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Apr 21, 2009

Esther Dyson on Space Travel, Personal Genomes, Investing, Social Media and more

Over 60 people gathered last night at the meetup hosted by Tatyana Kanzaveli to listen to Esther Dyson.

Here is a tweet by Shel Israel that summarizes it all: @shelisrael : @EDyson spoke @GLFCEO ’s event on space travel, social media & healthcare. She was brilliant as usual. !

This meetup was sponsored by Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal. Delicious food was catered by Samovar Deli&Catering. Video has been recorded by PapiTv. And photos were taken by Marina Bichinsky.

Over $200 were raised for Global Learning Foundation’s Global Orphanage Network project!

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