We substitute their featured speakers for the clergy and logging on for the rituals that no longer fit our schedules or our sensibilities.
Featured speakers for this year's event include established mobile entertainment veterans John Szeder, CEO of Mofactor, Mitch Lasky, Partner at Benchmark Capital, Rich Moran, Partner at Venrock, Chip Austin, Managing Principal of i-Hatch Ventures, David Collier, President of Pikkle KK, Tom Park, Director of Operations for Digital Chocolate and Rick Marazzani, General Manager of iQ212.
Patrick R. Donahoe, postmaster general and CEO of the United States Postal Service, will be the featured speaker for the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School's Leaders + Legends lecture series on Wednesday, April 18.
Lesléa Newman, was set to be the featured speaker for Gay Awareness Week at the University of Wyoming the same week that college student Matthew Shepard was robbed, beaten and left to die because he was gay.
The South Florida Tea Party had agreed to let Trump be the featured speaker for their event and this was the first time he had ever given a stump speech for the far-right movement.
At the most recent event just last week, Palantir Technologies hosted former Secretary of Homeland Security, Michael Chertoff as the featured speaker for the series which is designed to allow technologists and government associates to meet and engage in topics of significance and common interest.
The Rhyme also launches with a surprisingly sweet charging station that also features speakers for improved sound quality, and what HTC is calling tangle-free headphones.
Hosted by the World Wildlife Fund, and co-hosted by WBCSD and the World Environment Center, the forum featured speakers from major corporations noted for their sustainability programs, including Walmart, Coca Cola, PepsiCo, Nestlé, and Procter & Gamble.
The one they had signed up for featured speakers who were recruited by e-mail, not vetted by leading academics.
GEORGE E. PATAKI, was one of the featured speakers at a fete for businessmen at the Jacob Javits Convention Center on Tuesday given by China's vice premier, QIAN QICHEN.
A coalition of advocacy groups called SaveDarfur.org has organized a large rally in Washington for this weekend featuring speakers from Congress, the administration, Hollywood and religious organizations.
