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Over 130 leaders in the fields of computer and internet technology, telecommunications and marine sciences gathered at the Fairmont Hotel in Seattle for the Second FiRe Global: West Coast, a conference produced by Strategic News Services (SNS) and designed to reach across disciplines to encourage technology based solutions to a range of economic and social issues. SNS founder Mark Anderson, a highly respected prognosticator and opinion leader in the in computer technology industries, was the chairman of the one day event and the keynote speaker. Panel discussions and presentations ran the gamut from broadband implementation, to advances in computing hardware, to global warming, to the relative merits of cloud computing and net neutrality, to health care solutions implementation, to international economic trends, to the health of Minke whale populations.

Sig Hutchinson, president of Sig Hutchinson Communications; and Brenda Cooper: Writer, Futurist, and CIO of the City of Kirkland, Washington. Over 130 leaders in the fields of computer and Internet technology, telecommunications, and marine sciences gathered at the Fairmont Hotel in Seattle for the 2nd FiRe Global : West Coast, a conference produced by Strategic News Service (SNS) and designed to reach across disciplines to encourage technology-based solutions to a range of economic and social issues. SNS founder Mark Anderson, publisher of the SNS newsletter and a highly respected tech and economy forecaster and opinion leader, is the chairman of the daylong event and the keynote speaker. Panel discussions and presentations at FGWC 2011 featured broadband implementation, advances in computing hardware, global warming, cloud computing, Net neutrality, the solutions-based FiRe trademark CTO Design Challenge, sustainability, healthcare solutions implementation, international economic trends, the health of Minke whale populations, and more.

Egils Milbergs, Executive Director, Washington Economic Development Commission. Over 130 leaders in the fields of computer and Internet technology, telecommunications, and marine sciences gathered at the Fairmont Hotel in Seattle for the 2nd FiRe Global : West Coast, a conference produced by Strategic News Service (SNS) and designed to reach across disciplines to encourage technology-based solutions to a range of economic and social issues. SNS founder Mark Anderson, publisher of the SNS newsletter and a highly respected tech and economy forecaster and opinion leader, is the chairman of the daylong event and the keynote speaker. Panel discussions and presentations at FGWC 2011 featured broadband implementation, advances in computing hardware, global warming, cloud computing, Net neutrality, the solutions-based FiRe trademark CTO Design Challenge, sustainability, healthcare solutions implementation, international economic trends, the health of Minke whale populations, and more.

Brett Horvath, Co-Founder and Board Member, Lumana. Over 130 leaders in the fields of computer and Internet technology, telecommunications, and marine sciences gathered at the Fairmont Hotel in Seattle for the 2nd FiRe Global : West Coast, a conference produced by Strategic News Service (SNS) and designed to reach across disciplines to encourage technology-based solutions to a range of economic and social issues. SNS founder Mark Anderson, publisher of the SNS newsletter and a highly respected tech and economy forecaster and opinion leader, is the chairman of the daylong event and the keynote speaker. Panel discussions and presentations at FGWC 2011 featured broadband implementation, advances in computing hardware, global warming, cloud computing, Net neutrality, the solutions-based FiRe trademark CTO Design Challenge, sustainability, healthcare solutions implementation, international economic trends, the health of Minke whale populations, and more.

Brett Horvath, Co-Founder and Board Member, Lumana. Over 130 leaders in the fields of computer and Internet technology, telecommunications, and marine sciences gathered at the Fairmont Hotel in Seattle for the 2nd FiRe Global : West Coast, a conference produced by Strategic News Service (SNS) and designed to reach across disciplines to encourage technology-based solutions to a range of economic and social issues. SNS founder Mark Anderson, publisher of the SNS newsletter and a highly respected tech and economy forecaster and opinion leader, is the chairman of the daylong event and the keynote speaker. Panel discussions and presentations at FGWC 2011 featured broadband implementation, advances in computing hardware, global warming, cloud computing, Net neutrality, the solutions-based FiRe trademark CTO Design Challenge, sustainability, healthcare solutions implementation, international economic trends, the health of Minke whale populations, and more.

