Happy New Year

Happy Holidays! I am turning my attention to the new year and beginning to wonder what the business landscape holds in 2009. Every year it seems we are greeted by surprises that cause significant changes to the marketplace. Looking back on 2008 certain themes took root and will continue for some time. Among those are:

• green technology
• renewable / sustainable energy
• scarce capital
• government intervention

Personally, I would like to see surprise breakthroughs in medicine, a move toward voluntary transparency in business and closer working relationships between consumers and innovators. It seems these combined with some of the themes from 2008 make for a better community with all parties genuinely working together.

What surprises do you expect in 2009? What do you hope for?

As a member of the technology development community I am proud to be pushing these causes forward in our work and plans for 2009.