The EMTM Emerging Technologies Seminar
So what is the next new thing? What should you be preparing for that now only exists as an idea incubating in the research labs? In a world where some product cycles are shorter than an academic term, how do you stay ahead? EMTM's Emerging Technologies Seminar (ETS) creates a pipeline of knowledge about emerging technologies and technology issues.
The ETS series invites faculty from Penn Engineering and Wharton, as well as other scientists and business executives, to update EMTM students on the view from their vantage point, whether that perspective is from the research lab or the board room. Seminars range from emerging technologies to special topics in established technology fields.
2008-09 ETS Schedule
Friday, August 22
New Competitive Paradigms for a World of Constant Volatility: Rapid Recognition, Rapid Response
Eric K. Clemons, PhD, Professor of Operations and Information Management, The Wharton School
Saturday, September 20
Paving the Way for Disruptive Innovation
Jeong Kim, President, Bell Labs
Friday, October 17
Panel: Street-Smart Innovation to Align Emerging Technology and Business
Eric F. Bernstein, MD, EMTM'03, Distinguished practitioner, researcher and innovator in the fields of dermatology and laser surgery
Nicholas D. Evans, Vice President and General Manager, Innovation, Unisys
Anthony P. Green, PhD, Vice President, Technology Commercialization Group: Life Sciences, Ben Franklin Technology Partners, and Director of The Nanotechnology Institute
Suzanne Taylor, PhD, Portfolio Director, Corporate Operations, Unisys Product and Services Global Portfolio
Saturday, December 20
Energy and Global Warming
Speaker - TBA
Friday, January 23
Why are Technology and Business Aligning with the Power of Green Energy?
Panel - TBA
Saturday, March 28
Global Outsourcing
Steve Moritz, Vice President and General Manager, Unisys Technical Services
Friday, April 24
This is Not Your Grandfather's Outsourcing Stategy!
Panel - TBA
Recent topics have included:
- Chemical Design of Nanomaterials and Nanodevices
- Low-cost and Flexible Electronics and Optoelectronics
- Micro- and Nano-scale Machines and Devices: Materials, Research, Applications and Impact
- Panel Discussions on Business Opportunities in Nanotechnology
- Advances in Robotics
- Emerging Technologies: Opportunity or Risk
- Investing in Emerging Technologies
- IT Governance: Get Flat or Get Flattened
- Lab on a Chip and Biosensors Technology
- New Trends in Drug Discovery
- Penn's Automated Trading Project
- Polymers for Biomedical and Opto-electronic Applications
- Quantum Computing and Information Science
Typically held as 90-minute sessions on Friday evenings or Saturdays during lunch, seminars are offered during the course of the academic year as part of the first-year EMTM curriculum. ETS sessions are open to all EMTM students, and offer the opportunity to stay connected with the latest in emerging issues and trends throughout your EMTM program.
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