Entries Tagged as 'Futurist'

2019: A Future Imagined by Visual Futurist Syd Mead

Visual Futurist Syd Mead (“Blade Runner,” “Aliens,” “Tron”) reflects upon the nature of creativity and how it drives the future. Photographed in P2 High Definition, this featurette provides insight into the fascinating mind of one of the most influential artists of modern cinema.

Monday, December 13th, 2010

Marty McFly’s auto-lacing shoes from Back to the Future II is finally here.

“Support the Future that 80s comedy/scifi movies promised us!” – Blake Bevin, Inventor US inventor Blake Bevin, 27, from San Francisco, created a version of Nike “Air Kicks” as a self-interest project back in July. Based on Marty McFly’s auto-lacing shoes from Back to the Future II, they feature a motorised self-lacing system and the [...]

Monday, August 30th, 2010

World Future Society : Ideas to Inspire Action

From Marcus Aurelius to Margaret Mead, great thinkers inspire futurists to build a better tomorrow. Join the World Future Society next conference. Learn more: http://www.wfs.org or http://www.wfs.org/2010main.htm

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

The Future of Politics and Democracy

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Future of democracy, politics, political parties and lobbying in a world which no longer trusts politicians and cannot be…

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Friday, May 7th, 2010

Future of Fund Management, Banking and Pensions

Future of fund management – here is a video and other material I posted recently following a Mercer client presentation. It is about the crisis of trust impacting pension investing right now, and…

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Monday, February 15th, 2010

Leadership in Global Crisis – Thriving on Chaos

Management is about following systems and processes and proceedures. Leadership is about changing them to achieve greater impact.

In a crisis, many weak leaders abdicate responsibility and behave…

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Friday, April 3rd, 2009

Video: Conference speaker – audience interaction – Patrick Dixon

Conference speakers need audience interaction. Engaging with audience with participation, questions, straw polls, discussion, walking into the audience, using volunteers – all important. Audience…

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Friday, April 3rd, 2009

Future of conferences, workshops and seminars – keynote for 4,500 people (MPI)

Outline of opening keynote to 4,500 people at MPI conference in Las Vegas by Dr Patrick Dixon.

Slides of MPI keynote and video

Future of corporate events, conferences, workshops and seminars. …

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Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

Global Warming video – cutting peak energy demand, surges, …

Peak electricity consumption, power cuts, brownouts, cold and hot days. Reducing peak demand. Intelligent metering and automatic meter readings. Cost per megawatt hour, mwhr. Reducing energy demand…

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Monday, June 30th, 2008

Concrete = 7% global CO2 emissions – global warming impact

Cement production responsible for 7% global co2 emissions, 1 ton of concrete uses 1 ton of carbon, impact of real estate construction industry on global warming. Development of property, energy…

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Monday, June 30th, 2008
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