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Further. Think Deeper. Act Smarter.
Share the Surprising Present. Make Great Friends.
Future Salons make our rapidly
changing world fascinating, manageable, and profitable for
you. Come for fun and useful discussions on trends and innovations
in science, technology, business, and society.
Explore new tools, practices, ideas, investments. See the
future and sieze the present. Grow your support network.
Future Salons typically meet once
per month. All are free and open to the public. Signup at
each salon's Yahoo! group for email notifications of meetings.
Come add your insights and energy to the mix!
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FOR 2008:
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Atlanta Future Salon DETAILS
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WHEN: 4th Thurs of Every Month
WHERE: American Cancer Society National
Home Office
MODERATORS (PAST): Timothy Moenk
(email)
& Randy Moss (email) |
NEXT MEETING:
See Yahoo!
Group home page (currently 25 members,
presently inactive—needs moderator)
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Bay Area Future Salon DETAILS
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WHEN: 3rd Fri of
Every Month
WHERE: SAP, Bldg D, Southern Cross
Room,
3410 Hillview Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304
MODERATOR: Mark Finnern (email
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Video Archive | Salon
Weblog |
NEXT MEETING:
See Yahoo!
Group home page (currently 815
members, active)
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Beijing Future Salon (aka
Beijing Futurists Society) NEW DETAILS
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WHEN: See Facebook Group
WHERE: Beijing, China
MODERATOR: Stefan Pernar (email
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NEXT MEETING:
See
Facebook Group home page (currently 23
members, active)
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Boulder Future Salon NEW
DETAILS
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WHEN: 4th Fri of Every Month
WHERE: Boulder
Bookstore, Upper Room North,
1107 Pearl St, Boulder, CO 80302
MODERATORS: Amanda Hargis, Wayne
Radinsky (email),
& Melanie Swan
Website | Contact
us |
NEXT MEETING:
See Yahoo!
Group home page (currently 63
members, active)
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DC Future Salon DETAILS
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WHEN: 1st Wed of Every Month
WHERE: Bethesda Community Ctr.
MODERATORS: Ben Goertzel (email),
and Melanie Swan |
NEXT MEETING:
See Yahoo!
Group home page (currently 92 members,
semiactive—needs comoderator)
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Honolulu Futures Salon NEW DETAILS
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WHEN: 1st Wed of Every Month
WHERE: University of Hawaii at Manoa
MODERATORS: Jake Dunagan (email)
& Stuart Candy (email) |
NEXT MEETING:
See Yahoo!
Group home page (currently 13 members,
active)
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Las Vegas Future Salon DETAILS
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WHEN: 2nd Fri of Every Month
WHERE: Borders, 2190 N. Rainbow,
Las Vegas, NV (Usually)
MODERATORS: Gilda Cabral (email),
Mike Korns, Mark Klein, and Sheila Klein
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NEXT MEETING:
See Yahoo!
Group home page (currently 210
members, active)
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Los Angeles Future Salon DETAILS
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WHEN: 1st Sun of Every Month
WHERE: UCLA, Kerckhoff Hall, Rooms
131-133,
Los Angeles, CA
MODERATORS (PAST): John Smart (email),
Bino Gopal, Brent Bushnell
Website | Podcasts |
NEXT MEETING:
See LA
Future Salon - Events, for meeting reminders
and local event postings (currently 651
members, salon is presently inactive—needs moderator.
Email John Smart if interested in leading an LA Future Salon!)
See LA
Future Salon - Talk list, for news sharing
and community discussion (currently 24
members)
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Manila Future Salon NEW DETAILS
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WHEN: See Yahoo Group
WHERE: Manila, Philippines
MODERATORS: Gilda Cabral (email)
and Mike Korns. |
NEXT MEETING:
See
Yahoo Group home page (currently 211
members, active)
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New York City Future Salon DETAILS
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WHEN: See Meetup Group
WHERE: NYC metro area
MODERATORS: Ella Grapp (email) |
NEXT MEETING:
See Meetup
Group home page (currently 168
members, active)
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Philadelphia Future Salon NEW
DETAILS
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WHEN: 1st Thurs of Every Month
WHERE: Buchanan
Ingersoll & Rooney, 1835 Market St, 14th Floor, Philadelphia,
PA 19103
MODERATORS: Tim "Flipper Peregrine"
Allen (email),
Don Bain (email),
Melanie Swan, & Frank Taney (email) |
NEXT MEETING:
See Google
Group home page (currently 115
members, active)
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Phoenix Future Salon DETAILS
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WHEN: See Yahoo Group
WHERE: University
of Advancing Technology, Main Auditorium, 2625 W. Baseline
Road, Tempe, AZ 85283
MODERATORS (PAST): Ray Blackwood
(email) & Tom Lombardo
(email)
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NEXT MEETING:
See Yahoo!
