RootsTech Free At SGFSL
Thurs, Fri, Sat. Feb 12-14 - Live Streaming To Us
The streaming of the RootsTech classes and keynote speakers to our facility is going to be a special event. We do not have the list of classes, but hope to add them by next Monday. We have added
Plan to come to the SGFSL to view a live streaming of the three days of the RootsTech Conference.Each day will begin with Keynote speakers. You'll experience an impressive line up of keynote speakers. They will inspire, teach and entertain us as they share and connect with their family stories - past, present, and future. Keynotes this year will include well-known industry experts, entertainers, and authors. However, we just learned that Laura Bush's and her daughter's keynote speeches will not be streamed due to contract agreements.
Thursday
Thursday's Keynote Speaker - Dennis Brimhall
Dennis Brimhall received a bachelor of science degree in zoology from Brigham Young University in 1972 and later received an MBA from Northwestern University. He began his career in 1974 working as an associate administrator at the University of Utah Medical Center and later as chief operating officer at the Medical Center at University of California San Francisco and then as chief executive officer at the University of Colorado Hospital. Currently he is managing director of the Family History Department for the Church.
Dennis Brimhall received a bachelor of science degree in zoology from Brigham Young University in 1972 and later received an MBA from Northwestern University. He began his career in 1974 working as an associate administrator at the University of Utah Medical Center and later as chief operating officer at the Medical Center at University of California San Francisco and then as chief executive officer at the University of Colorado Hospital. Currently he is managing director of the Family History Department for the Church.
Thursday's Keynote Speaker - Tan Le
Tan Le is a Vietnamese refugee, technology innovator, and founder and CEO of Emotiv Lifesciences, a bioinformatics company that developed a breakthrough interface technology for digital media taking inputs directly from the brain. Applications for the Emotiv technology and interface span an amazing variety of potential industries—from gaming to interactive television, everyday computer interactions, hands-free control systems, smart adaptive environments, art, accessibility design, market research, psychology, medicine, robotics, automotive, transport safety, defense and security. Today, Emotiv’s award-winning technology is a recognized world leader and pioneer in this field of brain computer interface, with developers and researchers in over 100 countries.
Tan was named a National Geographic Emerging Explorer in 2013 and is a recipient of numerous awards, including the Advance Global Australian Award for ICT in 2012, the AutoVision Innovations Award, and the Monash University Distinguished Alumni Award in 2011. She has been featured in the Who’s Who in Australia list since 1999, Fast Company’s Most Influential Women in Technology in 2010, and Forbes’ 50 Names You Need to Know in 2011.
We recently were informed that due to their contract with RootsTech, Laura Bush and her daughter Jenna Hager's keynote presentation cannot be filmed. Therefore, they will not be part of the live streaming at the Library on Friday, February 13.
Tan Le is a Vietnamese refugee, technology innovator, and founder and CEO of Emotiv Lifesciences, a bioinformatics company that developed a breakthrough interface technology for digital media taking inputs directly from the brain. Applications for the Emotiv technology and interface span an amazing variety of potential industries—from gaming to interactive television, everyday computer interactions, hands-free control systems, smart adaptive environments, art, accessibility design, market research, psychology, medicine, robotics, automotive, transport safety, defense and security. Today, Emotiv’s award-winning technology is a recognized world leader and pioneer in this field of brain computer interface, with developers and researchers in over 100 countries.
Tan was named a National Geographic Emerging Explorer in 2013 and is a recipient of numerous awards, including the Advance Global Australian Award for ICT in 2012, the AutoVision Innovations Award, and the Monash University Distinguished Alumni Award in 2011. She has been featured in the Who’s Who in Australia list since 1999, Fast Company’s Most Influential Women in Technology in 2010, and Forbes’ 50 Names You Need to Know in 2011.
We recently were informed that due to their contract with RootsTech, Laura Bush and her daughter Jenna Hager's keynote presentation cannot be filmed. Therefore, they will not be part of the live streaming at the Library on Friday, February 13.
Friday - Laura and Janna Bush will not be heard through the streaming because of contract agreements.
Thursday's Keynote Speaker -Mike Mallin
As chief product officer at MyHeritage, Mike Mallin is responsible for leading product strategy and product management, which he does with an amazing team of product managers, user experience designers and visual designers.
