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New vision is coming to National Hispanic Cultural Center — a.k.a. ‘la resolana’
Dr. Estevan Rael-Gálvez won’t officially move into his new Barelas office as the next executive director of the National Hispanic Cultural Center until July 25. But in an interview for this past weekend’s New Mexico In Focus , Rael-Gálvez gave a preview of his vision for the Albuquerque-based center — and plenty of historical and cultural insight to boot. “We are in the process of becoming a people,” Rael-Gálvez, the New Mexico state historian since 2001, said of Hispanics today. “We aEvento: Bordeaux’ artistic and urban rendez-vous
Tadashi Kawamata Foot Path © Tadashi Kawamata Production evento2009 Evento: Bordeaux’ artistic and urban rendez-vous First edition: Intime Collectif, October 9 - 18 Bordeaux (France) http://evento2009.org Now is the hour for the expression of a collective intimacy such as only cities can really harbor. Cities belonging to everyone as well as to each individual. Cities where general and private interests are no longer at odds, so that a sensitive, common heritage may be constrLocal Breaks At Local Rates in UK
Six Of Preferred Hotel Group’s Best For Less Been to Bratislava, but never strolled along Brighton pier? Seen the sunrise in Lahore but never lived it up in Leeds? Fix your discerning eye on the United Kingdom and sample the delights of our enchanting isle by discovering treasures right here on our doorstep. From historic Belfast to vibrant Edinburgh, Preferred Hotel Group proves that staying within the UK can help you stretch your sterling, so leave your passport at home in favour of a greaNo Fun City documentary tackles Vancouver’s declining music scene
Vancouver is losing it’s culture! While the creativity and talent of new artists and musicians is on a steady increase, the outlets these arts need in order to reach an audience is rapidly decreasing. There has been a sweep of smaller venues closing and a sense that those who run this city are trying to contain any sort of nightlife to “The Entertainment District” – a small patch of the downtown hub, located primarily on Granville Street, that houses a small collection of generic dance clubs andCCT IV 2009 and the QDA Workshop–A Brief Overview & Some Thoughts
It has already been a couple of weeks since the Consumer Culture Theory conference in Ann Arbor Michigan , but I’ve been meaning to write a little bit about it, and just haven’t had the chance until now. The conference was held at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and was preceded by a Qualitative Data Analysis workshop that was organized a team led by Eric Arnould of the University of Wyoming (Eric has put on every one of these QDA Workshops). The woSustainability (Blog Pulse)
US Equity Markets Lower on Slow Recovery Fears
But the news did not bode well for the market, which was already beginning to feel unconfident about the sustainability of American’s...NEWS: Last Week @ SSC
... like food, paper and supply chains – to analyzing the concept of sustainability, breaking the news on electric vehicles and presenting an innovative case of s ustainable heat recovery. Read on!...If you missed out on SSC’s insights last week, here you can find an overview of the exciting sustainability happenings that occurred;...Institute for Sustainable Development Names New Director, Staff & Senior Fellows
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The only viable solution is a complete paradigm shift from Indefinite Growth to Sustainability, Savings and Self-Sufficiency....Southampton Town Takes MINIs For A Test Drive
Throne-Holst, long a proponent of sustainability, was contacted earlier this year by MINI of the Hamptons to see if she would be interested in participating in an i...MIT's Technology Review
Blog - Why Incompetence Spreads through Big Organizations
Promoting the people most competent at one job does not mean that they'll be better at another, according to a new simulation of hierarchical organizations.Nanopillar Solar Cells
A new solar-cell design could cut costs and is suitable for large-scale flexible panels."Blade Runner" Has No Clear Edge
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Central Texas Chapter of WFS Monthly Meeting July 21, 2009 at Marie Callendar's Restaurant
July 21, 2009 from 6pm to 9pm
The Central Texas Chapter of the WFS presents The Future of User-Generated Content and Social Commerce: Speaker Brett Hurt
Brett Hurt, founder and CEO of Bazaarvoice, will speak to rapid acceleration of user-generated content on branded sites suc...
