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Website Search Announcements 2011 Kistler Prize Call for Nominations • Deadline: September 30, 2010 Streaming Video Playlists • Feature Films • Kistler Prize • Scholar Interviews • Scholar Lectures • Scholar Visions Recent Publications “Water – The Crisis Ahead” Executive Summary [2.1 MB PDF] Foundation News Vol. 12 • Fall 2009 [1.9 MB PDF] “Anthropogenic Climate Change: A Worst-case Scenario” Executive Summary [2 MB PDF] “Energy Challenges” Executive Summary [2 MB PDF] All Foundation publications are available for download from our Publications page. Planned Events 11th Annual Kistler Prize • September 22, 2010 Peter Ward Lecture • Walter P. Kistler Lecture Series • Town Hall Seattle • October 13, 2010 “Global Transitions and Asia 2060” Workshop • Taipei, Taiwan • November 3–6, 2010 RECENT Events Talk by Sesh Velamoor • "Managing the Future" • July 2010 “Water – The Crisis Ahead” • Humanity 3000 Workshop • April 2010 [AUDIO FILES] Brian Fagan Lecture • Walter P. Kistler Lecture Series • November 2009 10th Annual Kistler Prize • October 2009 Donald Johanson Lecture • Walter P. Kistler Lecture Series • September 2009	Programs Humanity 3000 HOME \| SEMINARS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 \| SYMPOSIA 1 2 \| WORKSHOPS 1 2 3 4 5 6 Workshop 2 “Nanotechnology” Convened April 20–21, 2000 \| Foundation For the Future Building, Bellevue, Washington Summary The Foundation For the Future brought together researchers to present papers and discuss the field of nanotechnology. The four scholars presented a range of ideas, possibilities, and potentials for nanotechnology, varying from augmented humans on a biological substrate to rapid drug and toxin screening, to large-scale cellular measurement and control, along with a discussion of the simulation of structures at the atomic level. No proceedings document was produced from this meeting. Participants J. Storrs Hall Research Fellow Institute for Molecular Manufacturing Palo Alto, CA USA Mark A. Reed Professor, Departments of Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics Yale University New Haven, CT USA Priya Vashishta Professor, Department of Computer Science Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA USA William L. Warren Program Manager Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Arlington, VA USA