WorldFuture 2008:
Seeing the Future Through New Eyes

July 2
6-28, 2008 • Hilton Washington • Washington, D.C.
Preconference Courses: July 25
Professional Members' Forum: July 29, 2008

SPEAKERS CONFIRMED TO DATE 
Speakers will be added as confirmed (check back often)

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Tom Abeles, president, Sagacity, Inc. Minneapolis, Minnesota

Charlotte Aguilar-Millan, founder and co-ordinator, Ipswich Time Bandits: Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom, 14 year old student, student member of World Future Society

Stephen Aguilar-Millan, director of research, European Futures Observatory, Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom

Rosa Alegria, Millennium Node Chair, Brazil

Stacey Aldrich, deputy state librarian, California State Library, Sacramento, California

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

Lauren C. Anderson, FBI, assistant special agent in Charge Counterterrorism Division, New York, New York

Michael Aschenbach, director, Institute for human Transformation; president, Emerging Vision Media, LLC; author, Vision 3000: The Transformation of Humanity in the New Millennium.

Asia Aslam, research manager, Cisco Corporation, Santa Clara, California

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Lawrence Baines, professor, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio

Robert Baines, consultant, Admiralty Group, Mexico

David Baldwin,  president, Aquarian Technology Systems, Inc., Lexington, Ohio

Dave Barnes, senior vice president, CIO, UPS, Atlanta, Georgia

Diana Butler Bass, author, senior fellow, Cathedral College of the Washington National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.

Raj Bawa, president and CEO, Bawa Biotechnology Consulting, LLC, Ashburn, Virginia; professor, Rensseler Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York

Don Beck, founder, Center for Human Emergence; co-founder, National Values Center; author, Denton, Texas

Craig Bettles, futurist, Institute for Alternative Futures, Alexandria, Virginia

Clement Bezold, founder and chairman of the board, Institute for Alternative Futures, Alexandria, Virginia

Alpesh Bhatt, founder, Koanetic Consulting, Monroe, Connecticut; professor, Psychology Department, University of New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut

Peter Bishop, assistant professor, University of Houston; president, Strategic Foresight and Development, Houston, Texas

Joe Bourland, director of category management, North America, Kimberly Clark Corporation, Neenah, Wisconsin

Aron Branam, Futures Studies, Austin, Texas

Arnold Brown, chairman, Weiner, Edrich, Brown, Inc.; World Future Society Board of Directors; co-author, FutureThink: How to Think Clearly in a Time of Change, New York, New York

James E. Burke, manager, Futures, Forecasting, and Change Management, Northrop Grumman, Arlington, Virginia

Dennis M. Bushnell, chief scientist, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia

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James R. Calvin, associate professor, Carey Business School, John Hopkins University, Washington, D.C.

Josh Calder, director, Global Lifestyles project, Socialproject, Social Technologies, Washington, D.C.

Evangeline Caridas, president, Caridas Consulting International, Houston, Texas

Elizabeth Carlson, assistant executive director, National Association of Elementary School Principals, Alexandria, Virginia

Kelly H. Carnes,  president and CEO, TechVsion21; former deputy assistant secretary for technology policy, U S Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C.

Marvin Cetron, president, Forecasting International, Inc., Falls Church, Virginia; author; member, World Future Society Board of Directors

Chien-Fu Chen, director, Graduate Institute of Future Studies, Tamkang University, Tamsui, Taipei, Taiwan

Joseph F. Coates, president, Joseph F. Coates consulting Futurist, Inc.

Adam Cohen, senior web architect, The New York Law School, New York, New York

Stan Cohen, former president, Earth Society Foundation; member, board of directors, U.S. Club of Rome, New York, New York

Terry Collins, Sydney, Australia

Jose Cordeiro, founder Venezula Chapter of the World Future Society, former director, World Transhumanist Association, Chiba, Japan

Edward Cornish, founder and former president, World Future Society, executive editor, THE FUTURIST, author, Bethesda, Maryland

William Cosgrove, president, Ecoconsult Inc, Bai d'Urfe, Quebec, Canada

Molly J. Coye, founder and CEO, Health Technology Center (HealthTech), San Francisco, California, former Commissioner of Health for the State of New Jersey

William Crossman, author; president, CompSpeak 2050 Institute, Oakland, California

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Irene J. Dabrowski, associate professor, St. John's University, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Staten Island, New York

