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Olivier Adam, MBA
COO & Co-Founder
Flat 42, 28 Bartholomew Close
London, EC1A7ES
UK
5Deka Inc.
olivier.adam@5deka.com
http://www.5deka.com
+44 7769143967
Ext.
As COO of 5Deka, I am the chief futurist in charge of our strategic vision, guiding the team and supporting the overall vision of the group. With my combined engineering (Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal) and business (HEC Montreal and afterwards MBA at INSEAD in France and Singapore) education, I tackle issues and challenges with a new and innovative perception. In addition, I have a strong background in the telecom and online payment / e-commerce industry and have been required to analyze future trends in both these industries quite extensively before.
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Robert Atkinson, PhD
President
1101 K Street NW Suite 610
Washington, DC 20005
The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
ratkinson@itif.org
http://www.itif.org
(202) 626-5732
Ext.
As President of The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), I lead a think tank whose mission is to promote public policies advocating technological innovation and digital transformation, through reports such as Digital Quality of Life and Digital Prosperity. Before founding ITIF, I was Vice President of the Progressive Policy Institute and Director of PPI’s Technology & New Economy Project. Between ITIF and PPI, I have published numerous research reports on technology and innovation policy, including on issues such as broadband telecommunications, Internet telephony, universal service, e-commerce, e-government, privacy, copyright, RFID and smart cards, health IT, intelligent transportation systems, smart grids, mobile commerce, the R&D tax credit, and growth economics.
Previously, I served as the first Executive Director of the Rhode Island Economic Policy Council, a public-private partnership including as members the Governor, legislative leaders, and corporate and labor leaders. Before that I was a Project Director at the then-Congressional Office of Technology Assessment. My Ph.D. is in City and Regional Planning from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1989.
ITIF’s work is at the cutting edge of digital and information technology transformation and policy-making, working with technologists and policy makers globally to understand the economic impact of emerging technologies. I'm excited by the opportunity to join a community shaping their future.
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Denis L. Balaguer, PhD candidate
Chief Technology Advisor
Embraer, Brazil
denis.balaguer@gmail.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/denisbalaguer
I am the Chief Technology Advisor at Embraer, where I am responsible for the Research & Technology Office Strategy. Currently I am a PhD candidate in Science & Technology Policy at State University of Campinas (Brazil). I also hold a MSc degree in Aeronautical and Mechanical Engineering, a Graduate degree in Science Journalism and a Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering. I have published some papers and book’s chapters in my research areas, especially Futures Studies and Technological Prospective, Science and Technology Policy, and Innovation and R&D Management. I also have an academic experience teaching Strategic Management and Innovation Management at the Vale do Paraiba University.
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Craig Bettles, Masters of Arts: International Science and Technology Policy
Futurist/Researcher
600 Malden Ave E.
Apt. 302
Seattle, WA 98112
Institute for Alternative Futures
cbettles@altfutures.com
206-491-6205
Ext.
I am a Futurist and Researcher for the Institute for Alternative Futures (IAF) and its for-profit subsidiary Alternative Futures Associates (AFA). I was the lead writer and researcher for a diverse array of projects for the Institute ranging from healthcare to rural land use. I have also been a keynote speaker and facilitator for a range of clients from the Civil Aerospace Medical Institute (CAMI) to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
I was the lead researcher and writer for IAF’s look at the future of biomedical R&D, The 2029 Project: Creating an Ethical Future for Biomedical R&D. I was also deeply involved in the development of reports on the future of technology for reducing health disparities through the Biomonitoring Futures Project and the Disparity Reducing Advances Project. I am also a graduate of the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University with a M.A. in International Science and Technology Policy and a concentration in Energy and Environmental Policy.
I am interested in joining and contributing to TechCast as an expert and editor in the area of Medicine and Biogenetics.
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Clem Bezold, PhD
Chairman
Institute for Alternative Futures
cbezold@altfutures.com
www.altfutures.com
I am Founder of the Institute for Alternative Futures and its for-profit subsidiary, Alternative Futures Associates. I received a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Florida. As a futurist, I have applied scenarios and visioning techniques to help governments (local, state, national and international), major voluntary organizations, and corporations more wisely choose and create the futures they prefer.
I have led IAF’s futures work with several Federal government agencies, the UK Economic and Social Research Council, and the World Health Organization. I've also coached many organizations, states and local communities in achieving their vision. These include futures projects for state legislatures, governors’ offices, courts in states and in communities across the US. Over 30 state court systems have done some type of futures programs, most of which have used the vision and training material developed in an IAF project that led with the National Center for State Courts and the Hawaii Research Center for Futures Studies.
Also a consulting editor of the Journal of Futures Studies, and on the editorial or advisory boards of Technology Forecasting and Social Change, Foresight, Futures Research Quarterly.
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Tsvi Bisk, M.A. -- Political Science and History, Univ. of Norwich Vt.
Director
Tsvi Bisk
c/o Ziv Group
46 B/4 Jerusalem St.
Kfar Saba
Israel 44369
Note# your technology does not enable answering no#2 below correctly - the proper answer is all 4 of examples given
Center for Strategic Futurist Thinking
Ziv Group Ltd.
bisk@futurist-thinking.co.il
972-54-558-7940
Ext.
N/A
Between1971-1991 I was researcher at Beit Berl Institute -- research center of Israel Labor Party. I wrote background papers outlining future policy options. I then established the independent "Strategic Educational Planning Institute" to help adults get accredited academic credentials. In 2000 this became "Center for Strategic-Futurist Thinking". I have published over 100 articles in popular and professional publications (including two in Macmillan's Encyclopedia of the Future). I have published two books – Futurizing the Jews & The Optimistic Jew. I am contributing editor for Strategic Thinking to The Futurist magazine. I am preoccupied with what I call realistic futurism – how can we formulate future visions that are achievable. I have become impatient with disembodied visions of the future. This has led me to a preoccupation with strategic thinking – or how can we get from here to there. What will be/can be our Grand Strategy. If we cannot formulate a grand strategic plan (a business plan for futurists as it were) then we have a disembodied vision. Since I believe that technology has been the greatest driver for social and cultural change since the industrial revolution I feel it is incumbent upon me to become immersed in the areas TechCast deals with.
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harry blount, B.S.
Chair of the Futures Committee
The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose
harryblount@gmail.com
Ext.
I am involved in the forecasting for the following organizations:
National Academy of Science - Committee for Forecasting Future Disruptive Technology
Futures Committee - Tech Museum of Innovation
Founder/CEO - Prescient Dynamics/Visualitix
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Hellmuth Broda, Dr. rer. nat (doctor of nat. sci.)
Owner
Holbeinstrasse 19
CH-4051 Basel
Switzerland
Dr. Hellmuth Broda Consulting
Information Technology Advisors
hellmuth.broda@computer.org
http://www.hellmuthbroda.com
Weathered veteran in high level technology evangelism and know-how transfer to private and public sector ("what it means for your business"). Recent focus on technology vision and strategy, identity/trust/privacy management as the basic service for SOA and web services, Open Source/Open Systems/Open Standards/OpenDocument Format, ecology and sustainable computing. Experienced key note speaker and conference chair at international level. Well traveled with cultural and business experience in Europe, North- and South-America, Middle East, Asia, Africa. Large personal international network with governments, executives, research, edu. Keywords: technology transfer, international experience, business network, key note speaker, conference chair.
As an elected member to the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences he serves in its ICT committee and as Vice President of the Scientific Advisory Board.
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Marcel Bullinga, autodidact
futurist & keynote speaker
Destreelaan 157
Sint Pancras
The Netherlands
futurecheck.com
info@futurecheck.nl
http://www.futurecheck.com
Ext.
Dutch Futurist Marcel Bullinga has given hundreds of presentations about the future to governments and companies in West Europe. Currently he is writing his new book "Welcome to the Future Cloud" (publication expected end 2010).
I want to become a Techcast Expert because technology is one of the main factors fueling innovation.
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Dennis Bushnell, MS
Chief Scientist
NASA Langley Research Center
Member- National Academy of Engineering. Fellow - AIAA, ASME, RAeS. Author - 247 pubs/major presentations and 6 patents. 45 years in research and research management. Reviewer for some 40 journals. 300 invited lectures on detailed technology issues and future projections in the areas of technology writ large, Threat/Vulnerability, Warfare, Education, Sensors, Robotics/Smart Materials, Energetics, Propulsion, Aeronautics, Creativity, Disruptive Technologies, Space Access, Space Exploration, Hypersonics, Submarines.
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Clark Capshaw, PhD
Engineer / Evaluator of Aerial Intelligence Systems
4501 Ford Avenue
Suite 770
Alexandria, VA 22302
Army Test and Evaluation Command
clarkcapshaw@hotmail.com
Ext.
My doctorate is in Higher Education Leadership and Policy. In my dissertation research, I used methods from management of technology research to forecast the likely diffusion and usage of Internet and computer technologies in higher education, and their likelihood to impact the access and quality of higher education in both developing and developed countries. I have studied the impact of culture on the acceptance of technology and understand it as a vital component of the diffusion of technology. I also hold a Master's Degree in Aerospace Engineering and have worked in testing aerospace systems. Currently I evaluate aerial intelligence systems for the Army Test and Evaluation Command, and have a good understanding of the development of equipment for the Department of Defense.
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Kelly Carnes, JD
President and CEO
TechVision21
kcarnes@techvision21.com
www.techvision21.com
Kelly Carnes is President and CEO of TechVision21, a Washington, DC-based technology strategy firm leveraging technology, business and government expertise to help companies: pinpoint and secure research and technology funding; forge critical alliances with business and government leaders; and promote and protect their interests in Washington.
