Stewart Brand to Argue in Favor of Nuclear Power at Annual Technology Review Conference

Business Wire, August 15, 2005

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Technology Review Magazine Confirms Top Speakers for Its 5th Annual Emerging Technologies Conference Including Bill Joy, Jeff Hawkins, Ed Zander, Dean Kamen, Michael Moritz, Nicolas Negroponte, and Nolan Bushnell

In what will likely be the most heated, and timely discussion this year's Technology Review conference at MIT, Stewart Brand will debate the merits of a resurgence in nuclear power. Brand's essay, "Environmental Heresies" in the May 2005 issue of Technology Review created a stir, as the environmentalist and founder of the Whole Earth Catalog argued that the only way to stave off global warming and power the global economy is with new, more efficient nuclear reactors.

The discussion will also include Ed Wallace, from Pebble Bed Modular Reactor, Ltd, which nuclear proponents consider critical technology for nuclear energy's future, Tom Cochrane, Nuclear Program Director from the Natural Resources Defense Council, Dan R. Keuter, VP from Entergy Nuclear, and Allison MacFarlane from MIT, an expert on nuclear waste security and the Yucca Mountain waste repository. The panel will be moderated by David Talbot, Chief Correspondent for Technology Review.

Techology Review magazine also announces the confirmation of some of the top innovators in technology to speak at the conference. The gathering of over one thousand leaders from around the world will convene on September 28th and 29th in MIT's Kresge Auditorium.

Registration details and a full program can be found at www.tretc.com.

Speakers for the conference include:

--Stewart Brand, founder of the Whole Earth Catalog, The Well, and Global Business Network

--Nolan Bushnell, CEO and founder, uWink Inc., founder of Atari

--Stewart Butterfield, founder of Flickr

--Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, Anchor, CNBC

--Charles Giancarlo, Senior Vice President, and Chief Development Officer, Cisco

--Jeff Hawkins, founder of Numenta, Palm and Handspring

--Bill Joy, Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, former Chief Scientist, Sun Microsystems

--Dean Kamen, inventor of the Segway, founder of DEKA Research and Development

--Robert Metcalfe, inventor of Ethernet, Founder of 3Com, Partner, Polaris Ventures

--Michael Moritz, General Partner, Sequoia Capital

--Nicolas Negroponte, Chairman, MIT Media Lab

--Shane Robinson, Chief Strategy and Technology Officer, Hewlett-Packard

--Mary Tripsas, Harvard Business School

--Jimmy Wales, President and Founder, Wikipedia Foundation

--Edward J. Zander, Chairman and CEO, Motorola

The title sponsor of this year's conference is the Trade Commission of Spain.

For sponsorship-package details contact or to exhibit at the Emerging Technologies Conference Showcase contact Vincent Caprio at 800-722-6344 or vcaprio@penton.com.

About Technology Review

Technology Review, the oldest technology magazine in the world, is published by Technology Review, Inc., an independent media company owned by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Founded in 1899, Technology Review describes emerging technologies and analyzes their commercial, economic, social, and political impact for an audience of senior executives, researchers, financiers, and policymakers, as well as for the MIT alumni. In addition, Technology Review, Inc. produces technologyreview.com, a website that offers daily news and opinion on emerging technologies. It also produces live events such as the Emerging Technologies Conference. The views expressed in Technology Review are not necessarily those of MIT.