Cloud Software, Big Data, Virtual Teams, Outsourcing, Future of Law Firms Keynote, Futurist Speaker
Clip from Patrick Dixon #39;s keynote at a Netlaw conference for leading law firms. Increase in cloud computing, outsourcing and cost saving processes. Web based...
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Futurist Flight Radio #5
Due to Tecnical Issues on the sound recording, this video was re-recorded and re-uploaded. Still, we hope you enjoy this Radio Show Playlist: 01. Icona Pop -...
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Winter Park, FL (PRWEB) April 13, 2014
The 19th Annual CAUCUS IT Procurement Summit is slated to have futurist and entrepreneur Michael Tchong open its three-day show on Sunday, Oct. 19, in Savannah, Ga., at Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort and Spa.
Tchong, best known for his startups MacWEEK, Atelier Systems, CyberAtlas and ICONOCAST, as well as for being the founder of Ubercool, will discuss one of his many topics, such as Social Revolution: How Social Media Are Reinventing Our World, I Want to Tweet You Up, Ubertrend Introduction, Social Engagement Marketing, Improve Insights and Champion Innovation. Founder of CAUCUS Joe Auer explains, Tchong speaking on the future of technology is the perfect guy to get the juices flowing and kick off the event.
Tchongs work has appeared in numerous publications and he has been a guest on TV programs and networks including Access Hollywood, Advertising Age, Bloomberg TV, BusinessWeek, CNET, CNN, The Independent (U.K.), the New York Times, PBS, San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal and Wired.
The 19th Annual CAUCUS IT Procurement Summit is a greatly anticipated and significant industry event tailored specifically for the technology acquisition professional. Every year, the conference brings together top subject-matter experts in technology procurement, strategic sourcing, and contract and vendor management. This peer-to-peer conference is a forum for sharing up-to-the-minute ideas and industry best practices. The conference includes multiple tracks covering key topics in software, negotiations, vendor management and telecom, among others. These tracks allow you to participate in the sessions most related to your position.
For more information on the 19th Annual CAUCUS IT Procurement Summit, go to http://www.caucusnet.com/conference/ or call 407-740-5600.
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BMW Futurist Peter Phleps interview SAE 2014 World Congress
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Hamish McRae - Economic Commentator and Futurist
Hamish McRae is one of Europe #39;s foremost speakers on global future trends in economics, business and society. He is Associate Editor of The Independent Newspaper in London and Principal Economic...
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Future science - futurist Anne-Marie Dahl
Are you curios about how your future customers or employees will behave in the future? Future science might give you some of the answers. Futurist Anne-Marie...
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Future Retail - Futurist Keynote for Samsung VIP clients - Marketing, Mobile customers, Big Data
Future retail trends in Mexico, Latin America. How retail trends are changing. Notes on Futurist keynote lecture by Patrick Dixon for Samsung client event in...
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Austin, TX (PRWEB) April 10, 2014
What impact will the "Internet of Things" have on your future? Verizon Wireless says, "Let's get together and talk about it." Starting on April 16th in Austin, TX., Verizon Wireless is kicking off their Connected to Technology Tour--Verizon will be hosting sixteen events across the US, ending in Detroit on June 17th. And global futurist Jack Uldrich will be featured as a keynote at eleven of those events.
Uldrich, whose speech, "Transforming Business with the Internet of Things" plans to build on Verizon's mission to teach participants how businesses and public agencies are leveraging the accelerated growth of connected devices to increase operational efficiencies, enhance safety, and security and in some cases even generate new revenue streams.
Sharing highlights from his recent book, "Foresight 20/20: A Futurist Explores the Transformational Trends of Tomorrow" (an excerpt from which can be found here;) his upcoming book, "Business as Unusual: How to Future-Proof Yourself Against Tomorrow's Trends Today;" and his recent article on the Internet of Things; Uldrich will discuss how technology, specifically machine to machine (M2M,) and social media are quickly merging to create a plethora of opportunities in the years to come.
Uldrich has served as an adviser to Fortune 1000 companies and has spoken to hundreds of businesses and organizations on future trends, emerging technologies, innovations, change management, leadership and unlearning. His most recent clients include Fiatech, The American Medical Association, TEXPERS, the 2014 ATEA Conference, The Allan P. Kirby Lecture Series at Wilkes University and The Million Dollar Round Table in Kuala Lumpur, Maylasia.
