Emerging tech is topic of U. lecture Thursday

The effects of emerging technologies will be the topic of a lecture Thursday at the University of Utah.

Author Howard Rheingold will be the featured speaker for the ninth annual Rocco C. and Marion S. Siciliano Forum. His presentation is titled "Smart Mobs: The Impact of Ubiquitous Instant Access on Social Networks and Social Relations."

The event will be at noon at the Dumke Auditorium at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 1665 E. South Campus Drive (410 South). It is free and open to the public.

The forum is sponsored by the U.'s College of Social and Behavioral Science with the Department of Geography. A research symposium, "Societies and Cities in the Age of Instant Access," will follow Rheingold's lecture and continue through Nov. 12. The symposium is presented by the U.'s Department of Geography and the Institute for Public and International Affairs.

Details about the forum are available by contacting Aleta Tew at 801-587-3556 or going online to www.csbs.utah.edu.