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Nicholas J. Webb is a world-renowned business futurist and innovation thought leader. Webb is the author of The Innovation Playbook and The Digital Innovatio...

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San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) October 02, 2013

Following on the heels of successful keynote presentations at SingTel's CIO Days in Hong Kong, Optus Vision 2013 in Sydney and the European Association of International Educators in Istanbul, popular keynote speaker, renowned global futurist and best-selling author, Jack Uldrich has been selected to deliver sixteen customized keynote presentations in the month of October to the following organizations:

October 1: Industrial Asset Mgmt Council (Salt Lake City) October 3: BP (formerly British Petroleum) (Mpls, MN) October 3: United Healthcare (Minneapolis, MN) October 4: Council for Advancement and Support of Education (San Diego, CA) October 9: United Healthcare (Dallas, TX) October 9: Scottish Rite Hospital (Dallas, TX) October 10: Arkansas Hospital Assoc. (Little Rock, AK) October 14: IMEX America (Las Vegas, NV) October 15: Invensys (Dallas, TX) October 16: Applied Information Management Institute (Kearney, NE) October 23: Atmos Energy (Dallas, TX) October 24: Arizona Hospital Association (Phoenix, AZ) October 25: Board of Trustees of Arizona Hospital Association (Phoenix, AZ) October 27: The Electronic Component Industry Association (Chicago, IL) October 28: Franklin Templeton (San Francisco, CA) October 30: Eaton Corporation (Amelia Island, FL)

The titles of Uldrichs presentations range from Why Future Trends Demand Unlearning and The Big AHA: How to Future-Proof Your Business to Business as Unusual: 19 Ways Unconventional Ways to Succeed Tomorrow and The New Normal is Abnormal. Much of the material for Uldrichs keynote presentations will be drawn from his two latest books, "Foresight 2020: A Futurist Explores the Trends Transforming Tomorrow and Higher Unlearning: 39 Post-Requisite Lessons for Achieving a Successful Future, as well as his forthcoming book, Business as Unusual: 19 Unconventional Ways to Future-Proof Yourself and Your Company.

Uldrichs engaging, entertaining and educational presentations will cover trends in information and communication technologies, robotics, cloud computing, next generation mobile and social technologies, artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things and Big Data, and are designed to provide attendees a solid foundation upon which they can take action to create their own successful futures. A synopsis of some of Uldrichs ideas on information technologies can be found in this article, 10 Future Mobile Trends for CIOs to Consider Today.

In addition to covering future trends, Uldrich will also provide an overview of how technological change and enhanced mobility is rapidly changing customer expectations and behavior and, in the process, upending long-standing business models. Uldrich, who has been hailed as "America's Chief Unlearning Officer," will conclude his talks by reviewing the consequences of not embracing tomorrows changes. Throughout his presentations, Uldrich will use vivid analogies and memorable stories, drawn from a wide spectrum of industries, to ensure his message of change "sticks" with his audience. (A sample of his talk on unlearning can be viewed here: Futurist Jack Uldrich on Why Future Trends in Health Care Demand Unlearning.)

In the past year, Uldrich has addressed hundreds of business and trade groups from around the world, including delivering customized keynote presentations at ten McGladrey Emerging Technology Summits across the United States, Case IH, Emerson, the Womens Food Forum, PepsiCo, United Healthcare, Boston Scientific, Southern Company, Cisco, IBM, WiPro, Parsons Brinckerhoff, and various YPO and WPO groups.

Parties interested in learning more about Jack Uldrich, his books, his daily blog or his speaking availability are encouraged to visit his website at: http://www.jumpthecurve.net. Media wishing to know more about the events or interviewing Jack Uldrich can contact him directly at 612-267-1212 or jack(at)schoolofunlearning(dot)com.

Uldrich is a renowned global futurist, technology forecaster, best-selling author, editor of the quarterly newsletter, The Exponential Executive, and host of the award-winning website, http://www.jumpthecurve.net. He is currently represented by a number of professional speakers' bureaus, including Leading Authorities, Convention Connection, Gold Star Speakers Bureau and Executive Speakers Bureau.

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Autodesk's redesign of Hyperloop requires specialized equipment to weave transit tubes out of carbon-fiber composite materials while maintaining the tubes' original 7-ft, 4-in. diameter.

