Helen Fisher

Ronald Bailey

Arnold Brown and Gregory Stock

Conference Highlights

ISSUE AREAS INCLUDED:

Futures Methodologies, Tools, and Processes	Technology and Science	Business and Careers
Resources and Environment	Learning and Education	Health and Wellness Futures
Governance and Communities	Social and Cultural Trends	Values and Spirituality

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:

Joel A. Barker (chair), president, Infinity Limited Inc.; futurist and independent scholar; chairman, Institute for Strategic Exploration; on-screen host, Joel Barker’s Leadershift: Five Lessons for Leaders in the 21st Century; co-author, Five Regions of the Future: Preparing Your Business for Tomorrow's Technology Revolution, St. Paul, Minnesota

Jerry Allan, president, Criteria Architects, Inc.; professor of design, Minneapolis College of Art & Design, Afton, Minnesota

Honorable Laura M. Brod, assistant majority leader, Minnesota House of Representatives, St. Paul, Minnesota

Norma Cox, national sales manager, American Public Media; new business development director, Fox TV; sales director, Clear Channel; consultant to CBS and Warner Brothers; past president, American Women in Radio and Television; member, Board of Directors of Greater Twin Cities Convention and Visitors Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Scott W. Erickson, vice president and chief administrative officer, Pressley Ridge; co-author, Five Regions of the Future: A Revolutionary Roadmap to 21st Century, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Donna Heivilin, former director, Applied Research and Methods, U.S. General Accounting Office, Washington, D.C.

T. Lance Holthusen, executive director, Northstar Problem Gambling Alliance; founder, Futures Studies Department, Science Museum of Minnesota, Arlington, Minnesota

Loras H. Sieve, former vice president, Corporate and Community Relations, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota; former director of planning, Package Foods Operations Division, General Mill’s Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota

Alan Youngs, criminal justice professor, University of Phoenix; director, Law Enforcement Operations, Maximus Consulting; attorney-at-law; retired division chief, Lakewood Police Department, Lakewood, Colorado  

ORGANIZERS: Susan Echard, vice president of conference operations; and the Minneapolis Program Committee will create a worldwide network of volunteers to structure the program and recruit speakers for the meeting.

For more information contact: World Future Society, 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 450, Bethesda, Maryland 20814;Tel: 1-800-989-8274 or 1-301-656-8274; Fax: 1-301-951-0394; Web Site: www.wfs.org;  E-mail: sechard@wfs.org.