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July
8-10, 2010
The Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel
Boston, Massachusetts
Professional Members' Forum
July 11, 2010
SPEAKERS CONFIRMED TO DATE
Speakers will be added as confirmed (check back often)
journalist, Paris, FranceTom Abeles, president, Segacity, Inc; editor, On The Horizon; Minneapolis, Minnesota
Daniel Adelberg, high school senior Lynbrook High School, San Jose, California
Didier Ades,
Stephen Aguilar-Millan, director of research at the European Futures Observatory; member. Association of Professional Futures, Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Bryan Alexander, director of research, National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education, Ripton, Vermont
Rosa Alegria, director, Perspektiva, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Janna Quitney Anderson, director, Imagining the Internet Center, Elon University, Elon, North Carolina
Melchor Antunano, director, FAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute, Edmond, Oklahoma
Susan Avery, president and director, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Guillermina Baena, author and editor; member, national researcher II, National System of Researchers (SNI); member, Latin-American Association of Communication Researchers (ALAIC); member, Latin-American Network of Health; member, Communication for Health Network; member of executive board, World Futures Studies Federation; founder and general secretary, Ibero-American Chapter of the WFSF; member, World Future Society, Mexico City Chapter, Mexico City, Mexico
Nitesh Banta, graduate student, Harvard University; Singularity University, NASA Ames, Moffett Field, California
Peter Bishop, associate professor of Strategic Foresight and Coordinator of the graduate program in Futures Studies at the University of Houston, Houston, Texas
Tsvi Bisk, director, Center for Strategic Futurist Thinking, Ziv Group Ltd, Jerusalem, Israel
Park Bo-saeng, mayor, Gimcheon City, Kyungsang Buk-do, South Korea
Tim Brennan, executive director, Pioneer Valley Planning Commission, West Springfield, Massachusetts
Lawson Brigham, professor, Geography and Artic Policy, University of Alaska Fairbanks; former chair of the Artic Council's Marine Shipping Assessment; Fairbanks, Alaska
Arnold Brown, chairman, Weiner, Edrich, Brown, Inc., New York
Dennis Bushnell, chief scientist at NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia
Janine Cahill, CEO, managing director, Future Journeys, Sydney, Australia
Frank Catanzaro, chair, Cyber Node of the Millennium Project
Bob Chernow, CEO, The Tellier Foundation, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Tom Christoffel, editor, Regional Community Development News; former executive director, Lord Fairfax Planning District Commission, Front Royal, Virginia
Lee Chul-woo, representative of Gimcheon City, National Assembly Korea
Michael Cobb, chairman and CEO, ECI Development, Sewickley, Pennsylvania
Terry Collins, principal, Integral Futures; futures consultant; Houston, Texas
José Luis Cordeiro, founder Venezuela Chapter of the World Future Society; chair, Millennium Project (Venezuela Node)
William Cosgrove, consultant, UNESCO-World Water Assessment Program, Baie d’Urfe, Canada
Eduardo Cota, member, World Future Society Mexico City Chapter, Mexico
Harvey Cox, Hollis Research professor of Divinity, Harvard University; author, The Secular City and most recently The Future of Faith, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Danny Day, lifelong business entrepreneur, Eprida Company, Atlanta, Georgia
Marcondes De Araujo, senior analyst, Ministry of Science and Technology, Brasilia, Brazil
Marcio De Miranda Santos, executive director, Center for Strategic Studies and Management, Brasilia, Brazil
Philippe Destatte, The Destree Institute (Wallonia) Belguim and Paris Diderot University
Marc Draisen, executive director, Metropolitan Area Planning Council of Greater Boston; former member, Massachusetts House of Representatives, Boston, MassachusettsGundula Englisch, journalist, author, filmmaker, and managing director of VIA Film & TV and FutureLive; Eglharting, Denmark
Kevin Fickenscher, vice president, Strategic Initiatives, Dell Perot Systems Corporation, formerly chief medical officer at WebMD, Washington, D.C.
Dennis Fidler, Centennial, Wyoming
Anthony Flint, director of public affairs, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy; former journalist, the Boston Globe; author, Wrestling with Moses; Cambridge, Massachusetts
Elizabeth Florescu, director of research, The Millennium project, Calgary, Canada
David L. Ford, Jr., professor of organizational studies, strategy, and international management, University of Texas at Dallas; president, D.L. Ford & Associates; dean, executive director, National Black MBA Association; Richardson, Texas
Marcos Formiga, professor of economics, University of Brasilia; advisor, Brazilian Industry Confederation, Brasilia, Brazil
Matt Forshee, president/CEO, Fayette County, Georgia, Economic Development Council, Fayetteville, Georgia
Esther Franklin, executive vice president and director of cultural identities, Starcom MediaVest Group, Chicago, Illinois
Leon Fuerth,former National Security Advisor to Vice President Al Gore. Following eleven years as a foreign service officer, he currently serves as a research professor at the Elliott School of International Affairs and leads the Project on Forward Engagement.