Gerd Leonhard, MediaFuturist
I think you may have noticed by now - I really like Twitter. Twitter and my tweeps have been a huge influence on my work.
One of the most important realizations that has recently transpired via my Twitter pipeline is...
I've been passively interested in this technology for a while. Rather than capturing carbon dioxide from power plants and selling transportation fuel, I've been thinking about individual businesses capturing gasses from their kilns/furnaces/boiler...
Central Texas Chapter of WFS Monthly Meeting July 21, 2009 at Marie Callendar's Restaurant
July 21, 2009 from 6pm to 9pm
The Central Texas Chapter of the WFS presents The Future of User-Generated Content and Social Commerce: Speaker Brett Hurt
Brett Hurt, founder and CEO of Bazaarvoice, will speak to rapid acceleration of user-generated content on branded sites suc...
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Gerd Leonhard, MediaFuturist
I think you may have noticed by now - I really like Twitter. Twitter and my tweeps have been a huge influence on my work.
One of the most important realizations that has recently transpired via my Twitter pipeline is how much I am gaining from the ever increasing Sharism i.e. by what others are sharing with me. I am indeed very, very lucky to be connected to so many brilliant and like-minded people that are publishing their thoughts freely and openly, using platfor… Continue
I think you may have noticed by now - I really like Twitter. Twitter and my tweeps have been a huge influence on my work.
One of the most important realizations that has recently transpired via my Twitter pipeline is how much I am gaining from the ever increasing Sharism i.e. by what others are sharing with me. I am indeed very, very lucky to be connected to so many brilliant and like-minded people that are publishing their thoughts freely and openly, using platfor… Continue
Posted by Paul Schumann on July 6, 2009 at 9:00am
'Milking' Microscopic Algae Could Yield Massive Amounts Of Oil
Kurzweil.net, ScienceDaily
Tiny, single-cell algae known as diatoms could be genetically engineered to actively secrete oil products, scientists in Canada and India suggest....
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Tiny, single-cell algae known as diatoms could be genetically engineered to actively secrete oil products, scientists in Canada and India suggest....
http://www.kurzweilai.net/email/newsRedirect.html?newsID=10781&m=26738
Posted by Paul Schumann on June 26, 2009 at 9:03am
Algae's Powerful Future
Robert McIntyre, The Futurist, 3/1/09
Our oil addiction may be cured by one of the primordial sources of petroleum itself.
First, the bad news. A 2006 report by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) predicts that cars and trucks powered by batteries or hydrogen fuel cells will total only one-tenth of one percent of new vehicle sales in the year 2030, mainly because of the limited driving range, high vehicle costs, and lack of infrastructure for refueling.
With fuel cells, there's also the probl… Continue
Our oil addiction may be cured by one of the primordial sources of petroleum itself.
First, the bad news. A 2006 report by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) predicts that cars and trucks powered by batteries or hydrogen fuel cells will total only one-tenth of one percent of new vehicle sales in the year 2030, mainly because of the limited driving range, high vehicle costs, and lack of infrastructure for refueling.
With fuel cells, there's also the probl… Continue
Posted by Paul Schumann on June 18, 2009 at 12:00pm — 3 Comments
Widgets, Folksonomies, Mashups and Syndication
What do these terms mean and are they important to me? How can tools with names like Twitter, Delicious, Facebook, Wiki, Blog, Vlog, TalkShoe and Ning provide serious advances in business and personal productivity, creativity and innovation? Can't I just ignore the buzz?
Find out what web 2.0 is about and how serious the movement is in Paul's interesting and informative discussion. If you miss this set of disruptive innovations, it's going to be difficult to catch up.
Paul Schumann is a futuri… Continue
Find out what web 2.0 is about and how serious the movement is in Paul's interesting and informative discussion. If you miss this set of disruptive innovations, it's going to be difficult to catch up.
