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ASF Presentations Archive

Selected Audio, Video, and Slides of presentations by ASF president John Smart (email). More may be found at his personal site.
For Articles, see our Articles page.

Audio

Aug 2009 | The Speculist - The World Transformed Series (AUDIO) Acceleration, Convergence, and Human Destiny - Part 1 (90 minutes) Acceleration, Convergence, and Human Destiny - Part 2 (85 minutes) Speculist hosts Phil Bowermaster and Stephen Gordon interview John Smart for a speculative Big Picture discussion of the long-term future of human civilization. Enjoy!

May 2009 | WBAI. (AUDIO) Six Developments in Accelerating Change (mp3 audio, 29 mins, 13 MB) Equal Time for Free Thought host Arnell Dowret interviews John Smart on Global Transparency, the Humbot, the Conversational Interface, the Metaverse, the Cybertwin, and the Valuecosm. A survey of some major and apparently developmental emergences that seem statistically likely to occur in the decades ahead. Disagree? Let us know.

Video

Mar 2010 | Dice NextTech. (VIDEO) The Digital Self: When Social Media Get Personal (22 mins) Applying evolutionary and developmental thinking to near-term web developments delivering the first real version of our digital self. Web 3.0, social networks, conversational interface, cybertwin, iTV, iPad, Nexus One, etc. For IT innovators.

Dec 2009 | H+ Summit. (VIDEO) Metaverse 2.0: The Informational, Social and Cognitive Heart of our Accelerating Future (32 mins) Intro to accelerating change, the NISCB tech pentad, and some potentially major Metaverse 2.0 Social and Cognitive developments: Cybertwins, the Valuecosm, and Symbiont Networks.

Apr 2009 | Bay Area Future Salon. (VIDEO) Evo Devo Universe? Part 1 (55 mins). Evo Devo Universe? Part 2 (52 mins). What is predictable in universal change? What isn't? A framework for thinking about creating, discovering, and managing the future.

Feb 2009 | BIL 2009. (VIDEO) Evo Devo Universe? (23 mins) A brief introduction to the concepts of universal evolution and universal development, and some implications of an evo devo universe to humanity, should this model be supported by future science.

Jan 2009 | Mendoza Coll of Business, U. Notre Dame. (VIDEO) Foresight Development in a World of Accelerating Change (1 hr, 27 mins) Thoughts on strategies for innovation, learning, and sustainability in a world of accelerating technological change. For business students.

Oct 2008 | Evo Devo Universe 2008. (VIDEO) Evo Devo Universe 2008 (3 mins). A brief video intro to the First International Conference on the Evolution and Development of the Universe (Paris, France).

Oct 2008 | Memebox Scenario. (VIDEO) The Potential of 'Symbiont Networks' (3 mins). A symbiont network is a coming personal networking platform, possible with today's 4G networks, that will allow far more lasting and fine-grained behavioral change for individuals than is presently possible, and a whole new level of collective intelligence and adaptiveness for groups of cognitively diverse people who are connected as a symbiont.

Feb 2008 | Metaverse Roadmap Summit (VIDEO) The Benefits and Challenges of Coming Metaverse Technologies (5 mins). Metaverse U's Henrik Bennetsen interviewing John Smart on the future of metaverse technologies: virtual worlds, mirror worlds, augmented reality, lifelogging, and other intimate fusions of our physical and digital worlds.

Oct 2007 | Singularity Summit 2007. (VIDEO) Speaking to the Web: A Conversation with John Smart. (17 minutes) Accelerating change, and the unique capacities and future of inner space. Autonomy trends, the coming conversational interface, the cybertwin, and the valuecosm.

May 2006 | Stanford Singularity Summit. (VIDEO) Searching for the Big Picture: Systems Theories of Accelerating Change (22 mins). An introduction to the investigation accelerating change from a universal perspective.

Slides

Mar 2010 | Dice NextTech. (SLIDES) The Digital Self: When Social Media Get Personal (22 slides, 2 MB) Applying evolutionary and developmental thinking to near-term web developments delivering the first real version of our digital self. Web 3.0, social networks, conversational interface, cybertwin, iTV, iPad, Nexus One, etc. For IT innovators.

Mar 2010 | POST Command College. (SLIDES) Adapting to the Future (142 slides, 9 MB) Understanding and guiding accelerating change, factors in improving technology foresight. Daylong workshop for law enforcement leadership.

Dec 2009 | H+ Summit. (SLIDES) Metaverse 2.0: The Informational, Social and Cognitive Heart of Our Accelerating Future (40 slides, 2 MB) Intro to accelerating change, the NISCB tech pentad, and some potentially major Metaverse 2.0 Social and Cognitive developments: Cybertwins, the Valuecosm, and Symbiont Networks.

Sep 2009 | Santa Fe Institute Biz Net. (SLIDES) Evo Devo Universe? A Speculative Framework for Thinking About Unpredictable and Predictable Aspects of Universal Change (125 slides, 7MB). Where does universal intelligence go in the long run? In the short run? What aspects of the future seem not evolutionary, but developmental? How do we get to a science of prediction?

Apr 2009 | Bay Area Future Salon. (SLIDES) Evo Devo Universe?: A Speculative Framework for Thinking About the Future (124 slides, 7MB) What is predictable in universal change? What isn't? A framework for thinking about creating, discovering, and managing the future.

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

Jul 2008 | World Future Society. (SLIDES) 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. (SLIDES) 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. (SLIDES) Adapting to the Future (89 slides, 7 MB) Unclassified 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. (SLIDES) The Limits of BIology, the Promise of Technology (107 slides, 9 MB). 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. (SLIDES) Adapting to the Future (249 slides, 19 MB) Daylong workshop on guiding accelerating change for strategic advantage. For NASIC staff.

May 2006 | Stanford Singularity Summit. (SLIDES) Searching for the Big Picture: Systems Theories of Accelerating Change (90 slides, 8 MB) An introduction to the investigation of accelerating change from a universal perspective.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mar 2005 | FBI Futures Working Group. (SLIDES) Security and Policing in 2015 (114 slides, 2 MB) 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. 3 MB) Accelerating change, the CUI, avatars, personality capture, and trends in human-machine symbiosis.

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

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

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

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