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Current Meeting & Topic Schedule
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Knights of Columbus Building - Meeting Room, 1114 American Blvd West, Bloomington, MN
Mar. 10, 2012
Topic: Economic Futures SIG
Title: That Used To Be Us: How America Fell Behind In The World It Invented And How We Can Come Back'
Tom Friedman of The New York Times & Johns Hopkins Professor Michael Mandelbaum
Presenter:R Rydberg
Ref.EconSigMar2012.odp
(Book) That Used to Be US
(Video) http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/11879
Mar 17, 2012
Topic: Technology Futures SIG
Title: Emerging Nanotechnology Processes Enable New Applications
Presenters: David Keenan
Abstract: This talk will explore some of the processes that use nanotechnology to allow new product properties and new applications. Areas touched on will include: •Composites •Solar Energy •Hydrogen Storage for Fuel Cells •Drug Delivery •Gas Sensors •Plastics Processing •Magnetic Materials •Better Seals •Future Electronics
Mar. 24, 2012
Topic: Society, Management, Education Futures SIG
Title:
Presenter:
Mar 31, 2011
Topic: Peace, Justice
Title:North Korea - What's next?
Speaker:Roy Kim
Abstract:Kim is a native of North Korea and a resident of Minnesota. He is able to visit his family in North Korea. He will share a brief history of the country’s division and war and his observations during a visit to North Korea during the recent regime change.
FinalRoyKim.odp
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Topics Pending for 2012
Future schedule work in progress
Roundtable: Tech Breakthrough Forecasts for 2015-2020
See topics awaiting dates above.
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