The World Technology Summit & Awards, presented by the World Technology Network in association with TIME, Fortune, CNN, Technology Review, Science, and Kurzweil Technologies, among others, at the TIME Conference Center has been called a gathering of "the people creating the 21st Century" -- the most innovative people in the world in science and technology and related fields. The conference theme this year is "SURVIVE 2012, PREPARE FOR 2021." Speakers ranging from Ray "Singularity" Kurzweil to Dan "Back of the Napkin" Roam to James "The Information" Gleick to Susan "President of the ACLU" Herman to Art "Scenarios" Kleiner take on the toughest issues facing us today so we can figure out how to navigate to tomorrow. An assortment of on-stage "demos" by Finalists from this year's World Technology Awards ensures that the audience has its finger on the pulse of current technological innovation. Culminating in the World Technology Awards gala ceremony from the United Nations Delegate's Dining Room, the overall experience is a concentrated peek at the future.
About World Technology Network
This World Technology Network (WTN) is a global community of the
peer-elected individuals (Fellows) and organizations (Corporate Members)
in the science and technology world. Through our annual World
Technology Awards program, annual World Technology Summit and other
high-level gatherings, as well as our new Film Series, we seek to
examine the likely implications and possible applications of the
broadest range of emerging technologies. We seek to catalyze new
relationships among the world's leading innovators and to provoke
action.