World Technology Summit & Awards Ponders "Imagined Worlds, Plausible Futures"

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Published on Sunday, 14 November 2010 16:13

Written by Laura Blum

“Encouraging Serendipity” may sound like another sappy rom com, but it’s in fact the mantra of the World Technology Network, which will convene top science, business and technology geeks in Manhattan November 30 to December 1 for the 2010 World Technology Summit & Awards.

Bring together the world’s elite innovators, the Summit concept goes, have them toast one another's achievements, and see what bubbles up as they unleash their imaginations on bleeding-edge technologies – and how they can solve the planet’s problems. The event is also a recruiting ground for new WTN members, who require their peers’ nod to join this elite virtual think tank.

Speakers include inventor Ray Kurzweil, Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales and Adam Gopnik, author of Angels & Ages: A Short Book about Darwin, Lincoln, and Modern Life. WTN founder and chairman James P. Clark will also address the crowd of mostly winners and finalists from previous World Technology Awards rounds recognized for their innovations of "the greatest likely long-term significance” as well as 2010 nominees.

This year’s Summit theme is "Imagined Worlds, Plausible Futures." The event, which takes place at the Time Conference Center, is sponsored by Time, Fortune, CNN, Science and Technology Review.

The Summit will mount a combination of plenary sessions for all delegates and smaller breakout huddles. Nose into the full program of keynote talks, panel discussions, Q&A's and on-stage demonstrations at www.wtn.net.

World Technology Summit & Awards
November 30 to December 1, 2010
Time & Life Building
1271 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY

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