Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak will answer questions from the ϳԹ community when he appears on campus this Saturday. “Creativity and Innovation: A Live Q&A with Steve Wozniak” will take place from 10:45 to 11:45 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, in the Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation Grand Ballroom of the Tinkham Veale University Center.
A Silicon Valley icon and philanthropist for more than 30 years, Steve Wozniak has helped shape the computing industry with his design of Apple’s first line of products, the Apple I and II, and influenced the popular Macintosh. In 1976, Wozniak and Steve Jobs founded Apple Computer Inc., with Wozniak’s Apple I personal computer. The following year, he introduced his Apple II personal computer, featuring a central processing unit, a keyboard, color graphics, and a floppy disk drive. The Apple II was integral in launching the personal computer industry.
Wozniak serves as chief scientist for Fusion-IO and is a published author with the release of his New York Times best-selling autobiography, iWoz: From Computer Geek to Cult Icon, in September 2006. He has appeared on such television shows as “Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List,” ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” and “The Big Bang Theory.”
Tickets for “Creativity and Innovation: A Live Q&A with Steve Wozniak” are free, but limited. Members of the ϳԹ community must Attendees will need to show a ϳԹ ID that matches the name on the ticket for admission. Doors will open at 10 a.m.
This event is sponsored by Blackstone LaunchPad, the Case School of Engineering, think[ box ], the ϳԹ Career Center, the Burton D. Morgan Foundation and the ϳԹ Hacker Society.
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