Group home page (currently 28
members, presently inactive—needs moderator)
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Seattle/Pacific Northwest Future
Salon DETAILS
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WHEN: See Yahoo Group
WHERE: U. of Phoenix, and other
locations in the greater Seattle area.
MODERATORS: Jan Vandenbos (email),
Ryan Rawson, and Dave Gould
Salon
Wiki
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NEXT MEETING:
See Yahoo!
Group home page (currently 59
members, semiactive—needs comoderator)
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San Diego Future Salon DETAILS
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WHEN: Last Sunday of Every Month
WHERE: Barnes & Noble, 10775
Westview Parkway,
San Diego, CA 92126
MODERATORS: Lisa Tansey (email),
Rob Sperry, and Star Fitzgerald |
NEXT MEETING:
See Yahoo!
Group home page (currently 165
members, semiactive—needs comoderator)
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Santa Cruz Future Salon NEW
DETAILS
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WHEN: See Yahoo Group
WHERE: UC Santa Cruz
and Borders
Bookstore, 1200 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
MODERATORS: Miguel F. Aznar (email),
Jeff Jones (email)
& Max Comess (email)
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NEXT MEETING:
See Yahoo!
Group home page (currently 86 members,
active)
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Second Life
Future Salon DETAILS
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WHEN: See Yahoo Group
WHERE: Inside the free and easy-to-join
3D Online World, Second
Life
MODERATORS (PAST): Jerry Paffendorf
(email
| weblog) &
Timothy Moenk (email)
Audio Archive | Salon
Weblog |
NEXT MEETING:
See Yahoo!
Group home page (currently 137
members, presently inactive—needs moderator)
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Tucson H+ Future Salon (aka
H+ Club) NEW DETAILS
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WHEN: See Facebook Group
WHERE: University of Arizona,
Tucson, AZ
MODERATORS: Richard Leis Jr. (email)
& Simone Syed (email)
Salon Weblog |
NEXT MEETING:
See Facebook
Group home page (currently 143
members, very active—weekly meetings)
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Other Salon Networks
BarCamp (International)
Ad-hoc un-conference gatherings, born from the desire for passionate
people to share and learn in an open environment.
Berkeley Cybersalon
(Berkeley, CA)
Impact of technology on society. Moderators: Sylvia
Paull and Jeff Ubois
BrainJam
(San Francisco, CA)
Attendee-led knowledge networking events.
Cafe Scientifique/Science
Cafe. (Britain, Europe, North
America: WA, MN, PA, CO, CA, TX, MT, MI, MA, IA, FL, NY)
Monthly forums for understanding science issues, concepts,
controversies.
DorkBot
(National)
People "doing strange things with electricity."
Maker culture.
Hollywood Hill
(West Los Angeles, CA)
Digital media and social change
ISEPP/Wanderers
(Portland, OR; San Jose, CA)
Science, engineering and public policy discussion group.
Impressive speakers.
MeetUp (International)
A forum for people with shared interests to form offline clubs in
communities around the world. Put in your postal code and see what's
local!
Mind Camp
(Seattle, WA)
A self-organizing, digitally minded, entrepreneur-driven,
overnight confab.
World Café
(International)
Discussion groups for "conversations that matter."
World Future Society
US Chapters: (Austin | Boston
| Colorado
Springs | Dallas
| Madison | New
York | Philadelphia
| Wash DC)
The oldest and largest futures network. Nonpartisan, broad based.
World
Transhumanist Association US Chapters
(Chapter
List)
Advocating the ethical use of technology to extend human capabilities.
Mild technofabulist bias.
Futures Studies - Discussion Lists
• ASF Future Salons
See individual salon groups above.
Regional: Join the North
American Future Salon Network - Talk list.
14 salons.
• General
alt.history.future.
Usenet group on various futures (and secondarily, alternative history)
topics. 300 posts/month. Variable quality. Since 1994.
Extropy-chat.
Oldest transhumanist discussion list. Some futures studies, great
thinkers. Mild libertarian bias. Since 1991.
Technoliberation.
Techno-progressive politics (democracy + techology). James Hughes
and Dale Carrico are moderators.
soc.history.what-if.
Usenet group on alternative history topics. 3,000 posts/month. Variable
quality. Since 1992.
World
Transhumanist Assocation lists. Topical and regional lists.
WTA Chat is is the main list. Moderate volume.
• Members Only
Association of Professional
Futurists list. Reasonable annual fee. Professional futurists
only.
World Futures Studies Federation
list. Reasonable annual fee. Persons active in futures studies,
practice, or prospective social change only.
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