“…Popular science books on robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) by Hans Moravec, Ray Kurzweil, and others argue that one day advances in robotics, AI and neurobiology will enable us to copy our conscious selves into machines, which will take over the cosmos and live eternally in a perfect world of supremely intelligent Mind. …”

“…Of special note this year are two keynote addresses, one by Daniel Porreca, the executive director of HEALTHeLINK the clinical information exchange and HEALTHeNET the administrative data ex-change for Western New York (WNY), on the topic "Connecting at the Intersection of Technology and Healthcare," and the other by Viswanath Venkatesh, Distinguished Professor and Billingsley Chair in Information Systems at the Walton College of Business, University of Arkansas and one of the most influential and highly-cited scholar in the IS discipline, on the topic "Doing Research That Matters: Reflecting on the Past and Charting a Future for ICT4D." …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Conclusions and Recommendations Needed to Improve the US Food Safety System"" ""Recommendation I:""; ""Recommendation IIa:""; ""Recommendation IIb:""; ""Recommendation IIIa:""; ""Recommendation IIIb:""; ""MOVING TOWARD A MODEL SYSTEM""; ""1 Introduction and Background ""; ""CHANGES IN THE US FOOD SYSTEM AND THEIR EFFECTS ON FOOD SAFETY""; ""SCOPE OF THE FOOD SAFETY PROBLEM""; ""HISTORY OF US FOOD SAFETY REGULATION""; ""THE COMMITTEE AND ITS CHARGE""; ""2 The Current US Food Safety System ""; ""REGULATION""; ""Federal Regulatory Programs""; ""State and Local Regulatory Systems""…”