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IEEE Madison WebEx Seminar: "Software + Connectivity => Opportunity and a New Generative Reality”

• Thursday, June 25th, 12:00 noon to 1:30 PM
• Bob Frankston for IEEE Consumer Electronics Society
• Location: 
        On-Line via WebEx (or alternate TBD)
        (Link will be emailed from you registration information)
• Please Register at the IEEE-Madison  event page.
  
  The WebEx link will be emailed to registrants.  Register Today!

Note:   Bob's talk proposes a new start for the InterWeb that will generate trillions of dollars of economic benefit for the US.  Rather than "best practice" evolution, his approach will generate innovative new products to benefit society. 

Talk:   The age of software and, more to the point, connected software, is upon us. Consumer electronics used to require a new industry for each product and innovation. Today anyone can create products and service by using software and taking advantage of generic connectivity.

 If we are to realize this opportunity, we need the appropriate infrastructure – a Public Packet Infrastructure – as a resource. Combined with evolving software tools the PPI can transform society and take us to the future. In this talk Bob will explain what a PPI is and how it creates opportunity for generative innovation.

Bio:  Bob Frankston is best known for implementing VisiCalc (https://rmf.vc/VisiCalc), the first electronic spreadsheet and enabling home networking (while at Microsoft). Throughout his career he has sought to share the power of software with others by creating enabling technologies. He is currently on the Board of Governors of the IEEE Consumer Electronics Society and writes a column for their magazine.