The Gathering, Norway's annual week-long LAN party, plans to set a newworld record for the "fastest internet access in the universe" with a 200Gbps connection.
But nobody will mention those arguments at the launch party, focussing instead on the opportunities this brave newworld of composite engineering offers.
The World Economic Forum had a welcome party on Tuesday night for new participants at the congress center, but that again did not extend to journalists.
World leaders have welcomed the narrow election victory of Greece's broadly pro-bailout New Democracy party and urged Athens to form a cabinet quickly.