The Foothill College (FH) Emerging Technologies Institute (ETI) will share their experiences and recommendations with an update of the journey "From Virtual Reality (VR) to Emerging Technologies (ET)"

Proposal Authors: Zach Cembellin, Konstantin Kalaitzidis
Title: From Virtual Reality (VR) to Emerging Technologies (ET)
Presentation Date: Wednesday, September 20
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. (there may be a change to 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m)
Location: Appreciation Hall
Duration: 2 hrs
Presentation Format:
- Each presentation (slide show with embedded videos) sequenced and choreographed as follows:
  - Presenter 1: Student
  - Presenter 2: Faculty
  - Time of each presentation = 5 minutes max
  - 1 title slide, 2 intro slides,
  - 120 second max video
  - Exhibits (optional)
  - 1 closing slide, with contact information

Draft Agenda

Draft Agenda for Opening Day
10:00am - 10:15am	Open doors in Appreciation Hall	Audience comes into hall	Open Doors. Exhibits in front of Appreciation Hall. Distribute Principia copies.
10:15am	ETI rap song	Jeremy Peters - Library Technician	ETI rap song: Welcome to tomorrow You’re one step ahead People of the future Weaving a new thread Leading a new trend Send ‘em on a journey Shift the paradigms like with Fermi and CERN See convergence Of power and purpose When fresh tech emerges And innovation surges Keep searchin’ Be first when The rest remain uncertain Can’t hurt to be urgent You can rest when you ain’t workin’ Be a pioneer Find a new frontier And then attack it Explore some cymatics Vibrations and patterns Learn the blockchain To thwart those that only wanna hack it Build some AI to blast off to all the planets Focus on the Earth and dive into new renewables Or virtual reality where everything is doable Step into the quantum realm and redefine what’s computable At the ETI you’ll find it’s all pursuable Emerging technologies are here for you to try At Foothill College you can let your dreams fly If you think it sounds too much like sci-fi You should spend some time at the ETI Emerging technologies are here for you to try At Foothill College you can let your dreams fly If you think it sounds too much like sci-fi You should spend some time at the ETI
11:30am - 11:50 am	Q & A	Small panel of students and faculty	discussion
11:50am - 12:00noon	Closing comments	Aaron, Ron, Zach	Next Steps and Thank you