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SRI International Event to Celebrate Six Decades of World-Changing Innovation

MENLO PARK, Calif. -- October 25, 2006 -- SRI International, an independent nonprofit research and development organization, today announced plans for its 60th anniversary celebration at the Computer History Museum on November 6, 2006.

  • Who: SRI International (www.sri.com)
  • What: SRI (the former Stanford Research Institute) will celebrate 60 years of world-changing innovations with SRI staff members from the past and present. Dr. Curtis Carlson, SRI's president and CEO, will deliver a keynote address, followed by a panel discussion of SRI luminaries moderated by noted technology forecaster Paul Saffo. The panel will include:
  • Paul Cook, one of the most successful and prolific innovators and entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley history
  • Douglas Engelbart, visionary inventor of the computer mouse and other foundations of personal computing
  • Phil Green, whose contributions to the fields of ultrasonic imaging and "robotic" surgery have had tremendous impact on the practice of medicine
  • Donald Nielson, who played a key role in developing some of the institute’s most celebrated computer communication innovations
  • Where: Computer History Museum

            1401 N. Shoreline Blvd.

             Mountain View, CA 94043

  • When: Monday, November 6, 2006 at 7:00 pm

About SRI International

Silicon Valley-based SRI International (http://www.sri.com) is one of the world’s leading independent research and technology development organizations. Founded as Stanford Research Institute in 1946, SRI has been meeting the strategic needs of clients for 60 years. The nonprofit research institute performs client-sponsored research and development for government agencies, commercial businesses, and private foundations. In addition to conducting contract R&D, SRI licenses its technologies, forms strategic partnerships, and creates spin-off companies.

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