Managing Information Overload

Event Type	Gurteen Knowledge Cafes
Organizer	Gurteen Knowledge Community, Zurich
Dates	07 Feb 2008
Venue	ETH Zurich
Location	Zurich, Switzerland
Who can Attend	Public
Other	Events

The next Zurich knowledge cafe will take place on Thursday 7 February from 5.30pm onwards.

The cafe will be dedicated to the issue of information overload, a problem that's generating increased attention in the world's media. See for example:

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/20/is-information-overload-a-650-billion-drag-on-the-economy/?ref=technology

http://www.cio.com/article/169200/Information_Overload_Is_Killing_You_and_Your_Productivity

http://socialissues.wiseto.com/Articles/170234018/?print

The cafe will examine how to alleviate this problem and offer you the opportunity to share tips and best practices.

As with previous events, the café will be hosted in room F33.1 at the main building (or Hauptgebäude - HG) of ETH Zurich. Details of how to get to this building, including a map of the area, can be found here: http://www.ethz.ch/about/location/zentrum/index_EN

For logistical reasons, please confirm attendance by 1 February 2007. Feel free to contact me directly if you have any questions (Tel: +41 44 632 0754).

With best wishes

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