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WF2009_final_programWeb.pdf

I will give a brief summary of WFS 2009 tonight. Here is the final program in PDF format.

SustainabilityWFS2009.pdf

Excellent presentation from WFS 2009 by Dr. Ian Pearson on sustainability and Climate Change in 21st Century.

http://www.youtube.com/WorldFutureSociety


Excerpt:

Don Tapscott, author of Grown Up Digital, opens WorldFuture 2009 conference July 17, 2009, describing how the Net Generation uses media. Personally, I was rath… Continue

To all those planning to attend. I just wanted to let you know that our speaker, Heather McKissick (bio below) will be aided by Bijoy Goswani. Also, in addition to the speaker presentation, we will ahve an interactive working session on the subject matter to try and build some potential scenarios.
Look forward to seeing you all there.
Derek


Heather McKissick - Bio

Heather McKissick is an organizational development and communication specialist with specific expertise in leadership devel… Continue

We are living in interesting times," science fiction author Charles Stross observed on his blog last week. "In fact, they're so interesting that it is not currently possible to write near-future SF." The makers of Superstruct, a new project created by the Institute for the Future, would disagree. The IFTF has launched what they're calling "the world's first massively multiplayer forecasting game;" in it, players are asked to imagine themselves ten years from now, then flesh out the details of th… Continue