Edward Tenner
Speaking"Like other authors, I am often pleasantly surprised by the uses that readers find in my work, although that is exactly what a specialist in unintended consequences should expect. I am not now represented by a lecture bureau; invitations have come from committee members and meeting planners who have read my work or articles citing it. "Most of my hosts have something in common: they are problem solvers, whether in business, government, education, or religion. They are looking for fresh approaches to the human side of technology. I do my best to give each audience new ideas to think about and debate. Because I have a number of pressing new projects I am limiting speaking commitments for the 2004-2005 academic year but welcome enquiries, especially those for events and organizations in the New York/ Some Past EngagementsBusiness and Technology Intel Corp. AT&T Microsoft IDEO COMDEX Document Management Industries Association National Agricultural Marketing Association (Kansas City chapter) Scientific and Professional Societies American Association for the Advancement of Science American Institute of Architects, Professional Practice Division American Physical Society (Northeast Regional Meeting) American Library Association Urban Libraries Conference Middle Atlantic Regional Archivists Conference/ Philadelphia College of Physicians (Medical Informatics Working Group) Harold Medina Seminar for Judges (June 2005; opening lecture) Society for the Study of Social Problems (August 2005; keynote) Security and Privacy National Summit on White-Collar Crime (first two meetings) National Computer Security Association State Department Overseas Security Advisory Council Association for Computing Machinery/ Academic and Literary Speeches, Colloquiua, and Seminars Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Distinguished Speakers Series, Honors Program) Amherst College Rider University (keynote speaker) Princeton University Library Friends of the Princeton University Library California Institute of Technology Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Stetson University University of Pennsylvania Indiana University (Distinguished Lecturer, Center for Social Informatics) Case Western Reserve University (Harvey Wish Memorial Lecturer, Department of History) George Mason University Furman University Darden School of Business, University of Virginia Bellarmine University Yale University Friends of the Queens College Library Miami Book Fair National Museum of American History (3 events) Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Urania-Gesellschaft (adult education center), Berlin* Internationales Forum für Gestaltung, Ulm Museum für Gestaltung, Basel* Institute of Ecotechnics, Aix-en-Provence, France Berkshire Conference on the Arts, Williamstown, Mass. *in German Community and Religious Smithsonian Resident Associates, Washington, D.C. Friends of the Princeton, N.J. Public Library Greenville, S.C. Public Library Ethical Culture Society, New York Unitarian Church, Princeton The Nassau Club, Princeton |
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