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“Water – The Crisis Ahead” Executive Summary

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• Fall 2009  [1.9 MB PDF]

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11th Annual Kistler Prize

• September 22, 2010

Peter Ward Lecture

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• October 13, 2010

“Global Transitions and Asia 2060” Workshop

• Taipei, Taiwan
• November 3–6, 2010

 

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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

 

 

 

 

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The Next Thousand Years
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Workshops

“This Tiny Planet”

Convened June 18–20, 2004 | Foundation For the Future Building, Bellevue, Washington

The workshop “This Tiny Planet” focused on the scientific content, related to planetary considerations, of a one-hour television program to be entitled “Earth and Beyond.” Eight scholars worked together to look at the future of planet Earth and its options and potentialities in three timescales: one generation (25 years), ten generations (250 years), and forty generations (a thousand years).

Proceedings (4.3 MB PDF)

“The Future Human”*

Convened November 8–10, 2002 | Foundation For the Future Building, Bellevue, Washington

Nine scholars gathered with Foundation officers and affiliates in a weekend workshop focused on Program 2: The Future Human, which addresses how humans may evolve in the next thousand years as our species begins to defy its biological limits.

Proceedings (4.2 MB PDF)

*Support for this workshop was provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this website do not necessarily reflect those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

First Producers Workshop

Convened April 19–21, 2002 | Hyatt Regency Hotel, Bellevue, Washington

The First Producers Workshop brought together 17 prominent television documentary producers and 11 eminent scholars to discuss content and production issues related to The Next Thousand Years television series.

Report (3.6 MB PDF)