CSTS Events
January 17, 2007
Rest of the World Roundtable
Building Velocity and Scale: Going to Emerging Markets with IT Products and Services
Presenters: Nam Mokwunye, Founder
Nigeria 99 Digital Center Program
Brooke Partridge, Founder and Principal
Vital Wave Consulting
January 29, 2007
Symposium
Scalable and Green Technologies: The Case of Frost
Protection
Presenter: Pedro Mastrangelo, Vice President and CEO
Frost Protection, Uruguay
March 12, 2007
Symposium
Whole-Class Inquiry in the Science Classroom
Presenter: Dennis W. Smithenry, Assistant Professor
Science Education, Department of Education, Santa Clara University
March 26, 2007
Symposium
Virtues and Vices of Open Source Software
Co-sponsored by the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics and the High Tech Law Institute
Presenter: Eben Moglen, Professor, Columbia Law School
General Counsel, Free Software Foundation
Chairman, Software Freedom Law Center
Principal Drafter, General Public License (GPL)
April 9, 2007
Brownbag Lunch Discussion
Data Mining the Tech Awards: Some Thoughts on
Development and Technology
Presenter: Emile McAnany, Walter E. Schmidt, S.J.,
Professor Department of Communication,
Santa Clara University
April 20, 2007
Symposium
Unlocking the Potential of Solar Energy: Silicon Valley’s Next Big Opportunity to Change the Way People Live
Co-sponsored by Santa Clara University’s School of Engineering and the Commonwealth Club/Silicon Valley
Presenter: Mike Splinter,
President and Chief Executive Officer
Applied Materials, Inc.
Moderator: Gloria Duffy, Chief Executive Officer
Commonwealth Club
April 23, 2007
Rest of the World Roundtable
Solar Power as a Development Enabler
Presenters: Robert Freling, Executive Director
Solar Electric Light Fund
Kristin Peterson, Co-Founder, Chair and Chief Development Officer
Inveneo
May 3, 2007
Brownbag Lunch Discussion
The Consequences of Information: Institutional
Implications of Technological Change
Presenter: Jannis Kallinikos,
Professor of Information Systems
Information Systems and Innovation Group
London School of Economics
May 14, 2007
Symposium
The Present and Future of Social Networking
Co-sponsored by the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics and the High Tech Law Institute
Presenters: Jim Squires,
Vice President of Product Management
and Co-Founder of Ning
Marian Liu, Multimedia Entertainment Critic
SJ Mercury News
Shannon Vallor, Assistant Professor
Department of Philosophy,
Santa Clara University
Kaitlin Thompson
Undergraduate Student,
Santa Clara University
May 15, 2007
Symposium
Fighting Global Poverty with Technology:
Opportunities and Challenges
Presenter: Kerry McNamara, Chief Knowledge
Officer/Knowledge Coordinator
infoDev
May 24, 2007
Panel Discussion
Working to Change the World
Co-sponsored by the Commonwealth Club Silicon/Valley
Panelists: Bill Coleman, Chief Executive Officer
Cassatt Corporation
Jim Fruchterman, Chief Executive Officer
Benetech
Moderator: Jeff Miller, Venture Partner
Redpoint Ventures
June 1, 2007
Symposium
Economic Development and the Distribution of
Spiritual Resources
Presenter: Javier Elguea, President
INTTELMEX, Mexico
June 6-7, 2007
Retreat
Open Educational Resources Initiative Meeting
Sponsored by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
June 6, 2007
Brownbag Lunch Discussion
Linguistic Features of Digital Technology-Mediated Communication: A Case Study of the Grammar of Mobile Phone Texting in Hong Kong
Presenter: Adams Bodomo, Associate Professor of Linguistics, School of Humanities,
The University of Hong Kong
August 30, 2007
Global Social Benefit Incubator Business Plan
Presentations of Social Entrepreneurs from Around the World
Presenters: Global Social Benefit Incubator
Class of 2007
September 24, 2007
Rest of the World Roundtable
Venture Capital and the Bottom of the Pyramid
Presenters: Robert Steiner, Director
Aquillian Investments
Stephen Dukker, Chairman and CEO
NComputing
October 2, 2007
Conference
Trust Online
Presented by Microsoft
Co-sponsored by the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics and the High Tech Law Institute
Featuring: Richard Clarke, Former Special Assistant to the President for Global Affairs,
National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism, and Special Advisor to the President on Cyber Security
Dave Cullinane,
Chief Information Security Officer,
eBay Inc.
October 16, 2007
Brownbag Lunch Discussion
Building a Knowledge Infrastructure for Africa
Presenter: Geoffrey C. Bowker,
Regis and Dianne McKenna Professor and
Executive Director, Center for Science, Technology, and Society,
Santa Clara University
October 23, 2007
Brownbag Lunch Discussion
Innovation in Resource Constraint Environment: Lessons Learned from the 2007 Tech Award Laureates
Presenter: James L. Koch, Program Director,
Global Social Benefit Incubator
Center for Science, Technology, and Society, Santa Clara University
November 1, 2007
Symposium
The Future of Internet—And How to Stop It
Presenter: Jonathan Zittrain Professor of Internet
Governance and Regulation,
Oxford University; Jack N. and Lillian R. Berkman Visiting Professor for
Entrepreneurial Legal Studies, Harvard Law School; and Co-Founder & Faculty Co-
Director, Berkman Center for Internet and Society
November 7, 2007
The Tech Museum Awards: Technology Benefiting Humanity
Presented by Applied Materials, Inc.
Co-sponsored by The Tech Museum of Innovation
Future Events
November 8, 2007
Conference
Technology Benefiting Humanity: Taking Innovation to the Next Stage
Presented by Applied Materials, Inc.
Co-sponsored by The Tech Museum of Innovation
November 29, 2007
Student Poster Symposium
Ethical Issues in Biotechnology and Genetics
Co-sponsored by the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
January 23, 2008
Symposium
African Village Libraries: Appropriate Technology?
Presenters: Michael Kevane,
Chair and Assistant Professor
Department of Economics,
Santa Clara University
Leslie Gray, Associate Professor
Environmental Studies Institute,
Santa Clara University
February 7, 2008
Symposium
Frontiers in Biotechnology
Presenter: Ángel L. Islas, Associate Professor and
Director of Biotechnology Program,
Santa Clara University
May 13, 2008
Symposium
The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are
Failing and What Can be done About It
Presenter: Paul Collier, Professor,
Department of Economics and
Director, Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford University
