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Website Search Streaming Video Video Playlists Includes: Feature Films, Kistler Prize Acceptance Speeches, Interviews, Lectures, and Scholar Visions of the Long-term Future Recent Publications “Global Transitions and Asia 2060” Executive Summary [2.7 MB PDF] “Water – The Crisis Ahead” Executive Summary [2.1 MB PDF] Winter 2010 Newsletter [1.1 MB PDF] All Foundation publications are available for download from our Publications page. RECENT Events “Global Population and the Planetary Future – 2011” • Humanity 3000 Workshop • October 2011 Walter P. Kistler Book Award • Dr. Laurence C. Smith • October 2011 12th Annual Kistler Prize • Dr. Charles A. Murray • September 2011 Norman Myers Lecture • Walter P. Kistler Lecture Series • May 2011 “Global Transitions and Asia 2060” Workshop • Taipei, Taiwan • November 2010 Peter Ward Lecture • Walter P. Kistler Lecture Series • October 2010 “Managing the Future” • Talk by Sesh Velamoor • July 2010	Programs Humanity 3000 HOME \| SEMINARS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 \| SYMPOSIA 1 2 \| WORKSHOPS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 “Future of Humanity: Seminar 4” Convened August 21–24, 2003 \| Foundation For the Future Building, Bellevue, Washington Summary For Seminar 4, the Foundation For the Future reduced the number of scholars to 14 in order to conduct the meetings entirely on Foundation premises. These participants, who brought the perspectives of the physical, biological, and social sciences, articulated the three most critical issues for the next thousand years as: (1) facilitating the avoidance of social conflicts, (2) the need for an international body or early-warning mechanism dedicated to recognition of and education about impending risks, and (3) implementing global consciousness or the sense of being a planetary species. Each of these issues was the focus of a fishbowl dialogue. A formal debate was engaged on the resolution: “Humanity’s long-term future will result from intentional, intelligent human design.” The final vote was in favor of the resolution. Proceedings (5.3 MB PDF) of this seminar, including transcripts of all dialogic sessions, available for download. Featured is an interview of Arthur R. Jensen, winner of the 2003 Kistler Prize, conducted by Sesh Velamoor, Deputy Director, Programs, Foundation For the Future. Keynote PRESENTATIONs “The Role of Religion” Dan Barker Freedom From Religion Foundation Madison, WI USA “The Current State of the Three Great Frontiers in Physics” Dr. Paul Davies Australian Centre for Astrobiology, Macquarie University Sydney, Australia Participants Dan Barker Public Relations Director Freedom From Religion Foundation Madison, WI USA Don Beck CEO Spiral Dynamics Group Denton, TX USA Charles Brass Chair Baytec Institute for Learning and Development Geelong, Victoria, Australia Angela Close Archaeologist, Dept. of Anthropology University of Washington Seattle, WA USA Carl Coon Humanist Former US Ambassador Washington, DC USA Peter Corning Director Institute for the Study of Complex Systems Palo Alto, CA USA Paul Davies Professor Australian Centre for Astrobiology, Macquarie University Sydney, Australia Russell Genet Director Orion Institute Santa Margarita, CA USA John Hartung Associate Professor State University of New York Brooklyn, NY USA Ronald Moore Associate Professor of Philosophy University of Washington Seattle, WA USA Adriana Ocampo Senior Research Scientist European Space Agency Noordwijk, Netherlands Gary Schwartz Professor University of Arizona Tucson, AZ USA John Smart Chairman Institute for the Study of Accelerating Change Los Angeles, CA USA Seung-Schik Yoo Brigham and Women’s Hospital Harvard Medical School Brookline, MA USA Copyright © 1996-2012 Foundation For the Future. All rights reserved.