Upcoming Events
Book Circle: The Columbus Futurists book circle meets on the second Thursday night of each month at 7:00 pm at Summit Chase, 1000 Urlin Ave., Grandview Heights, Ohio 43212. (location) July 15, 2010: Bill McKibben: Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet
August 12, 2010: Bruce Bueno de Mesquita: The Predictioneer's Game: Using the Logic of Brazen Self-Interest to See and Shape the Future
September 9, 2010: Clay Shirky: Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age
October 14, 2010: Albert Laszlo Barabasi: Bursts: The Hidden Pattern Behind Everything We Do
June 10, 2010: Joel Kotkin, The Next Hundred Million: America in 2050
May 13, 2010: Steve Millett, Anticipating the Future
April 8, 2010: Frank Donoghue, The Last Professors: The Corporate University and the Fate of the Humanities
Forum: The Columbus Futurists monthly forum meets from 6:30-8:30 pm at the Panera Bread community room (875 Bethel Road).
Thursday July 22, 2010: "The Future of Transportation,"
Sustainable Urban Mobility in 2020
August 26, 2010: "Disaster Preparation in Columbus"
June 17, 2010: "Narcotrafficing: Implications for US Security"
May 27, 2010: "Future Opportunities for the State of Ohio"
April 22, 2010: "What will most improve the quality of life in Central Ohio by 2015?"
March 25, 2010: "Socionomics: The Science of History and Social Prediction--A Review"
February 25, 2010: "Under the Gun: Thoughts on Threat and Creativity"
January 28, 2010: "Time on my Mind: On the Future and the Nature of Time"
November 19, 2009: "The Future of Health Care"
October 22, 2009: "Our Aging, Multicultural Population: Demographic Trends and Implications"
September 24, 2009: What's next for the global economy?
August 20, 2009: "The Future of Nuclear Energy"
July 23, 2009: "Commercial Nuclear Power: A Promise Partly Fulfilled"