Nicole Freedman, director, Boston Bikes, Boston, Massachusetts
Medard Gabel, CEO, Big Picture Consulting; executive director, EarthGame; author; Media, Pennsylvania
Adriano Galvao, adviser, Center for Strategic Studies and Management in Science, Technology and Innovation, Brasilia, Brazil
Jay Gary, assistant professor and director, Strategic Foresight, Regent University; member, Association of Professional Futurists, Norfolk, Virginia
James Gelatt, professor of management, Graduate School, University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, Maryland
Virginia Gibbs, president, Fayette County, Georgia, Chamber of Commerce, Fayetteville, Georgia
Jonathan Gilad, high school junior, Homestead High School, Cupertino, California; co-founder of R-Cubed
Jerome C. Glenn, director, Millennium Project; co-editor, Futures Research Methodology Version 3.0; co-author, 2010 State of the Future, Washington, D.C.
Kai Goerlich, market and trend analyst, SAP Gobal Service and Support, Mannhein, Germany
Theodore J. Gordon, senior fellow, The Millennium Project and inventor of the Real-Time Delphi co-editor, Futures Research Methodology Version 3.0; co-author, 2010 State of the Future, Washington, D.C.
Nadezhda Gaponenko, Russian node of Millennium Project. Has worked on energy and nanotech issues.
John Gottsman, board of directors, World Future Society; president, The Clarity Group, Palo Alto, California
Fabienne Goux-Baudiment, futurist, consultant, Progectiv; former president, WFSF; Paris, France
Linda Groff, professor and author, California State University, Dominguez Hills, California
Selena Griffith, senior lecturer, University of New South Wales; design director, Tetier Pty. Ltd., Sydney, Australia
Nick Grossman, director, TOPP Labs, The Open Planning Project, New York, New York
Luis Manuel Guerra, chemist; author, radio and televison host, founder, Society for Conservation and Ecological Development; founder, Autonomous Institute for Environmental Research, member, World Future Society Mexico City Chapter, Mexico City, Mexico
Miguel Angel Gutierrez, director, Center latinomericano de chair, Millennium Node, Argentina
Bob Haffa, corporate director, Northrop Grumman Analysis Center, Washington, D.C.
Shamshad Haroon, psychiatrist; neuroscientist; chairperson, WOW Village for Big and Little Kids, Hot Springs, Arkansas
David Harries, executive director, Foresight Canada, chair, Millennium Node, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Kenneth Harris, chairman, The Consilience Group, LLC; member, Association of Professional Futurists; member, World Future Society Board of Directors, Bethesda, Maryland
Jay Herson, senior associate, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland; senior associate, Institute for Alternative Futures, Alexandria, Virginia
Rodney Hill, professor, Center for Applied Creativity, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
Matthias Hoffman, managing director, Schuimer Consulting, Essen, Germany
Arnoldo José de Hoyos, former Mexican statistician at ECLAC in Chile; co-chair, Millennium Project (Brazil)
Reyhan Huseynova, president, Azerbaijan Future Studies Society, Baku, Azerbaijan
Luke Hutchinson, graduate student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Singularity University, NASA Ames, Moffett Field, California
Anvar Idiatullin, founder and member, Moscow Regional Council, Pravdinsky, Russia
John Jackson, Houston Police Department, Houston, Texas
Jennifer Jarratt, principal, Leading Futurists, LLC, Washington, D.C.
David Jarvis, team leader for IBM's Market Insights Strategic Perspectives Team, Providence, Rhode Island
John Jarvis, chief criminologist, FBI Academy, Quantico, Virginia
Tom Jennings, principal, NXT; former vice president of facilities and planning; Spartanburg, South Carolina
Todd Johnson, research fellow, International Religious Demography Project, Center for the Study of Global Christianity, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, South Hamilton, Massachusetts
Ted Kahn, president, co-founder and CEO, DesignWorlds for Learning and DesignWorlds for College and Careers, Cupertino, California
Geci Karuri-Sebina, co-chair, Millennium Node, South Africa
Kelly "K.J." Kuchta, CEO and founder, Forensics Consulting Solutions, LLC; over 16 years experience in computer, physical and operational security; Phoenix, Arizona
Ray Kurzweil, inventor, author, and futurist. He has been a pioneer in the fields of optical character recognition (OCR), text-to-speech synthesis, speech recognition technology, and electronic keyboard instruments.
