Dear All, We had Purdue 2050 Conference of the Future just one year ago. It is amazing how today’s world is different. We certainly didn’t anticipate that last September! I am sure that there will be many unanticipated events in years to come but what really shapes the future is human imagination which was the theme of last year’s experiential conference. We now have a website where you can see a short video summary of the conference (main page) and the links to many of the talks (see speakers page): https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/2050/index.php If you didn’t get a chance to attend the event, I hope the videos will be a good resource. Best regards, Ali PS. nanoHUB has processed first day’s talks (see below the program). They are still working on the remaining videos. They will be added to the above website in the next couple of months. Ali Shakouri Mary Jo and Robert L. Kirk Director Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Birck Nanotechnology Center, Room 1027 Purdue University 1205 West State Street West Lafayette, IN 47907-2057 (765) 496-6105; Fax: (765) 496-8299 shakouri@purdue.edu<mailto:shakouri@purdue.edu> ********************************** Purdue 2050: Conference of the Future Thursday 9/26/2019 * 8:45am Welcome by President Daniels * 9:00am Future of Healthcare. Featuring Peter Embi, president of Regenstrief Institute, healthcare professionals; Joanne Burns -CSO Cerner ; Gopal Chopra -CEO RadiantHeart; a leading cancer researcher (Daniella Matei) and her patient (Susan Gubar), a well-known IU author and cancer survivor 12:00pm Lunch (Purdue Executive Chef, Bruce Haumesser, will describe the special 2050 menu at 12:45) * 1:30pm Supriyo Datta, introduces Quantum Technologies to general public * 2:00pm Deborah Wince-Smith, President and CEO of the Council on Competitiveness; Age of Illumination, historical parallels with Renaissance. * 3:00pm Future of Manufacturing and Factories by Michael King, President of LHP Data Analytics and IoT Solutions; Jan-Anders Mansson co-director of IMI (Indiana Manufacturing Institute). * 4:30pm Discovery Park District 2050 by David Broecker * 6:30pm Dinner Friday 9/27/2019 * 9:00am Keynote talk on Digital Privacy by Alessandro Acquisti, a well known social scientist from Carnegie Mellon University * 10:00am Student Design Competition focused on Data and Business Analytics in collaboration with Krannert 12:00pm Lunch (student awards by Dean Hummels) * 1:30pm Anna Ridler, an artist from London, Art and Artificial Intelligence; Anne Fliotsos, International Telepresence Theatre * 3:00pm Smart Affordable Housing, Gary Hobbs (BWI) * 3:45pm Nanotechnology, Internet of Things and Data Analytics 2050; Muhammad Ashraful Alam and Ali Shakouri * 4:30pm End Location: The conference room of the future at Honors Hall is designed in collaboration with Purdue’s Department of Art and Design. Students from Jan Allebach’s group will demonstrate video analytics of participants' facial expressions. This will provide real-time feedback to the speakers and audience, helping evaluate how new ideas are received. Exhibitions: Digital Borneo, immersive sounds from 100 million years old rainforest prepared in collaboration between Bryan Pijanowski’s Center for Soundscape Engineering and the newly developed transparent and flexible speakers fabricated by Miko Cakmak’s group at the Birck Center; Plasmonic Kaleidoscope/ Mandalas -a collaboration between Sasha Boltasseva’s nanophotonics researchers and a local artist, etc. **********************************