at Megatest (now Teradyne), he
designed and brought to market the world leading and industry trend
setting "tester-per-pin" architecture, MegaOne. At Digital Equipment,
he lead research at the Western Research Lab that was a pioneer
in RISC architecture, TCP/IP networking, and web applications like
the "Future-Fantasy" bookstore and developments that lead to AltaVista.
As Co-founder of Rte One, Dr. Swan designed a satellite based video
distribution system for broadcast advertising. He has also designed
other widely used test systems and was the architect of a BSkyB
set top box sold under the Grundig brand with multi-millions of
units sold. As Director of Engineering in Cadence's Information
Appliance unit, Dr. Swan led numerous contract designs, including
several RFID based projects.
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SUMMARY: CHALLENGE-THE-EXPERT:
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2003
"When, oh, When, Will the RFID Explosion Really Happen? What Needs
to Be in Place First and What is Missing Now?"
By Mr. Dean Frew, Managing Director, Incucomm, Inc.
Summary and Presentation Link Below.
On January 29, Incucomm, Inc.'s Managing Director, Dean Frew, made
a return visit to the Center to discuss the adoption of RFID tags
at the global scale and the elements needed for future development
in this area.
This session, co-moderated by Dr. Peter Ebert, Program Manager,
Smart Items at SAP Labs' Corporate Research Center, and Ms. Joella
Paquette, Chair of the Center's Advisory Board, drew over 75 attendees
who filled the World Internet Center and "challenged" Mr. Frew in
the highly interactive discussion during the program's second hour.
To view Dean Frew's PowerPoint presentation, visit the Center's
Website. Scroll down and click onto "January 29, 2003 Challenge-the-Expert"
to view the program information, including a link to "Dean Frew's
Presentation (.pdf)".
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SPECIAL PRESENTATION:
MONDAY, APRIL 7, 2003
"Are We There Yet? A Look at Technology
and Where We Expected to be by Now"
By Dr. Bob Glass, Futurist and Fellow, Silicon Valley World Internet
Center
7:00 p.m. Open to the Public. No Fee.
Not held at the Center. Please Note Special Location.
Held at Cypress Semiconductor, 198 Champion Court, Building 6, San
Jose
In collaboration with the Silicon Valley Web Guild (www.webguild.org),
the World Internet Center would like to invite you to a special
presentation by Dr. Bob Glass, Fellow of the Center, on Monday,
April 7, 2003, at 7:00 p.m. in San Jose (Please note special location.)
The topic will be:
"Are We There Yet? A Look at Technology and Where We Expected
to be by Now."
In 1992, "Dr. Bob" and his team at Sun Microsystems embarked on
trying to envision the future with the hopes of trying to figure
out where technology was headed. Two years later, "Starfire" - a
Vision of the future was released. Starfire was a look at the world
of 2004 (from the vantage point of 1992-1994) and an attempt to
create a "video prototype." The team felt that by creating a short
video, the user experience of a corporate customer could be better
developed. At the time the film was developed and released (1992-1994),
there was no common knowledge of the Internet or widespread use
of email, yet these items are forecasted in the film.
Join Dr. Bob as he takes a glance at the future through the past.
The film is 25 minutes in length and offers an amusing peek at where
we should be by now... Are we there yet?
This special presentation will be held at Cypress Semiconductor,
198 Champion Court, Building 6, San Jose, CA 95134. There is no
fee for attending. However, the favor of a reply would be most appreciated.
To register in advance, please contact:
Ms. Claire Kahrobaie
Manager, Client Services
T: 650.462.9800
E: kahrobaie@worldinternetcenter.com
We look forward to welcoming you to this interesting look back
into the future!
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For further information on the Center's Sponsors and Knowledge
Network Partners, visit their Websites:
EXECUTIVE
SPONSORS
Amdocs, Inc. http://www.amdocs.com
Cable & Wireless http://www.cw.com
Deutsche Telekom http://www.dtag.de/english/index.htm
Fujitsu http://www.fujitsu.com
IBM Corporation http://www.ibm.com
SAP http://www.mysap.com
Sun Microsystems http://www.sun.com
KNOWLEDGE
NETWORK PARTNERS
Halleck http://www.halleck.com
IC Growth, Inc. http://www.icgrowth.com
Internet Wire http://www.internetwire.com
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