Ms. Carnes worked as an aide to then First Lady Hillary Clinton prior to spending four years as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Technology Policy at the U.S. Department of Commerce where her agency was a focal point on issues affecting technology businesses, including regulation of E-commerce, H-1(b) visas, the R&D tax credit, securities litigation reform, financial accounting standards, and the high tech work force shortage.
Ms. Carnes serves on the Comptroller General’s Advisory Board (Government Accountability Office), and the Senior Advisory Group for the Director of National Intelligence, a National Governors’ Association Commission on Technology and Adult Education.
Ms. Carnes previously worked as an attorney structuring and negotiating more than $1 billion in technology business transactions. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and magna cum laude from Georgetown University Law School.
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milind chitale, M. Design
design manager
35 joo koon circle, singapore-629110
forefront medical technology pte ltd
35 joo koon circle, singapore-629110
chitalemilind@gmail.com
+6581613295
Ext.
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Jose Cordeiro, M.Sc., MBA
Prof.
Founder, World Future Society, Venezuela
Chair, Venezuela, The Millennium Project
jose_cordeiro@yahoo.com
http://www.cordeiro.org
Interested in the future of the future: transhumanism and other future philosophies.
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servane crave, French Business School
Research Engineer on usages and foresight
905 rue Albert Einstein
Orange Labs R&D/France Telecom
servane.crave@gmail.com
0033 492 945309
Ext.
Working on future usages trends for a large worldwide Telco, I think my experience can contribute to bring new insights to TechCast. I am also looking forward exchanging, and sharing with other experts.
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Nicolas de Cordes, Polytechnique, Brussels Free University
VP Marketing Vision, Orange France Telecom Group
103 avenue Fond Roy
1180 Brussels
Belgium
Marketing
nicolas.decordes@gmail.com
+33672657149
Ext.
Working in anticipation as a generalist for several years, with a focus on mass market.
Leading innovations roll-out.
Innovator as well, co-founder of start-up in personal Digital manufacturing (DigitalForming)
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Clayton Dean, Masters
Managing Director
2500 N Upland St
Piper Consulting Group
Claytron9@hotmail.com
http://www.piperconsultinggroup.com
Ext.
I'm an MBA grad from GW and took Dr. Halal's class back when this website was branded differently. I have several advanced degress: MBA, MIS and work day to day consulting in advanced computing, software, hardware and telecom industires I've enjoyed watching the site grow and think I could contribute.
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Richard Donnelly, PhD
Associate Professor of Technology Management
George Washington University
rgd@gwu.edu
Dick Donnelly chairs the Department of Information Systems & Technology Management at George Washington University. His work focuses on Strategic and R&D Management; Technology Entrepreneurship; Technology Commercialization; and Management of Technical Projects. Dick has been a pioneer in the development of TechCast.
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Joseph Dvorak, PhD Computer Science
Principal
Dvorak Consulting
joseph.dvorak@dvorakconsulting.com
http://www.dvorakconsulting.com
I have a strong background
in both researching and developing technologies and in innovation,
including having spent 2 years at the MIT Media Lab as a resident
scientist and over 10 years conceptualizing and prototyping new
devices and applications for advanced technology groups.
Most recently I served as a Technology Futurist for a Fortune 200 company where I analyzed trends and developments in emerging technologies and identified the implications of those technologies for research and business groups.
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Russell Enderby
Senior Staff Software Engineer
Broadcom
rte@gdn.net
http://www.gdn.net/~rte
Russell holds a BSEE from the University of Florida and is in progress on
an MBA from University of Georgia. He Maintains more than ten years of experience in software design of cable modem systems (DOCSIS) and embedded multimedia adapters (PacketCable). Russell is also heavily involved in internet technology his ISP, GDN Networks.
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Jerald Feinstein, Ph.D.
Managing Partner
Buzz Analytics Inc.
Washington, DC
Jerald@post.harvard.edu
http://www.BuzzAnalytics.com
I am especially honored to serve among such outstanding individuals as a member of the TechCast Panel of Experts - - - as I believe this approach to forecasting is both unique as well as the best available method.
As a visionary and practioner in emerging information technology, Dr. Feinstein is a Managing Partner in Buzz Analytics where he leads corporate intelligence projects employing computerized techniques similar to those used by the world's intelligence agencies to monitor and track on-line media to forecast opinion as well as technology and political trends in over 30 languages.
He collaborated closely with the Naisbitt Group (John Naisbitt, Megatrends) to forecast the impact of rapidly changing technology on organizational dynamics and corporate profitability.
Formerly a Professor in the School of Business, the George Washington University, teaching advanced Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence courses as well as Visiting Fellow at Harvard, serves on the advisory boards of a number of firms, and served as TechCast's CIO during its formative phase.
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Devin Fidler, MBA
124 University Ave
Palo Alto, CA 94301
devin@forwardfrontier.com
+1 415 568 1769
Ext.
Devin Fidler feels fortunate to have had the opportunity with a number of the world's foremost strategic foresight efforts. His interest centers on the application of foresight to organizational strategy and strategic planning. He has worked with a number of government agencies, nonprofits and Fortune 1000 organizations on projects in the areas of technology assessment and the future of business. In the course of his career, he has lived and worked in several countries and approaches projects from a strongly international perspective. Devin holds an MBA with a focus in emerging markets from the Budapest University of Economics (Budapesti Közgazdaságtudományi Egyetem), has done PhD work in business strategy, and was a member of the inaugural class of Singularity University, a NASA and Google sponsored program focused on the evaluation of emerging technologies.
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Kazunari Fukui, MBA, MA (Engineering)
Growth & Commercialization Manager
2 The Arena, Downshire Way, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12 1PU, UK
GE Energy
Strategic Marketing
kazunari.fukui@ge.com
http://www.ge.com
+447920870078
Ext.
Since 2008, Kaz Fukui had led Growth & Innovation activities for GE Energy HQ Strategic Marketing as a Growth & Commercialization Manager. Previously, he worked as Strategic Marketing Manager in GE Energy in Japan, the USA and the UK. Prior to joining GE, he led aircraft engine nacelle technology development programs at GKN Aerospace Services.
In his current role, Kaz is responsible for identification, evaluation and development of growth opportunities in whitespace and business adjacencies. This involves in-depth assessment of energy growth space from a commercial perspective, identification and development of partnerships, development of new business proposals to senior leaderships, and pilot project development for appropriate opportunities.
Kaz has 10 years of experience in technology development, commercialization and new business development, across the aerospace and energy sectors.
Kaz attended University of Oxford Said Business School, where he earned his MBA (2006). He also holds a BA (1998), MEng (1999) and MA (2002) from the University of Cambridge, and has been a Chartered Engineer with the Institute of Mechanical Engineers since 2005.
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Rod Furlan
Chief of Research, Teaching Fellow
Quaternix Research, Singularity University
rod.furlan@singularityu.org
www.bitcortex.com
I am a Quant, Software Engineer and a Singularity University Alumnus.
I want to build wondrous things that inspire and drive change. I love complicated problems and challenge is what makes me tick.
Everyday I am humbled by the elegant complexity of the universe we live in. The pursuit of truth and knowledge defines who I am.
I am a serial autodidact. When I was 8 years old, I taught myself Z80 assembly on a Sinclair ZX-81 and I haven't stopped learning since. Technology is in my DNA.
I am in love with the future and I believe that the best is yet to come.
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Christopher Garlick, P.E., PMP, CSEP, Bachelor of Science - Civil Engineering
Consultant
Civilized Solutions
chris@civilizedsolutions.com
407-587-6258
Ext.
I am a professional technical engineering consultant and have worked as a consultant for transportation technology systems for over 10 years. I have worked as a toll technology expert specializing in the application of technology’s that can be used for electronic payment systems and to increase the efficiency’s of our transportation systems. I am currently acquiring my systems engineering masters and enjoy further education in the area of nano-technologies, regenerative energies, industrial laser scanners and inductive loop systems that can provide reliable and accurate business information. My goals are to integrate future technologies with business solutions to encourage business leaders and other key stakeholders to invest in new technologies.
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Dan Garretson, Ph.D., Astronomy, Harvard University
Managing Partner
140 Little Falls St, Suite 210
Falls Church, VA 22046
Pinyon Partners
dan@pinyonpartners.com
http://www.pinyonpartners.com/
703-651-0358
Ext.
Background: I’ve spent more than 15 years advising senior executives and policy makers on emerging business opportunities and best practices for anticipating and managing change with a particular focus on technology-driven change. As a Managing Partner at Pinyon Partners I’ve provided extensive input to clients within the federal government on issues that include the evolution of transportation systems and technologies, the future of space launch capabilities, and the implications of emerging energy technologies.
Prior to founding Pinyon Partners, I led the Research & Technology Executive Council of the Corporate Executive Board (CEB) where I led research on managing breakthrough innovation and talent management in a technical workforce. Before joining CEB I directed all aeronautics, space, and physical science related analyses for the Science and Technology Policy Institute. In addition, I have extensive research and consulting experience with Forrester Research, Digitas, and McKinsey & Co. I hold a Ph.D. and A.M. in Astronomy from Harvard University and a B.S. in Physics from the California Institute of Technology.
Interest in TechCast: As a consultant with a long-standing interest in the future of technology, I am interested in communicating with – and getting feedback from – a larger peer group of experts with similar interests.
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Rob Gear, BSc (hons) Computer Science
Technology Innovation Manager and Futurist
123 Buckingham Palace Road, London. SW1W 9SR.
PA Consulting Group
robin.gear@paconsulting.com
http://www.paconsulting.com
+44 (0) 20 7730 9000
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Rob manages the Innovation Unit at the global management and technology consultants - PA Consulting Group. He is also the organisation's Futurist, with responsibility for strategic foresight and horizon scanning activities, both internally and for PA's clients.
