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Editor's Note
I T I S I N N OVAT I O N
PRESIDENT AND CEO

The Manifest content
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Cindy this past June at
the W Hotel in New York.

Gary Shapiro

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT

Jeff Joseph

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Cindy Loffler Stevens
MANAGING EDITOR

Mark Chisholm

Tech
Changing Lives

EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

Jeremy Snow

JULY/AUGUST 2017

MANAGER,
CREATIVE DIRECTION

DIRECTOR, MARKETING

ADVERTISING MANAGEMENT

Ian Shields

Jenni Moyer

It's coming. The fifth generation of wireless, 5G, will impact nearly
everything: entertainment, smart cars, connected homes, even
smart cities and create new possibilities that we can't yet envision.
Imagine network speeds 40 times faster than today - eventually
blazing at 100 times what we now have - that will also provide
four times the wireless coverage. The Internet of Things will continue to transform industries, businesses and lives making our
world easier to navigate, more efficient and more meaningful as
data adds new context to our routines. And just think of the new
apps that will be designed to give us even more value. Read our
story on how lightning fast 5G tech will improve the way we live.
ur innovator this issue
is familiar with exploring
how to better the world.
Phone2Action Co-founder
Dr. Ximena Hartsock just wrapped
up the group's first Good Tech
Summit held at the Carnegie Library
in Washington, DC, in mid-June.
Hartsock explains what the future
holds for grassroots engagement.
We also look at a case study
from the non-profit group One
Mobile Projector per Trainer (OMPT)
to see how tech is helping impoverished nations. OMPT learned that
global communities respond better
to videos produced by people who
share the same language and customs. This local messaging is helping
to educate people on the importance of proper sanitation, hygiene
and even fighting against Ebola. On
the tech side, we view how several
industries are using 3D rendering in
some innovative ways that include
cruise ship and vehicle design.
The recent WannaCry ransomware attacks and others have
placed cybersecurity at the front

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of many executives' agendas.
It's critical to watch for signs of
danger and then proactively prepare your enterprise to defeat the
threats. Check out i3's guide to
different cybercrimes and how to
fight back. And Pipeline addresses
how to make it easier for "white
hat researchers" to contact you if
they discover a security problem in
your product enabling you to fix it.
On the policy front, Congressman
Bob Gibbs shares his thoughts on
drone tech and regulation. He believes
Congress and the FAA must work
to update federal regulatory policy
to ensure private sector drone innovations are not stifled out of the
gate. And finally read the latest CTA
research on digital lifestyles in China
and our recap from our successful
third annual CES Asia. Please send
comments to cstevens@CTA.tech.

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MANAGER

John Lindsey

Matt Patchett

Aurelie Cornett
CIRCULATION
MANAGER

Gretchen Mitchler

EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTORS

Gary Arlen, Alan Breznick, Robert Calem, John Gaudiosi,
Steve Koenig, Natalie Hope McDonald, Allan Richter,
Ron Schneiderman, Steve Smith, Susan Schreiner, Murray Slovick
EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD

Kari Aakre, Intel; Dave Arland, Arland Communications;
Sally Washlow, Cobra; Peter Brinkman, Casio; Gabriele Collier,
HDMI; Kristen Cook, BDS Marketing; Danielle Deabler, NPR Labs;
John Dunstan, Netgear; Sean Durkin, Dolby Laboratories Inc.;
Peter Fannon, Panasonic/Matsushita; Bill Kircos, Intel; Bill Leebens,
LM&M; Chris Loncto, Sharp Electronics Corp.; Daniel Pidgeon,
Starpower; Jim Reilly, Panasonic; David Steel, Samsung;
John Taylor, LG Electronics
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PHOTO EDITOR

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Diane Rice

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