By Glen Hiemstra | January 3rd, 2008
Here is my outlook for 2008, recorded December 21, 2007.
Overview – 2008 will be a year that feels like a whip-saw. Promising innovations. Economic turmoil. Large events
The Economy 2008 - Paradoxes
2008 will be one of paradox, innovation balanced by turmoil. Because of the tremendous interconnectivity of researchers, the availability […]
By Glen Hiemstra | December 4th, 2007
A new online TV series was launched in October 2007, Future Talks, with European-based media futurist Gerd Leonhard and with Glen Hiemstra. In this series produced by Media Conversations, these two leading international futurists are interviewed in several short programs by Ralph Simon.
Each episode can be viewed at our Future Talks page. The […]
By Glen Hiemstra | October 8th, 2007
Tomorrow is the launch of Future Talks - a new online video channel jointly presented by Futurist Gerd Leonhard and myself, and by Media Conversations and the Conversations Network.
View or listen to Future Talks episodes at our Future Talks page, and check out all Future Talks productions at FutureTalks.com. You can also subscribe to […]
By Glen Hiemstra | May 25th, 2007
Tomorrow at Future In Review 2007 I have the opportunity to interview Kim Stanley Robinson on stage as part of the program.
Stan is simply one of those authors you must read if you want to get the future. His recent trilogy, Forty Signs of Rain, Fifty Degrees Below, and Sixty Days and Counting, is […]
By Glen Hiemstra | January 27th, 2007
Our futurist collegue Mark Safford has written a new article for the site, Out of Oil.
The article suggests the opposite of the title, which makes it a provocative think piece. Mark’s claim is that when both conventional and nonconventional sources of oil are taken into account, the potential supply is really very […]
By Glen Hiemstra | January 24th, 2007
On January 18, 2007 I was invited to speak to the “CEO to CEO Breakfast Forum,” in Seattle at the Columbia Tower Club. This event, co-sponsored by the Evergreen Bank and the Puget Sound Business Journal gathers Puget Sound CEO’s to listen to speakers and then to engage in some roundtable conversation.
Almost […]
By Brenda Cooper | October 13th, 2006
Please see my new Futurist.com article Heroes of the Future. Like my recent article on the future of cities, the genesis of this article was a panel at the World Science Fiction convention in Los Angeles this summer. It’s a tough and interesting subject, and I’m hoping to hear comments and other […]