More than 500 men and women, most from Silicon Valley companies, joined scholars and U.S. and international journalists at SCU's Mayer Theatre for the conference presented by the University's Center for the Study of Science, Technology and Society, and sponsored by Applied Materials, and Silicon Valley marketeer Regis McKenna.
Brilliant ideas can come from ordinary people.
Borg's institute has joined with engineeers and students from Santa Clara University and six other universities around the U.S. for the second annual national conference of the Virtual Development Center today through Saturday in Palo Alto. Another member of Borg's panel was Silicon Valley icon Douglas Engelbart, director of the Bootstrap Institute and inventor of the computer mouse. Engelbart, who is scheduled to receive an honorary degree from SCU at its graduate school commencement on June 17, reminded his audience that men and women need to develop ideas that match the pace of technological development. He cautioned that it's difficult to foresee the revolutionary changes in society that today's technology will cause. I think 'hard copy' is going to disappear.