Rob has been involved in technology research for 15 years and has published books on a diverse range of topics including Pervasive Computing, Wireless Technologies, Machine-to-Machine Communication, Global Software Markets, and Digital Media. At PA his specific area of research expertise is ICT and its role as an enabler of business innovation, and the wider impacts of ICT and emerging technologies on business and society. Rob's recent research published jointly with the London School of Economics explores the role of ICT in changing the nature of organisations and creating innovative new business models for collaboration and engagement.
Rob joined PA Consulting Group in 2004 and prior to this spent 7 years as a markets and technology analyst at the research consultancy Ovum, which is now a part of Data Monitor and the Informa Group.
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John Geraghty, MBA, MS in Accounting, MS in Info Systems
Senior Principal - Information Systems Engineer
7515 Colshire Drive
The MITRE Corp.
Center for Enterprise Modernization
jgeraghty@mitre.org
703-983-2781
Ext.
Senior Principal Information Systems Engineer
July 2002 to Present
Program Strategist and Business Development / Outreach Director for MITRE CEM Mission Area. This includes identifying and managing the strategic business initiatives/opportunities for future issues and challenges impacting MITRE Customers.
Prior to MITRE, John worked 18 years at IBM focused on e-business & internet related services and products.
John is currenly an adjunct faculty member at the Virginia Tech University - School of Engineering teaching Exterprise Information Systems (EIS).
Education
Currently attending the Virginia Tech University and taking classes in STS - Science and Technology Studies Program.
George Washington University
MBA - International Business, 1994
George Mason University
MS - Information Systems, 1991
Georgetown University
MS - Accounting, 1983
University of Dayton
BA - Communication Arts
Minor: Marketing, 1974
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Adam Gerber, PhD
Chief Technology Officer
The Lead Frog -- Search Engine Optimization
adam.gerber@yahoo.com
TechCast is quite possibly the best technology intelligence tool available -- and it gets better every year. I'm honored to be among such a distinguished panel, many of whom are colleagues. For the last 15 years, I have worked in software engineering, technology education, and more recently in strategy consulting. I'm particularly concerned with technology strategy at the organizational level, as well as the social aspects of technology.
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Jeome C. Glenn, MA Social Science (Futuristic Curriculum Design)
Director
4421 Garrison Street, NW
Washington, DC 20016 USA
The Millennium Project
World Federation of UN Associations
jglenn@igc.org
www.millennium-project.org
+1-202-686-5179
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Co-author the annual State of the Future report with Ted Gordon for past 12 years. 37 Years in futures research for governments, business, universities, NGOs, and UN organizations
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Linda MacDonald Glenn, LL.M. in Biomedical Ethics
Professor
Mailing Address:
96 Birch Court
Burlington, VT 05408
Alden March Bioethics Institute
Albany Medical Center
lglenn3000@gmail.com
http://www.biomedlaw.com
802-999-8678
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I am a healthcare ethics educator, attorney-at-law and a consultant. I'm an Assistant Professor at the Alden March Bioethics Institute, Albany Medical Center. I am also a Women’s Bioethics Project Scholar, a Fellow at the Institute for Emerging Technologies, a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation; I've completed a fellowship at the American Medical Association Institute for Ethics. My research encompasses the legal, ethical, and social impact of emerging technologies, evolving notions of personhood and informed consent in public health research.
I am absolutely delighted to have access to the brilliant minds gathered at TechCast and look forward to working with them!
Prior to returning to an academic setting, I consulted and practiced as a trial attorney with an emphasis in patient advocacy, bioethical and biotechnology issues, end of life decision-making, reproductive issues, genetics, parental/biological "nature vs. nurture", and animal rights issues; I was the lead attorney in several "cutting edge" bioethics legal cases. I have also advised governmental leaders and agencies, published numerous articles in professional journals and books.
I have also published a book on Stem Cell Research, and some of my more recent articles include The Tao of Nanotechnology: Thinking Small, Getting Big Things Done ( Forthcoming in Nanoethics: The Social & Ethical Implications of Nanotechnology), and At the Nexus: Augmented Cognition and the Law in the Journal of Cognitive Engineering & Decision Making.
I've addressed public and professional groups internationally and I am also the Editor-in-Chief of the Women’s Bioethics Blog. Bioethics is my 'Raison d'être.'
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Janice Graham, PhD
President
Janice M Graham. Inc.
janicegrahaminc@comcast.net
703.608.9421
Ext.
Janice received her PhD in Public Administration and Organization Innovation, and previously studied National Security. She has worked as a security analyst for several Washington think tanks, including the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies. Dr. Graham presently consults in these fields.
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Paul-Gerhard Haase, PhD
Risk & Compliance Leader Banking
IBM
Being member of this community leaves me proud and excited.
I studied Industrial Engineering at a major German university; did research in optimizing electricity networks management for decentralised energy contributors (e. g. solar panels, wind).
I Bring deep knowledge of Innovative Banking (ethic banking) and related Risk Management methods; PhD in Risk Management in Financial Services,
continuous close cooperation with universities on projects with research involvement.
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William Halal, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Management, Technology & Innovation
George Washington University
President, TechCast LLC
Halal@gwu.edu
BillHalal.com
I am proud to have such a distinguished group of technology experts serving on this panel.
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Stephen Hall, PhD
Dr
The WorldFish Center
s.hall@cgiar.org
http://www.worldfishcenter.org
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25 years research experience in marine ecology and biology. Former Professor of Marine Biology, Flinders University, South Australia. Past Director, Australian Institute of Marine Science. Currently Director General of The WorldFish Center.
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Thomas D Harnish, BS
President
Encore Adventures
tdharnish@gmail.com
http://encoreadventures.com
760-473-2574
Ext.
As a sophomore in college Tom co-authored his first technical journal article; as a junior he taught computer programming at a night school, as a senior he started the first commercial computer service bureau in Albuquerque.
After 8 years in the Navy, where he created the first computerized electronic warfare mission planning software, he joined Booz Allen & Hamilton as Consulting Scientist. As Senior Scientist for the Online Computer Library Center he conceived and led the first U.S. trial of a networked home information service which included news from The New York Times, the first electronic encyclopedia, access to the Columbus OH library catalog, and electronic banking. At Reynolds & Reynolds he lead a team that developed the first illustrated parts catalog on CD-ROM (for Honda). He went on to become President of a medical imaging start-up, then founder and president of Flightline Electronic Publishing (now Avantext), and several other successful and not-so-successful technology companies. Today he is a consultant, writer and photographer.
Along the way he never quite finished a Masters degree in Technology of Management at American University in Washington DC, nor Masters Degree in Astronomy from Nepean Univesity in Sydney, Australia. A former Navy flyer, commercial pilot and FAA certified flight instructor, Tom has over 40 years of flying experience and is an aviation world speed record holder. He was selected as a NASA Solar System Ambassador (aka Space Evangelist).
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Ken Harris, MPIA
Chairman
The Consilience Group, LLC
kenharris39@mac.com
http://www.theconsiliencegroup.com
I am pleased to be in such distinguished company on the TechCast Expert team.
My first career was as as a US federal civil servant working 23 years with the US Federal Aviation Administration and later with the Office of the Secretary of Transportation. During part of this time, I was a futures researcher and technology forecaster and assessor.
Since 2000, I have been a professional futurist, working for the World Future Society and as Chairman of my consultancy, The Consilience Group, LLC.
My specialty is the futures of fitness and sports and transportation. In my studies, "Global Aging and Sports: The Impact of Aging of the World's Population on the World of Sports" and "Physical Activity Trends: Business and Policy Implications," I documented the significant role that technology plays in making people less and more fit. It contributes to lack of fitness because it has made passive home entertainment such a relatively inexpensive and fun activity. However, technological advances prevent and help people recover from sports injuries and keep them comfortable, entertained and connected as they exercise.
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Aharon Hauptman, Ph.D
Senior Researcher
Interdisciplinary Center for Technology Analysis and Forecasting
Tel-Aviv University, Isreal
haupt@post.tau.ac.il
www.ictaf.tau.ac.il
Dr. Aharon Hauptman is a senior researcher at the Interdisciplinary Center for Technology Analysis and Forecasting (ICTAF) at Tel-Aviv University since 1988. He received a Ph.D. in Engineering (Fluid Mechanics) from Tel-Aviv University in 1986. He specializes in Technology Foresight and evaluation of trends in various emerging technologies, and is very interested in their impact on our lives.
Aharon has been involved in several Foresight studies and in Delphi surveys as a basis for R&D policy. Recent examples are a Foresight study on future developments in Nanobiotechnology (for the European network of excellence Nano-to-Life) and a Foresight study on e-Government (for the EU project ELOST). He has lectured in courses on technology forecasting at the Technion - the Israel Institute of Technology and in other institutions.
Back in the 20th century, Aharon initiated and edited a Hebrew Science Fiction magazine, and was one of the founders of the Israeli Society for Science Fiction. He wrote numerous popular science and future-oriented articles in several Israeli newspapers and magazines, both printed and electronic.
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Henry Heilbrunn, MBA
Shapiro Fellow (2006), School of Media and Public Affairs
George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
Management Consultant, Interactive Directions, LLC, Sarasota, Florida
Heilbrunn@aol.com
http://www.interactivedirections.com
+914 473 7272
Ext.
HENRY HEILBRUNN for more than 25 years has been a pioneer in developing emerging media – made possible by the convergence of broadcast and print with technology and communication. He’s started new businesses for large corporations and small companies; conceived new products and services; and had P&L responsibility as a senior corporate executive for companies in the US and Europe.
Henry also teaches university students in the US, Europe and Asia about developing new businesses.
