Keynote

Following in the Software Industry Awards' tradition of distinguished keynote speaker's, the 2002 event will feature Los Angeles Times' Syndicated Columnist and CBS News Technology Consultant Larry Magid's take on the state of the tech economy, "From Survival to Revival."

Larry's commentaries on the world of technology are enjoyed by millions of people on television and radio programs from Los Angeles (KNX) to San Francisco (KCBS) to London (CapitalFM). He's made multiple appearances on The Larry King Show, CBS This Morning, NPR's Talk of the Nation Science Friday among others and is a regular pundit on TechTV's Silicon Spin program.

The list of publications where his written work has appeared reads like a media wish list for technology CEO's everywhere-Fortune, ForbesASAP, PCWorld, PC Magazine, Upside, InformationWeek, ComputerWorld and numerous others. Additionally, he's a wildly successful author having penned several books including The Little PC Book (now in its 4th edition), a critically acclaimed best seller, The Little Quicken Book, Cruising Online: Larry Magid's Guide to the New Digital Highways (Random House, 1994), The Fully Powered PC (Simon and Schuster, 1984) and "Electronic Link: Using the IBM PC to Communicate" (John Wiley and Sons, 1983).

Currently, his columns originate in the Los Angeles Times and San Jose Mercury News and appear in newspapers and Web sites throughout the world. Also, check out his Web sites: PCAnswer.com, Safekids.com and SafeTeens.com.

Larry's work with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children developing a system for finding missing children via online services earned him that organization's "Ten Year Anniversary Award."

Larry has a doctorate of education from the University of Massachusetts and a bachelor's degree from University of California at Berkeley. He has also taught at the University of Massachusetts and the Boston University School of Communications.