Category Archives: Futurist

Extreme Metaversal Futurist Manifesto 12-21-12
Johannes Ayres of Metaversal Lightcraft/Iaocore reads his Futurist Manifesto at a sunrise press conference on the rooftop of the fabulous Standard Hotel in downtown Los Angeles kicking off the Extreme Futurist Festival on December 21, 2012....

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Futurists Dr. James Canton and Gerd Leonhard discuss the key topics in the next 5 years
Part 2 of a conversation between Futurists Dr. James Canton globalfuturist.com and Gerd Leonhard about.me This video is part of the new MeetingsOfTheMind.tv series (launching soon); the topics discussed include technology innovation, transhumanism, inequality and financial policy, demographics and aging, the environment and sustainability, the future of business and communications, medical trends and much more. Enjoy! For a better audio version, try http://www.dropbox.com Please note: You can now download most of my videos by simply subscribing to this iTunes video feed (via Blip.tv) gerd.fm *** audio-only versions are now available here: gerd.fm or on the web at http://www.futuretalks.com My vimeo channel is here vimeo.com Enjoy! Gerd Leonhard Futurist, Author and Keynote Speaker Basel / Switzerland http://www.gerdfuturist.com CEO http://www.thefuturesagency.com Media Blog http://www.mediafuturist.com Gerd #39;s mobile apps: road.ie The Future of Business blog http://www.futureof.biz Public Speaking schedule: gerd.fm Twitter: http://www.twitter.com Need even more links? about.me

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Futurists Dr. James Canton and Gerd Leonhard discuss Sustainability, Disruption and Technology
Part 3 of a conversation between Futurists Dr. James Canton globalfuturist.com and Gerd Leonhard about.me and Futurists Dr. James Canton and Gerd Leonhard discuss the key topics for the next 5 years This video is part of the new MeetingsOfTheMind.tv series (launching soon). Topics discussed include general sustainability trends and predictions, #39;green future #39; opportunities, the future of capitalism and #39;growth profit economics #39;, accountability and social innovation, renewable energy, Jeremy Rifkin #39;s Intergrid, and much more. Apologies for the low audio output, btw; if it #39;s not good enough for you please try this MP3 http://www.dropbox.com Please note: You can now download most of my videos by simply subscribing to this iTunes video feed (via Blip.tv) gerd.fm *** audio-only versions are now available here: gerd.fm or on the web at http://www.futuretalks.com My vimeo channel is here vimeo.com Enjoy! Gerd Leonhard Futurist, Author and Keynote Speaker Basel / Switzerland http://www.gerdfuturist.com CEO http://www.thefuturesagency.com Media Blog http://www.mediafuturist.com Gerd #39;s mobile apps: road.ie The Future of Business blog http://www.futureof.biz Twitter: http://www.twitter.com Need even more links? about.me

By: Gerd Leonhard

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[EZ2ON REBOOT] Futurist 6k hard only key sound

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By John Ostapkovich

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - The world is changing ever-faster, and a futurist says its part of an epic transition that is at once global and personal.

Most of humanity has embraced the Agricultural Age, somewhat fewer the Industrial Age. Many of us are bewildered by the Information Age, but a new one is coming, says futurist David Houle, author of Entering the Shift Age.

Shift Age is his term for a time of global connectedness with greater individual choice through electronics. He says weve grown from a content is king paradigm to context is king.

Earth century, retrofitting the 21st Century, concept of place changing forever, the merging of biology and technology and the new evolutionary shift in consciousness are the five big contexts in which well be looking at the future over the next 10 to 15 years.

Houle says the global and individual trends are not in conflict, because if you dont want to go global you dont have to.

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Author, Futurist David Houle Says The ‘Shift Age’ Is Coming

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Author and inventor Ray Kurzweil, 56, speaks with a reporter during an interview in his office, in Wellesley, Mass., Jan. 12,2005.

By Eli Segall (contact)

Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013 | 2 a.m.

If you worry that the Internet, computers and other electronics play an outsized role in daily life, futurist Ray Kurzweil has one message for you:

This is only the beginning.

Kurzweil, who will speak Sunday night at the Smith Center for the Performing Arts as part of the Audi Speaker Series, predicts a high-tech society that makes today's lifestyle look straight out of the Stone Age. As he sees it, people will have tiny computing devices in their bodies, more powerful brains and longer lives. Simply put, the world will be dominated by artificial intelligence.

The 64-year-old entrepreneur is the leading evangelist of Singularity, the idea that machines will spontaneously adopt humanlike characteristics, become vastly more intelligent than people and change mankind forever. One possibility is they'll turn on us and wipe out humanity.

Kurzweil has pegged the transformation for 2045.

The nonbiological intelligence created in that year will be 1 billion times more powerful than all human intelligence today, he says on singularity.com.

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Futurist Ray Kurzweil predicts in-body computers and a potential war with machines

Herb OHeron, Canadas own educational futurist, will be providing his insights at the University of the Fraser Valley next week.

OHeron will be speaking on The Value of a Degree as part of the Presidents Leadership Lecture series on Monday, Jan 28 at 4:30 p.m. in Building A, Room 225 (boardroom) at the Abbotsford campus.

He is the first speaker in UFV president Mark Evereds Leadership Lecture Series for the 2013 calendar year.

Herb will be speaking to the value of a degree to an individual and the value of a university to the community said Evered. This speaker is a great fit with the goal of the leadership series to bring speakers that challenge and provoke discussion at the university and in the community.

