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The electronic newsletter of the
Silicon Valley World Internet Center
Tuesday, March 2, 2004
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THINK TANK SESSION: WEDNESDAY,
MARCH 3, 2004
"SENSOR NETWORKS IN THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY:
ENHANCING HOMELAND SECURITY"
1:30 - 5:30 p.m. Invitation-only.
Further information below.
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POWER PUB: TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 2004
Save the date for the Center's next Power
Pub.
The RFID-related topic will be led by Pub Master Mr. Dean Frew,
President of Xterprise, Inc., a Knowledge Network Partner of the
Silicon Valley World Internet Center.
More information to come in future eNewsletters.
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CENTER ANNOUNCEMENT: 2004
CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM
Further information below.
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THINK TANK SESSION:
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2004
"SENSOR NETWORKS IN THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY: ENHANCING HOMELAND SECURITY"
1:30 - 5:30 p.m. Invitation-only.
In light of the events of September 11, 2001, enhancing the security
of transportation and shipping in the United States is of high priority.
This increased need for security comes at a time when truck crossings
at U.S. borders have grown significantly from 2.7 million in 1994
to 4.3 million in 2001.
Tracking safe content in trucks, let alone identifying hazardous
materials, forms the challenge to the California Highway Patrol
and the California Trucking Association. Assuring the timely delivery
of goods remains foremost in the minds of the trucking industry.
Arriving at a solution that will enhance national security, while
not hobbling the efficient flow of transportation, is key.
Sensor and control technologies have revolutionized what is known
as the "Intelligent Transportation" arena. Applying sensor equipment
to trucks, transportation facilities and transportation infrastructure
such as inspection facilities and checkpoints raises the level of
security and safety through enhanced information gathering and analysis.
Sensor equipment could include threat sensors (e.g. chemical agent,
toxic industrial chemical, biological, explosives, and radiological
sensors), object detection (e.g. metal detectors), intrusion or
motion detection, and infrastructure integrity monitoring (e.g.
border cross checking).
This Think Tank Session will focus around the use of sensors and
sensor networks to enhance safety and security in the trucking industry.
SAP, a Corporate Sponsor of the Center, is hosting this session.
The Think Tank Session is designed to elicit the following:
- Outline specific security measures which the trucking industry
must adhere to in the State of California
- Delineate the needs, concerns and requirements of the trucking
industry in adhering to such security measures
- Explore the feasibility of employing sensors and sensor networks
for asset tracking and management
The proceedings of this session will be shared with the participants.
This is part of a series of sessions around technology innovation
in the area of Homeland Security.
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CENTER ANNOUNCEMENT:
2004 CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM
"INVIGORATING HIGH TECH INNOVATION"
The Silicon Valley World Internet Center is pleased to announce
its 2004 Corporate Sponsorship Program, whose objective is to provide
a powerful and effective center - a third-party forum and nexus
of innovators - for clients from Internet- and communications-based
industries, governments and enterprise end-users to explore near-
and medium-term solutions for advanced communications, business
processes and security.
The Corporate Sponsorship Program has a $9,900 annual fee. The
Corporate Sponsorship Program will deliver series of multi-organizational
sessions, open to the public, around such topics as business applications
for sensor networks, RFID applications for supply chain management,
future of wireless broadband, convergence of nano- and biotechnology
with IT, among other cutting edge topics. The Sponsorship Program
will also highlight key advances made by members of the program,
bringing innovations into a multi-corporate community of developers
and end-users.
In November 2003, the Silicon Valley World Internet Center announced
SAP Corporate Research as the first member of the Corporate Sponsorship
Program. "As we look to 2004, our objective is to leverage the collective
and collaborative weight of about 30 industry and government leaders
to support technology, communications, and eBusiness evolution in
an open, yet critical multi-organizational environment. Having SAP
Corporate Research lead that challenge is a great first step," said
Dr. Susan Duggan, CEO of the Silicon Valley World Internet Center.
"We need to embrace, anew, the collaborative nature of innovation,"
says Dr. Joachim Schaper, vice president of SAP Corporate Research
Americas. "Our partners -large and small-should join Susan Duggan
and the World Internet Center in moving the pace and quality of
innovation forward in the Silicon Valley. SAP Corporate Research
calls for other enterprises, governments, and end-users to join
us in this challenge to focus the next generation of innovation
around the Internet and communications."
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
For further information about the Silicon Valley World Internet
Center and the 2004 Corporate Sponsor Program, please contact:
Dr. Susan J. Duggan
Chief Executive Officer
T: 650.462.9800
E: duggan@worldinternetcenter.com
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For further information on the Center's Sponsors and Knowledge
Network Partners, visit their Websites:
KNOWLEDGE
NETWORK PARTNERS
Halleck http://www.halleck.com
IC Growth, Inc. http://www.icgrowth.com
Market Wire http://www.marketwire.com
Incucomm http://www.incucomm.com
Xterprise http://www.xterprise.com
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