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July 19-21, 2013
Hilton Chicago Hotel
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

Preconference Courses: July 18-19, 2013
Professional Members’ Forum: July 22, 2013

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Speed Futuring

Speed Futuring is a participant-driven discussion and networking session. Roundtables are organized around the conference's six principal tracks: Commerce, Earth, Futuring, Governance, Humanity, and Sci/Tech. Each "track team" is encouraged to explore the key trends affecting their subject area and offer speculations on how these trends will play out ("fearless forecasts").

Cynthia G. Wagner (@WorldFutureSoc) is editor of The Futurist magazine and has been with the World Future Society since 1981. Among her credits are a variety of articles and book reviews and editorship of the e-mail newsletter Futurist Update and of several editions of the annual conference volume. Bethesda, Maryland, USA

Erica Orange (@ErOrange)is a vice president of Weiner, Edrich, Brown, Inc. (WEB), one of the world’s leading futurist consulting firms. WEB identifies social, economic, political and technological trends, and evaluates the implications of those trends for many of the world’s largest companies, government agencies and trade associations, New York, New York, USA

A Monetary System for the 22nd Century

We may want to envision a world without money, but it is highly unlikely that such a world will come about. So key questions remain: What will money be like in the year 2100, who will issue it, and who will regulate it? Who will store it, and how it will be used? …

Stephen Aguilar-Millan (@eufo) is director of research at the European Futures Observatory, a member of the World Future Society Global Advisory Council, a former board member of the Association of Professional Futurists, and president of the WFS Europe Chapter, Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom

Read: Will We Still Have Money In 2100?

Stepping Backwards into Eden

Humanity is intervening in nature. From the Endangered Species Act through efforts to save coral reefs all over the world, we are managing an ever-growing array of habitat. …

Brenda Cooper is a technology professional, a science-fiction writer, and a public speaker who lives in the Pacific Northwest. She is associated with Futurist.com.

Read: Where the Wild Things Are Not

Faster Than You Think: Progress Toward Artificial General Intelligence

The current state of research on Artificial General Intelligence will be surveyed, including computer-science-based and brain-based approaches. Plausible pathways from the current state of the art to Singularity-enabling advanced AGI will be outlined in detail.

Ben Goertzel (@bengoertzel) is chief scientist of financial prediction firm Aidyia Holdings; chairman of AI software company Novamente LLC and bioinformatics company Biomind LLC; chairman of the Artificial General Intelligence Society and the OpenCog Foundation; vice chairman of futurist nonprofit Humanity+; scientific advisor of biopharma firm Genescient Corp.; advisor to the Singularity University and Singularity Institute, Hong Kong

The Wisdom Web: Global Governance in 2100

In 2100, a “wisdom web” of enlightened leaders oversees an inclusive network of global citizens who collaboratively anticipate challenges and formulate visionary goals. …

Eric Meade is vice president and senior futurist at the Institute for Alternative Futures and serves on the board of directors of Counterpart International, Alexandria, Virginia, USA

Read: Slums: A Catalyst Bed for Poverty Eradication

Postindustrial Governance: National Identities or International Integration

Governance is defined by cultural traditions, the current political system and economic model. The Industrial Age framed liberal representative democracy and the market economy. As the Industrial Age is being phased out, so is its political system and economic model—and, by implication, governance. A new kind of governance will emerge in the strongest and most dynamic economies …

Joergen Oerstroem Moeller is visiting senior research fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore; adjunct professor, Singapore Management University and Copenhagen Business School; member of the World Future Society’s Global Advisory Council; and former Danish ambassador to Singapore, Brunei Darussalam, Australia, and New Zealand, Singapore

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