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Week of 6.19.06
Surfing the Sound's Summer Tech Conferences
The summer season of "tech-know"-conferences kicks off this week with the annual ITEC Conference and Exposition convening Wednesday at the Convention Center. The event offers up its own brand of Solution Finding on the trade show floor with over 200 exhibitors. Inside the conference halls, attendees will also find Insight Sessions such as the one led by Dan Rosen, who will speak on The Five Technology Trends You Can’t Ignore from his vantage point as co-founder of Ignition Partners and the previous general manager of new technology at Microsoft Research.
The "just-announced" keynoter of Gnomedex 6.0, the new media symposium which focuses on blogging and podcasting and gets underway June 29th at the Bell Harbor Conference Center, will be none other than Senator John Edwards. No stranger to new technologies, the former vice presidential nominee and presidential hopeful will field questions and foster discussion over how technology could and should play a role in our world. Gnomedex has announced it has sold-out. [24x7]
This Thursday, the MIT Enterprise Forum will present Talk to an Angel: Crucial Connections to Early Stage Capital at Fisher Plaza. The combination national telecast and local panel, co-sponsored by AdHost, will feature such local luminaries as Emory Thomas Jr. (moderator), Publisher of the Puget Sound Business Journal; Todd Dean, Seattle/Northwest Chapter President, Keiretsu Forum; Dan Rosen, Chair, Alliance of Angels; Dan Shapiro, CEO, Ontela; Martin Tobias, CEO and Chairman, Imperium Renewables and Founder, Northwest Energy Angels. Checkout the Seattle24x7 Calendar for more details. [24x7]
Amazon Selling Groceries
Having tested a grocery site since May 25, Amazon has decided to venture forward into offering 15,000 nonperishable items, about half in organic products, everything from Kellogg's Special K cereal to StarKist's canned tuna and Tide detergent. "This is so natural for us," said Tracy Ogden, Amazon spokeswoman. "This is for the busy parents, suburban and urban, who want to load up on diapers and pasta."
Amazon customers who order $25 or more or are members of the "Amazon Prime" free shipping program can get free standard shipping. Shoppers can buy items in single-serving portions, but many offerings are in bundle capacity, Ogden said. [24x7]
Gates Leaving Day-to-Day Role
Bill Gates will transition out of a day-to-day role at the company he founded by July 2008 in order to spend more time on his global health and education work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. After July 2008, Gates will continue to serve as the company's chairman and an advisor on key development projects. During the next two-year-transition period, Gates will work with chief technical officers Ray Ozzie and Craig Mundie who will later handle his responsibilities. "This was a hard decision for me," Gates said. "I'm very lucky to have two passions that I feel are so important and so challenging. As I prepare for this change, I firmly believe the road ahead for Microsoft is as bright as ever." [24x7]
Mpire names new CEO
Mpire, the company that empowers the millions of people who buy and sell used and hard-to-find items online, has named Matt Hulett as the its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Hulett, who was previously a board member for Mpire, was most recently president of the corporate travel division of Expedia, Inc., the world's largest online travel company. A veteran of successful consumer Internet ventures, Hulett has a proven track record across diverse industries such as entertainment, travel, consumer and enterprise software. Dave Cotter, the founding CEO of Mpire and a long-time business partner of Hulett's, will become the company's Chief Marketing Officer. [24x7]
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