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Published: 6/23/2013 - Updated: 19 hours ago

BY SUSAN CARPENTER ORANGE COUNTY (CALIF.) REGISTER

Sheryl Connelly is the rare auto industry expert who has almost nothing to do with cars. As Ford Motor Co.s manager of global trends and future, her role isnt to look at the industry but outside it, to determine what factors will influence cars in the coming decades.

We sat down with her at Fords Irvine, Calif., headquarters to peer into her crystal ball.

Q: As Fords first and only in-house futurist, what exactly are you trying to achieve?

A: It takes Ford Motor Co. three years to bring a vehicle to market, so even if we have the most ingenious idea today, what feels cutting edge at this point might not be. We have no crystal ball, but we can look to five arenas for guidance: social, technological, economic, environmental, and political.

Q: Why those five arenas?

A: You start there because youll never be able to predict the future, but those will be the forces that shape the landscape. It gives us a framework to play in this space of What if? and If so, then what? You talk about the possibilities, and then you explore what it means for the industry what it does to demand, supply, competitors, retail, the distribution network. Only if youve explored all of that do you even ask what that means for Ford.

Q: What timeline are you looking at?

A: The most distant function in the Ford team is advanced product research and engineering. Theyre trying to figure out what technologies are on the horizon and what to invest in. Their time horizon is 10, 20 years out.

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Mobile Health with the eyes of a Medical Futurist, by Dr. Bartalan Mesk

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Ray Kurzweil, director of engineering at Google, believes we will be able to upload our entire brains to computers within the next 32 years - an event known as singularity Our 'fragile' human body parts will be replaced by machines by the turn of the century And if these predictions comes true, it could make humans immortal

By Victoria Woollaston

PUBLISHED: 09:22 EST, 19 June 2013 | UPDATED: 09:22 EST, 19 June 2013

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In just over 30 years, humans will be able to upload their entire minds to computers and become digitally immortal - an event called singularity - according to a futurist from Google.

Ray Kurzweil, director of engineering at Google, also claims that the biological parts of our body will be replaced with mechanical parts and this could happen as early as 2100.

Kurweil made the claims during his conference speech at the Global Futures 2045 International Congress in New York at the weekend.

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The Future of Digital Marketing: Futurist Speaker Gerd Leonhard Presentation in KL Malaysia
From a recent presentation I did in KL Malaysia, for an EConsultancy event, see http://gerd.fm/11r2PZt and http://econsultancy.com/sg/events/fodm-malaysia-20...

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The Future of Mobile Technology - Brooklyn Futurist Member Presentations
Brooklyn Futurist Meetup - Future of Mobile Technology - Member Presentations at Brooklyn Law School on MAy 15 2013. http://www.meetup.com/BLKNY30/events/107...

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Denver, CO (PRWEB) June 18, 2013

Following on the heels of successful presentations to San Diego Gas & Electric, Southern Company, and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, popular keynote speaker, energy industry futurist, change management expert and best-selling author, Jack Uldrich, has been selected to deliver keynote presentations to Associated Electric Cooperative (June 25), the Southeastern Electric Exchange (June 26), New England Public Power Association (Aug. 26), The Electric Power Research Institute (Sep. 10) and the Northwestern Public Power Association (Sep. 18). The topic of each his presentations will be a customized version of his talk: "The Future of the Utility Industry Will Require Unlearning."

The talks, as well as the extended strategic planning sessions which will follow the presentations, will be based on Uldrich's two latest books: "Higher Unlearning: 39 Post Requisite Lessons for Achieving a Successful Future" and "Foresight 2020: A Futurist Explores the Trends Transforming Tomorrow," will begin by discussing how continued advances in Smart Grid technologies, "Big Data," natural gas discoveries and renewable energies will radically transform the utility industry in the years ahead. Specific technologies to be discussed will include high temperature superconducting wires, solid-state transformers, smart meters, high storage grid-capable batteries as well as continued advances in home sensors, solar cells, wind turbines and fuel cell technology. An overview of his talk can be found in this article: 5 Future Trends for the Utility Industry.

Uldrich will then discuss why these trends will require unlearning as well as review the consequences of not embracing the concept of unlearning. Uldrich, who has been hailed as "America's Chief Unlearning Officer," will conclude by providing an overview of how these technological changes will also transform customer behaviors and upend long-standing business models in the utility industry.

Throughout his talk, Uldrich will use vivid analogies and memorable stories, drawn from a wide spectrum of industries, to ensure his message of unlearning "sticks" with his audience. A sample of his ideas may be found in this chapter, Shifting Power: The Future of Electricity, from his new book.

In the past year, Uldrich has addressed dozens of utility associations, including delivering customized keynote presentations to San Diego Gas & Electric, the Southern California Gas Company, Southern Company, Northwestern Energy, the Wabash Valley Power Power Association, the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Idaho Power, Northwestern Energy, the Minnesota Rural Electric Cooperative, the Western Energy Institute, Idaho Power, the American Public Power Association, the Northwest Public Power Association, the Eugene Board of Water and Electricity, the Missouri River Energy Service, the Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Wisconsin Public Power and dozens more. Uldrich has also addressed a number of major, non-utility-related corporations on the topic of unlearning including Cisco, IBM, WiPro, PepsiCo, United Healthcare and General Electric.

Parties interested in learning more about Jack Uldrich, his books, his daily blog or his speaking availability are encouraged to visit his website. 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 energy futurist, best-selling author, editor of the monthly 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 and Executive Speakers Bureau.

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esq krasha - Ensoniq ESQ1 demo and lofi futurist anthem by magus niche
all sounds made on ESQ1 synth, arranged with reverb, delay and eq in logic.

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The Future of Mobile (i.e. everything:) Futurist Gerd Leonhard at Mobile Convention Amsterdam
Thanks for your interest in my work! Gerd Leonhard Futurist, Author and Keynote Speaker Basel / Switzerland http://www.futuristgerd.com CEO of http://www.thefutures...

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FUTURIST - Solid Rock Session III
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