Past Forums, 1997

• January 16
  Chuck Darrah
  Jan English-Lueck
  James Freeman
  Department of Anthropology
  San Jose State University
  Topic: Anthropology of the Silicon Valley
  Poster
  Abstract
  Host: David Jared
  
  
• January 23
  Closed Forum
  
  
• January 30
  Rich Rava
  Affymetrix
  Topic: The GeneChip: High Density Olgonucleotide Arrays for Nucleic Acid Analysis
  Poster
  Abstract
  Host: David Jared
  
  
• February 6
  No Forum
  
  
• February 13
  Frank Drake
  SETI Institute
  Topic: Progress in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
  Poster
  Abstract
  Host: David Jared
  
  
• February 20
  David Bollier
  The Business Enterprise Trust
  Topic: The Courage to Aim Higher: How it invigorates people, organizations, and markets
  Poster
  Abstract
  Host: David Jared
  
  
• February 27
  Closed Forum
  
  
• March 6
  Donna Haraway
  University of California, Santa Cruz
  Topic: Modest_Witness@Second_Millennium.FemaleMan_Meets_OncoMouse
  Poster
  Abstract
  Host: David Jared
  
  
• March 13
  Richard Myers
  Professor of Genetics and Directory of the Stanford Human Genome Project
  Topic: Genes, Genomes and Mouse Models of Human Disease
  Poster
  Abstract
  Host: David Jared
  
  
• March 20
  No Forum
  
  
• March 27
  Mark Goldstein
  Topic: Playing Electronic Instruments: Technique Meets Technology
  Poster
  Abstract
  Host: David Jared
  
  
• April 3
  No Forum
  
  
• April 8
  Michael Dertouzos
  Topic: What Will Be: How the New World of Information Will Change Our Lives
  Poster
  Abstract
  Host: John Seely Brown
  Forum Coordinator: Maia Pindar
  
  
• April 17
  John M. Cioffi
  The DMT: The On Ramp to Information Superhighway
  Poster
  Abstract
  Host: Maia Pindar
  
  
• April 24
  Carey Heckman
  Making Electronic Commerce Safe for Consumers
  Stanford Law and Technology Policy Center">
  Poster
  Abstract
  Host: Maia Pindar
  
  
• May 1
  Eric Peeters
  The Micromachinist's Toolbox
  Host: Maia Pindar
  Poster
  Abstract
  
  
• May 8
  William C. Dement
  What We All Must Know About Sleep and Sleep Disorders, but Don't.
  Host: Maia Pindar
  Poster
  Abstract
  
  
• May 22
  Paul F. Jacobs
  From Art through Science to Part.
  Host: Maia Pindar
  Poster
  Abstract
  
  
• May 29
  William H. Kimbel
  New Discoveries Regarding Human Evolution from Hadar, Ethiopia
  Institute of Human Origins
  Host: Maia Pindar
  Poster
  Abstract
  
  
• June 5
  Ken Dowlin
  The Knowledge Paradox
  Ken Dowlin's home page
  Host: Maia Pindar
  Poster
  Abstract
  
  
• June 12
  Milton Chang
  Can an Entrepreneur Be Made?
  New Focus home page
  Host: Maia Pindar
  Poster
  Abstract
  
  
• June 19
  Rob Enderle
  The Future of Hand-Held Computers
  Host: Maia Pindar
  Poster
  Abstract
  
  
• June 26
  Closed Forum
  
  
• July 3
  No Forum
  
  
• July 10
  Closed Forum
  
  
• July 17
  Connie Moore
  How Knowledge Management Is Changing Business Processes
  Host: Markus Fromherz
  Poster
  Abstract
  
  
• July 24
  Gregor Kiczales
  Aspect-Oriented Programming
  Host: Markus Fromherz
  Poster
  Abstract
  AOP home page
  
  
• July 31
  Eric Haseltine
  Language of the Heart
  Host: Markus Fromherz
  Poster
  Abstract
  
  
• August 7
  Jim Baker
  Stories from FX Palo Alto Laboratory
  Host: Markus Fromherz
  Poster
  Abstract
  
  
• August 14
  Murray Campbell
  Deep Blue: The IBM Chess Machine
  Host: Markus Fromherz
  Poster
  Abstract
  
  
• August 21
  Robert Zubrin
  Mars Direct: Humans to the Red Planet within a Decade
  Host: Markus Fromherz
  Poster
  Abstract
  
  
• August 28
  Peter Henschel, William J. Clancey
  The Institute for Research on Learning: General Overview, Update and Report on New Work; Brahms: Modeling Communities of Practice for Work Systems Design
  Host: Markus Fromherz
  Poster
  Abstract
  
  
• September 4
  Closed Forum
  
  
• September 11
  Geoff Nunberg
  Lingo-Jingo: Does America Need an Official Language?
  Host: Markus Fromherz
  Poster
  Abstract
  
  
• September 18
  Closed Forum
  
  
• September 25
  Pamela Samuelson
  Copyright and the Future of the Information Society
  Host: Geoff Nunberg
  Poster
  Abstract
  
  
• October 2
  Fernando Ponce and Dave Bour
  The Nitride-based Revolution in Light-emitting Devices
  Host: Dan Bloomberg
  Poster
  Abstract
  
  
• October 9
  John Rickford
  Ebonics: A Closer Look
  Host: Geoff Nunberg
  Poster
  Abstract
  
  
• October 16
  Paul Starr
  The Political Origins of the Information Revolution
  Host: Geoff Nunberg
  Poster
  Abstract
  
  
• October 23
  Douglas Hofstadter
  Machine Translation and Human Translation
  Host: Geoff Nunberg
  Poster
  Abstract
  
  
• October 30
  Peter Hart
  Failing and Succeeding at Real-World Artificial Intelligence: Experiences in Three Decades
  Host: Dan Bloomberg
  Poster
  Abstract
  
  
• November 6
  Giordano Beretta
  How the Internet Will Determine the Future of Publishing!
  Host: Dan Bloomberg
  Poster
  Abstract
  
  
• November 13
  Gerald Halpert
  How the Direct Methanol Liquid-Feed Fuel Cell Works, and Prospects for Ubiquity
  Host: Dan Bloomberg
  Poster
  Abstract
  
  
• November 20
  Harold McGee
  Playing With Food: Three Centuries of Science in the Kitchen
  Host: Dan Bloomberg
  Poster
  Abstract
  

• December 4
  Calvin F. Quate, Ph.D.
  Microcantilevered Scanning Probes, A New Wave in Microscopy and Sensors
  Host: Matt Howard
  Poster
  Abstract
  
  
• December 11
  Andre Marquis
  Marketing in the Information Age: New Rules for the Attention Economy
  Host: Matt Howard
  Poster
  Abstract