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In This Issue     Feature: FiRe 2014: The Inventions and Trends We're Watching   Quotes of the Week   Upgrades   Tying Huawei to the Chinese Government Ukraine Issues I Don't, ICANN't   Takeout Window   Simon Hackett, Version 3.0 A Worrying Pattern Among Global Bankers? The Missing Flight   Ethermail   In Case You Missed It... Members Making News   Upcoming SNS Events & Media Links   In Other House News...   How to Subscribe May I Share This Newsletter? About SNS About the Publisher Where's Mark?

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We're looking forward to another terrific lineup of speakers at FiRe 2014, including Gary Shapiro,  CEA and CES; Michael Dell, Dell Inc.; Mark Hurd, Oracle; Dave Campbell, Microsoft; Vint Cerf, Google; Dr. Leroy Hood, Institute for Systems Biology; Ken Goldman, Yahoo Inc.; Chris Lewicki, Planetary Resources; Bob Bishop, ICES Foundation; and many more. For details, and to register, see "Upcoming SNS Events" below.

 

 

 

 

FiRe 2014:

     The Inventions and Trends

          We're Watching

 

 

As we approach the Future in Review Conference's 12th anniversary, it's safe to say that this conference has, more than any other, proven able to unveil major new trends and even discoveries, usually years before they show up in the trade press or at other events. Friend and SNS member Larry Smarr is fond of saying that, despite his longtime membership on NASA's advisory board, he was first exposed to the commercialization of space through Elon Musk's 2003 presentation in FiRe's own launch year.

 

Of course, it was at FiRe that Larry, also founding director of the Calit2 Institute (UCSD), launched a new chapter in the medical field called the "Quantified Self" a moment that changed his own career, and the path of the Institute. (Disclosure: I serve on Calit2's advisory board.)