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Futurists Meetings

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Past Meetings Page

Minnesota Futurists 2011 Home Page

 

Current Meeting & Topic Schedule

Regular Meetings are Saturdays from 9:30-11:30 AM   Directions

Knights of Columbus Building - Meeting Room, 1114 American Blvd West, Bloomington, MN 

 

Special Assessment:  Members are requested to contribute $20 each for the specific purchase of copies of audio tracks from WFS 2010 and 2011.          Checks to Hank Lederer, Treasurer.  David K. Chapter President.

 

May 14, 2011

Future Studies SIG

Topic:  Human Capital Futures - part IV (Strategies :World Class Competencies for the 21st Century) 
Speaker: George Kubik (Anticipatory Futures Group, LLC) 
Abstract: - 
continued from April 23rd -  : What will it mean to be a “world class” worker in the 21st century? How will workers and organizations remain relevant in the future? Rapid change and increasing complexity are changing the rules, and historical precedents are failing. This presentation addresses the evolving competencies, strategies, and recent research into the future(s) of work and workers.

Video link for trailer to the movie "Limitless" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOLqNOfzus4  

Interesting assessment of the concept (David K) http://singularityhub.com/2011/04/18/limitless-movie-thrills-but-whats-the-future-of-smart-pills/ 

 

May 21, 2011

Society, Management and Education SIG

Topic: "Are Innovation and Education a Contradiction?: How can you teach novelty?"

Speakers: Ray Seth  

 

Ray Seth is a retired, "semi-professional" student living in the Twin Cities. He did his graduate work at the U. of Minnesota in statistics, psychology, engineering and medical diagnostics. During his working career, he was VP of Information Technology for three large corporations and owned and operated his own software development and operations research firms. He has been both a teacher and user of sophisticated statistical and mathematical methods and models to solve business and other problems. He recently completed two years of tutorial composition studies an the U. of M. School of Music. During his career, he has created and implemented a number of significant business and technical innovations.

 

Abstract: 

Teaching innovation seems like an oxymoron. How can you teach about creations that have not been thought of yet? Beyond that, how can you come up with and teach a method for producing that "Ah-Ha" experience wherein the unconscious delivers forth a creation? Deductive logic is of no use, in producing creative ideas, since the problems under consideration cannot serve as a postulates from which to derive the solutions. Indirect approaches seem to be required.

REf.

Salman Khan of Khanacademy.org on Charkie Rose May 4, 2011

http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/11658

Salman Khan talk at TED 2011

http://youtu.be/gM95HHI4gLk

 

Education Per Google

http://us.mg1.mail.yahoo.com/neo/launch?.rand=3fb5vilpk7fit

 

Also Past Meeting

Topic 1: "The Future of Education in Economically Constrained Times"

Speaker: David Grider

Abstract: What is the "Granny Cloud" and how does it work?

http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_the_child_driven_education.html

 

May 28, 2011

No Meeting Memorial Day Weekend

 

June 4, 2011

Category:  Future Studies

 

June 11, 2011

    Category:  Economy/Markets

       Title: ""  

       Speaker: Bruce Healton is a nationally recognized consultant with more than 30 years experience on solving business problems by creatively applying process and technology. His experience is concentrated in financial applications, global business operations, and technology-intense services. He has applied his practical problem solving skills in the research and implementation of security, privacy and authentication in practice development, knowledge transfer, operational auditing, standards compliance and remediation.

       Abstract:TBA

 

 

June 18, 2011

Title: "JOB:Futures 2050"

 

June 25, 2011

Minnesota Futurists Annual Meeting and Biannual Election of Officers

Presidents Report to Members

 

July 12, 2011

MNF Board Meeting

- transition for new board members 

 

 

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Topics Pending for 2011

Future schedule work in progress

Roundtable: Tech Breakthrough Forecasts for 2015-2020

See topics awaiting dates above.

 

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