Mike brings to MyHeritage a rich background in product management, strategy, and marketing across a variety of domains and platforms, including social, mobile, web, search engines, and recommendation systems. Prior to joining MyHeritage, Mike was the VP over product at SelectMinds, where he led the company's pivot into the recruiting technology space through the development and launch of a new product. "TalentVine" enabled leading companies, including eBay, Visa, and Yahoo! to hire talent through employee referrals and marketing on social media. SelectMinds was acquired by Oracle in late 2012 and doubled the TalentVine business in its first year as part of Oracle.
Mike moved to Israel in 2001 and lived in Tel Aviv for six years before moving to New York for the next seven. He, his wife, and his two young boys moved back to Israel in late 2013 when he joined the MyHeritage team. He received an MSc in computer science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a BSc in economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Thursday's Keynote Speaker -Mike Mallin
As chief product officer at MyHeritage, Mike Mallin is responsible for leading product strategy and product management, which he does with an amazing team of product managers, user experience designers and visual designers.
Mike brings to MyHeritage a rich background in product management, strategy, and marketing across a variety of domains and platforms, including social, mobile, web, search engines, and recommendation systems. Prior to joining MyHeritage, Mike was the VP over product at SelectMinds, where he led the company's pivot into the recruiting technology space through the development and launch of a new product. "TalentVine" enabled leading companies, including eBay, Visa, and Yahoo! to hire talent through employee referrals and marketing on social media. SelectMinds was acquired by Oracle in late 2012 and doubled the TalentVine business in its first year as part of Oracle.
Mike moved to Israel in 2001 and lived in Tel Aviv for six years before moving to New York for the next seven. He, his wife, and his two young boys moved back to Israel in late 2013 when he joined the MyHeritage team. He received an MSc in computer science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a BSc in economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Friday, Keynote Speaker - D. Joshua Taylor
D. Joshua Taylor, MA, MLS, is an active member of the genealogical community and the director of family history at findmypast. Since becoming the first family history website to publish the complete birth, marriage, and death indexes for England and Wales in 2003, findmypast has gone global. The website now boasts over 1.8 billion worldwide records, plus over 40 million newspaper pages, with new collections added all the time. Currently Joshua serves as the president of the Federation of Genealogical Societies. A popular speaker at family history events across the globe, Joshua is an avid researcher and author on topics relating to change and growth within the family history market. He has been featured on NBC and TLC's Who Do You Think You Are? guiding celebrities through their family trees and is a co-host of the popular PBS series Genealogy Roadshow.
Saturday
D. Joshua Taylor, MA, MLS, is an active member of the genealogical community and the director of family history at findmypast. Since becoming the first family history website to publish the complete birth, marriage, and death indexes for England and Wales in 2003, findmypast has gone global. The website now boasts over 1.8 billion worldwide records, plus over 40 million newspaper pages, with new collections added all the time. Currently Joshua serves as the president of the Federation of Genealogical Societies. A popular speaker at family history events across the globe, Joshua is an avid researcher and author on topics relating to change and growth within the family history market. He has been featured on NBC and TLC's Who Do You Think You Are? guiding celebrities through their family trees and is a co-host of the popular PBS series Genealogy Roadshow.
Saturday
Saturday, Keynote Speaker - Donny Osmond
Spanning five decades of entertainment, Donny has been a singer, actor, triple-threat television series host (talk show, game show, variety show), best-selling author (his autobiography entered the UK bestseller chart at #1), commercial spokesman, motivational speaker, and even a race car driver.
Throughout his illustrious career, Donny earned 33 gold records; selling roughly 120 million albums. In January 2015, he will release his 60th album, “The Soundtrack of My Life,” a summary of Donny’s extraordinary life so far. Each track tells a story from his professional and personal life — from becoming a child star to worldwide heartthrob
Within the last few years, Donny has entertained an array of audiences. In 2007, he starred on Broadway as Gaston in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast; hosted two television series on British network television; was a special correspondent for Entertainment Tonight; and in 2009 was crowned Dancing with the Stars champion.
Today, Donny performs at the Flamingo Las Vegas alongside his sister, Marie, in their show “The Donny & Marie Show” which earned “Best of Las Vegas” by the Las Vegas Review Journal three years in a row.
Celebrating five decades in show business, Donny will be releasing his 60th album, Soundtrack of My Life, just a month before the RootsTech 2015 conference. Each track on the album tells a story, tracing many points of both his professional and personal life.
Most people associate Donny with his large musical family, but they might not realize that the Osmonds are also family historians. They have gathered and recorded their family connections and stories since 1954 through the Osmond Family Organization (OFO). Started by Donny’s parents, George and Olive Osmond, the OFO conducts genealogical research and gathers historical family information for the world to view freely.
