Systems in the City 2006
Stephen Pinner Opens the Conference
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Stephen Pinner, Managing Director of Summerson Goodacre opened Systems in the City 2006 by thanking the sponsors for their support. Stephen continued by mentioning two amendments to the day's agenda. Namely that Jacqui Lait MP would be standing in for Ivan Lewis MP, and that Sir Michael Savory would be speaking on behalf of Brian Winterflood. Stephen gave a brief overview of Summerson Goodacre's services, followed by a walkthrough of the day's agenda, where he described Angela Knight's speech as being on the subject of "anything she jolly well likes". |
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Stephen reminded the audience there were two Monaco Grand Prix tickets to be won, and that four autographed books by John Terry were also available during the Remedi Prize Draw. After thanking Rhyme Systems for providing lunch and a Video iPOD as a prize, Stephen spoke about the technological changes of the past 40 years. Knowing sounds were heard from the more mature delegates, as photographs of comptometers, golf ball typewriters and huge Mainframe Computer Rooms were displayed. |
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| As each historic piece of technology was replaced on screen by it's modern, diminutive equivalent, the presentation culminated in a picture of a Video iPOD, representing the tremendous advances in consumer audio / visual technology, and being offered by Rhyme Systems in their lunchtime Prize Draw. |
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