Next Evolution in Internet Technologies
with guest speaker Carnet Williams

Join PRSA Hawaii and Carnet Williams the Executive Director of Hawaii Business and Entrepreneur Acceleration Mentors (HiBEAM) a non-profit which specializes in assisting in the growth and acceleration of technology startups. Carnet will be discussing the impact of the next evolution in Internet technologies or "Web 2.0" and its impact on the communication industry.

Raised in Asia, Australia and the United States, Carnet was schooled first as a Scientist (Bachelors of Science, UC Berkley) then as a Lawyer (Doctor of Jurisprudence, University of Oregon). However, his passion has always been with technology. Working with some of the greatest minds in technology at Stanford University, Carnet was appointed Associate Dean of Information Systems/CIO at the Stanford Law School. He deployed the first wireless network at Stanford and successfully partnered with IBM to designate Stanford Law School a Thinkpad University. His accomplishments earned him the appointment to Director of Academic Technology, Research & Development for Stanford University.

Carnet currently works with The Nature Conservancy (TNC), an International Environmental Conservation NGO. As Director of a global project addressing Invasive Species and World Trade policies he is leading TNC's regional and global positions regarding international policy frameworks such as the Convention on Biological Diversity, World Trade Organization, World Conservation Congress, North American Free Trade Agreement, and other U.N. related bodies.

Carnet has founded many successful high tech businesses, non-profits and is a founding board member of the Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network (NTEN), an organizational think tank for nonprofit technology dissemination and support, based in Washington D.C. Carnet is a highly skilled public speaker and frequently sought guest speaker at national conferences on topics ranging from environmental law to the societal impact of technological change.

Join us December 21st an event that will explore the next step into the information age.

This meeting will also be PRSA Hawaii's 2005 Annual Meeting. The agenda will include voting for your chapter leaders, and going over the annual report.

Date: Wednesday, December 21, 2005
Location: The Plaza Club 900 Fort Street Mall, 20th Floor
Registration: 11:30 a.m.
Lunch: 12 Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Cost: $40 non-members, $30 members, $25 PRSSA students
Parking: $3 at nearby Harbor Court

Reservations/Information:

Register online using our online registration form

Or email prsahawaii@gmail.com or call Program Chair Erica Neves at (808) 946-2811.