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The proposed new design for Hyperloop's transit tubes weaves them out of one ring of carbon fiber and then pinches it into a figure 8, forming two independent tubes.

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A design software leader is rethinking the construction methods and materials for Hyperloop Alpha, the high-speed mass-transit proposal that shoots passenger-filled capsules suspended on air cushions through low-pressure tubes. The new design pushes for yet-to-be-realized advances in construction and composites technology.

"We're almost obliged to check it out," says Jordan Brandt, Autodesk technology futurist, about the company's responsibility as an industry leader to weigh in on the Hyperloop proposal. "I'm a mad scientist," adds Brandt, who created the 3D cloud collaboration technology Glue that got the attention of Autodesk, which acquired both his former company, Horizontal Systems, and Brandt himself.

To get the ball rolling within Autodesk, Brandt did a rough redesign of serial entrepreneur Elon Musk's original proposal. He changed the two parallel, horizontally placed steel transit tubes to a single carbon-fiber-weave circle that is pinched into a figure eight to form two vertically stacked tubes. Brandt shared his idea with Autodesk's design experts to improve upon in Autodesk Fusion, a 3D CAD program that allows for design collaboration.

The idea of using composites such as carbon fiber for the tubes is tempting because it would extend the distance between the tube's support piers to 130 ft from 100 ft and reduce the probability of pressure loss inside the tube, says Brandt. Musk's original proposal called for steel sections to be trucked into place and joined with welds, creating hundreds of thousands of opportunities for leakage along a proposed 350-mile-long route from San Francisco to Los Angeles.

Brandt's construction method would use a rolling braiding machine to weave the tubes in place from spools of fiber material and fuse them with resin as they pass out of the braider. He says Musk's original concept was spot on with the physics but thinks some of the construction methods can be improved upon. He adds that Musk's openness at giving the idea to the public to improve is exactly what Autodesk is trying to encourage. Beyond the groundbreaking innovation required for Hyperloop, Brandt's own suggestion needs a lot of innovation to move from digital design to reality.

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Pleasant Grove, UT (PRWEB) September 25, 2013

The new video will be an educational resource distributed to over 200 commercial climbing facilities nationwide within the Veracity network with the intention of assisting facilities with indoor bouldering risk management issues. Through proposed modernized bouldering-specific Best Practices, this resource will serve staff, coaches and customers through promotion and demonstration of standardized methods of staff training, instruction and customer orientation of proper falling and landing techniques.

This initiative is taken in response to the growing popularity of gymnastic indoor bouldering, which is quickly becoming the dominant discipline within the sport of climbing amongst active users, youth teams and competitions.

The Art Of Falling video will be provided exclusively to commercial climbing facilities within the Veracity Insurance network in Fall 2013.

Futurist Climbing Consultants, Inc. is committed to providing leadership to enable the healthy growth of the sport of climbing by offering expertise in the area of sport-specific bouldering practices. Futurist provides consulting services and custom flooring products to the climbing industry.

Veracity Insurance Solutions, LLC is an insurance brokerage firm specializing in Product Liability, the placement of programs, and General Liability. With over 30 years of combined experience in the insurance industry, specifically including the climbing industry, Veracity has in-house underwriting authority and access to several key wholesale brokerage markets.

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Washington, D.C. (PRWEB) September 24, 2013

Popular keynote speaker, healthcare futurist, and best-selling author, Jack Uldrich has been selected to deliver three keynote sessions to hospital associations across the country. On October 10, 2013, Uldrich will keynoting the Arkansas Hospital Association's annual meeting in Little Rock, Arkansas where he'll be discussing "Why Future Trends in Healthcare Will Require Unlearning." Later in the month, Uldrich be discussing key technological trends in health care with members of the Arizona Hospital Association in Phoenix on October 23.

The presentations, based on Uldrichs two most recent books: "Foresight 20/20: A Futurist Explores the Trends Transforming Tomorrow" and "Higher Unlearning: 39 Post Requisite Lessons for Achieving a Successful Future" as well as his popular article, "Top Ten Trends in Healthcare," will begin by discussing how continued advances in information technologies, biotechnology, nanotechnology, robotics, radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, genomics, regenerative medicine and social networking will radically transform healthcare in the decade ahead. (A video of Mr. Uldrich discussing future trends can be viewed here.)

