LIVE WEBCAST of the World Technology Summit & Awards

If you cannot attend on Oct. 25/26 in NYC in person or you want to watch only some sessions, we've arranged for you to be able to purchase an inexpensive access pass to a LIVE STREAMING WEBCAST. Go to:

http://fora.tv/conference/world_technology_summit_2011

We will be showcasing some amazing speakers, including:

• Ray Kurzweil ("Is the Singularity Near?")
• James Gleick... [read more]

If you cannot attend on Oct. 25/26 in NYC in person or you want to watch only some sessions, we've arranged for you to be able to purchase an inexpensive access pass to a LIVE STREAMING WEBCAST. Go to:

http://fora.tv/conference/world_technology_summit_2011

We will be showcasing some amazing speakers, including:

• Ray Kurzweil ("Is the Singularity Near?")
• James Gleick ("The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood")
• Marco Tempest (Winner, 2010 Merlin Award for Best Contemporary Magician)
• Jan Chipchase (Executive Creative Director of Global Insights, Frog Design; Former Chief Usability Researcher, Nokia)
• Kati London, Philip Letts, Hussein al-Attar ("Designing the Future")
• Dan Roam ("Back of the Napkin: Visual Thinking for the Business World")
• Art Kleiner (""Greatest hopes, fears, and expectations for 2021:
What has to happen in 2012 to realize those hopes?")
• Susan Herman, Jay Stanley, Nick Merrill ("'The National Security State': Technology and Abuse of Power.")
• Charlie Firestone, Jonathan Spector, Tammy Johns, and Dwayne Spradlin ("The Future of Work")
• Michell Zappa ("Envisioning Emerging Technologies in 2012 and Beyond")
• Al Mann, Jean-Pierre Bizzari, John Sullins, Anita Goel ("The Future of Health & Medicine")
• Kirby Ferguson ("Everything is a Remix")
• Sarah Miller Caldicott ("Steve Jobs and Thomas Edison")
• Michael Ellsberg ("Does the Best Technology Always Win? The Importance of Persuasion to Success")
• Albert Teich ("US Presidential Campaign-Year Policy Perspective")
• James P. (Jim) Clark ("“THE FAULT LINES OF OUR FUTURE: Exploring the Conflicting Factors Driving Change in the 21st Century”)

Plus, on-stage "demos" from over a dozen of this year's World Technology Award nominees.

The theme for this year: SURVIVE 2012 • PREPARE FOR 2021

Convened by the World Technology Network ("The WTN"), in association with TIME, FORTUNE, CNN, Technology Review, Science/AAAS, and others, the World Technology Summit will help you find significance out of the barrage of information and change coming our way in these very "interesting" times.


For more information and/or to sign-up go to:

http://fora.tv/conference/world_technology_summit_2011

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