HOUGHTON--Michigan Tech President Curt Tompkins will be heading to London, England next week to participate in an enterprise conference bringing together enterprise and technology experts from the United States and the United Kingdom.
The conference, titled "Enterprise and Technology For All--Seizing the Opportunity," will be held July 5-6 in historic Lancaster House and will be hosted by Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry Stephen Byers, and U.S. Ambassador to the U.K. Philip Lader. Approximately 250 entrepreneurs, financiers, and public policy and media innovators from both countries are expected to attend.
Discussion sessions will focus on how emerging technologies can be harnessed in the U.K. to optimize and extend employment, regional development, and wealth creation benefits to the broadest spectrum of citizens.
President Tompkins will serve on discussion panels focusing on "Improving Technology Transfer" and "How Can the U.K. Ensure It Has the Skills Necessary to Take Advantage of New Technologies and What Has Been Learned From the Introduction of Such Technologies into Education?"
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