Pete Strasser, Managing Director, International Night-Sky Association. Over 130 leaders in the fields of computer and Internet technology, telecommunications, and marine sciences gathered at the Fairmont Hotel in Seattle for the 2nd FiRe Global : West Coast, a conference produced by Strategic News Service (SNS) and designed to reach across disciplines to encourage technology-based solutions to a range of economic and social issues. SNS founder Mark Anderson, publisher of the SNS newsletter and a highly respected tech and economy forecaster and opinion leader, is the chairman of the daylong event and the keynote speaker. Panel discussions and presentations at FGWC 2011 featured broadband implementation, advances in computing hardware, global warming, cloud computing, Net neutrality, the solutions-based FiRe trademark CTO Design Challenge, sustainability, healthcare solutions implementation, international economic trends, the health of Minke whale populations, and more.

Brett Horvath, Co-Founder and Board Member, Lumana. Over 130 leaders in the fields of computer and Internet technology, telecommunications, and marine sciences gathered at the Fairmont Hotel in Seattle for the 2nd FiRe Global : West Coast, a conference produced by Strategic News Service (SNS) and designed to reach across disciplines to encourage technology-based solutions to a range of economic and social issues. SNS founder Mark Anderson, publisher of the SNS newsletter and a highly respected tech and economy forecaster and opinion leader, is the chairman of the daylong event and the keynote speaker. Panel discussions and presentations at FGWC 2011 featured broadband implementation, advances in computing hardware, global warming, cloud computing, Net neutrality, the solutions-based FiRe trademark CTO Design Challenge, sustainability, healthcare solutions implementation, international economic trends, the health of Minke whale populations, and more.

Over 130 leaders in the fields of computer and Internet technology, telecommunications, and marine sciences gathered at the Fairmont Hotel in Seattle for the 2nd FiRe Global : West Coast, a conference produced by Strategic News Service (SNS) and designed to reach across disciplines to encourage technology-based solutions to a range of economic and social issues. SNS founder Mark Anderson, publisher of the SNS newsletter and a highly respected tech and economy forecaster and opinion leader, is the chairman of the daylong event and the keynote speaker. Panel discussions and presentations at FGWC 2011 featured broadband implementation, advances in computing hardware, global warming, cloud computing, Net neutrality, the solutions-based FiRe trademark CTO Design Challenge, sustainability, healthcare solutions implementation, international economic trends, the health of Minke whale populations, and more.

Over 130 leaders in the fields of computer and Internet technology, telecommunications, and marine sciences gathered at the Fairmont Hotel in Seattle for the 2nd FiRe Global : West Coast, a conference produced by Strategic News Service (SNS) and designed to reach across disciplines to encourage technology-based solutions to a range of economic and social issues. SNS founder Mark Anderson, publisher of the SNS newsletter and a highly respected tech and economy forecaster and opinion leader, is the chairman of the daylong event and the keynote speaker. Panel discussions and presentations at FGWC 2011 featured broadband implementation, advances in computing hardware, global warming, cloud computing, Net neutrality, the solutions-based FiRe trademark CTO Design Challenge, sustainability, healthcare solutions implementation, international economic trends, the health of Minke whale populations, and more.

Jin Zidell (L), Founder/Chairman, Blue Planet Network. Over 130 leaders in the fields of computer and Internet technology, telecommunications, and marine sciences gathered at the Fairmont Hotel in Seattle for the 2nd FiRe Global : West Coast, a conference produced by Strategic News Service (SNS) and designed to reach across disciplines to encourage technology-based solutions to a range of economic and social issues. SNS founder Mark Anderson, publisher of the SNS newsletter and a highly respected tech and economy forecaster and opinion leader, is the chairman of the daylong event and the keynote speaker. Panel discussions and presentations at FGWC 2011 featured broadband implementation, advances in computing hardware, global warming, cloud computing, Net neutrality, the solutions-based FiRe trademark CTO Design Challenge, sustainability, healthcare solutions implementation, international economic trends, the health of Minke whale populations, and more.