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A Futurist Evening At Vizcaya
"A Futurist Evening At Vizcaya" was the 2013 Contemporary Arts Program curated by Vizcaya Museum and Gardens for Art Basel 2013. Featured artists include: Ro...

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Measure Vital Signs at Home! - The Medical Futurist
There are plenty of gadgets and devices that help us live a healthier life and now these tools can be used to measure basic health parameters at home such as body temperature, ECG, oxygen saturatio.

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New York, NY (PRWEB) December 04, 2014

"To attain knowledge, add things every day. To attain wisdom, subtract things every day." So said ancient Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu. "Medical education and research are essential to the provision of the highest quality patient care," so says John F. Collins, CEO of Winthrop University Hospital. On December 4th, Winthrop will welcome Jack Uldrich, a Global Futurist and health care trend expert, to deliver his keynote combining these notions: Why Future Trends in Health Care Will Demand Unlearning

Winthrop-University Hospital located in Long Island, New York is a major regional healthcare resource with a deep commitment to medical education and research, offering a full complement of inpatient and outpatient services. WUH is very interested in attaining both knowledge, and wisdom. The key to doing this says, Uldrich, is "learning how to unlearn."

Hailed by BusinessWeek as Americas Chief Unlearning Officer Uldrich will discuss with WUH just why unlearning is such a critical skill necessary to forge ahead in the medical field. Having addressed such healthcare clients as the American Medical Association, United Healthcare, Allina, and St. Jude's Medical, among others, Uldrich is well versed in healthcare trends, and in "Unearning."

A best selling author of eleven books, including Foresight 20/20, he is also the founder of The School of Unlearning - an international leadership, change management and technology consultancy dedicated to helping business, governments, and non-profit organizations prepare for and profit from periods of profound transformation.

Uldrich says, "We live in a world where 'constant change is the only constant.' New advances in technology bring forth exciting discoveries every day. But often lost in this new reality is the fact that organizations must unlearn old, obsolete knowledge and old ways of doing business, before they can seize tomorrows opportunities."

One of Uldrich's primary goals for the event is to help WUH audience members identify concrete actions they can take today to future-proof themselves against the tides of tomorrow. To that end, Uldrich will follow up his keynote with a Strategic Planning session and facilitate a round table discussion on The Big AHA: How To Future Proof WUH Leaders Against Tomorrows Transformational Trends, Today. During his follow up, he will share insights from his upcoming book, "Business as Unusual: How to Future-Proof Yourself Against Tomorrows Transformational Trends, Today," outline the ten trends that will transform the world of tomorrow, and help the WUH leaders develop action plans based on the day's discoveries.

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 either the event or interviewing Jack can contact Amy Tomczyk at (651) 343.0660.

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Seattle, WA (PRWEB) December 04, 2014

At Scientific American this week, futurist Richard Yonck explores recent developments in online crime, including potential murders over the internet in the not-too-distant future. Yonck cites a recent Europol report on cybercrime, forecasting that the worlds first online murder could occur by the end of 2014.

The online murder forecast was part of a 2014 Internet Organized Crime Threat Assessment report by Europols European Cybercrime Centre. A foresight analyst with Intelligent Future Consulting, Yonck discusses the methods that could be used to commit such a crime and who might be its potential victims. He also offers some possible solutions for the challenges new technologies create.

Online murder is just one of many threats individuals and organizations face in the rapidly shifting world of cybercrime. According to the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a bi-partisan think tank based in Washington, D.C., cybercrime now carries a $445 billion annual global price tag.

The underground economy has been developing a Crime-as-a-Service (CaaS) business model, similar to the legitimate software as a service delivery model, Yonck explains. This allows black hat hackers and other skilled criminal specialists to provide a wide range of products and services. These cover many different forms of criminal activity and are allowing those with few technical resources to readily enter into the world of cybercrime. Unfortunately for most of us, this wasnt a bar that needed to be lowered.

In light of these developments, Yonck states that without changes to our security and legal systems, cybercrime will inevitably proliferate. Not only will this likely give rise to still more cybercriminal activity, it could also lead to a race to the bottom, with CaaS developers providing ever cheaper and easier to use tools and services."

The threat of cybercrime continues to grow, as evidenced by recent breaches at JPMorgan Chase and Target. Given the continuing increase of this activity and the rapidly growing cost to the economy, its obvious much more needs to be done to fight cybercrime and safeguard the interests of businesses and consumers everywhere.

About Intelligent Future Consulting Intelligent Future Consulting provides strategic foresight services to help organizations plan and prepare for inevitable change. Its principal, Richard Yonck is a consulting futurist, a member of the Association of Professional Futurists and an award-winning writer focusing on emerging technologies.

Media Contact: Richard Yonck (206) 618-4884 ryonck(At)intelligent-future(Dot)com

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