Planned Events

“Future of Planet Earth” FFF/UNESCO Joint Sponsored Seminar

June 3–5, 2008

9th Annual Kistler Prize

September 11, 2008

“Anthropogenic Climate Destabilization: A Worst-case Scenario” Humanity 3000 Workshop

September 12–14, 2008

 

RECENT Events

“Think Globally, Act Locally” Humanity 3000 Seminar

April 2008

Awarding of the Walter P. Kistler Book Award

March 2008

Walter P. Kistler Science Teacher of the Year Award

November 2007

Awarding of Eighth Annual Kistler Prize

September 2007

Walter P. Kistler Science Documentary Film Award

June 2007

 

Announcements

2009 Kistler Prize
Call for Nominations

Deadline: Sept. 30, 2008

 

Streaming Video

Foundation For the Future 10th Anniversary

Where Does Humanity Go from Here?

Cosmic Origins: From Big Bang to Humankind

 

Recent Publications

Foundation Newsletter

Winter 2007/2008
[1.6 MB PDF]

“Energy Challenges” Executive Summary

“Energy Challenges” Workshop Proceedings

[34.9 MB PDF]

“Humanity and the Biosphere” Seminar Proceedings

[8.7 MB PDF]

“Crossroads for Planet Earth” Seminar Proceedings

[16 MB PDF]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Programs

Humanity 3000

 

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Humanity 3000, established in 1998, brings together at regular intervals a changing roster of some of the world’s most prominent thinkers to assess the current state of humanity and to identify the significant factors that may affect life a thousand years into the future.

 

Seminar, Symposia, and Workshop Series

The Foundation For the Future convenes annual Humanity 3000 seminars and bi-decadal symposia. The seminars typically convene 25 to 35 participants. The first symposium, in August 2000, brought together 70 scholars from 40 disciplines and 20 countries. In addition, smaller workshops are conducted periodically to provide a knowledge base for seminar and symposia participants.

Virtually all physical, biological, and social sciences are represented in Humanity 3000 dialogues, which are focused on human life in the thousand-year future. Each seminar is designed to be an exercise in creative and contemplative thought, and every effort is made in the selection of participants to ensure a wide representation of worldviews.

Purpose

The purpose of each seminar is to facilitate a free exchange of ideas about the future of our species, with an emphasis on informed understanding of what science tells us about the key factors that may affect the long-term future of humanity, as well as how the scientific view integrates into the whole. Participants not only identify and explore these key factors, but also map the past and current territory, and attempt to outline the future trajectory of each factor, as currently understood, in view of foreseeable future problems and opportunities.

Humanity 3000 participants are asked to address the following: In the context of Homo sapiens' evolutionary past, present, and thousand-year future:

• What are the threats to the survival of humanity?

• What are the opportunities that offset/mitigate the threats?

• What are the emergent priorities to ensure the future well-being of humanity?

Scholars interested in participating in future seminars and/or symposia are invited to contact the Foundation for additional information.

Seminars

“Future of Planet Earth” | June 2008

“Think Globally, Act Locally” | April 2008

“Humanity and the Biosphere: The Next Thousand Years” | September 2006

“Crossroads for Planet Earth” | April 2006

Seminar 5 | August 2004

Seminar 4 | August 2003

Seminar 3 | August 2001

Seminar 2 | September 1999

Seminar 1 | April 1999

Symposia

Symposium 2 | October 2005

Symposium 1 | August 2000

Workshops

“Anthropogenic Climate Destabilization: A Worst-case Scenario” | September 2008

“Energy Challenges: The Next Thousand Years” | March 2007

“Humans and Space: The Next Thousand Years” | June 2005

“Nanotechnology” | April 2000

“When SETI Succeeds” | July 1999

 

Proceedings

Proceedings of past seminars, symposia, and workshops are available for download from the Foundation Publications page.