San Francisco Celebrates the Best in Innovation at The Economist Inaugural Innovation Awards and Summit September 18th

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San Francisco Celebrates the Best in Innovation at The Economist Inaugural Innovation Awards and Summit September 18th

CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, Sep. 9 -/E-Wire/Business Wire/-- The San Francisco Bay Area has long been hailed as the center of innovation.

Few regions on earth attract the diverse brainpower, creativity, idealism and ambition that make the Bay Area such a rewarding place to live and work.

WHAT: The Economist is holding its inaugural Annual Innovation Awards and Summit on September 18th at the Palace Hotel in downtown San Francisco. This is the only event of its kind focusing on the link between business and innovation.

Through roundtables and presentations, Summit attendees will share their knowledge and learn from others to find new ways of looking at innovation.

Following the Summit, participants will attend an Awards reception to honor those innovators who are revolutionizing their own businesses, and the industries and markets in which they work. Nominated by The Economist's influential readership and a VIP panel of judges, one individual will be selected in each of five categories including bioscience, communications, computing, energy and the environment and nanotechnology.

WHO: The Economist, and a prestigious panel of speakers including Paul Saffo of the Institute for the Future; Rick Rashid, SVP of Research at Microsoft, Vinod Khosla, General Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers; Michael Hunkapiller, President of Applied BioSystems and Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google.

WHERE: Palace Hotel, San Francisco 2 New Montgomery Street Summit: Twin Peaks Room Awards Reception: Gold Ballroom

WHEN: Wednesday, September 18th 2002 Summit: 8:00 am - 5:45 pm Awards reception: 6 pm - 9:30 pm

HOW: For further information or to RSVP, please contact Diane Hepps at (415) 591 4053 or email [REDACTED-EMAIL]

The Economist, San Francisco, Diane Hepps, 415/591-4053, e-mail: [REDACTED-EMAIL]

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