In closing, let me reiterate that the converged computing and communications industry is evolving very quickly. This new world is coming on us very fast indeed. It will set off an explosion of creativity and generate wonderful new possibilities.
Digital technology has enormous potential to enrich human experience.
It creates new kinds of communities of like-minded people who will be able to share knowledge on a scale that was in the realm of science fiction not too long ago. Universities will play a key role in shaping these new communities. They will educate, in an international context, the knowledge workers who will develop the technologies that will enable these communities. But universities will also help others with the skills required to live and work effectively in this new environment. The young students who return to your classrooms a few weeks from now will live and work in a world much different than the one most of us grew up in.