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JackGConrad

  1. Heroic action. Cities from South Africa to China have done it for years. LA is the lgest U.S. city to ban plastic bags smrt.io/KYyl9i 7:12 AM May 25th via Tweet Button
  2. Wisc. Gov. Walker proclaims May 23 Donald Driver Day - Congrats to the new #Champion, a class act, on & off field #DWTS yfrog.com/nvlk5pfj 4:44 PM May 23rd via web
  3. #IAAIL (IAAIL.org) Exec Comm applauds new #ICAIL2013 review guidelines, encouraging substantive, conscientious, helpful reviews. 2:32 PM May 22nd via web
  4. Melinda Gates’ New Crusade: Investing Billions in Women's Health - Putting her values into positive action (tinyurl.com/7ypb8uk) @newsweek 2:06 PM May 15th via Tweet Button
  5. Speaking at #LawTechCampLondon June 29 on what makes today's legal search engine different. Exploiting richer, diverse metadata is key. #in 2:02 PM May 12th via web
  6. #IAAIL Exec Comm picks Rome for #ICAIL2013 venue! ITTIG-Nat Research Council of Italy to host next AI & Law conf. (ittig.cnr.it/IndexEng.htm) #in 8:45 AM May 11th via web
  7. The #IAAIL Exec Comm reviewed 4 proposals for hosting #ICAIL2013: Paris, Rome, Braga Portugal, Poznan Poland & the selected venue is ... #in 3:12 PM May 10th via web
  8. Int'l Assn of AI & Law Executive Committee has decided on the European venue for ICAIL 2013. Announcemt to follow letters to applicants. #in 4:12 PM May 8th via web
  9. Submitted clustering work to KEOD 2012 (keod.ic3k.org). Domain specific work in a gen. conf. can be risky, but quality does prevail. 2:58 PM May 1st via web
  10. Team #ThomsonReuters w/ Pablo, Jack, Rupert had a decent finish @ #ZurichMarathon w/ half marathon time of 1:21 ... before Rupert's cramps. 6:59 AM Apr 22nd via Twitter for iPhone
  11. Running #ZurichMarathon Sunday w/ team Thomson Reuters, getting baton from 2010 Lucerne half-marathon winner, Jürg Stalder; time to fly! #in 3:48 PM Apr 20th via web
  12. Debate persists on how innovative Switzerland is, e.g., published rpt by a French Bus school ranking it #1 (tinyurl.com/cs5ldlm) Alors? #in 4:27 PM Apr 17th via web
  13. En route to Zurich via Toronto. Au revoir Minneapolis. Been a busy couple of weeks. A wet, dreary day in MN, a nice time to bid farewell. 5:04 PM Apr 13th via web
  14. T-minus 36 hours + counting till liftoff from MSP - making most of time w/ R&D on projects while finishing extracurricular reviews & papers. 9:49 PM Apr 11th via web
  15. Reviewing #ICAIL2013 hosting proposals for #IAAIL.org en route to Toronto & Mpls on Sunday, while accompanying family home for Easter week. 12:09 PM Mar 31st via web
  16. Commuter biking could save US $17 billion a year (smrt.io/H6zuIM). A panacea or a meaningful metric? Hop on and seat for yourself. 6:54 AM Mar 30th via Tweet Button
  17. Working on clustering paper on associating legal docs for #KEOD2012. Challenge: condensing methods & results by mid-April deadline. #in 1:23 PM Mar 29th via web
  18. Discussed Africa @ Int'l School of Zug & Luzern (iszl.ch). Subject: Serving in the Peace Corps in Swaziland. Kids were curious! 1:14 PM Mar 29th via web
  19. On to #ICAIL2013 hosting proposals w/ the #IAAIL.org Exec Comm. What city in Europe will host the next conf? Depends on submission quality. 3:12 PM Mar 26th via web
  • Name Jack G. Conrad
  • Location Zug, Switzerland
  • Web http://www.conrad...
  • Bio Lead Research Scientist at Thomson Reuters, cyclist, outdoorsman, globe-trotter emeritus, RPCV Africa
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