From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Apr 9 3:41:55 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from falcon.prod.itd.earthlink.net (falcon.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.74]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB08337B41A for ; Tue, 9 Apr 2002 03:41:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pool0075.cvx40-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net ([216.244.42.75] helo=mindspring.com) by falcon.prod.itd.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 16ut4O-0000Xh-00 for chat@freebsd.org; Tue, 09 Apr 2002 03:41:48 -0700 Message-ID: <3CB2C54D.CCD6561F@mindspring.com> Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2002 03:41:17 -0700 From: Terry Lambert X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en]C-CCK-MCD {Sony} (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Anyone in FreeBSD-land going to the Foresight Gathering? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Anyone in FreeBSD-land going to the Foresight Gathering? I know you have to make a tax-deductible donation and a commitment over 5 years, but it's relatively small, and it looks incredibly interesting... -- Terry http://www.foresight.org/SrAssoc/spring2002/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WHAT THOUGHT LEADERS SAY ABOUT FORESIGHT GATHERINGS: Greg Bear: "A great and brain-jazzing experience!" David Brin: "A great gathering of independent thinkers from all over this rambunctious civilization" Esther Dyson: "Intriguing conference!" Doug Engelbart: "Very very worthwhile for me" John Gilmore: "Interesting experiment" Bill Joy: "Thanks for bringing the group together" Steve Jurvetson: "Mind candy for my soul...an opportunity to explore new horizons, challenge assumptions, and turbocharge a pursuit of lifetime learning" Ray Kurzweil: "A unique and exhilarating experience...a large group of people who have sophisticated, enlightened, and thoughtful ideas about the future" Doug Lenat: "People I wouldn't have met anywhere else -- but needed to" Eric Raymond: "Fascinating schmoozathon!" Gregory Stock: "An extraordinary gathering of stimulating, diverse people. One great conversation after another" Vernor Vinge: "Had a great time and was exposed to fascinating ideas -- and, more importantly -- fascinating sources of ideas" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Exploring the Edges" Foresight Senior Associate Gathering April 26-28, 2002 Silicon Valley, California http://www.foresight.org/SrAssoc/spring2002 Foresight's Annual Brainstorming-Planning-Actionfest & Nanoschmoozathon Huge revolutions in technology are expected to show up in the next 5-to-30 years -- come hear what they are, how they'll change your life, and how to influence them. Featuring "Not Another Nanotech VC Panel" covering what you _won't_ hear at the nanotech biz conferences Special Event: Debate of the Decade "BioFuture vs. MachineFuture" Gregory Stock vs. Ray Kurzweil New: Job opportunities table. Bring your resume or your help wanted info and we'll help to facilitate a match. Confirmed speakers include: * Tom W. Bell: controversial law prof who keeps challenging society's fundamental beliefs -- and succeeds * Stewart Brand: multidisciplinary pioneer; author, How Buildings Learn; founder, Whole Earth Catalog; co-founder, All Species Inventory, Long Bets Foundation * Eric Drexler: nanotechnologist; author, Engines of Creation, Nanosystems * David Friedman: maverick economist; author, The Machinery of Freedom * Ray Kurzweil: author, The Age of Intelligent Machines, The Age of Spiritual Machines; winner, National Medal of Technology * Leon Fuerth: former National Security Advisor to VP Al Gore * Steve Jurvetson: managing director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson; "The Valley's Sharpest VC" * Ray Kurzweil: author, The Age of Intelligent Machines, The Age of Spiritual Machines; winner, National Medal of Technology * Ralph Merkle: nanotechnologist; winner, Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology; co-inventor, public key cryptography * Tim O'Reilly: open source advocate, Internet commerce pioneer, protester against bad patents, best computer book publisher in world * Christine Peterson: coauthor, Unbounding the Future, Leaping the Abyss; named 'open source software' * Paul Saffo: technology forecaster, quoted everywhere; a World Economic Forum "Global Leader for Tomorrow" * Gregory Stock: author, Redesigning HUMANS: Our Inevitable Genetic Future; Director, UCLA Program on Medicine, Technology and Society * Fred Turner: poet laureate of nanotechnology; aesthetic theoretician Topics include: * Nanotechnology * Radical life extension * Expanding biosphere into space * Repairing environmental damage * Openness vs. privacy * Machine intelligence: could we be surprised? * Encouraging open technologies * Preventing abuse of technology * Spreading tech benefits to "have nots" * Reining in "intellectual property" law * Speeding up change to reduce risk? * Nanotech investment * Action plans Who comes: 200 of those most able to see what's ahead -- and consider what to do about it. As a group we have technical skill, entrepreneurial drive, financial resources, experience in effecting change, and the sheer pigheaded determination to make a difference. (See http://www.foresight.org/SrAssoc) When: April 26 evening though April 28, 2002. We'll start with a reception at 7 PM Friday and wrap up at about 5 PM Sunday. Where: Palo Alto in Silicon Valley -- the birthplace of disruptive new technologies How: Not just passive listening -- the emphasis is on intense interaction Why: To plan your the future of your career, your family, and your organization, you need to know what's coming Thinking about the coming changes -- even the positive ones -- can be intimidating when done solo. Join us as we take our annual group swim into the memepool of the future Come exercise your foresight muscle. There's nowhere to get a better view of the wild ride ahead. Special thanks to our Corporate Sponsor: Draper Fisher Jurvetson http://www.dfj.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To sponsor this event, contact yakira@foresight.org Foresight Institute is a non-profit educational organization To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message