He founded Interactive Directions LLC to provide worldwide strategic advisory services, business development and interim executive management for companies involved with media, technology and commerce. Cablevision Corp. in the US and iBEAM in Europe are among its clients since its inception in 2000.
Henry co-founded Multimedia Resources in 1993 where he was instrumental in formulating business plans for NBC, Microsoft, McGraw-Hill, Société Européenne des Satellites, Belz Factory Outlets, and OnHealth Network; conducting business development on behalf of Encyclopedia Britannica, Viacom, and Primedia; and serving as the interactive marketing agency for MasterCard, CNBC, and JuniorNet.
Henry conceived new forms of electronic delivery of information, adapting early advances in computing power and high-speed communication as senior vice president of the early online service Prodigy and at CBS in a joint venture with AT&T.
He began his career as a reporter and general manager at The Associated Press. He and the president of CompuServe convinced 11 metropolitan newspapers to test-publish electronic editions in the late 1970s.
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Myles Hopkins, Masters of Science in Tourism Development and Management
Mr.
77 Ninth Street
Parkmore
2196
South Africa
20:20 Vision Creators
shamanthis@mweb.co.za
http://www.2020visioncreators.com/
+27117843874
Ext.
I have a Masters of Science in Tourism Development and Management, A Post-Graduate Diploma in Industrial Relations and a Bachelor of Social Sciences.
I left the corporate world in 2001 and started my own strategy consulting business. My clients include blue-chip corporate clients as well as leading public sector clients. I have worked in South Africa, Zambia, Nigeria, Tanzania, Saudi Arabia, Canada and the United States of America.
My main areas of focus are on future trend spotting and analysis, strategy formulation and strategy implementation.
I am a member of and the current Chairman of the Foresight Network and I am also contracted to Shaping Tomorrow to provide a trend scouting and analysis service.
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Sohail Inayatullah, Phd
Professor, Futures Studies, Social Sciences
29 Meta Street, Mooloolaba, 4557, Queensland, Australia
Tamkang University, Taiwan
University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia
s.inayatullah@qut.edu.au
http://www.metafuture.org
61754526269
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300 refereed journal articles, book chapters and editorial commentaries. 19 authored and edited books on futures related topics
Professor at Tamkang University and adjunct professor at Sunshine Coast university
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Lester Ingber, PhD
President LIR
Lester Ingber Research
ingber@alumni.caltech.edu
http://www.ingber.com
Prof. Ingber has published approximately 100 papers and books in
theoretical nuclear physics, neuroscience, finance, general optimization, combat analysis, karate, and education.
Through Lester Ingber Research
(LIR) in Ashland OR he develops and consults on projects documented in
the http://www.ingber.com/ archive.
Prof. Ingber received: his diploma from Brooklyn Technical High School in
1958; his B.S. in physics from Caltech in 1962; his Ph.D. in theoretical
nuclear physics from UC San Diego in 1966, while studying at the Niels
Bohr Institute in Copenhagen and consulting at RAND in Santa Monica CA.
Prof. Ingber has held positions in academia, government and industry:
National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at UC Berkeley and at UC Los Angeles; Assistant Professor in physics at SUNY at Stony Brook;
Research Physicist in the Physics department and in the Institute for
Pure and Applied Physical Sciences at UC San Diego; Research Associate
at UC San Diego in the Music department; twice Senior Research Associate of the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences; Professor of Physics at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey CA, and at the US Army Concepts Analysis Agency in Bethesda MD; Research Professor of Mathematics at The George Washington University in DC; Director of Research and Development at trading firm DRW in Chicago IL, and at hedge fund DUNN Capital Management in Stuart FL.
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Shawn Iravanchy, PhD
Director, Adjunct Faculty, Consultant
Dr. Iravanchy holds BS in Astrophysics, MS in Aerospace Engineering, and PhD in Aerospace Engineering with emphasis on Physics. He has twenty years of Engineering management experience in product development, Aerospace, Aviation, and Defense industry. He is currently involved in development of new technologies in the area of Aerospace and defense as well as alternate energy sources.
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Michael Jackson, Dr.
Chairman
The Habit, Blackladies
Kiddemore Green Road
Bishops Wood
Staffordshire
UK ST 19 9BQ
Shaping Tomorrow, UK
07966 155912
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James Kadtke, PhD physics
Washington, DC
Consultant, Adjunct Faculty
jkadtke@aol.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/jameskadtke
619-507-1433
Ext.
n/a
James Kadtke recieved his PhD in physics from Brown University in 1987, including two years as a graduate fellow at Los Alamos National Lab,
and then spent over ten years as a research faculty at the University of California at San Diego. He also served as the Chief Scientist at Nonlinear Solutions, Inc. and a consultant to the DoD and private industry on defense science. From 1999 to 2001 he was a Fellow at the Rand Science and Technology Policy Institute, supporting the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and afterward spent a year on the Science Committee in the US House of Representatives. He then served over three years on the staff of Senator John Warner of Virginia, where he handled technology, defense, and homeland security issues. Recently, he has served as Executive Director of the
Accelerating Innovation Foundation. He is currently a consultant and Adjunct Faculty in Washington, DC.
Dr. Kadtke has worked as a physicist in chaos/complexity theory and modeling, in the technology assessment and forecasting area, in the theoretical and applied side of innovation, and in the area of national technology policy, esp. for defense and homeland security.
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Yannis Kalfoglou, PhD in Artificial Intelligence
Dr
RICOH
ykalfoglou@gmail.com
http://www.kalfoglou.info
Ext.
I have accumulated over 20 years of experience in the IT sector, design, developing, deploying software solutions to address business problems. I excel in apprehending and contextualising innovative and disruptive technologies. I have a proven business acumen and experience in aligning technology with business objectives. Expertise with semantic web, web 2.0, and knowledge management technologies, engineering, deployment, documenting and support. I am a confident and effective communicator with successful organisational skills. I have working experience with addressing C-level boards, large audiences, specialists’ forums. My qualifications and education are top-most and include a PhD in Artificial Intelligence and a BSc in Computer Science with 1st class, both from renowned British Universities.
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Peter King, PhD
Environmental Consultant
Thailand and SouthEast Asia
Formerly Asian Development Bank
peking1948@hotmail.com
www.iges.or.jp
+66858111948
Ext.
Dr. Peter King, an Australian, started work with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in March 1991 as an Environment Specialist in the Office of Environment. In 1996, he transferred to Agriculture and Social Sectors Department (East), Forestry and Natural Resources Division to gain additional experience in loan processing and administration. In the ADB and throughout Asia, he has established a sound reputation as Asia’s leading natural resources management (“green”) expert. Based on his experience in integrating economic and environmental dimensions of development, this knowledge was transformed into a part-time Doctor of Philosophy (Environmental Science) degree from 1993-98, with a thesis entitled “Integrated Economic and Environmental Planning at the Sub-national Level in Asia”. Dr. King has been involved in some of the most innovative natural resource management projects in Asia and the Pacific. In 2001, he was appointed Manager, Pacific Operations, and then, Director, Pacific Operations. Dr. King took early retirement from ADB in 2005 and is now a Senior Policy Advisor for the Institute for Global Environment Strategies, heading the Thailand office.
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Stephen Kinsella, PhD
Junior Lecturer
Limerick, Ireland
Department of Economics
Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick
stephen.kinsella@ul.ie
http://stephenkinsella.net
BA, BA, MA, M.Econ.Sc, M.Phil, PhD, PhD. I'm currently working on considering Ireland's economy and society in 2050.
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Melvyn Kuan, Ph.D
Consultant
Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore
melvyn_kuan@ida.gov.sg
Obtained PhD in Information Systems,
Experience in:
- Identifying long-range strategic trends impacting the infocomm landscape and recommend priority areas of development
- Promoting infocomm thought leadership by bringing leading edge global thinking on emerging infocomm trends to Singapore and stimulating a strategic conversation on themes
- Developing strategies to help Singapore to sustain its leadership in infocomm
I am interested to be involved in a community that shares long term trends and insights that can be derived in it. I would be glad to share some of my insights, if requested. Thank you.
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Young Hoon Kwak, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Decision Sciences, School of Business
The George Washington University
kwak@gwu.edu
http://home.gwu.edu/~kwak
202-994-7115
Ext.
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John A. "Skip" Laitner, Masters of Science in Resource Economics
Director of Economic and Social Analysis
National Press Building
529 14th Street NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20045
American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
jslaitner@aceee.org
http://www.aceee.org
With almost 40 years of work in the field of energy and environmental policy assessments, it is very clear that both emerging technologies and informed behaviors are critical to shaping a long-term, sustainable global economy. And TechCast insights are among those factors that can influence and increase the likelihood of a more positive outcome.
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Xin-Wu Lin, Dr.
Director of Research Division III
Taiwan Institute of Economic Research
xinwu.lin@tier.org.tw
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Kate Lister, BS
President
Aerodite, Inc
kate@undress4success.com
http://undress4success.com
760-703-0377
Ext.
Over the past thirty years, I have owned and operated several successful businesses, written three business books, and been both an angel investor and venture capitalist.
My current interest is in telework. I've digested over 250 studies on the topic, and interviewed dozens of Fortune 500 executives, venture capitalists who support the remote work model, and teleworkers themselves. My book on the subject, Undress For Success, has won the praise of top telework researchers. Our research has been quoted in the Washington Post, USA Today, Harvard Business Review and many other publications.
Entrepreneurship is another of my passions. I've helped dozens of entrepreneurs raise millions of dollars in capital. I've lectured at over a hundred events including many at the Wharton School of Business. I've developed small business training programs for banks and Fortune 500 companies. And I even managed to convinced five major banks to provide seed grants for a business micro-loan program aimed at empowering welfare mothers. Those efforts won me a finalist position in the Inc. Entrepreneur of the Year program.
