IP: NEW TECHNOGENESIS TV SHOW ON CN8 EXPLORES SECURITY IN A TECHNOLOGY-DRIVEN WORLD -- For Comcast subscribers in New Jersey, Pennsylvania,Delaware and Maryland.

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> Feb. 1, 2001
>
> NEW TECHNOGENESIS TV SHOW ON CN8
> EXPLORES SECURITY IN A TECHNOLOGY-DRIVEN WORLD
>
> HOBOKEN, N.J. - Information technology now pervades our daily lives,
> whether we like it or not. And while it opens new doors to commerce and
> communications, it also can threaten our privacy, our finances and even
> our personal safety. Experts discuss how we can keep important information
> safe and secure in a high-tech world this Sunday on Technogenesis, a new
> TV program produced by Stevens Institute of Technology, in cooperation
> with cn8, the Comcast Network.
>
> Featured guests include David Farber, who spent the last year as chief
> technologist for the Federal Communications Commission while on leave from
> the University of Pennsylvania, and Catherine Allen, the chief executive
> officer of BITS, an organization composed of executives from 20 of the
> nation's largest financial services companies.
>
> The Technogenesis program, "Security in a technology-driven world," airs
> at 7:30 p.m. on cn8, the Comcast Network, each of the following Sundays:
> Feb. 4, Feb. 18, March 4 and March 18. Check local cable listings for cn8
> in your area.
>
> Farber, who is Alfred Fitler Moore Professor of Telecommunications at the
> University of Pennsylvania, manages research in high-speed networking. He
> is also associated with The Annenberg School of Communications and the
> Wharton School of Business. He has been involved with computers almost
> from their very invention, having been a hardware and language designer at
> Bell Laboratories and later working at the Rand Corporation and Scientific
> Data Systems.
>
> Allen heads BITS, the technology group for The Financial Services
> Roundtable, which was created to foster the development of electronic
> commerce while preserving security and privacy. Allen founded the Santa Fe
> Group, a research and consulting firm specializing in emerging
> technologies, and she previously worked for Citicorp in areas of
> electronic banking. She is consulted regularly by business and quoted
> often by the media as an authority on e-commerce and smart cards.
>
> Co-produced by Stevens and Comcast, the half-hour Technogenesis programs
> feature government, research and industry leaders discussing some of the
> most challenging real-world issues facing science and technology today.
>
> Hosted by veteran TV journalist Steve Taylor, each program includes two or
> more special guests from the areas of science, technology, government,
> education, business or industry. This program also features Jerry
> MacArthur Hultin, dean of the Wesley J. Howe School of Technology
> Management at Stevens Institute of Technology and former Under Secretary
> of the Navy.
>
> The Comcast Network is one of the nation's largest regional cable networks
> reaching close to 4 million households in New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
> Delaware and Maryland.
>
> Stevens Institute of Technology is a 130-year-old private university in
> Hoboken, N.J., that specializes in Technogenesis, a term it has
> trademarked. Technogenesis is defined as "the educational frontier where
> students, faculty and industry jointly nurture new technologies from
> concept to realization." More information about the new program and the
> university is located at Stevens' web site: www.stevens-tech.edu.
> RealVideo of past shows is available at the site.
>
> **STEVENS**
>
> For more information, contact:
> ________________________________
>
> Cass Bruton-Ward
> Executive Producer of Technogenesis and
> Director of University Relations
> Stevens Institute of Technology
> Hoboken, NJ 07030
>
> 201.216.5238
> cbrutonw () stevens-tech edu



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