Yasin Dada-Jones, served in Office of the Presidency in South Africa, chief director: Social Sector, in Policy Coordination and Advisory Service, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Scott David, partner, K&L Gates LLP, Seattle, Washington

Brian H. Davis, president, Environmental Advantage Law, LLPC, St Paul, Minnesota

Earon S. Davis, attorney and policy analyst, Evanston, Illinois

Geary M. Davis, co-founder, Lotus of the Moon Acupuncture, Arlington Heights, Illinois

Wayne S. Davis, senior environmental scientist, US Environmental Protection Agency, Ft. Meade, Maryland

Marie-Anne Delahaut, Millennium Node Chair, Belgium

Marcos de M. Santos, executive director, The Center for Strategic Studies, Brasilia, Brazil

Philippe Destatte, Millennium Node Chair, Belgium

Kim C. Dine, police chief, Frederick, Maryland; former assistant chief, Metropolitan Police Department, Washington, D.C.

Bill Drayton, CEO and founder, Ashoka: Innovations for the Public, Arlington, Virginia; former administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.

Maddy Dychtwald, executive vice president, co-founder, Age Wave, author, San Francisco, California

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Harry Eastridge, superintendent, Educational Service Center of Cuyahoga County, Valley View, Ohio

Amitai Etzioni, director, Institute for Communitarian Policy Studies. Author, most recent book, Security First: For A Muscular, Moral Foreign policy, Washington, D.C.

Evan M.H. Faber, student, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.

Chris Fair, president, Renonance Consultancy, Ltd, New York, New York

William Fasano, assistant professor, School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona

Kevin M. Fickenscher, executive vice president, International Healthcare for Perot Systems; formerly chief medical officer at WebMD Corporation, Plano, Texas

Devin Fidler, futurist, Institute for Alternative Futures, Alexandria, Virginia

Joan Foltz, socio-economic analyst, Alsek Research, Chandler, Arizona

Craig Fraser, director management service, Police Executive Research Forum, Washington, D.C.

Leon S. Fuerth, former national security adviser to Vice President Al Gore, research professor, Elliott School of Int'l Affairs, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.

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Medard Gabel, CEO, BigPicture Consulting, author, Media, Pennsylvania

Nadezhda Gaponenko, Millennium Node Chair, Russia

Lawrie Gardner, advisory team member, Institute for the Future@Anne Arundel Community college, Arnold, Maryland

Jay Gary, director, School of Global Leadership and Entrepreneurship, Regent University, Virginia Beach, Virginia

Rom Gayoso, staff engineer, Intel Corporation, Chandler, Arizona

Joel Gibbons, president, Logistic Research & Trading Co.; author,  St. Joseph, Michigan

Wayne Gibson, director, gifted Services, Educational Service Center of Cuyahoga County, Valley View, Ohio

Ryan Gilbert, writer, Monroe, Michigan

Jerome C. Glenn, author, director, UNU Millennium Project, Washington, D.C.

Ben Goertzel, CEO, Navaments LLC and Biomind LLC; director of research, SIAI, Washington, D.C.

Theodore J. Gordon, author, founder, The Futures Group, senior fellow, UNU Millennium Project

Roumiana Gotseva-Yordanova, futurist and leader, Futures Observatory,  Social Technologies, London, England, United Kingdom

Les Gottesman, director, General Education, Golden Gate University, San Francisco, California

Terry Grim, futurist, strategist, Social Technologies, Seabrook, Texas

Linda Groff, professor, Political Science and Future Studies, California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, California

Jephraim Gundzik, former founder and president, Condor Advisers, Mammoth Lakes, California

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William E. Halal, professor emeritus, co-founder and trustee, Institute for Knowledge and Innovation, George Washington University, president, TechCast LLC, Washington D.C.

Anthony L. Haynor, associate professor, chair, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey

Donald Heathfield, founder, Future Map, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Klaus Heinzelbecker, director, Strategic Projects, BASF AG, Ludwigshafen, Germany

Steven T. Henick, director, Institute for the Future@Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, Maryland

Jay Herson, senior associate, Institute for Alternative Futures and Bloomberg School of Public Health, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

Paul Hewitt, executive director, Americans for Generational Equity, Washington, D.C.