From health care, to energy and education Uldrich is known around the globe for his engaging style and thought provoking insights surrounding emerging technologies and their impact on each industry he addresses. Here's a look at his address to the European Association for International Education in Istanbul last summer.
In addition to his public speaking, Uldrich is also a consultant and author, his books include: "Unlearning 101: 101 Lessons in Thinking Outside the Box", "Higher Unlearning: 39 Lessons for Achieving a Successful Future," The Next Big Things is Really Small: How Nanotechnology Will Change the Future of Your Business," and Jump the Curve: 50 Essential Strategies to Help Your Company Stay Ahead of Emerging Technologies." He is also the author of "Green Investing: A Guide to Making Money Through Environment-Friendly Stocks."
Parties interested in learning more about Jack Uldrich, his books, his daily blog or his speaking ability are encouraged to visit his website at: http://www.jumpthecurve.net. Media wishing to know more about the event or interviewing Jack can contact Amy Tomczyk at (651) 343.0660.
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The scientist and futurist talks about self-regulating Gaia, climate change and peer review, as an exhibition featuring him opens April 9 in London
The new exhibition features some of scientist James Lovelock's inventions, including this homemade gas chromatography device. Credit:Bruno Comby via Wikimedia Commons
A new exhibition at the Science Museum in London features the personal archives of one of the most influential modern scientists; James Lovelock. Unlocking Lovelock: Scientist, Inventor, Maverick tells the story of the British scientist's work in medicine, environmental science and planetary science, and displays documents ranging from childhood stories, doodle-strewn lab notebooks and patents to letters from dignitaries such as former UK prime minister (and chemist) Margaret Thatcher. Also included are several of Lovelocks inventions, such as the electron-capture detector that enabled the measuring of ozone-destroying chlorofluorocarbons in the atmosphere in the 1970s.
Lovelock, born in 1919, is best known for the Gaia hypothesis, which proposes that the Earth functions as a self-regulating system, similar to a living organism. The idea sparked controversy when Lovelock and microbiologist Lynn Margulis proposed it in the 1970s, but environmental and Earth scientists now accept many of its basic principles. In 2006, his bookThe Revenge of Gaiapredicted disastrous effects from climate change within just a few decades, writing that only a handful of the teeming billions now alive will survive.
This week Lovelock spoke toNatureabout his career, his earlier predictions and his new book,A Rough Ride to the Future(reviewed last week inNature).
Is climate change going to be less extreme than you previously thought?
The Revenge of Gaiawas over the top, but we were all so taken in by the perfect correlation between temperature and CO2in the ice-core analyses [from the ice-sheets of Greenland and Antarctica, studied since the 1980s]. You could draw a straight line relating temperature and CO2, and it was such a temptation for everyone to say, Well, with CO2rising we can say in such and such a year it will be this hot. It was a mistake we all made.
We shouldnt have forgotten that the system has a lot of inertia and were not going to shift it very quickly. The thing weve all forgotten is the heat storage of the ocean its a thousand times greater than the atmosphere and the surface. You cant change that very rapidly.
But being an independent scientist, it is much easier to say you made a mistake than if you are a government department or an employee or anything like that.
So what will the next 100 years look like?
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Minneapolis, MN (PRWEB) April 09, 2014
Jack Uldrich, global futurist and bestselling author has been selected to deliver the keynote at the Chu Vision Foundation Optometric Clinical Update 2014 in Minneapolis, MN.
Chu Vision Institute is a state-of-the-art ophthalmology practice dedicated to utilizing the most advanced technologies and treatments to improve quality of life for patients. Their clinic subspecialties include cataract, refractive, corneal surgery, glaucoma and oculoplastics. At the conference Uldrich will address the new trends that are fast approaching in the ophthalmology industry. (A sample of his writing on the future of ophthalmology can be viewed in this article: The Future of Ophthalmology: 10 Trends Transforming Tomorrow.)
