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Slide Presentations Archive

Selected Audio and PowerPoint presentations by ASF president John Smart (email). More may be found at his personal site.

May 2009 | WBAI (AUDIO): Six Developments in Accelerating Change, Arnell Dowret interviewing John Smart (mp3 audio, 29 mins, 13MB)
Global Transparency, the Humbot, the Conversational Interface, the Metaverse, the Cybertwin, and the Valuecosm. Big changes ahead.

Feb 2009 | BIL 2009 Conference: Evo Devo Universe: A Framework for Thinking About the Future (44 slides, 2MB)
What is predictable? What isn't? Ways to think about and be more effective at creating, discovering, and managing the future.

Jan 2009 | Mendoza Coll of Business, U. Notre Dame: Foresight Development in a World of Accelerating Change (69 slides, 3MB)
Thoughts on strategies for innovation, learning, and sustainability in a world of accelerating technological change. For business students.

Aug 2008 | POST Command College: Adapting to the Future (158 slides, 14MB)
Understanding and guiding accelerating change. Daylong workshop for law enforcement leadership.

Jul 2008 | World Future Society: Selling and Teaching Foresight Development (115 slides, 7 MB)
How to pitch the dean on starting a required (core) undergrad course in FD, and overview of ASF's FD course. For would-be educators.

Jul 2008 | Mindshare LA: Five Questions (41 slides, 3 MB)
Conjectures on the universe, our relation to the universe, and the importance of foresight/futures work. For a general audience.

Jul 2008 | Army Science Board: Adapting to the Future (89 slides, 7 MB)
Nonclassified 1.5 hr brief on trends and scenarios in accelerating change. For advisors to senior Army staff.

Jul 2007 | Korean Advanced Inst. of Science and Technology (KAIST): The Limits of BIology, the Promise of Technology (107 slides, 9MB).
Arguments why nanotech, mechtech and infotech will have far broader social impacts than biotech in coming years. For undergrads.

Apr 2007 | National Air and Space Intelligence Center: Adapting to the Future (249 slides, 19MB)
Daylong workshop on guiding accelerating change for strategic advantage. For NASIC staff.

May 2006 | Stanford Singularity Summit: Searching for the Big Picture (90 slides, 8MB)
A three part framework for investigating accelerating change from a universal perspective. For a general audience.

Jan 2006 | Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 14: Accelerating Change Toolkit (147 slides, 6MB)
Assumptions, processes, studies, skillsets, trends, and scenarios in accelerating change. For physician-innovators.

Nov 2005 | Tamkang University: How to be a Strategic Futurist (169 slides, 6MB)
An integral approach to predicting, managing, and creating our accelerating future. For futurists.

Oct 2005 | Army War College: How to be a Strategic Futurist (160 slides, 6MB)
An integral approach to predicting, managing, and creating our accelerating future. For military leaders.

Jun 2005 | University of Advancing Technology: How to be a Tech Futurist (111 slides, 4MB)
Some considerations for predicting, managing, and creating in a world of accelerating change.

Apr 2005 | Las Vegas Future Salon: Catalyzing the Symbiotic Age (114 slides, 6MB)
Discovering, managing, and creating the next great emergences in human-machine symbiosis.

Apr 2005 | U of Houston, Studies of the Future M.S.: Online Community Design (53 slides, 3MB)
A survey of current tools, tips, and techniques for effective online community design and management.

Mar 2005 | FBI Futures Working Group: Security and Policing in 2015 (114 slides, 2MB)
Considerations for FBI leadership and innovation in homeland security and policing in the coming decade.

Nov 2004 | Accelerating Change Conference: The Symbiotic Age (35 slides. 3MB)
Accelerating change, the CUI, avatars, personality capture, and trends in human-machine symbiosis.

Oct 2004 | Space Frontier Conference: Exploring Micro and Macro Frontiers (61 slides. 3MB)
Advancing research in the amazing world of inner space leads us to greater achievements in outer space.

Oct 2004 | World Technology Summit: Intro to Accelerating Change (34 slides. 2MB)
A brief overview of accelerating change for a panel convened by the World Technology Network.

Apr 2004 | L.A. Future Salon: Singularity Economics (96 slides. 7MB)
Thoughts on the history of acceleration, evolutionary development, hierarchical emergence, autonomy and economics.

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