TechCast's expert base and forecasting approach offers amazing insights into the future. It's an honor to play a role here.
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Bob Locascio
Business Development, Product Marketing Consultant
802 E. Hillside Ave
Barrington, IL 60010 USA
bob.locascio@gmail.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/locascio
8 years experience in strategic planning, business development and product marketing in the technology marketplace. Leadership in understanding the evolutions of markets and technologies and identifying emerging business opportunities
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Gilman Louie
Chairman
Forecasting Future Disruptive Technologies Committee
The National Academies, Washington, DC
Gilman Louie is Chairman, Forecasting Future Disruptive Technologies, the National Academies. He is a member of the Standing Commitee on Technology, Insight-Gauge, Evaluation and Review, and a member of the Technical Advisory Group, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Louie is also a partner in Alsop Louie Partners (Venture Capital), and former CEO of In-Q-Tel.
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David Luckey, MA, MS, MBA
Subject Matter Expert, Senior Systems Analyst, and Consultant
Engineering Documentation Systems, Inc.
Marine Corps Operational Test & Evaluation Activity
luckeyds@aol.com
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Michael Mainelli, PhD
Professor of Commerce, Gresham College & Chairman
5-7 St Helen's Place
London EC3A 6AU
United Kingdom
Z/Yen Group Limited
michael_mainelli@zyen.com
http://www.zyen.com
+44 207-562-9562
Ext.
Professor Michael Mainelli FCCA FSI FIMC MBCS MEI co-founded Z/Yen, the City of London’s leading commercial think-tank, in 1994 to promote societal advance through better finance and technology, and holds professorships at Gresham College and the London School of Economics. Michael’s aerospace and graphics research led him to start companies in seismology and cartography, including the first complete digital map of the world in 1983, Mundocart. He has been a partner and board member of one of the leading accountancy firms and served on the UK Ministry of Defence’s Defence Evaluation and Research
Agency board. Michael has won Foresight Challenge and Smart awards and was British Computer Society "Director of the Year" 2004-05.
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Mika Mannermaa, Dr. of Economics
President
Futures Studies Mannermaa Ltd., Finland
ttmanner@netti.fi
www.netti.fi/~ttmanner
+358-400-314322
Ext.
TechCast is a marvellous futures forecasting system. It covers wide expertise of technologies and the future all around the world. Anyone interested in rapidly changing technologies will find TechCast as extremely useful. I am happy to be involved.
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Dr. Dennis K. McBride, Ph.D.
President
Quantum Leap
DKM@quantumleap.us
I have been a leader in research, development, test & evaluation in high tech sectors for 27 yrs. This has been from bench to HQ levels (DARPA, ONR, Navy Medical, etc.), Naval officer/scientist to full professor and now as President Emeritus of the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, and President of Quantum Leap Corporation. I am proud of my teams' successes in transitioning ideas to fielded systems. Our organization advises congress, the administration, and the judiciary on science & technology matters, so with all the right accesses, we routinely see the best that S&T brings forward. I am routinely interviewed by such publications as Scientific American, Omni, The Scientist, Chronicle; and other media such as Fox and CBS. Having tracked TechCast for the last few years, I am convinced that it uses by far the best methodology, so I am proud to be selected as an expert!
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Patrick McCann, MBA in Marketing and M.Sc. in Molecular Biology
Associate Director
5 Research Parkway
Wallingford, CT 06492
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
R&D Operations
patrick.mccann@bms.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmccann
203-677-6161
Ext.
I am well versed in a number of different fields and can bring a cross-functional perspective to TechCast. As an undergraduate I studied Physics, Chemistry, and Biology. In graduate school I studied Molecular Biology. I have 10 years experience at the bench with 11 peer reviewed publications. I have 9 years experience in Information Technology. For the past 4 years I have been modeling future pipeline sustainability strategies for BMS.
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John Meagher, BS
Project Manager
1101 Wilson Boulevard
Suite 1600
Arlington, VA 22209
Northrop Grumman TASC Futures Group
Past President of the washington Chapter of the World Future Society; Professional Member of the World Future Society; Practicing futurist and Certified Industrial Hygienist (Occupational and Environmental Health Scientist). Patent: Human Cancer Virtual Simulation (1999-2000)
Currently Project Manager in Northrop Grumman Futures Group, active in futures projects involving national security, risk assessment for DoD and a variety of topic including energy, nanotechnology and environment.
Long time contributing expert to TechCast, I consider it the finest Delphi for emergent technology in the world.
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Danila Medvedev, PhD
Vice President
Science vs. Aging project
danila.medvedev@mail.ru
+79057680457
Ext.
General Director, KrioRus, Russia
Member of the Coordinating Council, Russian Transhumanist Movement
Expert for Russian Foundation for Development of High Technologies.
Founder of future.wikia.com
Future consultant.
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Riel Miller, Ph.D. Economnics, New School for Social Research
Founder
xperidox: futures consulting
rielm@yahoo.com
Riel Miller is a specialist in long-run strategic thinking. For over twenty-five years his work has concentrated on how to assess and direct the potential for socio-economic transformation in the private and public sectors.
Born in Canada, he holds a PhD in Economics from the New School for Social Research in New York.
Riel started his career as a professional economist in the early 1980s at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. From the mid 1980s up until 1994 he worked for the Ontario Government. At the beginning of 1995 Riel returned full-time to the OECD as a Principal Administrator in the International Futures Programme. In 2005 he left the OECD to establish an independent consultancy, xperidox: futures consulting, Paris.
Riel’s extensive publications address futures methodology and the design of scenario processes for strategic decision making, the future of money, education, the internet, the knowledge society, the public sector, etc.. He is one of the world’s leading practitioners of scenario methods and now designs cutting-edge “hybrid strategic scenarios” processes for a wide range of international clients. He is also a member of the Board of both the World Futures Studies Federation and the Association of Professional Futurists, a faculty member at the Masters in Public Affairs, Institut de Sciences Politique (Sciences-Po), Paris, France; Visiting Senior Fellow at the Danish Technological Institute, Denmark; and an Associate at Demos, UK.
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Steve Millett, PhD
Founder and Managing Member
Futuring Associates LLC
smillett@futuringassociates.com
www.futuringassociates.com
Dr. Millett is an internationally respected technology and consumer value futurist. He received his doctorate in history from The Ohio State University in 1972. After serving as an officer in the US Air Force, in 1979 he joined the staff at Battelle, where he was a researcher, manager, and futurist for 27 years. He founded Futuring Associates LLC in 2007. Dr. Millett is the author or co-author of four books, five chapters in books, 29 journal articles, and the co-inventor on one patent. He has managed dozens of major futuring projects for energy, automotive, and consumer product companies and government agencies in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, the UK, France, The Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Japan, and India. He is experienced in facilitation of expert focus groups, trend analysis, and both intuitive and analytical scenarios.
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Vittorio Mischi
1 15 Odyssea
Station 5
CH-1015 Lausanne
Switzerland
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
EPFL
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Gianluca Misuraca
Odyssea, EPFL Station 5 - CH 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
EPFL-CDM College of Management of Technology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne
gianluca.misuraca@epfl.ch
http://is.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pages/staff.html
+41(0)764686740
Ext.
Gianluca Misuraca is an international independent strategic advisor and policy analyst in the area of Knowledge Society development and Governance of ICTs, with focus on the interface between ICTs and management and specialised in the area of Government e-Transformation. He is also a Research Associate at the College of Management of Technology of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL). His research interests are on the area of Foresight Intelligence, with specific focus on the future of e-Government and Mobile Internet services.
Gianluca has written several publications in the domain of ICTs, e-Government, e-Governance and Information Society, being a pioneer in pointing out the paradigmatic shift from e-Government to e-Governance and the need for new institutional designs for enabling a Knowledge Society. He is an invited “visionary” speaker to conferences and workshops worldwide, as well as being member of several Scientific Committees and Guest Editor of prestigious scientific Journals in the area of ICTs and Governance.
In 2008, Gianluca founded KITE International UK LLP, a strategic firm “of new generation” active in the area of Knowledge, Innovation, Technology and Empowerment, serving as CEO and Vice President responsible for Corporate Strategy, Innovation & Networking Management. In 2009, Gianluca joined the European Commission DG JRC Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), serving as Scientific Officer on ICT for Governance and Policy Modelling in the Information Society Unit.
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Eli Mohamad, MSc Technology and Innovation Management
Senior Consultant
Katanciceva 6, 10000 Zagreb
Sense Consulting
emohamad@gmail.com
http://www.senseconsulting.eu
+385989333126
Ext.
Eli is a Senior Consultant with Sense Consulting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting, responsible for development and management of projects financed from international development funds (EU, World bank, etc.) and innovation management. His areas of expertise also include identification and implementation of projects related to commercialization of innovation, as well as the creation and maintenance of business networks with public institutions. Before joining Sense Consulting, he worked on public and private sector financing projects (Croatia), placement of new technologies on the market (QinetiQ, Plc, UK), research competencies mapping for participation in the Community Programmes (EU), and hospitality management (USA). He graduated from the American College of Management and Technology, Dubrovnik, Croatia and holds a masters degree from the University of Sussex, Management of Technology and Innovation Program. He is an enthusiast for emerging technologies.
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Alfredo Molina, Master in Operations Research
Innovation and Regional Development Director
Av. Gral. Ramón Corona 2514
Col. Nuevo México
Zapopan, Jalisco
ITESM campus Guadalajara
alfredo.molina@itesm.mx
+523336693097
Ext.
