[Announcements] Free New York Event > SMARTER STUDENTS FOR A SMARTER PLANET CONFERENCE

[Josh Baron]

For those of you in the New York area please consider attending this FREE 
half-day event focused on the future of information technology in 
education.

I hope to see you there! 

Josh

You are cordially invited to 
  
SMARTER STUDENTS FOR A SMARTER PLANET 
A half-day conference co-hosted by IBM and Marist College 
  
Featuring The New York Times columnist and author David Brooks 
  
February 10, 2010 
Grand Hyatt Hotel 
109 East 42nd Street 
New York City 
  
An event designed for all those dedicated to the future of American 
education and leadership. 
  
Academic, industry and student leaders will come together to address the 
need to make our students “smarter,” capable of exhibiting leadership, 
creativity, entrepreneurial thinking and – most importantly – the ability 
to apply technology for business use.  IBM is leading the charge toward a 
“2.0” version of information technology education, focused on the 
importance of IT skills across all academic disciplines and industry 
sectors. With the flow of global information only increasing, the time is 
now to provide students from all disciplines with the tools they need to 
thrive in this technology-rich, dynamically networked and utterly “flat” 
world. 
  
Seating is limited. 
  
RSVP Required by February 5, 2010 
Ryan Tirre 
(212) 922-0900 
rtirre at dgi-nyc.com 
  


8:00 a.m.     Registration 
Continental Breakfast 
  
8:30 a.m.     Opening Remarks 
Roger Norton 
Dean, School of Computer Science and Mathematics 
Marist College 
  
8:45 a.m.     Keynote Address 
David Brooks 
Columnist 
The New York Times 
  
9:30 a.m.     Industry Panel 
Leaders from top U.S. corporations. 
Moderated by David Brooks 
  
11:00 a.m.   Academic Panel 
Multi-disciplinary dialogue featuring leaders from Columbia University, 
Johns Hopkins University, The Ohio State University and others. 
Moderated by Jim Corgel 
  
12:15 p.m.    Closing Remarks 
Jim Corgel 
General Manager, Software Group 
IBM 
  

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Joshua Baron
Director, Academic Technology and eLearning
Marist College
Poughkeepsie, New York  12601
(845) 575-3623 (work)
Twitter: JoshBaron
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