SEQUOIACOM WEBCASTING INCREASES AUDIENCES FOR "DIGITAL DIVIDES" CONFERENCE AND UC DAVIS CONNECT
Webcasting company SEQUOIACOM announced today that audio presentations from the recent Pacific Regional Humanaties Center - Digital Divides conference and the UC Davis CONNECT Most Innovative New Products Awards banquet are now available on the Internet.
(PRWEB) May 3, 2002
SACRAMENTO, California - May 1, 2002 - Webcasting company SEQUOIACOM announced today that audio presentations from the recent Digital Divides conference and the UC Davis CONNECT Most Innovative New Products Awards banquet are now available on the Internet.
"SEQUOIACOM is proud to have served as the official webcaster for these prestigious events," said SEQUOIACOM president David Edwards. "By posting and archiving these presentations to the Internet, SEQUOIACOM and the events' organizers hope to reach hundreds of listeners from the region who could not attend the live presentations. These events demonstrate the long-term value of webcasting audio streams using low-cost technology."
The Digital Divides Conference
The Pacific Regional Humanities Center's Digital Divides conference was held at the University of California, Davis, on April 25-27, 2002, and featured discussions of how digital information technologies are changing work, play, education, and thinking.
SEQUOIACOM recorded and archived high-profile Digital Divides presentations, including April 25 keynote speaker Michael Rogers, VP, Editor & General Manager of Newsweek. MSNBC. com. Speakers on April 26 included technohumanist-at-large Anne Balsamo; Megan Gaiser, CEO, and Robert Riedl, director of product development, at Her Interactive; Harrison "Lee" Rainie, director of The Pew Internet and American Life Project, and Richard Chabran, director of Communities for Virtual Research. SEQUOIACOM concluded its webcasts on April 27 with Randy Nelson, dean of Pixar University of Pixar Studios.
Jack Hicks, Digital Divides organizer and director of digital initiatives at the Pacific Regional Humanities Center at UC Davis, said webcasting with audiocast and Powerpoint presentations, was "natural" for the conference. "The multiplier effect," Hicks said, "is far beyond what I imagined, and Sequoiacom is bold proof of the power of digital technology to reach new audiences daily and exponentially to dramatic effect."
Edwards said archived Digital Divides presentations are available on the Internet at http://prhc. ucdavis. edu (http://prhc. ucdavis. edu) or http://www. sequoiacom. com/html/DigitalDivides. asp (http://www. sequoiacom. com/html/DigitalDivides. asp)
The Most Innovative New Products Awards Banquet
SEQUOIACOM also archived the second annual UC Davis CONNECT Most Innovative New Products Awards Banquet, held on April 25, 2002. The presentations are available on the Internet at http://connect. ucdavis. edu/ (http://connect. ucdavis. edu/) or http://www. sequoiacom. com/html/UCDavisConnect. asp (http://www. sequoiacom. com/html/UCDavisConnect. asp)
MIP awards in 2002 went to ThermoGenesis Corp. in the biotech/life science/medical device category. Amalgamated Video International was named the winner in the hardware/physical device category, Compass A. I. won the software award, and 5by5 Networks won in the telecom/wireless category.
Speakers at the MIP awards banquet included Nora Moore Jimenez, director of UC Davis CONNECT; Jon Gregory, president and CEO of Golden State Capitol Network; Robert Smiley, dean of the UC Davis Graduate School of Management; and Chris Chediak, shareholder of Weintraub, Genshlea, Chediak, Sproul. Dan Kennedy, publisher of the Sacramento Business Journal, served as the event emcee.
Edwards said SEQUOIACOM began broadcasting UC Davis CONNECT's monthly Informational Sessions for Entrepreneurs in October 2001. "SEQUOIACOM is a member of UC Davis CONNECT and we're pleased to webcast their events as an in-kind sponsor, assisting CONNECT in its mission of developing entrepreneurship in the Capital Region."
About SEQUOIACOM -- http://www. sequoiacom. com (http://www. sequoiacom. com)
SEQUOIACOM's services merge the latest streaming media technologies with custom solutions to send live or pre-recorded multimedia enhanced audio messages to customers, clients, employees, and shareholders over the Internet. SEQUOIACOM technology has applications in corporate communications, training, marketing, and education.
SEQUOIACOM's client list includes SureWest Communications, WM Group of Funds, the California North division of AFLAC Insurance, Golden State Capital Network, and UC Davis CONNECT.
About UC Davis CONNECT and The MIP Awards -- http://connect. ucdavis. edu/ (http://connect. ucdavis. edu/)
UC Davis CONNECT focuses the existing resources of the University of California and the business community on the development of new business ventures in the Capital Region. The MIP Awards is an annual competition that honors the vision, hard work, and perseverance that transform ideas and technologies into new products.
About Digital Divides -- http://prhc. ucdavis. edu/DigDivConf. html (http://prhc. ucdavis. edu/DigDivConf. html)
Digital Divides was sponsored by the Pacific Regional Humanities Center, the University of California Pacific Rim Research Project, the UC Humanities Research Center, Irvine, the UC Davis Humanities Institute, and the UC Davis Program in Technocultural Studies.
The UC Davis-based Pacific Regional Humanities Center is one of nine national centers established by the National Endowment for the Humanities in 2001. The Center will serve as the site for humanities research and programs across California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Hawaii, and the Pacific Islands.
Contact:
David Edwards, President, SEQUOIACOM
916-338-5650
David@sequoiacom. com
Http://www. sequoiacom. com (http://www. sequoiacom. com)
