by Wendy McGuinness | Aug 13, 2008 | Uncategorized
My second visit was of a more general nature in that I was a tourist. I spent about three hours in the main building and the bookstore – which was superb. I have added some pictures of the sculptures at the front of the building (see above) as they gave me a...
by Wendy McGuinness | Jul 31, 2008 | Uncategorized
Well it’s the last day, and I am sorry to see it come to the close. Today is what is called the Professional Members Forum, titled: Global Futures Projects: Innovations and Outcomes. Thankfully there were no more hard choices to make as the programme was set....
by Wendy McGuinness | Jul 31, 2008 | Uncategorized
Today there were so many presentations I wanted to attend (9.00-10-30) and they were apparently all fabulous. We all met up for coffee and the room was abuzz. People in particular to Google include: Medard Gabel (Big Picture Consulting); Jerome Glen and Theodore J...
by Wendy McGuinness | Jul 29, 2008 | Uncategorized
Today I attended a presentation by Dennis M. Bushnell, Chief Scientist from NASA, who was fascinating, but I was out of my depth. He is clearly a brilliant man who has an extremely good grasp of technology. Much of his thinking will feed into ‘7×7’ in August and...
by Wendy McGuinness | Jul 27, 2008 | Uncategorized
Tonight the conference began properly with the Opening Plenary. The key speakers were Edie Weiner, co-author of FutureThink: How to Think Clearly in a Time of Change, and Bill Drayon, a founder of Ashoka and former assistant administrator for the U.S. Environmental...
