Identity Solutions Symposium and
Workshop to be held
ASU-Jonesboro will host the
Identity Solutions Symposium and Workshop
on
Wednesday-Thursday, Feb. 21- 22, 2007. The symposium brings together
more than 30 experts from academia, industry, and government to
address various aspects of implementing automatic identification
technologies. Speakers will include Arkansas Attorney General Dustin
McDaniel, Dr. Richard Nader, National Science Foundation, Dr. John
Sanders, Food and Drug Administration, and Jennifer Barrett, Acxiom
Corp., among many others. Topics will include ID Technologies, ID
Management, Quality, and Security, ID Socioeconomic Issues and
Impact, ID Applications and Practices, and ID Parallel Workshops. As
Dr. Farhad Moeeni, Business, notes, "The
socioeconomic, legal and
 ethical issues of implementing these
auto-id technologies are among the most complex and least understood
subjects in identity solutions. Auto-id technology is used to
regulate efficiency, transparency, safety, and security. Auto-id
technology will affect everyone." Registration closes Feb. 15. For details, contact
Dr. Moeeni
or see the NewsPage release or
the symposium
website.Agribusiness Conference slated for February
Arkansas State University will host the 13th annual Agribusiness
Conference on Feb. 14, 2007, at the Fowler and Convocation Centers.
On-site registration begins at 8 a.m. at Fowler Center. The
conference focuses on bioenergy technology and its impact on
producers, consumers, and agribusiness. The conference also includes
updates on agricultural policy, commodity-specific market
information, and a presentation on the new Southern Tenant
Farmers Museum. The general session speakers are Sam Dortch, chemical engineer/manager of research and development, FutureFuel Chemical
Company, on biofuel production, Spencer Swayze, manager, business development, Ceres, Inc.,
on biotechnology and dedicated energy crops, and attorney/agribusinessman Cal
McCastlain on biofuel production impact.
James R. Wiesenmeyer, vice president of Informa Economics, and Richard E. Bell,
Arkansas Secretary of Agriculture, will also speak. The luncheon address
will feature ASU alumnus J. B. Penn, Deere & Company's chief
economist and former U.S. Undersecretary of Agriculture. For a complete conference program and on-line registration, see
http://agri.astate.edu.
ASU Department of Music offers Singing Valentines
Quartets from the Arkansas
State University Concert Choir and University Singers Men’s and
Women’s Choirs will deliver Singing Valentines on Valentine’s Day,
Wednesday, Feb. 14, to patrons within a 20-mile radius of Jonesboro.
Singing Valentines must be ordered in advance by Monday, Feb. 12,
and will be $20 each. Additional songs may be performed for $10 each. The valentine songs will be delivered with a card and a
carnation, and may be purchased from any ASU choir member, or by
calling 870-972-3841. Proceeds will benefit the ASU Choir’s
performance tour to Carnegie Hall in January 2008.
The ASU choirs are under the direction of Dr. Dale Miller, director
of choral activities, assisted by Justin Register, graduate
choral conducting student. Project chair for the Singing
Valentines fundraiser is Katie Willeford. Patrons may select from the following songs:
“I Can’t Give You Anything but Love,” “In the Still of the Night,”
“Hello, Mary Lou,” “Let Me Call You Sweetheart,” “That’s What
Friends Are For,” and “When I Fall in Love.”
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