Bob Iannucci, David Pogue, Timothy Chou, Christy Wyatt Among Visionaries to Speak on The Mobile Future

Business Wire, April 14, 2008

Ted Selker will co-present "Human Interfaces." Selker is an associate professor at the MIT Media Laboratory. He created the Context Aware Computing Lab, has been co-director of the Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, and also of the Counter Intelligence/Design Intelligence special interest group on product design of the future. Selker's research has contributed to products ranging from notebook computers to operating systems, and his work has resulted in 59 patents.

Christy Wyatt will co-present "Who Will Provide the Software and Services?" As Motorola's vice president of Software Platforms and Ecosystem, Wyatt is responsible for developing and managing the company's strategic platforms, ISV, and developer ecosystems. She and her global team drive platform definition, design, and development and cultivate a thriving developer environment through partner recruitment/management, tools development and support, ISV management, and go-to-market programs.

"The Mobile Future" will offer valuable insights into a number of issues, including what consumers want, how providers can deliver it, obstacles, challenges, and potential partnerships. Attendees will also hear how Silicon Valley can help close the gap with the rest of the world and where investors, creators, and customers of the mobile industry should place their bets. All attendees -- IT executives; hardware, carrier, content, application software and service developers and providers; investors; university educators; and students -- will take away a valuable understanding of the mobile future and their roles in that future.

About the Fisher IT Center at the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business: The Fisher Information Technology Center promotes interaction between corporate executives, including CIO-level managers, and UC Berkeley faculty and students through the many programs and services within the Haas School of Business and UC Berkeley. The Fisher IT Center serves professional and academic communities of interest in information technology by promoting dynamic interactions between corporate practice, research, and instruction, and by encouraging the professional development of participating information technology professionals, students, and faculty. For more information about opportunities and resources, please see http://fisheritcenter.haas.berkeley.edu or contact Jack Grantham, executive director, Fisher Information Technology Center at grantham@haas.berkeley.edu or 510-642-6145.

About Carnegie Mellon's Silicon Valley Campus: Carnegie Mellon is a private research university with a distinctive mix of programs in engineering, computer science, robotics, business, public policy, fine arts and the humanities. A global university, Carnegie Mellon has campuses in Silicon Valley, Calif. and Qatar, as well as programs in Asia, Australia and Europe. The University's Silicon Valley campus offers both full-time and part-time master's degree programs in Software Engineering; Software Management; Networking, Security, and Mobility; and Engineering and Technology Innovation Management. Carnegie Mellon's Mobility Research Center, an extension of the University's Cylab, is located at the Silicon Valley campus. The Center combines the research, education, and entrepreneurship programs from both the Pittsburgh and Silicon Valley campuses to explore multidisciplinary and novel work in technology, usability, behavior, business, and public policy. For more information, see west.cmu.edu or contact Diane Dimeff, Associate Dean for Master's Programs at diane.dimeff@west.cmu.edu or 650-335-2810.