Mark Horstmeyer,   director of college and community relations, Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, Illinois

Lehn Huff, head, Seabury Hall Middle School, Makawao, Hawaii

Kenneth W. Hunter, senior fellow, Office of International Programs, University of Maryland, College Park Maryland

Jeff Hynes, commander, Phoenix Police Department, Phoenix, Arizona

John Jackson, sergeant, Houston Police Department, Houston, Texas

Mike Jackson, chairman, Shaping Tomorrow, Stafford, England, United Kingdom

Wesley Jarmon, president, Ernest Everett Just Foundation, Inc., Largo, Maryland

Jennifer Jarratt, principal, Leading Futurists LLC, Washington, D.C.

John Jarvis, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Quantico, Virginia

Carl Jensen, professor, University of Mississippi; senior behavioral scientist, Rand Corporation

Shun-jie Ji, assistant professor, Graduate Institute of Future Studies, Tamkang University, Tamsui, Taipei, Taiwan

Peter Klerks, criminologist, political scientist, Police Academy of the Netherlands, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands

Kristen Koeppen, vice president-operations, RegRelief International, St. Paul, Minnesota

Kelly "KJ" Kuchta, president and CEO, Forensics Consulting Solutions, LLC, Phoenix, Arizona

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Michel Ladet, director, Sofina Ltd, HK, Paris, France

Meimi Lahti, senior lecturer, Satakunta University of Applied Sciences, Pori, Finland

Margaret Lehner, vice president for institutional advancement, Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, Illinois

Bernard H. Levin, head, Psychology Department, Blue Ridge Community College; commander, Policy and Planning Bureau, Waynesboro Police Department, Weyers Cave, Virginia

Jeanne Belisle Lombardo, facilitator, Employee and Organizational Learning, Rio Salado College, Tempe, Arizona; co-founder, Center for Future Consciousness, Scottsdale, Arizona

Tom Lombardo, futures professor and chair, Psychology and Philosophy, Rio Salado College, Tempe, Arizona; co-founder, Center for Future Consciousness, Scottsdale, Arizona; author

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Elza S. Maalouf, co-founder and CEO, Center for Human Emergence-Middle East, La Jolla, California

David Macarov, professor, Jerusalem, Israel

Michael C. MacCracken, chief scientist for Climate Change Programs, Climate Institute, former president, International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences, author, Washington, D.C.

John B. Mahaffie, principal, Leading Futurists LLC, Washington, D.C.

Michael Marien, founder and editor of Future Survey, published monthly since 1979 by the World Future Society

Gary Marx, author, president, Center for Public Outreach, Vienna, Virginia

Jim Mathews, Futurist Consultant, The Futures Network, Chicago, Illinois

Pam McConathy, senior vice president, Pierpont  Communications, Houston Texas

Frank McDonough, consultant, Analyses of Future Government; former government executive with Department of Navy, Department of Treasury, Potomac, Maryland

Brian McLaren, pastor and thought leader for the emergent church, author, Laurel, Maryland

Curt McNamara, professor, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, practicing designer Minneapolis, Minnesota

John F. Meagher, project manager, TASC Futures Group, Northrop Grumman, Arlington, Virginia

John Milewski, special projects director at NEWSEUM; formerly with Closeup Foundation and C-Span, Washington, D.C.

Shoji Mitarai, vice president, Japan Institute of Negotiation; professor, Sapporo University, Sapporo, Japan.

Michael Morrell, graduate fellow, Strategic Foresight, School of Global Leadership & Entrepreneurship, Regent University, Virginia Beach, Virginia

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Claire A. Nelson, social sector, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, D.C.

Pavel Novacek, Millennium Node Chair, Czech Republic

Kenneth L. Nichols, associate professor, University of Maine, Orono, Maine

Jonathan Peck, president, Institute for Alternative Futures, Alexandria, Virginia

Enrique Peña Nieto, governor, State of Mexico, Toluca, Mexico

Scott Preston, CIO, Fulbright and Jaworski LLP, Seattle, Washington

Amy J. Oberg, corporate futurist, Kimberly Clark Corporation, Neenah, Wisconsin

Concepción Olavarrieta, Millennium Node Chair, Mexico

John Oldfield, director of partnership development, Water Advocates, Washington, D.C.

