{"id":549,"date":"2019-07-17T18:18:28","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/news-archives\/johnpatricklecture\/"},"modified":"2019-07-17T18:18:28","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:18:28","slug":"johnpatricklecture","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/johnpatricklecture\/","title":{"rendered":"2013 WCSU Macricostas Entrepreneurship lecture to focus on future of technology"},"content":{"rendered":"
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DANBURY, CONN. <\/strong>\u2014 What better place to discuss the future of technology \u2014 where it\u2019s headed and where it can take us \u2014 than a forward-thinking university.<\/p>\n

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At 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 25, 2013<\/strong>, a leading Internet expert and former IBM<\/a> vice president, John Patrick<\/a>, will share his thoughts, knowledge and experience in a lecture, \u201cA Visionary Look at Where Technology is Headed,\u201d at Western Connecticut State University<\/a>. Free and open to the public, the lecture will be held in Room 125 in the Science Building on the Midtown campus, 181 White St. in Danbury. The lecture is funded by a grant to support entrepreneurship from the foundation of Brookfield industrialist and philanthropist Constantine \u201cDeno\u201d Macricostas <\/a>and his wife, Marie.<\/p>\n

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Since the early 1990s, Patrick has dedicated his time to fostering Internet technologies; his successes include his role as senior marketing executive for the launch of the IBM ThinkPad<\/a> brand. <\/p>\n

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Business 2.0<\/a> named him as one of the industry\u2019s most intriguing minds, Industry Week<\/a> named him one of the top 30 people who drive innovation and provide the initial spark to economic growth and Network World<\/a> called Patrick one of the 25 most powerful people in networking.<\/p>\n

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The founding member of the World Wide Web Consortium<\/a> at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1994, Patrick is on the board of directors of WebMediaBrands Corporation<\/a>, Knovel Corporation<\/a>, Danbury Health Systems Inc.<\/a>, Founders Hall<\/a> and OCLC<\/a>. His book \u201cNet Attitude<\/a>\u201d paints a vivid picture of the future of the Internet and the attitudes needed to capitalize on it.<\/p>\n

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For more information, call (203) 837-8754.<\/p>\n

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Western Connecticut State University offers outstanding faculty in a range of quality academic programs. Our diverse university community provides students an enriching and supportive environment that takes advantage of the unique cultural offerings of Western Connecticut and New York. Our vision: To be an affordable public university with the characteristics of New England\u2019s best small private universities.
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