Meet the Future, Science & Technology Summit 2010
Meet the Future, Science & Technology Summit 2010 was a one-day science and technology convention held at the World Forum Convention Center in The Hague, Netherlands on November 18, 2010, organized by Platform Bèta Techniek (PBT), an organization which has been empowered by the Dutch government to increase the number of beta students in the Netherlands. The summit offered Dutch science and technology related companies and educational institutions an opportunity to showcase their latest products, research and developments. There was a gathering with selected international guests on the following day (November 19). Notable guests There were keynote speeches by several famous and influential persons such as Neil Armstrong (who said in his speech that he would offer his services as commander on a mission to Mars, if he was asked, even though he was 80 years old at the time), Steve Wozniak (who predicted in his speech that Android would be dominant over the iPhone market-wise but the iPhone would retain the quality edge), Spencer Wells (geneticist and anthropologist and professor at Cornell University), Robbert Dijkgraaf (president of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences) and Kishore Mahbubani (professor at the National University of Singapore). Other prominent guests were