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]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Humanity 3000

 

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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