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2005 State of the Future; an Extraordinary Overview of the Global Situation and Prospects for the Future

November 14, 2005
12pm-2pm
5th Floor Conference Room
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

The 2005 State of the Future is a unique resource for understanding global change and strategies to improve the human condition. Universities around the world use this as a text. Corporate strategic planners and government policymakers use it as an invaluable resource. The 2005 State of the Future is the ninth in an annual series of global “report cards on the future” providing details of the challenges facing humanity, governments, industries, and the environment; today and into tomorrow.

Hear first hand from Jerome C. Glenn,co-author of 2005 State of the Future. Mr. Glenn will provide his insights into the collective intelligence of nearly 2,000 leading minds in more than 50 countries.

…the annual gross income of organized crime is more than twice that of all military budgets worldwide... the views of woman and men on future ethical issues are strikingly similar around the world…the high technology and low wages of China and India will result in their becoming giants of world trade, which should force the developing world to rethink its trade-led economic growth strategies…

…with the advent of the “24-7 always on” globalized world of ubiquitous computing, we will be making many more decisions per day, constantly changing our own and others’ schedules and priorities…a worldwide race to connect everything not yet connected is just beginning...conventional military force has little effect in combating the asymmetrical and intrastate warfare as the boundaries between war, civil unrest, terrorism, and crime become increasingly blurred…more casualties are caused at the hands of men to women then between warring parties…

…in the best case scenario, China’s water situation does not start to improve for another 10 to 15 years, which is now the key impediment to its growth and could lead to future mass migrations…dramatic increases in collective human-machine intelligence are possible within 25 years. It is also possible that within the same time frame single individuals acting alone might create and use weapons of mass destruction (WMD)…conducting regional water negotiations in the Middle East is the best way to build confidence that peace is possible in the region.

The Presenter: Jerome C. Glenn co-founded and directs the Millennium Project, the leading global participatory think tank supported by international organizations, governments, corporations, and NGOs, which produces the internationally recognized State of the Future annual reports. He is also the executive director of the American Council for the United Nations University, which represents the UNU in Washington, D.C.

Mr. Glenn has 35 years experience in futures research for government, international organizations, and private industry in science & technology policy, economics, education, defense, space, forecasting methodology, international telecommunications, and decision support systems with the Millennium Project, Committee for the Future, Hudson Institute, his own firm (the Future Options Room), and as an independent consultant.

Mr. Glenn is the author of over 100 future-oriented articles and has given keynote presentations at over 100 conferences. He invented the "Futures Wheel" forecasting technique, and was instrumental in SALT II Treaty that banned the first space weapons. The Saturday Review referred to him as “among the most unusually gifted leaders of America” for his pioneering works in Tropical Medicine, FutureOriented Education, and Participatory Decision Making Systems. In 1974 he was instrumental in naming first space shuttle the "Enterprise."

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