Pioneering the Application of Information Technology for a Smarter Planet

IBM has been pioneering the application of the science of information for 100 years and played a major role in inventing and shaping a new industry. As part of its Centennial Celebration, IBM is partnering in 2011 with leading universities around the globe to explore how the world has changed in the past 100 years -- and the implications of those changes for the future.

Over the past century, technology, business and the systems by which our world works have undergone accelerating change in large measure because of the rapid growth in humanity's ability to manage information.

IBM has valuable knowledge and a distinct point of view to contribute to understanding this shift. With the benefit of hindsight, the so-called Information Age might seem obvious and its discoveries inevitable. But it was not always so and even today there is much to learn from exploring the trajectories that are now shaping the future of the science of information.

Our focus today is on the application of information technology for a smarter planet. In this talk, I will explain why this rapidly evolving science of information is relevant for 21st century leaders, look at the global transformation that's taking place, and, more importantly, predict what is to come.

Speaker: Mike Daniels, IBM

Room:  Gates B01