For comparison (event similar to Leo 40)

Firecode:

Each year, I send a personal invitation to a selected list of friends, inviting you to join me for the Future in Review, the conference the Economist calls "The best technology conference in the world."  Or, as PC Magazine's Jim Louderback put it last year, "Unlike "D," which can be somewhat cliquish, at FIRE, if you're in the door, you're part of the club. ---The best thing about the FIRE conference is that everyone here is brilliant."

Now in year four, FiRe has made a real name for itself.  I think Tom Standage is right: It's the best, and it's getting better, with a lineup of participants and speakers no one comes close to matching.  Here is your turn to join us at the Hotel del Coronado, May 14-17, at a special $400 discount keyed to your Firecode.  Just type it in on the first page of online registration, at www.futureinreview.com, and we'll handle the rest. 

If you've been to FiRe, you know why it is unique: all-substance, strongly international, populated by real players who understand - and affect - global technology markets.  No other conference gives you a more accurate five-year view of the future, or more pleasant and intimate venues (on land and sea) for meeting your fellow leaders.

Who's joining us this year?  Here is a partial list:

Michael Dell, Chairman, Dell Computer
Paul Jacobs, CEO, Qualcomm
John Thompson, Chairman and CEO, Symantec
Mike Zafirovski, President and CEO, Nortel Networks
Bill Janeway, Vice Chairman, Warburg Pincus
Edward Tian, CEO, China Netcom
Dave Winer, Editor, Scripting News
Bob Hormats, Vice Chairman, Goldman Sachs International
Wang Jianzhou, CEO, China Mobile Dan Gillmor, CEO, Grassroots Media
Colin Angle, CEO, iRobot
John Seely Brown, Director Emeritus, Xerox PARC
Sol Trujillo, CEO, Telstra
Jory Bell, CEO, OQO
Jonathan Murray, CTO (EMEA), Microsoft
Sidney Rittenberg, Rittenberg and Associates
Sam Pitroda, Chairman, (India) National Knowledge Commission
Larry Smarr, Harry E. Gruber Professor, Department of Computer Science and
Engineering, UCSD and Director, California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology
Bill Owens, past Deputy Joint Chiefs of Staff
William Koss, VP Global Alliances, Ciena
Larry Brilliant, Chair, PanDefense 1.0
Phil Hester, CTO, AMD
Richard Lampman, SVP Research, HP
Garrett Odell, Chair, Center for Cell Dynamics

And many others, including press from Fortune, Forbes, Ziff Davis/PC Magazine, the Economist, the NYTimes, the Financial Times, Barron's, Le Monde, El Pais ---

As you can see from our lineup, we are going to look closely at the telecom world (and China in particular), and which content and services these "bit providers" see coming on a global basis.  We'll also take close looks at news and blogging technologies, supercomputing and visualization, broadband infrastructure, future cellphone design; India, ASEAN and Europe markets; Avian flu, containing healthcare costs, new energy technologies; using grids to model cells; and other useful subjects. 

Combine these conversations with our traditional private dinner cruise around San Diego Bay, and you'll be glad you clicked here
www.futureinreview.com when you did.

I hope to see you there in just a few months.  Until then, take advantage of this discount; it will expire in 30 days, or when FiRe reaches its cap, whichever comes first.

Mark Anderson
Chair and Founder, Future in Review Publisher, Strategic News Service   www.stratnews.com 38 Yew Lane
Friday Harbor, Washington 98250
mark@stratnews.com
Tel.  360 378 3431