Jack Uldrich is a renowned global futurist, independent scholar, sought-after business speaker, and bestselling author. Uldrich, who has been a keynote speaker for the American Medical Association, United Healthcare, Fairview Hospitals, and St. Jude Medical is noted for his ability to deliver stimulating, new perspectives on competitive advantage, organizational change, and transformational leadership, while helping businesses to adapt.
His keynotes on topics such as future trends, emerging technologies, innovations, change management, leadership and unlearning are captivating and thought provoking. He is highly regarded for his unique ability to present multifaceted information in an entertaining and understandable manner that leave his audiences reflecting on his topics long afterwards.
In addition to health care, Uldrich is considered to be an expert futurist in a variety of areas. He has served as an advisor to Fortune 1000 companies and has spoken to hundreds of businesses and organizations, including General Electric, General Mills, the Young Presidents Organization (YPO), Pfizer, Fiatech, Invitrogen, The Million Dollar Round Table, AG Schering, Imation,Touchstone Energy, the Insurance Service Organization, the National Kitchen & Bath Association, the National Paint & Coatings Association and the European Association for International Education in Istanbul.
Jack Uldrichs bestselling and award-winning books include, Unlearning 101: 101 Lessons in Thinking Inside-Out the Box, Higher Unlearning: 39 Post-Requisite Lessons for Achieving a Successful Future, The Next Big Thing is Really Small: How Nanotechnology Will Change the Future of Your Business, and Jump the Curve: 50 Essential Strategies to Help Your Company Stay Ahead of Emerging Technologies. He is also the author of Green Investing: A Guide to Making Money through Environment-Friendly Stocks. An excerpt from his most recent work Foresight 20/20: A Futurist Explores the Transformational Trends of Tomorrow can be found here.
Parties interested in learning more about Jack Uldrich, his books, his daily blog or his speaking availability are encouraged to visit his website at: http://www.jumpthecurve.net. Media wishing to know more about the event or interviewing Jack can contact Amy Tomczyk at (651) 343.0660.
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Brother Amir #39;s 1st Performance at Town Futurist
Brother Amir #39;s 1st performance live at "Town Futurist" at The Legionaire Saloon in Oakland, Ca on April 2nd, 2014 Find Brother Amir on all social media @: iambrotheramir Twitter.com/iambrotherami...
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Why embracing convergence is crucial for the media business (Futurist Speaker Gerd Leonhard)
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The coming transition of broadcasting, TV Cable (short video by Futurist Gerd Leonhard)
This is an excerpt from a recent keynote speech I gave on the future of media, in particular television / video. We are witnessing the convergence of broadca...
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Future of Logistics and Supply Chain Management globally / in Mexico - Futurist keynote speaker
Future of logistics and supply chain management for audience of Mexico corporate executives. Supply chain innovations, future of retail and e-commerce, futur...
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3 Megatrends: Futurist Anders Srman-Nilsson Keynotes on Waves of Change
In this keynote, futurist and keynote speaker Anders Srman-Nilsson covers 3 megatrends disruption business today. a. The digitization of everything, b. The ...
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Futurist Flight Radio #7 Special Edition
Welcome to a Special Edition of Futurist Flight End of the Month #7. We #39;re celebrating the fact that we reached almost 2 months of Futurist Flight. So, we #39;re...
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Futurist Cusine
For TBB199Y1Y Food for Thought A brief look at a Futurist dinner that I hosted.
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Build the Ecosystem, not just the apps. Excerpt from Futurist Gerd Leonhard talk on media.
This is a short snippet from a recent talk on the future of media I gave in Denmark. Using Tesla as an example I describe the need to co-create and nurture c...
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Indianapolis, IN (PRWEB) April 03, 2014
Distinguished keynote speaker, global futurist and best-selling author, Jack Uldrich has been selected to deliver a keynote address in Indianapolis. The speech: "The Big AHA: How to Future-Proof Your Business Against Tomorrows Transformational Trends, Today," will be presented to the Retail industry Leaders Association (RILA) at the 2014 Retail Asset Protection Conference.
