Central Texas World Future Society

Past Speakers

2011

Sam Zigrossi & Andrew B. Kim: The Future of Education in Texas
Representative Mark Strama & Ross Ramsey: 82nd Legislative Session Recap and "Reading of the Texas Tea Leaves"
David J. Neff: The Future of Nonprofits
Oliver Markley, PhD: Risk Forecasting for Dynamic Resilience: Preparing to Thrive in Challenging Times
Bryony Gomez-Palacio: The Future of Publishing
Bert Haskell and Michael Webber, PhD: Texas Energy - What's in our Future?
Heather Schlegel: Trends Shaping the Future of Transactions
Douglas Whatley: Free Agentry, The New Independent Workforce
Joyce Gioia, CSP, CMC: Moving into the Future with your Head and your Heart

2010

Dr. Lane Sebring M.D.: The Future of Medicine Is Not Medicine As We Know It
Jon Lebkowsky: The Future of the Internet
Lewis Spellman: The Smoke and Mirrors of The Euro Sovereign Rescue Package: A Precursor for the United States?
Cyd Rogers: Texas Future Problem Solvers - 30 Years and Counting
Taylor Willingham: America Speaks, Our Budget - Our Economy
Thomsas Visel: Beyond AI: Psychological Emulation of the Human Mind
Peter Rose:A Geological Perspective on Global Warming, Global and U.S. Energy Futures, and Global Free Markets. What We Can Do?
Derek Woodgate: Dystopia to Plutopia
John Vanston:Minitrends: Finding and Profiting from Emerging Business Opportunities
Carl Settles: Media Incubator 2.0

2009

Heather McKissick, Derek Woodgate and Bijoy Goswami: Austin-The Experience City
Lewis J. Spellman: Why Economists are Lost and Conflicted Over the Economic Meltdown
Steve Tanza: The Emergent City
Archana Ramachandran: Blackboards or Backchannels: The Techno-Induced Classroom of Tomorrow
Paul Schumann: Foresight in the Time of Simplicity, Complexity and Chaos
Robert McIntyre: Algae's Powerful Future
Brett Hurt: The Future of User Generated Content
Paul Schumann: Widgets, Folksonomies, Mashups and Syndication (Webinar)
Paul Schumann: Foresight in the Time of Simplicity, Complexity and Chaos (Webinar)
Paul Schumann: Videos, Web 2.0 and Influencing the Future
Paul Schumann: The Wave of the Future: Understanding the Present (Webinar)
Stephen Magee: Lawyers and the Rise and Decline of Nations
Sharon Drew Morgen: Dirty Little Secrets - why buyers can't buy and sellers can't sell and what you can do about it.
John Petersen and Penny Kelly: Visioning Epochal Change
The Future of the Central Texas Chapter of the World Future Society

2008

Kavita Patel: Web 2.0
Oliver Markley: Look Before You Leap: Mental Time Travel as a Strategic Viewing Method for Looking Ahead
Laura Faulkner: Defense, the Media, and Emotion: Identifying Shifts in Future Funding
Leslie Jarmon: Web 3.0
David Armisted: Future of the Sustainable Economy
Derek Woodgate: Future Sense: Who Will I Become – Living With a Changing Context
Deborah Edward: Nurturing Austin's Cultural Creativity
Jerry Roane: Transportation and Delivery of Power and Water in the Future
Harold Cook: The Socio-economic and Political Ramifications fo the US Election

2007

Paul Schumann: Becoming Your Own Futurist
Nelin Houdani: Heartfelt Conversations About the Future
Diane Miller: Envision Central Texas
Richard Grant: Remembering the Future
Betty Sue Flowers: Presence
Max More: An Inconvenient Truth
Derek Woodgate: Future Flow
Sallie Sheppard & Leland Blank: Exporting US Higher Education to the Middle East
Bob Bonar: Austin Children's Hospital
Ben Streetman: Future of Leadership
Jay Boisseau : Supercomputing: Transforming Science and Enriching Society

2006

Chris Douglas: The Future of Leadership
Dianna Amorde: Envisioning the Future from a "Right Brain" Perspective
David Snyder: Communities of Collaboration
Jon Roland: Computer Simulation Used in Forecasting
Bob Bonar: Future of Health Care for Central Texas
Alex Cavalli: What Will America Do Next?
Garry Golden: Here Come the Millennials
Robert McIntyre: The Future of New Villages in Central Texas
Ronald Mendall: The Future of Computer Crime
Terry Mitchell: Housing - Affecting Our Lifestyles, Our Pocketbooks and Our Planet: Current Issues and Trends
Jon Lebkowsky: Extreme Democracy

2005

Oliver Markley: Revealing Stories About the Early Days of Futures Research
Sharon Drew Morgen: Why Our Current Sales Models are Ineffective for Changing Times
David Pearce Snyder: New Tools, New Rules, New Kinds of Schools
David Pearce Snyder: The Free Agent Economy
Derek Woodgate: Future Frequencies
Paul Schumann: Characteristics of the Post Literate Society: Revisiting Marshal McLuhan
Meri Walker: The "Free Agent" Economy
David Pearce Snyder: From Managed Care to Precision Care: The Coming Transformation of American Medicine
John Vanston: The Future as You See It
Cal Perrine: The End of Cheap Oil
Diane Carroll : How To Prepare To Make A Living In The (Rapidly Changing) Future
Jim Brazell: 5th World: Video Games, Millennials and 21st Century Science, Education and Workforce
Bijoy Goswami: A Bootstrappers' View on the Future of Entrepreneurship
Mary Thomajan: A Future for Childrens' Education

2004

Michael DeBrino: Elevate Austin: Is There a Monorail in Our Future?
Zvi Yaniv Applied: The Impact of Nanotechnology on the Current Semiconductor Microelectronic Industry
Dick Kallerman: The Future of Transportation in Central Texas
Megan Poore, Cass Grange and JP O'Sullivan: Mutual Fund Ethics: The Long-Term Impact on Central Texas
Earl Maxwell: The Changing Demographics of Our Community
Paul Schumann: The Knowable Future
Michael Osborne: Silver in the Mine
Adolfo Valadez: Burden of Chronic Disease in Austin & Travis County
Allison Allen: Complexity and the Future
Max More: The Proactionary Principle: Assessing Technology Impacts Objectively, Comprehensively, and Responsibly
Jon Lebkowsky: The Future of Affinity

2002 - 2003

David Pearce Snyder: High Tech, Free Trade and a Century of Progress
David Pearce Snyder: The Extendable Household: The Post Industrial Family as Safety Net
Gary Chapman: The 21st Century Project
Neal Kocurek : The Central Texas Region: A Discussion of the Issues
Sam Zigrossi : Status and Future Direction of Public Education
Richard D. Grant: Changing the Future: The Pattern Within
Beverly Silas: Envision Central Texas
Lorraine Branham: The Changing Face of Journalism
Alex Cavalli: A Future for Education
Bijoy Goswami: Knowledge Management
Betty Sue Flowers : Futures Scenarios: Theory and Strategy
Jennifer Devening: World Council on Information Technology
F. J. Spencer: Finding Straight Lines in a Convoluted World
Taylor Willingham : Deliberating the Future

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