He’s now anxious to share stories in a completely different venue at RootsTech 2015. “I’m already looking forward to this exciting event,” Donny said. “Family and family stories are obviously very important to me. This is a chance to connect to something that is part of who I am.”“My family and the stories we share are such an important part of my life, so RootsTech is just the perfect place to celebrate that.
Donny will kick off the final day of RootsTech 2015, taking the stage for what is expected to be the largest RootsTech audience ever. Otherkeynote speakers will be announced in the coming weeks. For more information or to register, visit RootsTech.org.
Spanning five decades of entertainment, Donny has been a singer, actor, triple-threat television series host (talk show, game show, variety show), best-selling author (his autobiography entered the UK bestseller chart at #1), commercial spokesman, motivational speaker, and even a race car driver.
Throughout his illustrious career, Donny earned 33 gold records; selling roughly 120 million albums. In January 2015, he will release his 60th album, “The Soundtrack of My Life,” a summary of Donny’s extraordinary life so far. Each track tells a story from his professional and personal life — from becoming a child star to worldwide heartthrob
Within the last few years, Donny has entertained an array of audiences. In 2007, he starred on Broadway as Gaston in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast; hosted two television series on British network television; was a special correspondent for Entertainment Tonight; and in 2009 was crowned Dancing with the Stars champion.
Today, Donny performs at the Flamingo Las Vegas alongside his sister, Marie, in their show “The Donny & Marie Show” which earned “Best of Las Vegas” by the Las Vegas Review Journal three years in a row.
Celebrating five decades in show business, Donny will be releasing his 60th album, Soundtrack of My Life, just a month before the RootsTech 2015 conference. Each track on the album tells a story, tracing many points of both his professional and personal life.
Most people associate Donny with his large musical family, but they might not realize that the Osmonds are also family historians. They have gathered and recorded their family connections and stories since 1954 through the Osmond Family Organization (OFO). Started by Donny’s parents, George and Olive Osmond, the OFO conducts genealogical research and gathers historical family information for the world to view freely.
He’s now anxious to share stories in a completely different venue at RootsTech 2015. “I’m already looking forward to this exciting event,” Donny said. “Family and family stories are obviously very important to me. This is a chance to connect to something that is part of who I am.”“My family and the stories we share are such an important part of my life, so RootsTech is just the perfect place to celebrate that.
Donny will kick off the final day of RootsTech 2015, taking the stage for what is expected to be the largest RootsTech audience ever. Otherkeynote speakers will be announced in the coming weeks. For more information or to register, visit RootsTech.org.
Saturday, Keynote Speaker - A.J. Jacobs
A.J. Jacobs is an author, journalist, human guinea pig and cousin.
He is the author of four New York Times bestsellers that combine memoir, science, humor and a dash of self-help.
He isA the editor at large at Esquire magazine, and a commentator for NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday. He has given three TED talks with nearly three million views combined.
His books include “The Year of Living Biblically” (about his year of following all of the hundreds of Biblical rules) “Drop Dead Healthy” (about revamping his diet, exercise, stress and sleep habits) and “The Know-It-All” (about his quest to read the entire Encyclopedia Britannica from A to Z).
He is currently helping to build a family tree that connects the entire world. And, on June 6, 2015, he will be holding the Global Family Reunion, which he hopes will be the biggest, most inclusive, most entertaining and most educational Family Reunion in history. There will be talks by genealogy and DNA experts, music, celebrities, games, contests and the world’s largest family photo. All proceeds will go to benefit the fight against Alzheimer’s.
A.J. Jacobs is an author, journalist, human guinea pig and cousin.
He is the author of four New York Times bestsellers that combine memoir, science, humor and a dash of self-help.
He isA the editor at large at Esquire magazine, and a commentator for NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday. He has given three TED talks with nearly three million views combined.
His books include “The Year of Living Biblically” (about his year of following all of the hundreds of Biblical rules) “Drop Dead Healthy” (about revamping his diet, exercise, stress and sleep habits) and “The Know-It-All” (about his quest to read the entire Encyclopedia Britannica from A to Z).
He is currently helping to build a family tree that connects the entire world. And, on June 6, 2015, he will be holding the Global Family Reunion, which he hopes will be the biggest, most inclusive, most entertaining and most educational Family Reunion in history. There will be talks by genealogy and DNA experts, music, celebrities, games, contests and the world’s largest family photo. All proceeds will go to benefit the fight against Alzheimer’s.