Educational Background: Industrial and Systems Engineer(ITESM,1986), Master in Operational Research(ITESM,1990), Master in Quality Systems(ITESM,1999), MBA(Tulane University,2008), PhD in Management (Tulane University, candidate since 2009).
Director of the Innovation and Regional Development Division at ITESM campus Guadalajara (since 2007).
Alfredo Molina has been faculty at ITESM system since 1989. He has teaching courses within Industrial and Systems Engineering departement. During 1993 to 2006, he was researcher chief of the Center for Strategic Studies at ITESM (1991-2007).
Since 2008, he is a member of the scientific commite of the Andaluz Institute of Technology (Spain). Also, he is a conselour of the social and Economic Council of the Jalisco State.
He is expert in the fields of regional development, strategy, innovation, statistics, and simulation.
Since 1991, he has conducting projects related to strategy and regional development topics in México. Recently, he published "The knowledge based economy: an assessment of the Mexican States ". Also, he is co-author of the “Megatrends analysis methodology to identify development opportunities” (ITESM,2008).
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Robert Morris
Principal
P.O. Box 100190
Arlington, VA 22210
U.S.A.
AndMore Associates, LLC
rjmorrisdc@aol.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/rjmorrisdc
An agronomist and expert in international market development, Robert Morris is principal of AndMore Associates, LLC, a global business development and consulting firm focused on the nexus of agriculture, energy, and the environment. His clients have included Larta Institute, a leading innovation hub assisting commercial entities to transition scientific and technological breakthroughs from the laboratory to the marketplace. As past president of The Sulphur Institute (TSI), a multinational industry association including Fortune 500, energy, natural resource, fertilizer, and logistics companies, Mr. Morris led the successful promotion and growth of sulphur as a viable investment and commercial product in agricultural and industrial markets worldwide and served as a business partner in marketing, expanding, and safeguarding sulphur activities. Under his leadership, TSI membership expanded from Europe and North America into Asia and the Middle East, and he also established fertilizer development and market study activities in China, India, and other growing economies worldwide , as well as programs addressing environment, health, and safety issues. A published and recognized industry expert, his reputation and knowledge have established Mr. Morris as a sought-after speaker, having addressed more than 250 professional groups worldwide. With a B.S. from Rutgers University and an M.S. from Pennsylvania State University, Mr. Morris currently serves on the Industry Advisory Board for the Master’s of Business and Science degree program, Rutgers University, and on the Advisory Council of the Center of Plant Nutrients Management, Jaipuria Institute of Management in India.
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Ronald Muller, Master of Science
Senior Staff Engineer
9904 Frank Tippett Road
Upper Marlboro, Md 20772-4500
Dell Perot Systems
muller55@comcast.net
301-318-4360
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In my present position, I provide systems engineering support for several programs at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. This involves working with the scientists, mission engineers and project managers to design new space satellite systems. A few examples of this work are:
• Pre-Phase A study of the Magnetospheric Multi-Scale (MMS) project.
• I also wrote and presented a paper at an AIAA conference titled “The Lunar Slingshot – An Electrically Powered Launcher.”
• Another study I performed showed how a 20 meter diameter telescope could be packaged for launch and assembled in orbit by a walking robot.
• Another study called Sensor Web Study could become the future weather satellite system for NOAA.
I joined NASA Goddard in 1959 one month after it was established. In the early part of my 40+ years at Goddard, I designed the first flight digital telemetry system and the first reprogrammable digital computer and data handling system. Later I flew the first flight GPS system on Landsats 4 and 5. I did the preliminary design studies of several satellite missions including the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) and the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS). I was the system engineer on NASA’s Earth Observation System (EOS).
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Daniele Nascimento, MBA, MSc. Urban Informatics
Researcher
Osaka City University
http://gisws.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/gistrends/
Daniele Nascimento majored in International Relations for her undergraduate degree and studied Statistics from 1998 to 2004 in Universidade de Brasilia (Brazil). Her first Graduate Degree was an MBA in Strategic Marketing Management in Fundacao Getulio Vargas (Brazil).
Her professional experience includes working with Search Engine Pay per click advertising or Sponsored Search Listings (Google Adwords and Yahoo Overture), where she also took certifications in online marketing from Marketing Experiments Professional Certification Program (USA).
Her most recent research was done in Osaka City University, Japan. This research was a foresight study on Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial technologies She successfully presented her research findings in South Africa, Austria, Brazil, Vietnam, Korea and Japan.
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Phillip Nelson, Ph.D.
Ph.D.
2016 Lakebreeze Way
Reston, VA 20191
IT Driven Organizational Change Consultant
pzxnelson@gmail.com
703-716-5511
Ext.
Phillip Nelson, Ph.D. is an Organization Development (OD) consultant, management trainer, certified coach, inventor and futurist. As a futurist he is exploring how accelerating information technology is driving our global cultural evolution. During his 18 year career in the Federal government he was a management trainer and internal OD consultant facilitating creative team solutions. He used the implementation of information technology to change organization culture while using Total Quality Management (TQM); Business Process Reengineering (BPR); and Work System Design (WSD). As a graduate of West Point he served in the airborne infantry and as an army captain. He is a member of Mensa (the high IQ society) and at 70, is actively retired, healthy and happy. He enjoys playing piano and tennis (not at the same time) and spending time with his family on a lake in Reston. His calling and process is to co-create synergy, focus and fun with a creative project team in order to leap into the high performance and personal growth of flowing collaborative fulfilling happiness.
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Amy Oberg, MS
Futurist, Managing Partner
Future-In-Sight, LLC
Amy Oberg is a futurist & strategist who specializes in helping organizations better understand the emerging competitive environment & respond with effective, proactive strategies. Her insights on emerging trends, threats & opportunities, market conditions, and technology disruptions have been sought out by organizations in a wide variety of industries including aerospace, energy, telecom, transportation, consumer packaged goods, bio/pharma, real estate, & finance. Ms Oberg holds a Masters degree in Studies of the Future; a Bachelors degree in Communications; & has completed the Program for Managers at Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Management.
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David Passig, PhD
Head, Grad Program in ICT
Ramat Gan 52900
Israel
Bar Ilan University, Israel
david@passig.com
http://www.passig.com
+972-52-2782377
Ext.
PhD in Futures Studies. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.
He has developed a Future’s Research methodology named "Imen-Delphi" (ID). The ID aims at structuring a procedure through which a group of experts could invent preferable futures, as opposed to the classical "Delphi" forecasting technique with which a group of experts is engaged in figuring out the most probable future. He's conducting various studies to enhance its reliability and validity in helping various groups shaping their future imageries. The following papers represent the ID methodology in the published literature:
1. Passig, David & Sharbat, Aviva (2000) Electronic-Imen-Delphi (EID): An Online Conferencing Procedure. Education Media International (EMI). The official Journal of the International Council for Educational Media (ICEM) 37 (1), 58-67. Routledge.
2. Passig, David (1998). An applied Social Systems Procedure for Generating Purposive Sound Futures. Systems Research and Behavioral Science. The Official Journal of the International Federation for Systems Research. Winter 15 (1), 315-325. Wiley & Sons. England.
3. Passig, David (1997) Imen Delphi: A Delphi Variant Procedure for Emergence. Human Organization. Journal of the Society for Applied Anthropology. Southern Methodist University. Dallas, TX. Spring, 56 (1), 53-63.
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Roy Pearson, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
College of William & Mary
A William and Mary Mason School of Business faculty member since 1971 and named the Chancellor Professor of Business in 1987, Roy moved to Emeritus status in 2005. Roy’s specialty is forecasting, which he has done for businesses and government as well as taught since the 1970s. From 1984 to 1998 as Director of the College’s Bureau of Business Research he regularly published ten-year forecasts for Virginia and its six largest MSAs in addition to his quarterly two-year-ahead forecasts. Roy has served on the Governor's Advisory Board of Economists at the pleasure of six Virginia governors, Robb, Baliles, Wilder, Allen, Warner, and Kaine. He has been on the Board of Directors of the International Institute of Forecasters (IIF) and serves as Forecasting Intelligence Editor of the IIF’s Foresight: The International Journal of Applied Forecasting. His other professional memberships include the National Association for Business Economics and the World Future Society. He practices futuring as an effective complement to quantitative forecasting, and encourages business forecasters to become futurists too. He received a B.S. in Commerce and Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Virginia.
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Jonathan Peck
President & Sr. Futurist
100 N. Pitt St., Suite 235
Alexandria, VA 22314
USA
Institute for Alternative Futures
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Adam Powers, BS Computer Engineering
Director, Emerging Technology
Rovi
adam.powers@rovicorp.com
Ext.
I am responsible for emerging technologies and innovation at Rovi -- a $4bln organization that has its roots in TV Guide magazine and a vision of providing digital entertainment guidance for consumers. My background is in digital communications and entertainment, and I char a number of committees in international standards setting organizations, such as the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and the Digital Living Network Association (DLNA). Formerly, I was co-founder and CTO of Coaxsys, a start-up that provided home networking equipment to IPTV service providers.
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Joanne Pransky
Robotics Consultant
Kenwood, CA
drjoanne@robot.md
www.robot.md
Robotics expert, speaker, writer, and futurist with 22 years experience specializing in service and personal robotics. One of the principals of the world's first medical robotics journal, The International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery. Has served as the U.S. Associate Editor for Industrial Robot Journal since 1996.
It’s an honor to be part of the TechCast project and research, which is so germane to preparing for the impact of the upcoming technological revolution.
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Mohammad Qayum, PhD candidate, Electrical Engineering
Stillwater, Oklahoma
Oklahoma State University
qayum@okstate.edu
http://maqayum.yolasite.com
I am avid reader of futurist ideas over the internet and closely follow the trends in technology, economy and society. My objective is to start a company on a emerging field of technology in the long run.
