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Futurists Meetings

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Minnesota Futurists 2012 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 

 

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:  Compressed Natural Gas as Transportation Fuel Futures

Presenter: Tom Mader

 

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

 

 

 

Future date

Topic: Technology Futures SIG

Title:  Emerging Nanotechnology Processes Enable New Applications

PresentersDavid 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

 

 

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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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