Society of Women Engineers, Boston Section - October Meeting
“Top Technology Trends in 2009 and Beyond”
| Sponsored by Intel With new technologies constantly emerging from companies and universities across the globe, it is often hard to keep up the rate of innovation as technology gets increasingly sophisticated. Nonetheless, Douglas Banks, Editor of Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology and MassHighTech.com, will address some of the key emerging technologies that promise to transform our culture in the area of computing, medicine, communication, and energy.
RSVP by October 16, 2009 via Acteva For other questions, please send a message to swebos@sweboston.org. |
Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 |
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| Cost: Free for Intel employees$5 Student $10 Unemployed/Retired SWE member $15 SWE member $25 Non-member |
About our Speaker: Douglas Banks
Editor of Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology and MassHighTech.com
Douglas Banks is Editor of Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology, a biweekly publication and daily news web site that spotlights technology entrepreneurs, early-stage companies and emerging technologies in New England. Doug joined MHT in 2005 and led a redesign of the publication in 2006 and again in 2009. Mass High Tech has won several journalism awards, including a 2007 design award by the New England Press Association (NEPA) and a 2007 certificate of merit for general excellence by the national Society of Business Editors and Writers (SABEW). From 2001 to 2005, Doug was associate editor of the Boston Business Journal (BBJ). He came to the BBJ from Fast Company magazine, where he had been a staff editor after an earlier stint as a reporter/editor at the BBJ in the late 1990s. Outside the newsroom, Doug has taught journalism and writing at Emerson College, Boston University, and other local colleges. His nonprofit work has included board positions at Housing Families Inc., a Massachusetts nonprofit that provides housing for homeless families, and Families for Depression Awareness, a Waltham nonprofit that helps families recognize and cope with depressive disorders. He also is a steering committee member for the MIT Enterprise Forum Innovation Series and works closely with several other regional technology associations. A native of Worcester, Banks received a bachelor’s degree in journalism and English literature from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a master’s of fine arts in nonfiction writing from the University of Pittsburgh. He is the father of two children: Jeremy, 9, and Julia, 7.
About our Sponsor - Intel
Intel pushes the boundaries of innovation so our work can make people's lives more exciting, fulfilling, and manageable. And our work never stops. We never stop looking for the next leap ahead—in technology, education, culture, manufacturing, and social responsibility. And we never stop striving to deliver solutions with greater benefits for everyone.
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From 495: take exit 25A (Rt 85) (or from 290E, continue straight to Rt 85). At the second light, go straight onto Technology Drive. Continue to the end of the road (passing the first entrance to Intel), and make a left at the flashing red light (Marlborough Street). Intel will be on the left. Turn in and follow the signs to the HD2 Main Entrance.
