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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 

 

April 21, 2012

Technology Futures SIG

Title:        Technology Potpouri

Speaker:  David Grider

Abstract:  Recently Next Big Futures did a blog on Technology areas to watch over the next 4 years:

http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/12/technology-areas-to-watch-in-2012.html

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/daniel_schnitzer_inventing_is_the_easy_part.html TED talk 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hdpf-MQM9vY&feature=player_embedded 30 story building assembled in 15 days

We will talk about some of his possible scenarios and discuss how likely we think they might be.  Bring ideas that you think might develop in this time frame.

 

Chapter Board Meeting 

April  Wednesday 6:30 - 8:30 pm KoC 

Everyone Welcome

 

April 28, 2012

Social Political Education

Title:        Ten or Eleven ideas that can change your life

Speaker:  Brian K Toren

Abstract:  Ten ideas that can change your life (plus one other)

In this SIG we will discus several ideas in social environment economics (and some technical( that can affect your future. Topics Include:

• Our Wimpy Economy
*  Living Alone 
*  Privacy in Public
*  Information in the Cloud 
*  Foods That Last Forever 
*  The End of Nature

*  The rise of the "Nons"

After each topic, time will be used to list and discuss some positive and negative consequences of these ideas.

 

May 5, 2012

Future Studies

Title:             Preparing a Talk for the Futurists

Presenter:     David Keenan

Abstract:       This session will cover guidelines, recommendations, tools and tricks that I use to research and prepare presentations for the Futurists.

 

May 12, 2012

Economic Futures SIG

Title:          Black Swan Economics - N. Taleb 

Presenter:  G. Kubik

Abstract:      coming soon

 

 

 

Future Topics

 

Creativity Futures - How recent discoveries about how people are more or less creative, as discussed by Jonah Lehrer in his book 'Imagine: How Creativity Works' and what application of these ideas could mean for the future.  David Keenan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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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