Paul Schumann is a futuri… Continue
Posted by Paul Schumann on June 18, 2009 at 10:30am
Futures Research Methodology v.3 published
KurzweilAI.net, June 1, 2009
Futures Research Methodology Version 3.0 is the largest, most comprehensive collection of internationally peer-reviewed methods and tools to explore future possibilities ever assembled in one resource, according to the Millennium Project.
Written by leading futurists Jerome C. Glenn and Theodore J. Gordon, the 39 chapters include methods such as prediction markets, real-t… Continue
Futures Research Methodology Version 3.0 is the largest, most comprehensive collection of internationally peer-reviewed methods and tools to explore future possibilities ever assembled in one resource, according to the Millennium Project.
Written by leading futurists Jerome C. Glenn and Theodore J. Gordon, the 39 chapters include methods such as prediction markets, real-t… Continue
Posted by Paul Schumann on June 15, 2009 at 3:13pm
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Previous Programs
2002 - 2003
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2008
- President: Derek Woodgate
- Vice President: Beatriz Quintana
- TBD: Secretary
- Vic Holubec: Membership & Cashier
- Paul Schumann: Web Master & Treasurer
Previous Programs
2002 - 2003
- David Pearce Snyder: High Tech, Free Trade and a Century of Progress
- David Pearce Snyder: The Extendable Household: The Post Industrial Family as Safety Net
- Gary Chapman: The 21st Century Project
- Neal Kocurek : The Central Texas Region: A Discussion of the Issues
- Sam Zigrossi : Status and Future Direction of Public Education
- Richard D. Grant: Changing the Future: The Pattern Within
- Beverly Silas: Envision Central Texas
- Lorraine Branham: The Changing Face of Journalism
- Alex Cavalli: A Future for Education
- Bijoy Goswami: Knowledge Management
- Betty Sue Flowers : Futures Scenarios: Theory and Strategy
- Jennifer Devening: World Council on Information Technology
- F. J. Spencer: Finding Straight Lines in a Convoluted World
- Taylor Willingham : Deliberating the Future
2004
- Michael DeBrino: Elevate Austin: Is There a Monorail in Our Future?
- Zvi Yaniv Applied: The Impact of Nanotechnology on the Current Semiconductor Microelectronic Industry
- Dick Kallerman: The Future of Transportation in Central Texas
- Megan Poore, Cass Grange and JP O'Sullivan: Mutual Fund Ethics: The Long-Term Impact on Central Texas
- Earl Maxwell: The Changing Demographics of Our Community
- Paul Schumann: The Knowable Future
- Michael Osborne: Silver in the Mine
- Adolfo Valadez: Burden of Chronic Disease in Austin & Travis County
- Allison Allen: Complexity and the Future
- Max More: The Proactionary Principle: Assessing Technology Impacts Objectively, Comprehensively, and Responsibly
- Jon Lebkowsky: The Future of Affinity
2005
- Oliver Markley: Revealing Stories About the Early Days of Futures Research
- Sharon Drew Morgen: Why Our Current Sales Models are Ineffective for Changing Times
- David Pearce Snyder: New Tools, New Rules, New Kinds of Schools
- David Pearce Snyder: The Free Agent Economy
- Derek Woodgate: Future Frequencies
- Paul Schumann: Characteristics of the Post Literate Society: Revisiting Marshal McLuhan
- Meri Walker: The "Free Agent" Economy
- David Pearce Snyder: From Managed Care to Precision Care: The Coming Transformation of American Medicine
- John Vanston: The Future as You See It
- Cal Perrine: The End of Cheap Oil
- Diane Carroll : How To Prepare To Make A Living In The (Rapidly Changing) Future
- Jim Brazell: 5th World: Video Games, Millennials and 21st Century Science, Education and Workforce
- Bijoy Goswami: A Bootstrappers' View on the Future of Entrepreneurship
- Mary Thomajan: A Future for Childrens' Education
2006
- Chris Douglas: The Future of Leadership
- Dianna Amorde: Envisioning the Future from a "Right Brain" Perspective
- David Snyder: Communities of Collaboration
- Jon Roland: Computer Simulation Used in Forecasting
- Bob Bonar: Future of Health Care for Central Texas
- Alex Cavalli: What Will America Do Next?
