PROFESSIONAL MEMBERS' FORUM

"Best Practices in Business, Technology, and Education Futures"

Wednesday, August 1, 2007
8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

8:30-9:00 a.m.

Coffee and Socializing

9:00-9:10 a.m.

Introductions and Day-in-Review

Facilitator: Rima Shaffer, president, Shaffer Synergistics, Inc.
 

9:10-10:00 a.m. New Methods for Foresight

Theodore Gordon, founder, The Futures Group
 

10:00-10:15 a.m. Break
10:15-10:35 a.m. Future Trends in Nanotechnology

Raj Bawa, president, Bawa Biotechnology Consulting LLC
 

10:35-11:05 a.m. The Future Ain't What It Used to Be

David Chobar, professor, Morningside College
 

11:05-11:35 a.m. Managing the Tower of Babel

Stephen Aguilar-Millan, director of research, European Futures Observatory
 

11:35 a.m.-12:00 noon

Tools and Potentials for Futurists

Lewis Jaffe, 21st Century Networking
 

12:15-1:15 p.m. Lunch
1:15-3:00 p.m. Roundtable Discussions

Business Roundtable
Education Roundtable
Consultants Roundtable
 

3:00-3:15 p.m. Break
3:15-4:00 p.m. Report Back and Wrap-up

 

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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.