Uldrich will then focus on why these trends will demand unlearning and discuss why participants must embrace the concept of unlearning in order to achieve future success. Uldrich, who has been hailed as Americas Chief Unlearning Officer, will conclude by reviewing specific habits, customs, beliefs and ideas that healthcare professionals canand mustunlearn. Throughout his talks, he will use vivid analogies and memorable stories, drawn from a wide spectrum of industries, to ensure his message of unlearning sticks with his audiences.

In the past year, Uldrich has addressed dozens of healthcare associations and hospitals, including the Alcetel-Lucent/Verizon Forum on Wireless Healthcare, IASIS Healthcare, Allina Hospitals, The Healthcare Trustees of New York, The Iowa Healthcare Collaborative, Care Providers of Minnesota, St. Jude Medical, Fairview Hospitals, University Hospitals & Health System of Ohio, and healthcare associations in Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Tennessee, Utah and Wisconsin. He has also addressed a number of major, non-health-care-related corporations on the topic of unlearning including United Healthcare, PepsiCo, Cisco, IBM, WiPro, Guardian Life Insurance and General Electric. Uldrich also frequently addresses Young Presidents Organization (YPO) and Chamber of Commerce events throughout the country.

Parties interested in learning more about Jack Uldrich, his books, his daily blog or his speaking availability are encouraged to visit his website at: http://www.jumpthecurve.net. Media wishing to know more about the event or interviewing Jack Uldrich can contact him directly at 612-267-1212 or jack(at)schoolofunlearning(dot)com.

Uldrich is a renowned global healthcare futurist, best-selling author; editor of the monthly newsletter, The Exponential Executive, and host of the award-winning websites, http://www.jumpthecurve.net and http://www.schoolofunlearning.com. He is currently represented by a number of professional speakers bureaus, including Leading Authorities, Executive Speakers Bureau and Convention Connection.

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Burbank, California (PRWEB) September 24, 2013

Talk show host, Leigh Gregory is back with another episode of The Learning Show, the training industrys de facto internet talk show. And this time, hes riffing on gameful learning, sharing the latest statistics on manager meetings; and talking with learning futurist, Elliott Masie.

One of our goals is to champion workplace learning in all its forms. We do that by talking to the current and emerging thought leaders in the space. And, you cant say the phrase thought leader without Elliott Masie coming to mind. Were stoked to have him on the show, said Leigh.

It was over 20 years ago, that Elliott originated the word, eLearning. And that word became the name for a training method and an entire industry. And Elliott continues to stand at the forefront of the movement to deliver quality learning in as many innovative and engaging ways as possible. Along the way, hes brought his insights to the Department of Defense and to the White House during initiatives to expand learning opportunities to all people. To that end, he used the Learning Show to introduce the emerging concept of personalized learning.

Were expanding out the definition of what eLearning is. And its evaporating, I hope, in an ironic way. I hope we just talk about Learning. Im almost ready to make the assumption that well always use electronics, well always use face to face. Maybe at some point, the E will go away, said Elliott, while outlining how learning will be personalized.

Im excited about Elliotts concept of personalized learning. And I cant wait to see how our industry responds creatively and technologically to this bold philosophical pivot, said Marguerite Gregory, co-founder of Trainevision and executive producer of The Learning Show.

Elliott Masie will host Learning 2013, his annual learning conference, from November 3 6 in Orlando, Florida. George Takei is a special presenter and the featured keynote address will be delivered by former Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton.

The Learning Show is brought to you by Trainevision, Inc. The Elliott Masie episode is available now on Trainevisions website, Facebook page, and YouTube channel. Stay tuned for upcoming episodes featuring the industrys thought leaders, disruptors and shape shifters.

About Trainevision Trainevision, Inc. is a performance improvement company located in Burbank, CA. Trainevision produces off-the-shelf video heavy eLearning, Streaming and DVD learning solutions for small, medium and large companies that are looking to improve the soft skills performance of their employees. For more information, visit https://www.trainevision.com. Follow @Trainevision on Twitter, link up on LinkedIn, and like them on Facebook!

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