- Garry Golden: Here Come the Millennials
- Robert McIntyre: The Future of New Villages in Central Texas
- Ronald Mendall: The Future of Computer Crime
- Terry Mitchell: Housing - Affecting Our Lifestyles, Our Pocketbooks and Our Planet: Current Issues and Trends
- Jon Lebkowsky: Extreme Democracy
2007
- Paul Schumann: Becoming Your Own Futurist
- Nelin Houdani: Heartfelt Conversations About the Future
- Diane Miller: Envision Central Texas
- Richard Grant: Remembering the Future
- Betty Sue Flowers: Presence
- Max More: An Inconvenient Truth
- Derek Woodgate: Future Flow
- Sallie Sheppard & Leland Blank: Exporting US Higher Education to the Middle East
- Bob Bonar: Austin Children's Hospital
- Ben Streetman: Future of Leadership
- Jay Boisseau : Supercomputing: Transforming Science and Enriching Society
2008
- Kavita Patel: Web 2.0
- Oliver Markley: Look Before You Leap: Mental Time Travel as a Strategic Viewing Method for Looking Ahead
- Laura Faulkner: Defense, the Media, and Emotion: Identifying Shifts in Future Funding
- Leslie Jarmon: Web 3.0
- David Armisted: Future of the Sustainable Economy
- Derek Woodgate: Future Sense: Who Will I Become – Living With a Changing Context
- Deborah Edward: Nurturing Austin's Cultural Creativity
- Jerry Roane: Transportation and Delivery of Power and Water in the Future
- Harold Cook: The Socio-economic and Political Ramifications fo the US Election
- Heather McKissick, Derek Woodgate and Bijoy Goswami: Austin-The Experience City
- Lewis J. Spellman: Why Economists are Lost and Conflicted Over the Economic Meltdown
- Steve Tanza: The Emergent City
CenTexWFS Strategy
Mission:
- Meetings: Monthly meetings to hear presentations by experts on the future or methods of forecasting the future, and for networking.
- Forums: Future oriented conversations
- Seminars: Biannual public seminars sponsored by the chapter and open to the public.
- Workshops: Professional development workshops.
- Speaker Bureau: For members who make themselves available for speeches on the future.
- Newsletter: Web based newsletter for members.
- Contribute to a reasoned awareness of the future and its impact on Central Texas with emphasis on the study of the future of Central Texas and assessment of findings, without advocating particular ideologies or engaging in political activities.
- Advance serious and responsible investigation and assessment of the future.
- Promote the development of methods for the study of the future.
- Facilitate communication and cooperation among organizations and individuals interested in studying or planning for the future.
- Learn to become a better futurist.
- Network with diverse people interested in the future.
- Inclusivity
- Diversity
- Communication
- Community
- Futures Knowledge
- Everyone can contribute
- Diversity of cultures, ideas, opinions, experiences and knowledge will substantially contribute to our vision
- Communication about the future will make people increasingly engaged in their personal and communal future development
- Focusing on community benefits will achieve greater advancement than on the individual
- Making people aware of future potential makes them more engaged in advancing the future
- Focusing on the development of education, regional development and technology utilization and development will help us better achieve our vision.
- Modeling the use of infocom technologies in our operations will help us realize our vision
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If you would like to donate some additional money to the organization, please do so here. If you don't live in the Austin area but would like to donate to the organization, please do so here. Any amount is welcome.
News of the Future (News of Future tells you what the future will look like during the next 50 years and invites the people of the world to take part in shaping it.)
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