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Evening Session - Opening Remarks
Evening Session - Opening Remarks
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Cadogan implored conference participants not to forget curiosity-driven science. He noted that even though directed research programs can create great wealth and prosperity, the role of the individual pursuing his or her research for the sake of advancing knowledge must not be overlooked.
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Alexander Graham Bell, shortly after he invented the telephone, predicted that one day every manufacturing firm in the United States would have a telephone. · The chief engineer of the British Post Office said in 1876 that the telephone might be all well and good for the United States but that it would never catch on in Great Britain because the country has an adequate supply of messenger boys.
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Moore's standing as one of Silicon Valley's founding fathers, Dr. Cadogan observed that Europe has long marveled over the creativity and economic vitality of Silicon Valley.
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