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Francis (Fran) Rabuck, BS, Mathmatics.
Director, Applied Research
Bentley Systems, Inc.
francis.rabuck@bentley.com
http://www.bentley.com
My background spans a broad range of industries - HR, Health Care, Financial, Technology/IT, Engineering. Education - B.S. Mathematics, Drexel University. My job experience has always involved strategic planning in R&D positions. Frequent speaker at a variety of industry events - average of about 1/month since 2000. Recognized as a visionary leader and working with various organizations on helping them predict/forecast. Current work in sustainability technologies, RFID, Sensors, Wireless, Next Gen UI, and intelligent infrastructure issues. Interested in working with your forecast tools
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Leslie Roche, Masters (am also a current doctoral student)
Director of Technology
United Space Alliance
Leslie Roche is responsible for technology development for human spaceflight operations company, United Space Alliance. She oversees company strategic technology planning, human space technology projects, an internal virtual collaborative think tank, and the development of partnerships between industry, academia, and government. She directs a multi-site team of researchers and technologists to identify, oversee, and evaluate potential research and development projects and budgets. She creates, oversees, and participates in multi-industry working groups to identify and develop leading edge technologies. Roche has over 19 years of experience in the aerospace industry, with a background that includes space systems design, flight control, research and development, and technology development. She is the Project Manager and Chief Researcher for M.A.R.S. (Mission Analog Research Solutions), investigating earth and lunar-based metaphors for long duration space expeditions. A current PhD student, Leslie Roche is also researching virtual immersive environments, and the possible roles of these environments in long duration space vehicles. Roche holds degrees in engineering, business, and human factors, and has earned a number of leadership and technical awards in her field. Specific interests include human factors, lunar and Mars colonization, and virtual technologies.
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Harry Rothman, PhD
Editor in Chief
Room 5.03
Harold Hankins Building
Manchester Business School
The University of Manchester
Booth Street West
Manchester
M15 6PB UK
Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, UK
Institute of Innovation Research
www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/09537325.asp
Harry Rothman has worked in science and technology policy studies for over 40 years, and holds the position of Visiting Professorial Fellow in the Institute of Innovation Research, University of Manchester, as well as visiting positions at Melbourne, Cardiff and Ballarat universities. He has a first class honours BSc in zoology from Durham University, and a PhD in science and technology policy from Aston University. He has published nine books and over 100 scholarly articles and reports on science & technology policy, scientometrics, technology assessment, and environmental issues. His most recent book, co-authored with Peter Glasner, is "Splicing Life? The New Genetics and Society" 2004.
He is Editor-in- Chief of the journal Technology Analysis & Strategic Management and co-Editor of New Genetics and Society.
In 2004 he was elected an Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences (UK), and is a Fellow of the RSA (The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufacturing and Commerce).
Outside academia he has worked in industrial laboratories, been a technical director of a recycling start-up firm, and consulted for national and international agencies. Currently is running his own firm Whole-Brain Ltd dealing in peak performance development techniques.
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Steve Ruth, MS
Professor of Information Systems, and Director
International Center for Applied Studies in IT
School of Public Policy, George Mason University
ruth@gmu.edu
http://www.icasit.org
Steve Ruth conducts IT research and consulting in developing nations, and has received grants totaling over $3 million. His center, ICASIT, has worked with nearly 100 businesses, non-profit organizations, foundations, and research centers in more than 30 countries. "We put technology to work for people in meaningful ways. We both deliver the infrastructure for Internet connectivity and teach clients how to manage the knowledge that flows from inclusion in the World Wide Web.''
ICASIT provides critical services that help build Internet infrastructure in developing nations and teach those who will use it how to best leverage the information gleaned from new connectivity to the outside world to improve local economies and lives. One of Ruth's recent projects, in Nepal, resulted in its leader, Muhabir Pun, receiving the coveted Magsaysay award -- sometimes dubbed the "Asian Nobel" --in 2007.
For Techcast, Ruth assesses Electronic Commerce trends. He is an editor for IEEE Internet Computing, where he contributes a column on Telecom Policy.
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Daniel Ryan, Ph. D. in Materials Science.
Dr.
5573 Gardner
Sterling Heights, MI 48310
University of Michigan - Dearborn
danielrj@umich.edu
Ext.
Ph. D. in Materials Science. The State Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine. 10/1989. Solid state shape loss effect in the metal-hydrogen alloys. Development of Gasars (gas-reinforced composites with the honeycomb porous structure) products, and processes.
M. Sc. in Metallurgical Engineering. Diploma with Honours. The State
Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine. 06/1986. Specialization: Metal Science, Engineering, Equipment and Technology of the Thermal Treatments of metals and alloys.
Final Project Title: Proton emission in the metal-hydrogen alloys.
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John Sagi, PhD
Professor of Business
Anne Arundel Community College
jsagi@gwu.edu
Dr John Sagi teaches international business, electronic commerce and management information systems at Johns Hopkins University, The George Washington University, the University of Maryland and Anne Arundel Community College.
He was a Fulbright Senior Scholar to the Russian Federation, teaching electronic commerce and business. He is currently on the Fulbright US Scholar Peer Review Committee.
John is on the Advisory Board of the Institute for the Future, AACC. He regularly presents at the World Future Society annual conference.
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Sam Samdani, PhD
Industry Expert
McKinsey & Company
gulam.samdani@gmail.com
Ext.
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Yale University (1984) and PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Rochester (1990)
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Carlos Scheel, PhD
Professor of Technological Innovation
TEC de Monterrey, Mexico
EGADE, Graduate School of Business
cscheel@itesm.mx
+52 81 8625 6190
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PhD on optimal control systems. Senior Research Fellow of the Innovation Creativity and Capital Institute (IC2) of the University of Texas. I have been working as international consultant for the creation of regional and industrial conditions, Innovation Systems and technological innovation strategies as leverage for economic growth and social development on several emerging countries. I have been modeling the dynamics of complex phenomena involving the impact of new technologies on wealth creation and the systemic consequences of public policies and strategies. I have designed and implemented several methodologies for the development of Poles of Innovation and Competitiveness, based on emerging technologies, as well as techno-policies and enabling conditions for the creation of network economies. Currently working on the design of the WIT (Wealth creation based on Innovation, and enabling Technologies) and OSIS (Open Source Innovation Systems) frameworks. Author of more than 50 technical papers and 11 books. Current book in press: “The Challenge of Information Technology”: Wealth creation and sharing for developing countries.
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Torsten Scholl, MBA
CEO
Omniwatt AG, Germany
torsten.scholl@omniwatt.de
Torsten is an experienced high-tech entreprenuer out of Germany. Among his successful ventures are WESTCom - an international long distance carrier; and lately omniwatt AG - a decentralized, independent power producer, using only fuel-less resources and thereby contributing to polution reduction.
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Yitzhack Schwartz, MD
Dr.
Structural Heart Disease, Rambam Health Care Campus, Meyer Children's Hospital, Haifa, Israel
Biosense Webster Inc., a JNJ company
yschwart@its.jnj.com
http://il.linkedin.com/in/drschwartz
972-544-333930
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I was the youngest graduated MD in Israel 25 years ago. While actively praticing expert medicine ever since, I've also been involved in inventing novel solutions to clinical unmet needs.
I have vast experience in almost every field of Medical Device development. Moreover, I have designed and implemented a unique systematic approach to forecasting future technological developments and intercepting exponentially growing technologies based on Intellectual Property assessment.
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Chadwick Seagraves, BA, MSLS
Library Technology Services Leader
North Carolina State University
NCSU Libraries
infosciphi@gmail.com
http://infosciphi.info
(919) 515-3855
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Chadwick Seagraves graduated as an Honors Scholar with a B.A. in Philosophy from Eastern Kentucky University in 1997.
Before receiving his M.S.L.S. in Library and Information Science from the University of Kentucky in 2004, Chadwick spent five years working as a Customer Service Team Manager for Gateway Inc.
Seagraves has worked to develop and enhance the role of technology in libraries as an Information Technology Librarian at Marian University and as a Library Systems Analyst for INCOLSA, a state-wide consortium of academic and public libraries.
Currently he has operational
oversight over the NCSU libraries desktop and application support, network services,
IT consulting, training, business analysis, etc.
His interests and areas of expertise lie in technology planning & implementation, information delivery & management systems, digital asset management, and the impact of technology on libraries and research.
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Yair Sharan, PhD
Director
Tel Aviv University
Ramat Aviv
Tel Aviv
Israel
Interdisciplinary Center for Technological Analysis & Forecasting
Tel Aviv University - Israel
sharany@post.tau.ac.il
Dr. Sharan received his PhD in Physics from the Weizmann Institute of Science, in 1976. He is a Colonel (Reserves) in the Isreali Defense Forces. He served as Science Counselor at the Israeli Embassy in Bonn, between 1988-1992 and in the early 90's as advisor to the Minister of Science and Technology. In 1992 he joined ICTAF and has been active in studies in threat analysis, strategic planning and defense concepts. Major studies include non-conventional terrorism, dual use technologies and the Middle East peace process. Dr. Sharan is a member of oversight groups in the Jaffe Center for Strategic Studies and the defense group of the recently established School of Governance
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Peter Shoemaker, MA, PhD(ABD)
Founder
140 Little Falls St.
Suite 210
Falls Church, VA 22046
Pinyon Labs, LLC
peter@pinyonlabs.com
http://www.pinyonlabs.com
703 639 0600
Ext.
