| Themes
and Subthemes
Accelerating Change 2004
features engaging interactive debates, a virtual worlds workshop,
a collective intelligence dinner, and several other informative
events and activities. Speakers emphasize a mix of analysis,
forecasting, and action plans and examples,
using multidisciplinary inquiry and a synthesis of technical,
entrepreneurial, and social development
dialogs.
This year's themes, Physical
Space, Virtual Space, and Interface, analyze
the intersection of three monumental trends:
Accelerating interconnectivity of the physical world
Increasing accuracy of the simulated world
Growing intelligence of the human-machine interface.
Each of these alone is powerfully impacting society today.
Together, they paint a truly transformative picture of the
future. Strategic topics/subthemes likely to be discussed
include the following:
Physical Space (Tangible Things
and Networks)
Connectivity/Internet/Network Immunity/Security
GPS/Location-Based
Services/RFID/Sensing/Telematics
Handhelds/Wearable
and Portable Computing/Transparency
IT Outsourcing/Offshoring/Globalization
Robotics/AI/Automation/Instant
Manufacturing
VOIP/Bandwidth/Streaming
Wireless/Cellular/Software Defined
Radio
Virtual Space (Simulations and Virtual
Life)
Avatars/Artificial
Life
CGI/Visual
FX
Gaming/MMORPGs/Virtual
Training/Edutainment
GIS/World
Mapping/Augmented Reality
Persistent
Worlds/Virtual Economies
Web
Services/User-Created Content
Interface
(Data, Management Systems, and Convergence)
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