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Open Invitation Spring Gala
Topic: The Financial Crisis, Technology, and InformationSpeaker: Juan EnriquezWhen: Thursday, March 19, 2009 5:30pm - 8:30pmWhere: Rosewood Restaurant - 9421 W. Higgins Road Rosemont, IL 60018 |
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As we live through an almost unprecedented economic crisis, we are also living through an extraordinary scientific age. On the one hand, we are witnessing unprecedented wealth destruction. On the other hand there are extraordinary opportunities to create the next great industries and power the global economy. Best-selling author and debt crisis expert Juan Enriquez discusses the impetuses of the current American economic meltdown – and the immediate actions the country and new U.S. President will have to take to address the situation. Combining information and ideas from many sources, Juan enumerates an urgent, non-partisan plan. Enriquez positions that failure to act – or, in his view, further misguided efforts – run the risk of triggering an irreversible economic collapse that could plague the American economy for decades. |
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Additional Details:
Agenda:
5:30pm - 6:30pm Social Hour
6:30pm - 7:30pm Dinner and Announcements
7:30pm - 8:30pm Keynote Speaker and Q&A
8:30pm Adjourn
Cost:
$40 per person including dinner, cash bar
About the speaker
Mr. Enriquez is an experienced business leader, author, and academic who is recognized as one of the world’s leading authorities on the economic and political impacts of life sciences. He is a Managing Director in Excel Medical Ventures, a venture capital firm that invests in life science companies whose products/services significantly change their field.
He was the founding director of Harvard Business School’s Life Sciences Project. He then founded Biotechonomy LLC, a life sciences research and investment firm, where he remains as Chairman and CEO. In July of 2005, he co-founded Synthetic Genomics, Inc., a synthetic biology company focused on developing and commercializing genomic-driven solutions to address global energy and environmental challenges. He has been an active investor in early-stage private companies in the biotechnology and information sciences sectors. While at Harvard, he wrote various articles and case studies, won a McKinsey Prize, and published the best-selling As the Future Catches You, an analysis of the impact of genomics on business and society. His latest book Untied States explores why, as technology advances, some countries are successful while others disappear. Mr. Enriquez serves on a number of boards including Cabot Corporation, The Harvard Medical School Genetics Advisory Council, The Chairman’s International Council of the America’s Society, and the Visiting Committee of Harvard’s David Rockefeller Center.
He earned a BA and MBA from Harvard, with Honors.
Talks on TED.com
Scientific discoveries, futurist Juan Enriquez notes, demand a shift in code, and our ability to thrive depends on our mastery of that code. Here, he applies this notion to the field of genomics.
Why can't we grow new energy?
Juan Enriquez challenges our definition of bioenergy. Oil, coal, gas and other hydrocarbons are not chemical but biological products, based on plant matter -- and thus, growable. Our whole approach to fuel, he argues, needs to change.
About ACXIOM, our sponsor:
Acxiom is honored to be the premier sponsor of SIM’s Spring Gala. Acxiom has a long history of providing exceptional IT Services to Chicagoland companies – a history that dates back to May & Speh, which was acquired by Acxiom a decade ago. Throughout the years, companies have come to rely on Acxiom for our business-critical IT infrastructure services that provide our customers a robust, reliable and secure infrastructure. Acxiom’s agile and cost-effective services include fully managed solutions such as mainframe and server, as well as hosting, BI technology, and utility solutions - including server, storage and data protection. Because Acxiom processes more consumer data than anyone in the world, companies that place high value on information depend on our comprehensive IT infrastructure, data management and global interactive marketing services to provide true competitive advantage. If you have any questions about our IT Services, please contact us at 1.888.3ACXIOM or click here