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1nbmars
Fév 19, 2008, 9:53 pm

It appears (on the newly redesigned U of C website) that Bill Gates will speak on campus this coming tomorrow. ... The same day as the lunar eclipse. Very suspicious....

Here is the blurb from the website:

Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft Corp., will speak to University of Chicago students at 4:45 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20.

Titled "Bill Gates Unplugged: On Software, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Giving Back," the talk will be followed by a question-and-answer session. Tickets to the session already have been allocated through a lottery system. Max Palevsky Cinema will offer a live feed of the event, with seating available on a first-come basis. The speech also will be posted on the University website at 6:30 p.m.

Gates' visit to Chicago is part of a five-campus tour, in which he will emphasize the importance of digital innovation in driving the global economy, and address societal issues and the benefits afforded careers based in mathematics and science.

While at the University, Gates also will meet with Ian Foster, the Arthur Holly Compton Distinguished Service Professor in Computer Sciences, Director of the Computation Institute and Associate Director of the Mathematics and Computer Science Division at Argonne National Laboratory.