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8:00

Registration, Coffee
Exhibit area open
Tours of the GW Home of the 21st Century Lab

9:00

Welcome
Dean John Wilson,
GW Virginia Campus

Dr. Bhagi Narahari, Symposium Chair and Moderator,
GW's School of Engineering and Applied Science

Session 1: Research (9:15 am to 12:30 pm)

9:15

Keynote Address
Dr. Sanjay Sarma, Associate Professor,
Mechanical Engineering Auto-ID Center,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

10:00

10:40

Break
Refreshments provided

Privacy Risks in Pervasive Environments
Daniel Weitzner, Esq., Director,
Technology and Society,
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

11:30

Panel 1: Future and Challenges - What can we expect?

Kevin Mayo (Moderator), America Online, Inc.

Sanjay Sarma, Associate Professor,
Mechanical Engineering Auto-ID Center,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Gregory Abowd, College of Computing, Aware Home Research Initiative,
Georgia Institute of Technology

Daniel Weitzner, Esq., Director,
Technology and Society,
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

Christian Schiller, Pervasive/Wireless Emerging Business Opportunities,
Smart-Home/Building, IBM RFID Global Center

12:30

Opening Remarks

Dean Timothy W. Tong,
GW's School of Engineering and Applied Science

Bobbie Kilberg, President,
Northern Virginia Technology Council

1:30

Safe from Home to School-- KidLocate Initiative

Lajuane Brooks, Director
Technology-Assisted Child Safety (TACS) Initiative

Kenneth White,CEO,
CiTechnologies

Chris Sincock, VP of Business Development,
Identification Technology Group, Assa Abloy

2:15

2:45

Panel 2: Where are we and what is the reality?

Bhagi Narahari (Moderator),
GWU, School of Engineering and Applided Science

Charles Savage, Technical Manager
Ubisense

Cathy Husbands, Education Government Account Manager,
NEXTEL

Cheryl Owens, Senior Director,
MAXIMUS

Tom Reiman, President, The Broadband Group

3:15

3:30