Apple co-founder to headline 68th Conference on World Affairs.
The Woz is coming to Boulder.
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak聽(Engr ex鈥�72, HonDocSci鈥�89) will be the聽keynote speaker at CU-Boulder鈥檚 68th聽annual Conference on World Affairs聽(CWA), delivering an opening-day address聽Monday, April 4, at Macky Auditorium.聽The conference runs through April 8.
Wozniak, 65, attended the university聽as a freshman in 1968, then returned聽home to California. Within a decade, he聽had designed and hand-built the personal聽computer 鈥� the 1976 Apple I 鈥� that聽became the first product of the firm he聽co-founded with Steve Jobs, now called聽Apple, Inc., and one of the world鈥檚 most聽profitable companies.
After leaving Apple in聽1985, Wozniak graduated聽from Cal-Berkeley and聽established himself as a聽major philanthropist with聽a particular interest in聽promoting computer use in聽schools. A gift to CU-Boulder聽established the 鈥淲oz聽Lab鈥� in CU-Boulder鈥檚 computer聽science department聽and supports other student聽activities.
Wozniak鈥檚 April campus聽visit was orchestrated聽entirely by students from聽the CU Cultural Events聽Board, and students聽will moderate his Q&A聽session.
As always, the CWA聽is open to the general聽public. Other influential聽Forever Buffs scheduled聽to participate in聽panel discussions include jazz musician聽and composer Don Grusin (Soc鈥�63;聽MEcon鈥�67), former U.S. Ambassador聽to Mali and Madagascar Vicki Huddleston聽(A&S鈥�64) and聽psychotherapist聽Aaron Balick (Engl鈥�95), among others.
鈥淭he CWA is delighted to welcome a聽host of CU alums back to campus this聽spring,鈥� says John Griffin, the conference聽director. 鈥淚t inspires students by exposing聽them to people who, coming out of聽CU, have excelled in their fields and have聽made a real impact with their work.鈥�
The CU-Boulder Alumni Association will聽host a free CWA breakfast for CU alumni on聽Tuesday, April 5, at the Koenig Alumni Center.聽Find more information at .
Photo by聽Michael Bulbenko
