Insights November 18th, 2015

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DARK FUTURES is brought to you by the team that brought you the ‘Cyborg Camp YVR’ and ‘From Now: Humanity with Technology’ conferences. Nikolas Badminton, noted Futurist, is the curator and host.
Many conferences talk about the incredible possibilities that are delivered by innovations, this conference speaks about the hidden systems that affect our daily lives (whether we are aware of it or not).

DARK FUTURES 2015 IS SOLD OUT

This year we have 5 amazing speakers.

  • 7:00pm: DARK MANUFACTURING: What will you make? – John Biehler
  • 7:20pm: DARK GAMES: Crowdsourcing Freddy Krueger – Patrick Sauriol
  • 7:40pm: DARK HEALTH: Hybrid Humans, Virtual Surgery and Other Futures for Healthcare – Kemp Edmonds
  • 8:00pm: DARK MEDIA: Media and Controlling the Message – Jenny Uechi
  • 8:20pm: DARK INFORMATION SHARING: No choices, no privacy – Kris Constable

To get you in the mood, here are the talks from 2014’s event:

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Nikolas Badminton is a world-respected futurist speaker that researches, speaks, and writes about the future of work, how technology is affecting the workplace, how workers are adapting, the sharing economy, and how the world is evolving. He appears at conferences in Canada, USA, UK, and Europe. Email him to book him for your radio, TV show, or conference.

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Nikolas Badminton

Nikolas Badminton is the Chief Futurist of the Futurist Think Tank. He is world-renowned futurist speaker, a Fellow of The RSA (FRSA), a media personality, and has worked with over 400 of the world’s most impactful companies to establish strategic foresight capabilities, identify trends shaping our world, help anticipate unforeseen risks, and design equitable futures for all. In his new book – ‘Facing Our Futures’ – he challenges short-term thinking and provides executives and organizations with the foundations for futures design and the tools to ignite curiosity, create a framework for futures exploration, and shift their mindset from what is to WHAT IF…

Contact Nikolas