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Future Salons make our rapidly changing world fascinating, manageable, and profitable for you. Come for fun and useful discussions on trends and innovations in science, technology, business, and society. Explore new tools, practices, ideas, investments. See the future and sieze the present. Grow your support network.

Future Salons typically meet once per month. All are free and open to the public. Signup at each salon's Yahoo! group for email notifications of meetings. Come add your insights and energy to the mix!

Visit ASFs Global Foresight wiki for a directory of the best foresight networks, programs, people, orgs and resources available on the planet today.

Ready to meet and talk online with other future-oriented individuals? Join ASF's Global Foresight Facebook group (1,100 members) for general futures conversations, and our Global Foresight - Linked In group (600 members) for business foresight discussions and networking.

We are looking forward to meeting you soon!

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Are you a Future Salon moderator? Join our FS Moderators Forum (30 members) to communicate with other foresight culture leaders around the world.

Bay Area Future Salon    DETAILS

WHEN: 3rd Fri of Every Month
WHERE: SAP, Bldg D, Southern Cross Room,
3410 Hillview Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304
MODERATOR: Mark Finnern (email | weblog)
Video Archive | Salon Weblog

NEXT MEETING:

See Yahoo! Group home page (currently 844 members, active)

Beijing Futurists NEW   DETAILS

WHEN: See Facebook Group
WHERE: Beijing, China
MODERATOR: Bridget Coila (email | weblog).

NEXT MEETING:

See Facebook Group home page (currently 60 members, active)

Boulder Future Salon  DETAILS

WHEN: 4th Fri of Every Month
WHERE: Boulder Bookstore, Upper Room North,
1107 Pearl St, Boulder, CO 80302
MODERATORS: Amanda Hargis, Wayne Radinsky (email), & Melanie Swan
Website | Contact us

NEXT MEETING:

See Yahoo! Group home page (currently 78 members, active)

DC Future Salon    DETAILS

WHEN: 1st Wed of Every Month
WHERE: Bethesda Community Ctr.
MODERATORS: Ben Goertzel (email), and Melanie Swan

NEXT MEETING:

See Yahoo! Group home page (currently 100 members, semiactive—needs comoderator)

Honolulu Futures Salon   DETAILS

WHEN: 1st Wed of Every Month
WHERE: University of Hawaii at Manoa
MODERATORS: Jake Dunagan (email) & Stuart Candy (email)

NEXT MEETING:

See Yahoo! Group home page (currently 16 members, semi-active)

Hong Kong/Shenzen Futurists NEW   DETAILS

WHEN: See Facebook Group
WHERE: Hong Kong/Beijing
MODERATORS: Lalo Martins (email | website)

NEXT MEETING:

See Facebook Group home page (currently 3 members, just started)

Las Vegas Future Salon   DETAILS

WHEN: 2nd Fri of Every Month
WHERE: Borders, 2190 N. Rainbow, Las Vegas, NV (Usually)
MODERATORS: Gilda Cabral (email), Mike Korns, Mark Klein, and Sheila Klein

NEXT MEETING:

See Yahoo! Group home page (currently 241 members, active)

LA Mindshare NEW   DETAILS

WHEN: Second or Third Fridays
WHERE: Downtown LA
Los Angeles, CA
MODERATORS: Doug Campbell and Adam Mefford

NEXT MEETING:

See Facebook Group (currrently 595 members) for Mindshare LA, the successor to LA Future Salon. See LA Future Salon - Events, for a local future-oriented events posting list (currently 648 members).

Manila Future Salon NEW   DETAILS

WHEN: See Yahoo Group
WHERE: Manila, Philippines
MODERATORS: Gilda Cabral (email) and Mike Korns.

NEXT MEETING:

See Yahoo Group home page (currently 250 members, active)

New York City Future Salon   DETAILS

WHEN: See Meetup Group
WHERE: NYC metro area
MODERATORS: Ella Grapp (email)

NEXT MEETING:

See Meetup Group home page (currently 295 members, active)

Philadelphia Future Salon  NEW  DETAILS

WHEN: 1st Thurs of Every Month
WHERE: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, 1835 Market St, 14th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19103
MODERATORS: Tim "Flipper Peregrine" Allen (email), Don Bain (email), Melanie Swan, & Frank Taney (email)

NEXT MEETING:

See Google Group home page (currently 170 members, semiactive—needs comoderator)

Seattle/Pacific Northwest Future Salon   DETAILS

WHEN: See Yahoo Group
WHERE: U. of Phoenix, and other locations in the greater Seattle area.
MODERATORS: Jan Vandenbos (email), Ryan Rawson, and Dave Gould
Salon Wiki

NEXT MEETING:

See Yahoo! Group home page (currently 56 members, semiactive—needs comoderator)

San Diego Future Salon   DETAILS

WHEN: Last Sunday of Every Month
WHERE: Barnes & Noble, 10775 Westview Parkway,
San Diego, CA 92126
PAST MODERATORS: Lisa Tansey (email), Rob Sperry, and Star Fitzgerald

NEXT MEETING:

See Yahoo! Group home page (currently 163 members, inactive—needs moderator)

Santa Cruz Future Salon DETAILS

WHEN: See Yahoo Group
WHERE: UC Santa Cruz and Borders Bookstore, 1200 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
MODERATORS: Miguel F. Aznar (email), Jeff Jones (email) & Max Comess (email)

NEXT MEETING:

See Yahoo! Group home page (currently 91 members, inactive—needs moderator)

Second Life Future Salon   DETAILS

WHEN: See Yahoo Group
WHERE: Inside the free and easy-to-join 3D Online World, Second Life
MODERATORS (PAST): Jerry Paffendorf (email | weblog) & Timothy Moenk (email)
Audio Archive | Salon Weblog

NEXT MEETING:

See Yahoo! Group home page (currently 137 members, inactive—needs moderator)

Singapore Futurists NEW   DETAILS

WHEN: See Facebook Group
WHERE: Singapore
MODERATORS: Stefan Pernar (email | website)

NEXT MEETING:

See Facebook Group home page (currently 33 members, active)

Tucson H+ Future Salon (aka H+ Club) NEW   DETAILS

WHEN: See Facebook Group
WHERE: University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
MODERATORS: Richard Leis Jr. (email) & Simone Syed (email)
Salon Weblog

NEXT MEETING:

See Facebook Group home page (currently 167 members, very active—weekly meetings)