Although not as famous as American futurist Alvin Toffler, OHeron is doing important work in the field. Working with the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC), as Director of Research and Policy Analysis, he analyzes statistics and trends in education and makes predictions for the future of post-secondary education in Canada.

Universities across Canada have experienced tremendous growth over the last 30 years. Since 1980 the number of full-time university students has more than doubled, while part-time enrolment is up 16 percent, according to AUCCs Trends in Higher Education publication.

In the same time period, UFV has grown from a small regional college to a fully accredited public university that enrolls over 16,000 students per year. The university now offers more than 100 programs, including two masters degree, 15 bachelors degrees, majors, minors and extended minors in more than 30 subject areas, and more than a dozen trades and technology programs.

But can this growth be sustained in the next 30 years? Many programs are full. Buildings are at capacity.

UFV, like many educational institutions, is wrestling with how to provide a better education with shrinking government resources and increased competition in the marketplace. There are changing demographics, new technologies, emerging labour markets, and globalization to consider. In sum, there is no shortage of challenges for educational institutions.

The AUCC represents 95 Canadian public and private universities and colleges, including UFV, with a mandate to facilitate the development of public policy on higher education and to encourage cooperation among universities and governments, industry and communities.

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Air New Zealand has added globally acclaimed futurist, entrepreneur and social media authority Ross Dawson to the line-up at the first Social Media Breakfast of 2013 to share his digital innovation forecast.

A best selling author, Ross Dawson predicted the social media revolution in 2002 in the celebrated book Living Networks. He will discuss his early predictions for social networking, the major trends now shaping the future of social media in Australasia, and which emerging platforms to keep an eye out for in 2013.

Dawson is sought after by leading global organisations to share insights on the extraordinary business opportunities presented by digital innovation and how to stay ahead of the curve in the social media space.

Dawson joins headliner Teddy Goff at the Air New Zealand Social Media Breakfast on Wednesday 13 February. Goff was the groundbreaking Digital Director of President Obamas data-driven 2012 re-election campaign. Teddy Goffs team harnessed data effectively to fundraise a ground breaking US$690 million, build online followings of more than 78 million people, and register more than a million people to vote in the largest online promotion programme in political history.

Goffs techniques have been celebrated in some of the worlds biggest news outlets, including the New York Times, The Guardian, The Huffington Post and Rolling Stone for revolutionising political fundraising. At the Air New Zealand event he will share tips on harnessing the growing power of social media and insights fresh from the campaign trail.

Air New Zealand is the 36th largest airline in the world yet is ranked sixth in the world for social media presence and is viewed as a leader and innovator in the digital marketing space.

The first Social Media Breakfast of 2013 is Wednesday February 13 at the Viaduct Events Centre. Breakfast will be served from 7am; the event will run from 8am-10am. The Social Media Breakfast is hosted by Jesse Mulligan, and will include a question and answer session with all speakers following presentations from Ross Dawson and Teddy Goff.

Tickets to the Social Media Breakfast are $75 (including breakfast) from Ticketmaster http://www.ticketmaster.co.nz.

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Futurist joins Obama’s Digital Director at Air NZ Social Media Breakfast

Media release 25 January 2013

Futurist joins Obamas Digital Director at Air New Zealand Social Media Breakfast Air New Zealand has added globally acclaimed futurist, entrepreneur and social media authority Ross Dawson to the line-up at the first Social Media Breakfast of 2013 to share his digital innovation forecast.

A best selling author, Ross Dawson predicted the social media revolution in 2002 in the celebrated book Living Networks. He will discuss his early predictions for social networking, the major trends now shaping the future of social media in Australasia, and which emerging platforms to keep an eye out for in 2013.

Dawson is sought after by leading global organisations to share insights on the extraordinary business opportunities presented by digital innovation and how to stay ahead of the curve in the social media space.

Dawson joins headliner Teddy Goff at the Air New Zealand Social Media Breakfast on Wednesday 13 February. Goff was the groundbreaking Digital Director of President Obamas data-driven 2012 re-election campaign. Teddy Goffs team harnessed data effectively to fundraise a ground breaking US$690 million, build online followings of more than 78 million people, and register more than a million people to vote in the largest online promotion programme in political history.

Goffs techniques have been celebrated in some of the worlds biggest news outlets, including the New York Times, The Guardian, The Huffington Post and Rolling Stone for revolutionising political fundraising. At the Air New Zealand event he will share tips on harnessing the growing power of social media and insights fresh from the campaign trail.

Air New Zealand is the 36th largest airline in the world yet is ranked sixth in the world for social media presence and is viewed as a leader and innovator in the digital marketing space.

The first Social Media Breakfast of 2013 is Wednesday February 13 at the Viaduct Events Centre. Breakfast will be served from 7am; the event will run from 8am-10am. The Social Media Breakfast is hosted by Jesse Mulligan, and will include a question and answer session with all speakers following presentations from Ross Dawson and Teddy Goff.

Tickets to the Social Media Breakfast are $75 (including breakfast) from Ticketmaster http://www.ticketmaster.co.nz.

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Gary Barlow - Never Forget (Live at Scarborough Futurist Theatre 19/01/2013)
Gary Barlow performing Never Forget live in concert on his "Gary Barlow: In Concert" solo tour. Filmed live at Scarborough Futurist Theatre on Saturday 19th January 2013.

By: Friesian Cow

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