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“SNS is even MORE relevant and insightful in these turbulent times.” – Curtis Wong [creator of Worldwide Telescope; Corbis’ CD-ROMs including “Leonardo da Vinci” and “FDR”; and much more], Microsoft.

“I have been a devoted fan of Mark Anderson for over a decade – this special alert [SNS: ‘Not a Bottom Call, But a Price Call’]is one more example of why” [and] “Great SNS alert – I shared it with my financial advisor and will probably push it out to more folks who need to read your words. I continue to marvel at the scope and breadth of your universe.” – Dave Davison, Band of Angels, Silicon Valley.

“Thank you for helping me think differently.” – Karen Radford, President, TELUS Quebec; and Executive Vice President and President, TELUS Partner Solutions; in a note after Anderson’s keynote speech at the CRIM Crystal Ball Conference last week.

“I depend on SNS more than ever now with the economic downturn. Thanks and regards.” – John Baudrexl, Intel Corp.

To arrange for a speech by Mark Anderson on What Caused the Collapse (and how the financial world really works), How Technology Will Lead the Rebound, or other subjects in technology and economics, email shane@stratnews.com.

F I R E S TARTERS 2009

For the third year in a row, Strategic News Service (SNS) is selecting up to 12 “FiReStarter” startups – or businesses with new technology ventures – for promotion before, during, and after the FiRe 2009 Conference, based on nominations by Members. Our primary requirement: that the company have world-changing technology.

We currently have two FiReStarter positions remaining; if you believe your business, or one you know, qualifies, please contact Program Director Sharon Anderson-Morris (“SAM”), at sam@stratnews.com, tel no. 435-649-3645, with your nomination by next Tuesday. Nominations will be judged on a first-come basis.

To see a list of selected FiReStarters for this year, go to: http://futureinreview.com/firestarters.php

The FiRe Box:

FiRe 2009: “Shaping the Rebound:

Technology Driving Economics”

www.futureinreview.com, May 19-22, 2009, Hotel del Coronado, San Diego, California.

We are pleased to announce that our opening evening presentation will be “What We Can Do About Climate Change,” by Veerabhadran “Ram” Ramanathan, Victor Alderson Professor of Applied Ocean Sciences, Distinguished Professor of Climate and Atmospheric Sciences, and Director of the Center for Atmospheric Sciences at the Scripps Oceanographic Institute.

“A great lineup of truly inspiring people, both onstage and off.”

– Esther Dyson, past Editor, Release 1.0, CNET Networks

“There’s nothing like it, and that’s no exaggeration.”

Dan Gillmor, Author, “We the Media: Grassroots Journalism by the People, for the People”

“From FORTUNE’s perspective, this was a great investment. Our editors made some great connections, and the event blew my socks off. I came back very energized and have shared that enthusiasm with our publisher.”

– Kip Meyer, FORTUNE

“Such depth of intelligence. All I could think of as I listened to all the geniuses: ‘This is your brain. This is your brain on FiRe.’”

– Jonathan Ewert, CEO, Looksmart

“They have great food at this conference. The other conferences

don’t do it right.”

– Dave Winer, Scripting News

“A key differentiator between this conference and others is that

the attendees here are typically people in a position to actually

do something to effect a change.”

– Ian Sandy, Shell Oil

If you want to meet and hear Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd, perhaps the most successful technology CEO at work today, come to FiRe 2009. AND we’ve added some new names to the list (for a complete list, go to www.futureinreview.com and click the Thought Leaders tab):

Louie Psihoyos, Director, “The Cove,” winner of the Sundance Audience Award » Ricardo Salinas,Chairman, Grupo Salinas » Solomon Trujillo, CEO,Telstra Corp. Ltd. » Elon Musk, CEO, SpaceX Technologies, and Chairman, Tesla Motors and SolarCity » Clifford Reid, Chairman, President, and CEO, Complete Genomics Inc. » Sam Arditi, Co-Founder and CEO, Tigo Energy » Patrick Grady, Chairman and CEO, Rearden Commerce» David Boone, President and CEO, American CareSource Holdings Inc.» Kurt Doppelbauer, Director, TTTech North America Inc. » Mark Doucet, CEO and CTO, SKYFIBER » » Ragnar Kruse, CEO and Co-Founder, Smaato Inc. » Dan Novak, VP Global Marketing, Qualcomm » Ambassador Dennis K. Hays,VP, Thorium Power » John Hagel, Director and Co-Chair, Deloitte Center for Edge Innovation » Henry Tirri,SVP and Head, Nokia Research Center » Marthin De Beer,SVP and GM, Emerging Technologies, Cisco » Marc Porat,Chairman and CEO, Global Homes and CalStar Cement » Larry Brilliant,President, Skoll Urgent Threats Fund, and Senior Advisor to Jeff Skoll » The Hon. Phillip Scanlan, Australian Consul-General » Jim Butler, General Manager, Communications,Greater China, Microsoft » Sophie Vandebroek, CTO,Xerox » Paul Watson, hero, “Whale Wars” TV program;and Founder, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society » Larry Smarr,Director, Cal. Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology, UCSD » Marco Hoppenbrouwer, Sr. Advisor, Technology Investigations, Shell Int’l. » Brenda Cooper, Science Fiction Author » William Harris, President and CEO, Science Foundation Arizona » Nova Spivack, CEO, Radar Networks and Twine.com » David Grannan, President and CEO, vlingo Corp. » Patrick Hogan, Program Manager, WorldWind, NASA » Doug Gourlay, Sr. Dir., Marketing and Product Management, Data BCU, Cisco » Erik Giesa,VP, Product Management and Product Marketing, F5 Networks » Richard Kagan, VP, Marketing, Infoblox » Mark Thiele,Dir. of Business Operations for R&D, VMware » Chris Hancock,CEO, AARNet Pty Ltd » Henk Rogers, Founder, Avatar Reality » Rachel Sterne, Founder and CEO,GroundReport » and many more.

Member Price Alert: Use “firecode 2009” when registering to save the usual member discount of $300. Catch it now, before it slips away –

Bring a Friend, Save Over $2,000: Upon registration, you will receive a Friendcode to sign up someone (non-SNS member) in addition to yourself. When you register a friend, on top of on top of your $300 discount, we’ll add a year of Premium SNS – what David Kirkpatrick of FORTUNE calls “the best technology newsletter” – to your own account, at an $895 value, AND give your friend One Thousand Dollars Off his or her registration fee. Total savings: $2,195.

As in previous years, our interns will be available to help you arrange private meetings with fellow speakers and participants or with the global business press, including the Financial Times, the Economist, the Wall Street Journal, many well-known bloggers, and our media partner, the BBC World News and its 150 million audience.

Register now at: www.futureinreview.com .

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