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Chief Futurist of Intel to Address WORKTECH New York
24 Apr, 2012, New York
WORKTECH, co-sponsored by Cushman & Wakefield, Inc, is a leading international
conference series concerning the future of work and the workplace. This year, WORKTECH will
present a special keynote address from Brian David Johnson, author and Chief Futurist at Intel
Corporation, on May 16, 2012 in New York. Mr. Johnson's charter at Intel is to develop an
actionable vision for computing in 2020. His work is called "future-casting" - using
ethnographic field studies, technology research, trend data, and even science fiction to
provide Intel with a pragmatic vision of consumers and computing.
Program highlights include:
-Stretching Boundaries: redefining interior architecture through new methods of working
-Global Perspectives: new case studies from Europe, Asia and the Americas
-Technology Trends: into the clouds -the new "thin" workplace
-What's Next for the American Workplace?
Other keynote speakers at this event include:
- Sherry Turkle, Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology at MIT and author of
Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other
- Franklin Becker, Professor, Cornell University
- Nigel Cameron, President of the Center for Policy on Emerging Technologies
- Ellen Sander, Architect
- Philip Ross, Futurologist and CEO of the Cordless Group
WORKTECH New York will take place at the Time and Life Building at Rockefeller Centre, New
York, on May 16, 2012 with an accompanying half-day master-class program on May 15, 2012.
For more information about the event or to request a press pass, please contact: Isabel Dewhurst-Marks, Conference Director, UNWIRED; Email: isabel.marks@unwired.eu.com. The event website is: http://www.unwired.eu.com/newyork.
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