Craig Mundie, Chief Research and Strategy Officer at Microsoft Corporation, will give a lecture at Northwestern University titled "Converging Worlds: A New Era in Computing" where he will discuss how new technologies powered by big data, more natural user interfaces, and a merging of the physical and digital worlds are enabling exciting new computing capabilities that can help take on complex world challenges. The lecture will be followed by a dessert reception and a drawing for two Xbox Kinect bundles for registered attendees.