Below are the Contents of our current ABL Technology Online News & Trendletter

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WELCOME NEW MEMBER! 

UPCOMING ABL-TECH ROUND TABLES & EVENTS

These upcoming TECH ZOOM Tables will discuss “Key Issues in Planning for 2024”

October 5 – OC Zoom Table – featuring Satnam Gambhir, CEO of Envision Financial Systems

October 13 – LA Zoom Table – featuring Sameer Bhatia, CEO of Batia Infotech and its subsidiary ProProfs.com

TECH INDUSTRY NEWS & TRENDS

AI NEWS & TRENDS

• AI is a Lot Like Streaming – the Add-ons Add Up Fast
• Tech Execs Warn Lawmakers to Keep AI “Under the Control of People”
• California to Set Guidelines for Public Sector Generative AI.
  Meanwhile, 8 More Companies Join White House AI Safety Push,
  And, DHS Unveils New Guidelines on AI Use.

TECH INDUSTRY & GOVERNMENT

• A Key Question in Google’s Federal Trial: How Formidable is Its Data Advantage?
• A Year After CHIPS Act Passage, Firms are Starting to Take Advantage
• New U.S. Partnership with Vietnam to Explore Semiconductor Supply Chain Opportunities
• CTA Calls Tech 8th Pillar of Human Security at UN Assembly

MORE TECH INDUSTRY NEWS & TRENDS

• US Hospitals Paid $100M to Russian Ransomware Hackers
• Apple Patent Suggests Augmented Reality Info on Windshields

Blog by Mimi Grant, President of ABL Organization

Re-Cap of Mimi’s Recent Participation at the FUTURES Exhibit at the Smithsonian

Mimi recently participated in the “Living Longer Festival: Health + Wellness 2050,” held at the Smithsonian Arts & Industries Building on the National Mall. Here, Mimi shares a brief photo journal, with captions, of her incredible experience.

In 1879, the “National Museum” – the nation’s first, was “crowned” on the Washington Mall. Last November, after being closed for the past 20 years, the renamed Smithsonian “Arts + Industries Building” (AIB) reopened its doors to host the “FUTURES” exhibit. Over the eight months of the exhibit, FUTURES looked at a number of themes, including the future of AI, Generative Design, Conservation, Energy, Transportation, Work, Fashion, Gaming, and “Healthcare – in 2050.”

On June 25th, the “Living Longer Festival: Health + Wellness 2050,” highlighted a special demonstration entitled, “The Doctor Is In (SPACE),” “demonstrating” how an astronaut using a MedWand on a patient in space could conceivably link with a terrestrial doctor for an exam. MedWand’s Co-Founders, Bob Rose, CEO, and Samir Qamar, MD, CMO, were frequently seen on-hand answering questions from the 12,000 visitors who toured the Exhibit on “Solstice Saturday,” when several of the Smithsonian museums, including AIB, stayed open late – some till midnight.

Later, I had the honor of moderating an outstanding panel of experts, supplemented with questions from the audience who “Interrupted Your Regularly Scheduled Panel” throughout “WIYRSP: Living Longer in the Future.” To kick it off we introduced “Elizabeth,” a great grandmother, who was captured on her grandson’s iPhone for the masses when she demonstrated her impressive moves as she got down to Bruno Mars at her 100th birthday party surrounded by friends and family…

CLICK HERE TO READ THE REST OF MIMI’S BLOG WITH MORE, LARGER PHOTOS

Vlog by Mimi Grant

To Boost or Not to Boost?: That is THE Question

Beyond their Round Tables, ABL Members stay connected with each other through the ABL Technology Online. This bi-weekly emailed publication provides Member News and Technology Industry Trends. And, for those interested in the latest in Healthcare IT Member News and Trends, the ABL Healthcare Online is also available.  For a complimentary subscription, fill out the form at the bottom of this page.

Podcast Episodes

Is It Time For a COVID-Era Marshall Plan?; 6/2021
Lessons We Can Learn Today From the Last Great Epidemic; 5/2021
Super-Charge Your Post-Pandemic Strategic Plan; 4/2021
Back to the “Skills of the Future”; 10/2020
The Importance of Brand Narratives; 10/2020
Winning in the COVID – Or Any – Economy; 10/2020
The Latest Silicon Valley Breakthrough: Liquid Biopsy; 7/31/20
Getting Back to Work in the Office – How to Do It; 6/23/20
The Four Pillars of the Latest “New Normal”; 5/26/20
Labs (and Tesla) Help California to Reopen; 5/12/20
Appreciating the Silver Lining in the ‘New Normal’; 4/15/20
Tips & Clips from the WFH Pros; 3/30/20
MITIGATION: California & ABL Members Respond to COVID-19; 3/24/20
The Robots Are Coming – It’s About Time; 9/16/19

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