Kim Kwan-yong, Governor, Kyungsang Buk-do, South Korea
Meimi Lahti, senior lecturer, Satakunta University of Applied Sciences, Pori, Finland
Chia-Ling Lai, assistant professor, Graduate Institute of Futures Studies, Tamkang University, Taiwan
Thelma Leaffer, strategic planning consultant, Delta Square Associates, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Bernard H. Levin, head, Psychology Department, Blue Ridge Community College; commander, Policy and Planning Bureau, Waynesboro Police Department, Weyers Cave, Virginia
Jeanne Belisle Lombardo, adjunct faculty, University of Advancing Technology; co-director, Center for Future Consciousness, Scottsdale, Arizona
Thomas Lombardo, director, Center for Future Consciousness; faculty chair of psychology and philosophy, Rio Salado College, Scottsdale, Arizona
Ray Lucchesi, founding principal, Lucchesi Galati, Las Vegas, NevadaJohn B. Mahaffie, principal, Leading Futurists, LLC, Washington, D.C.
Nittai Malchin, high school junior, Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, California
Alphan Manas, technology and innovation expert; chairman Brightwell Holdings, BV; Istanbul, Turkey
Michael Marien, founder and editor, World Future Society’s Future Survey (1979-2008); director, New and Forthcoming Books Web site project, Lafayette, New York
Gary Marx, president, Center for Public Outreach; author; Vienna, Virginia
David Matias, managing principal, Vodia Capital, Concord, Massachusetts
Wendy McGuinness, founder and chief executive of the Sustainable Future Institute, Wellington, New Zealand
Tom McMillian, president, Techtao, LLC, Montville, New Jersey
Eric Meade, vice president and senior futurist, Institute for Alternative Futures; Alexandria, Virginia
Larry Mickelberg, chief digital officer, Euro RSCG Life, New York, New York
Julio Millán, member, Global Advisory Council, World Future Society; president, Mexico Chapter, World Future Society; president, Grupo Coraza, Mexico City, Mexico
Rex Miller, thought leader, Mindshift; author, The Millennium Matrix, Southlake, Texas
Shoji Mitarai, chairman of Japan Institute of Negotiation, Sapporo University, Sapporo, Japan
Megan Mitchell, Masters Certification Program in Applied Innovation, Schulich School of Business, Toronto, Canada
Kazuo Mizuta, futurist, professor, Kyoto Sangyo University; works on cultures as well as robotics, Kyoto, Japan
Karen Moloney, director, Moloney Minds Ltd;consultant and writer on the changing nature of work; advises companies on attracting and retaining top talent; London, United Kingdom
Kira Mooney, student, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
John Moore, IT analyst, Chilmark Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Ramez Naam, author, More Than Human; professional technologist; serves on the advisory board of the Institute for Accelerating Change; senior associate, Foresight Institute; member, World Future Society, Seattle, Washington
Cláudio Chauke Nehme, senior adviser, Center for Strategic Studies and Management, Brasilia, Brazil
Michael R. Nelson, visiting professor, Communication, Culture & Technology program, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
Hameed Nezhad, professor, Metropolitan State University, Woodbury, Minnesota
Katindi Sivi Njonjo, Institute of Economic Affairs, Nairobi, Kenya
Alexander Norbash, chairman and professor of radiology, Boston University, founded the Interventional Neuroradiology and Endovascular Neurosurgical practices, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Pavel Novacek, chair, Millennium Node, Central Europe+C56
Amy Oberg, futurist, managing partner, Future-In-Sight.Com, Appleton, Wisconsin
Mary O’Dea, futures directorate, U.S. Special Operations Command, Tampa, Florida
Erica Orange, vice president, Weiner, Edrich, Brown, Inc., New York, New York
Concepción Olavarrieta, chair, Millennium Node, Mexico
Jeffrey Olson, principal, Alta Planning and Design, Saratoga Springs, New York
Norma Owen, president, Avadon LLC, Dallas, Texas
Jack Park, former SRI collective intelligence expert, Millennium Project consultant (participating online)
Youngsook Park, chair, WFS Korea Chapter/Korea Node of the Millennium Project/Gimcheon Climate Change Situation Room
Debra Piehl, compstat director, Massachusetts State Police
Mylena Pierremont, board member of World Future Society; president of Ming PAi Consulting BV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Thomas Piper, principal research scientist,Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Robert R. Prechter Jr., publisher The Elliott Wave Theorist, a monthly forecasting publication; president, Elliott Wave International; executive director, the Socionomics Institute, a research group; author of 14 books on finance and social theory, Gainesville, Georgia
Lee Rainie, director, Pew Internet and American Life Project, Washington, D.C.
