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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS


Vinton G. Cerf
 Joe Caruso
Widely known as one of the "Fathers of the Internet,"  Vinton G. Cerf is the co-designer of the TCP/IP protocols and the architecture of the Internet. In December 1997, President Clinton presented the U.S. National Medal of Technology to Cerf and his colleague, Robert E. Kahn, for founding and developing the Internet. Kahn and Cerf were named the recipients of the
ACM Alan M. Turing award in 2004 for their work on the Internet protocols. The Turing award is sometimes called the "Nobel Prize of Computer Science."  In November 2005, President George Bush awarded Cerf and Kahn the Presidential Medal of Freedom for their work. The medal is the highest civilian award given by the United States to its citizens.

Cerf is Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist for Google. In this role, he is responsible for identifying new enabling technologies to support the development of advanced, Internet-based products and services from Google. He is also an active public face for Google in the Internet world. During his tenure from 1976-1982 with the U.S. Department of Defense's Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Cerf played a key role leading the development of Internet and Internet-related packet data and security technologies. In December 1994, People magazine identified Cerf as one of that year's "25 Most Intriguing People."

In addition to his work on behalf of Google and the Internet, Cerf has served as a technical advisor to production for "Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict."  and made a special guest appearance on the program in May 1998. Cerf has appeared on television programs NextWave with Leonard Nimoy and on World Business Review with Alexander Haig and Caspar Weinberger. Cerf also holds an appointment as distinguished visiting scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory where he is working on the design of an interplanetary Internet.

CUE thanks Google for their generous support of Vint's keynote.
 Joe Caruso is one of the country's most in-demand speakers and leading experts on the subject of individual and organizational transformation. Author of the best-selling book, The Power of Losing Control, and host of his own Public Television Special, Joe is also a consultant with a who's who client list including: The US Navy, American Express, Thinkronize, The BLE Group, Atomic Learning, Academic Benchmarks, and many other world-class organizations.

In addition to his client experience in education, Joe is passionate about education and has also taught in the K-12 classroom. More can be learned about Joe via his website www.carusoleadership.com.

The Education Transformation
It's a fact - American education is going through a transformation. Through industry insights and compelling stories Joe Caruso will share with us how we can individually and collectively lead the process. Joe's Keynote will address:
  • How each of us can help lead the transformation from wherever we are within the education system
  • How to find our true power by letting go of what we can it control and focusing on what we can control
  • How critical it is that we continue to respect the past, while committing to the future
  • How we can all make sure our efforts to transform education stay focused on and centered around the student/teacher process and maximizing the classroom learning experience
Closing keynote presentation is sponsored in part by Thinkronize, the developer of the netTrekker suite of award winning products used by more than 8.3 million students.
General Session
Friday, March 7
8:00 - 9:45 am
Primrose B/C/D
Palm Springs Convention Center		 Closing Session
Saturday, March 8
2:30 - 3:30 pm
Primrose B
Palm Springs Convention Center

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