An award winning communicator and futurist, Peter’s approach to what’s next is fundamentally about application, not theory. He began his career helping companies and governments understand the implications of change driven not by slow, predictable, and well-understood forces, but by networks, individuals, and opportunity. He went on to found a digital strategy and commercial experience firm with offices in the US and Eastern Europe. In the mid-1990s, Peter served as special legislative liaison for technology and the future with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He was recruited in 1998 by a Fortune 500 to lead the integration of the company’s 21 divisions into a single customer-facing unit, and later went on to head the business development and strategy group. In 2000, fleeing the Boston winters, Peter accepted a newly created position as business unit head at a California B2B media company. When he finally recovered from that, Peter served as chief operating officer at a boutique branding consultancy, where he worked closely with the firm’s clients on understanding and leveraging environmental, technological, social, and demographic change. Peter, a former US Marine, holds graduate degrees from universities in the US and UK. He is a member of the Association of Professional Futurists.
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Art Shostak, Ph.D in Sociology, 1961, Princeton
Professor of Sociology Emeritus
523 Dudley Ave
Narberth, PA 19072
Drexel University
arthurshostak@gmail.com
futureshaping.com/shostak
47 years as a college sociologist and futurist; 33 books and over 165 articles. Author of Anticipate the School You want: Futurizing K-12 Education
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Rupam Shrivastava
Vice President
5300 Stevens Creek Blvd., Suite 500
San Jose CA 95129
USA
ePlanet Ventures
rupam@eplanetventures.com
I am proud to be a member of the TechCast Project. I have been educated as an engineer from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). I have spent many years in the venture investment area in the Silicon Valley and have explored hundreds of cutting edge technologies.
As part of the Founding Partners’ team, I have also been involved with the Singularity University, whose mission is to understand and facilitate the development of exponentially advancing technologies in order to address humanity’s grand challenges.
Outside of work, I love star gazing through my Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, advice early stage hi-tech start-ups and I am an avid reader of science fiction novels.
I am interested in all areas of future technologies with a special emphasis on the evolution of human behavior and response to hi-tech. I feel that human acceptance and integration will dictate the fate of technologies.
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Seth Shulman, PhD
Founder and CEO
Bioscan, Inc.
sshulman@bioscan.com
http://www.bioscan.com/
Educational background includes a B.A. in chemistry and physics from Harvard College and a Ph.D. in physics from Columbia University. Research in X-ray astronomy at the Space Science Division of the Naval Research Laboratory and experiments on the Apollo-Soyuz and HEAO missions supported by NASA. Founded Bioscan, Inc. (1980) to develop radiation instrumentation for life science and drug development research. Currently involved in the development of nuclear medicine and optical imaging systems for in vivo molecular imaging research. Widely traveled, read and speak French. Would like to participate in TechCast to apply my experience in medical research and healthcare to forecast future developments which, I believe, will be driven by instrumentation for research and for diagnostics.
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Sam Siewert, Ph.D.
Professor Adjunct, CU Boulder
Campus Box 425
Boulder, CO 80309-0425
University of Colorado Boulder
Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering
Sam.Siewert@colorado.edu
http://ece.colorado.edu/fac_staff/personnel_pages/siewert.html
Ph.D., M.S. Computer Science, CU Boulder; BS Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame. Presently CTO of Atrato Inc., providing high performance IO/storage systems for Digital Media, Web 2.0, and High Performance Computing. Professor Adjunct in ECE and Energy department at CU Boulder. Co-founder of Embedded Systems Certification Program at CU. More than 20 years of industry experience in embedded systems, robotics and automation, high performance computing and computer architecture. Helping to define distance learning methods in CU's Center for Advanced Engineering and Technology Education.
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Dexter Snyder, Ph.D.
Principal
760 Westchester Way
Birmingham, MI 48009
Fulcrum Edge, Inc.
dexter.snyder@comcast.net
www.fulcrumedge.com
(248) 642-1475
Ext.
Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Snyder specializes in guiding companies through product development, technology direction and identification of competitive innovations. He has expertise in nanomaterials, coatings, energy storage, sensing systems, robotics, bio-inspired systems, and wireless communication, plus market background in the automotive and aerospace industries. He had a thirty-five year career with General Motors Research, most recently as Technical Fellow, and holds seven U.S. patents. Dr. Snyder was key GM liaison with Hughes Research Laboratories, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and leading research universities, as he identified emerging technologies with potential to disrupt the automotive transportation industry.
Authoring book on how to generate foresight and insight for creating breakthrough technology-based businesses.
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McDonald Stewart, MS
Doctoral Candidate
Dept. of Information Systems
& Technology Management
Funger Hall, Suite 515
2201 G St., NW
Washington, DC 20052
George Washington University
School of Business
202-994-2454
Ext.
Mr. Stewart has more than twenty-five years experience in the analysis, design and implementation of information management systems, at all levels of government and in many sectors of business and not-for-profit organizations. Presently a doctoral candidate and teaching assistant in the Management of Science, Technology and Innovation Program under Dr. Elias G. Carayannis at the George Washington University School of Business in Washington, DC, Mr. Stewart is investigating technology entrepreneurship and innovative realignment of economic opportunities through the strategic deployment of information and communication technologies. Mr. Stewart received his MS in Technology Management from the University of Maryland University College in 2000, and his BS in Business Management and Communications also from UMUC in 1997.
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Charles Swaim, EdD
President/CEO
1840 W. Broad St.
Ste. 300
Richmond, VA 23220
Eperitus, LLC
Insight for Education
cswaim@eperitus.com
http://www.eperitus.com
804-381-4870
Ext.
Since founding Eperitus (www.eperitus.com) in 2001, Chuck has worked with public and private, K-12 and higher education institutions to provide instructional technology strategies and implementations. He also founded the OneNet Alliance (www.onenetalliance.com) and One for Education (www.one4ed.org). Eperitus is an educational research and consulting firm based in Richmond, Virginia with a second office in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Through Eperitus, Chuck works with educational leaders across the United States and Canada toward obtaining their preferred future. Working in collaboration with instructional leaders and technology directors, Chuck’s projects have shown demonstrated savings in excess of $3 million in the past five years. In addition, he is a leading professional futurist in education and a member of the World Futurist Society. He has spoken at all of the national instructional technology conferences on strategic technology initiatives and designs, and was a faculty member of Harcourt’s Connected Classroom. Chuck attended the College of William and Mary, holds an MBA – Technology Management, and a Doctorate in Educational Leadership from the University of Phoenix.
I want to join the panel to be a part of research that leads to educational change.
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Micah Tapman
Principal
Quest Consultants LLC
m.tapman@questconsultantsllc.com
http://www.questconsultantsllc.com
Mr. Tapman is a founding partner at Quest Consultants. He specializes in information technology strategies for large organizations and in particular long term information security solutions. He has spoken at conferences in Europe and taught courses on emerging information security standards within the U.S. Prior to his current business venture, Mr. Tapman worked at SAIC focusing on information security in the financial services market.
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Richard Varey, PhD
Professor of Marketing
Private Bag 3105
Hamilton
New Zealand
The Waikato Management School
Department of Marketing
rvarey@mngt.waikato.ac.nz
http://www.mngt.waikato.ac.nz
BSc General Sciences (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1980)
MSc Management Sciences (UMIST, 1990)
PhD Marketing (Manchester School of Management, 1996)
Publications include 3 books, 40+ research articles, 120+ conference papers
Dr Richard Varey is Professor of Marketing, and a specialist in inquiring on
the impact of commercial marketing, social marketing, human interaction in
market situations, and systems of managed communication. Richard's research
interests are marketing as a social interaction system, the political
economy of market systems, participatory and ethical communication and
information systems management, and management studies methodology. He
applies critical social psychology, communication theory, and philosophy in
his work. He is Editor of the Australasian Marketing Journal, and a member
of the Advisory Committee of the Corporate Communication Institute at Baruch
College, New York. Richard is currently Principal Investigator on the
"Socially & Culturally Sustainable Biotechnology in New Zealand" research
programme.
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Judson Walls, MBA
Senior Associate
Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc.
703-377-0304
Ext.
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Ann Wang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
University of the District of Columbia
annwang66@yahoo.com
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Verne Wheelwright, Ph.D.
Ph,D.
1917 Guava Circle
Harlingen, TX 78552
Personal Futures Network
Verne@personalfutures.net
http://www.personalfutures.net
956-423-5758
Ext.
My area of interrest is Personal Futures, the application of the methods of Foresight and Futures Studies to individual lives.I believe I can offer a useful perspective on the future based on the impacts of future technology on individual lives.
I have published in a number of refereed journals and have a book coming out in 2010, It's YOUR Future...Make It a Good One.
PhD. in 2006 from Leeds Metropolitan University, MS from University of Houston Clear Lake 2000 and BS in Business Administration from University of Oregon 1957.
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Stephen Wood, BSCS
Technology Strategist
wood.stephen@verizon.net
www.mappingthewhitespaces.com
I've spent the last 20 years in a strategic marketing and product marketing roles in communications, computation and consumer electronics. In those roles, there is a continuing need to anticipate the next step in the evolution of the market. I've spent a great deal of time developing experimental market theory that attempts to anticipate future evolution of technology. While this work does well as specifying what will happen, it does poorly at providing indication of when. I believe that Techcast is a very solid effort to quantify the timing of future events. In the work that I've done to develop predictive market modeling, timing the market is always one of the most challenging objectives due to the large number of potential variables at play.
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Ian Yeoman, PhD
Associate Professor of Tourism Futures
PO Box 600
Wellington
6140
New Zealand
Victoria University of Wellington
Stenden University of Applied Sciences
ian.yeoman@vuw.ac.nz
http://www.tomorrowstourist.com/
00 64 4 463 5717
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Specialist futurist in travel and tourism and author of number of books in this field. Managing projects for the future of tourism in NZ (www.tourism2050.com) and Northern Holland at present. Everything is about technology, resources and wealth.
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