Howard Rasheed, professor, CEO and founder, Institute for Innovation, University of North Carolina; inventor of The Idea Accelerator System; member, Association for Strategic Planners, the Institute of Management Consultants, and the Academy of Management; Wilmington, North Carolina
Eric Rasmussen, CEO of InSTEDD, Bainbridge Island, Washington
Fran Rabuck, applied research director, Bentley Systems Inc., Exton, Pennsylvania
Michael Rogers, author, journalist, and futurist; formerly, Futurist-in-Residence, The New York Times, New York, New York
Heriberto López Romo, founder and general director, Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales SC; member, World Future Society Mexico City Chapter, Mexico City, Mexico
Scott Rupp, director of the University Scenarios Network for Alaska Planning program; associate professor of Forestry, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AlaskaRobert Salmon global advisory council member of the World Future Society; former president L’Oreal; author, Valais, Switzerland
Alison Sander, head, Center for Sensing & Mining the Future, Boston Consulting Group, Boston, Massachusetts
Leslie Schneider, president, Formative Networks; consultant for DesignWorlds for Learning, Inc, Newton, Massachusetts
Gwak Seung-jun, chairman, National Futures Planning Committee (Minister level), Blue House, South Korea
Adena Schutzberg (moderator), executive editor, Directions Magazine, Boston, Massachusetts
Nicole Schwartz-Morgan, professor of politics, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Canada; also, Futuribles correspondent (view from France and Canada)
Marci Segal, president, Creativityland Inc., and co-founder of World Creativity and Innovation Week (April 15-21), Toronto, Canada
Michael Sfraga, director, UA geography Program, University of Alaska; associate dean of the School of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences, Fairbanks, Alaska
Rachel Silver, Mountain View High School, Mountain View, California
Raj Singh, director, Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC), Wayland, Massachusetts
Rick Smyre, president, Center for Communities of the Future, Gastonia, North Carolina
David Pearce Snyder, consulting futurist, Snyder Family Enterprise; author of numerous books on future trends; Bethesda, Maryland
Dexter D. Snyder, principal, Fulcrum Edge, Birmingham, Michigan
Marianne Solomon, executive director, Future Problem Solving Program International, Melbourne, Florida
Stephen F. Steele, professor, sociology and futures studies; former director, Institute for the Future@Anne Arundel Community College; member, World Future Society; Arnold, Maryland
Art Stewart, president and chief strategy officer, Stewart Strategies Group, LLC; Alexandria, Virginia
Dave Stein, physicist, operations research analyst, is editor in chief, FUTUREtakes, Las Vegas, Nevada
Jonathan M. Teich, MD, PhD, Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Elsevier, assistant. Professor of Medicine, Harvard University, Dept. of Emergency Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Newton, Massachusetts
Stephen Thaler, president and CEO, Imagination Engines, Inc. Saint Charles, Missouri
Mohan Tikku, director, Centre for Future Studies; India Node co-chair, The Millennium Project; chapter coordinator, World Future Society; writer, Hindustan Times, Gurgaon, India
Ufuk Tarhan, founder of M-GEN Planning Center, president of Turkish Futurists Society, economist, Istanbul, Turkey
Jorge Vanegas, dean, College of Architecture, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
Sean P. Varano, assistant professor, School of Justice Studies, Roger Williams University, Bristol, Rhode Island
Hélène von Reibnitz, CEO, Scenarios + Vision, economist, lectures at universities throughout Europe, Asia, Middle East; Venice, and France
Edie Weiner, president, Weiner, Edrich, Brown, Inc., New York
Jared Weiner, vice president, Weiner, Edrich, Brown, Inc., New York, New York
Barry Wellman, director, NetLab, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Verne Wheelwright, president, Personal Futures Network; member, Association of Professional Futurists; professional member, World Future Society; member, World Futures Studies Federation, Harlingen, Texas
Salley Whitman, principal, NXT; more than a decade of experience in healthcare administration; Greer, South Carolina
Keith Wilde, Canadian government economist for 35 years; former president, Canadian Association for Futures Studies, Ottawa, Canada
Justyna Zander, graduate student, Harvard University; Singularity University, NASA Ames, Moffett Field, California
Michael G. Zey, executive director, Expansionary Institute; professor, Montclair State University; author; Morristown, New JerseyWorld Future Society
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