Erica Orange, associate, Weiner, Edrich, Brown, Inc., New York, New York

Pradnya S. Parulekar, program manager, Helix Corporation, Troy, Michigan

Sashi Parulekar, Asia Pacific market development manager, Parker Hannifin Co, Troy, Michigan

Jonathan Peck, president, Institute for Alternative Futures, Alexandria, Virginia

Enrique Pena Nieto, governor, State of Mexico, Toluca, Mexico

Mylena Pierremont, vice president, Royal Philips, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Howard Rasheed, founder, Institute for Innovation; associate professor, Business Department, University of North Carolina, Wilmington, North Carolina

Carrie Rathsack, assistant director, Bowling Green State University's Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology, Maumee, Ohio

Scott Reif, futurist, Social Technologies, Washington, D.C.

Marsha Rhea, president, Signature i, LLC, Alexandria, Virginia

Carol D. Rieg, national director, Future City Competition, Alexandria, Virginia; member, Maryland Transportation Authority, Gaithersburg, Maryland

Sheila R. Ronis, director, MBA/MSSL Program, associate professor, Walsh College, Troy, Michigan

William Rowley, COO, senior futurist, Institute for Alternative Futures, Alexandria, Virginia

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Robert Salmon, former vice president, L'Oreal, Valais, Switzerland

Richard S. Seline, CEO and principal, New Economy Strategies, LLC, Washington, D.C.

Rima Shaffer, Shaffer Synergistics, Inc., Washington, D.C.

Maureen Sherer, assistant director, Institute for the Future at Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, Maryland

Karlin Sloan, founder and CEO, Karlin Sloan & Company; author, Oak Park, Illinois

John Smart, president, Acceleration Studies Foundation, Mountain View, California

Delos Smith, president and chief economist, Delos Smith & Associates, professor, Fordham University, New York, New York

Rick Smyre, president, Center for Communities of the Future, Gastonia, North Carolina

David Pearce Snyder, principal partner, Snyder Family Enterprise

Mei-Mei Song, assistant professor, Graduate Institute of Future Studies, Tamkang University, Tamsui, Taipei, Taiwan

John Spady, deputy citizen councilor coordinator, Seattle, Washington; executive vice president, Forum Foundation, Seattle, Washington

Armando Stavole, retired colonel, Italian Air Force, general manager, VMT, LTD, Rome, Italy

Stephen F. Steele, professor, sociology and Futures Studies, Institute for the Future@AACC, Arnold, Maryland

Gene Stephens, professor emeritus, Univeristy of South Carolina: charter member, Police Futurists Intl, member;FBI Futures Working Group, Columbia, South Carolina

Karlheinz Steinmüller, scientific director, Z_punkt GmbH The Foresight Company, Koln, Germany

Kay E. Strong, associate professor of economics, Bowling Green State University, Huron, Ohio

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William Tafoya, retired special agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation, professor, National Security Program, University of New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut

Mohan K. Tikku, author; director of Centre for Future Studies, India; Node co-chair of the Millennium Project; regional editor of Future Takes, New Delhi, India

Paul Tinari, director, Pacific Institute for Advanced Study, Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada

Mike Treder, executive director, Center for Responsible Nanotechnology, Brooklyn, New York

Jim Trinka, technical training director, U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, Washington D.C.

Rachel Tubman, student, Futures Studies University of Houston, Houston, Texas

Elissa Tucker, senior researcher, Hewitt Associates, Lincolnshire, Illinois

Thomas Valone, president and founder, Integrity Research Institute, author, Beltsville, Maryland

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Les Wallace, president, Signature Resources, Ince

Montressa L. Washington, senior managing consultant, IBM Global Services, Baltimore, Maryland

Edie Weiner, president, Weiner, Edrich, Brown, Inc.; co-author, FutureThink: How to Think Clearly in a Time of Change, New York, New York

Verne Wheelwright, founder, Personal Futures Network, Harlingen, Texas

LaVerne Williams, CEO, Environment Associates, Houston, Texas

James T.C. Wright, professor, University of Sao Paulo, head, Future Studies Program, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Jamie Wright, CEO, The Wright Touch, Houston, Texas

Al Youngs, professor, University of Phoenix, president, The Youngs Group, member FBI Futures Working Group, Lakewood, Colorado"

Mariann Zanardo, managing director, environmental futurist, RegRelief International, St. Paul, Minnesota

Michael Zey, professor, Montclair State University, Morristown, New Jersey

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