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Place your foresight education resources in alpha order under each category, please.

Conferences are gatherings, summits, workshops, or events that happen several times a year to as little as once every five years.
For a more general list, see also GlobalForesight.org.


Conference categories on this page:
Top Foresight
Science, Evolution, and Development
Technology (Engineering, Infotech, Sociotech, Cognotech, Biomedtech)
Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources
Economics, Capitalism, Finance, Globalization, and Innovation Infrastructure
Politics, Security, Democracy, Rights, Health Care, and Sustainability Infrastructure
Society (Big):Culture: Society, Ethics, Media, Art, Design, Education, Religion
Society (Med):Org:
Mgmt,Org. Innov. & Entrep, Org. Sustainability & Social Responsibility, Org. Dev.
Society (Small):Personal: Family, Relationships, Careers, and Lifestyle
Multidisciplinary
Unclassified



Top Foresight Conferences

TED
Pop!Tech
Accelerating Change
Singularity Summit

Science, Evolution, and Development Conferences



Technology
(Engineering, Infotech, Sociotech, Cognotech, Biomedtech) Conferences

Dice Summit

CES - Im truly surprised nobody has mentioned this. This conference occurs every year and shows off coming trends in the field of consumer electronics. I feel it is important because as consumers, we need to be informed about coming trends in technology available to the public.

http://www.allconferences.com/conferences/20000826171651/
This is a website that will tell you about all of the conference happen around the world.This site is good because It has a wide range of topics from V.R and A.I to Open soruce and OS. [levar H.]

E3 and GDC are the conferences for the future of the gaming industry, with almost all the major announcements in new games and hardware. It is a place for the developers to show off their current and future projects and reveal them to the world. For more information on E3, click here. [Eric Kaplan]


Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources
Conferences



Economics, Capitalism, Finance, Globalization, and Innovation Infrastructure Conferences

Virtual Worlds Conference
. This site is currently a recap of this years Virtual Worlds Conference but it is also the main site for the conference as whole. This conference discusses the future of virtual worlds that range from games like World of Warcraft to eduational games made for children or colleges, and how they could eventually mesh with the real world. This years conference hostes 600 futurists and members of the virtual worlds business.

Politics, Security, Democracy, Rights, Health Care, and Sustainability Infrastructure Conferences



Society (Big): Culture: Society, Ethics, Media, Art, Design, Education, Religion Conferences



Society (Med): Org: Mgmt, Org. Innov. & Entrep, Org. Sustainability & Social Responsibility, Org. Dev. Conferences

Reputation economy conference
This event will bring together representatives from industry, government, and academia to explore themes in online reputation, community-mediated information production, and their implications for democracy and innovation. The symposium is made possible by the generous support of the Microsoft Corporation. (via BoingBoing) -Tom Andrys

Society (Small): Personal: Family, Relationships, Careers, and Lifestyle Conferences

Alcor annual cryopreservation conference -Pajamas



Multidisciplinary Conferences




Unclassified Conferences
Put below any conferences you recommend but can't easily classify above. We'll classify them later.



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Describes itself as the "new world's fair"

At this event exhibits displaying visions for the future of tech are displayed to the public.
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