In accordance with the 2014 conference theme: "All Channels. All Challenges. One Conference," Uldrich, who is an expert in change management and future trends, will discuss how individuals in retail can enhance their awareness of transformational changes that are coming--across "all channels" and utilizing that awareness to face "all challenges." Some highlights will include how retailers can learn to embrace ambiguity;" why finding a reverse mentor could be crucial; and why taking small risks may very well be the safest thing retailers can do to position themselves for success in the years to come.
Uldrich will also share the content from his forthcoming book, Business as Unusual: How to Future-Proof Yourself Against Tomorrows Transformational Trends, Today and outline the ten trends transforming the world of tomorrow. A sample of his ideas may be found here in this Forbes article. He will also identify a series of concrete actions retail industry leaders can take today in order to future-proof themselves and their customers against the tides of tomorrow.
Jack Uldrich is a seasoned and sought after speaker and has addressed hundreds of clients in a variety of industries throughout the world most recently including, The American Medical Association, the Million Dollar Round Table, Fiatech, Cisco, IBM, WiPro, PepsiCo, United Healthcare, Boston Scientific and General Electric.
Parties interested in learning more about him, his books, his daily blog or his speaking availability are encouraged to visit his website. Media wishing to know more about either the event or interviewing Jack as an energy futurist or trend expert can contact Amy Tomczyk at (651) 343.0660.
Uldrich is a renowned global futurist, best-selling author, editor of the monthly newsletter, The Exponential Executive, and host of the award-winning website, http://www.jumpthecurve.net.
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New York, NY (PRWEB) April 03, 2014
The Global Spa & Wellness Summit (GSWS) today unveiled its futurist theme - Fast Forward - for its 8th annual event, taking place September 10-12th at the Four Seasons Resort Marrakech, Morocco. The event, which is considered the worlds most prestigious gathering of business, government and academic leaders in the wellness, travel and spa industries, is expected to attract a record number of attendees. The 2nd annual Global Wellness Tourism Congress (GWTC) will take place concurrently on September 10th.
This year, the Summit is hitting the Fast Forward button, said Susie Ellis, GSWS Chairman and CEO. Our agenda and keynote speakers will be focused on looking closely and creatively at the future of spa and wellness, from new technologies that will transform our businesses and the way wellness gets delivered; to the future of design; to exploring the latest in brain science and its implications; to the next wave in retailing; to presenting crucial, new research that will illuminate and shape our industrys future path.
Dr. Kjell A. Nordstrm, a Swedish economist, futurist thought-leader and renowned co-author of Funky Business, is the Summits first announced keynote speaker, in what will be a prestigious, high-profile line up of future-focused thinkers. His provocative presentation will analyze a coming, new world marked by seismic demographic and consumer shifts: The future is urban and female. The influence of countries and men is fading away - prepare yourselves for Amazonia, says Nordstrm.
About Dr. Kjell A. Nordstrm
Dr. Kjell A. Nordstrm holds a doctoral degree in International Business from the Stockholm School of Economics. His research and consulting focus is in the areas of corporate strategy, multinational corporations and globalization.
He has published three books (co-authored with Jonas Ridderstrle) and numerous articles on the internationalization process of firms. His books (Funky Business, Karaoke Capitalism, Funky Business Forever) have been featured on CNN and CNBC and appeared in Fortune, Fast Company, Time Magazine, Financial Times, Paris Match, etc. Funky Business was an international bestseller and was translated into 32 languages. Funky Business Forever (2008), his long awaited update, takes a look back on the later half of the millenniums first decade, and provides evolved thinking and commentary in a way that is truly funky and down to business.
Titanium Sponsor - Moroccan Agency for Tourism Development
The host country sponsor of the 2014 event, the Moroccan Agency for Tourism Development (SMIT), has also committed to the Summits highest level of sponsorship Titanium. This generous support is in addition to SMITs responsibilities as the co-organizer of the Global Wellness Tourism Congress.
Interestingly, Morocco ranks among the top 10 nations worldwide for wellness tourism growth through 2017 and is expected to have an annual growth rate of 14.7 percent, 60-plus percent faster than the global average, said Ellis. SMIT has proven itself incredibly forward thinking when it comes to realizing the potential of wellness tourism and attracting investment, making them a perfect partner for the 2nd annual GWTC.
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Global Spa & Wellness Summit Unveils 2014 Theme Fast Forward