Program for the Future Conference
On Dec. 8-9, The Tech Museum in partnership with the MIT Museum will sponsor a major conference and design challenge entitled Program for the Future. Its goal is as audacious and ambitious as its title. The Program for the Future is about tools to improve our collective intelligence, and is inspired by the vision of Doug Engelbart -- the man who invented the computer mouse, graphical user interface and pioneered the concept of networked computers -- to harness technology to augment human intellect and improve our ability to work together.
Engelbart gave us tools to raise Collective IQ and a stunning
example of how it works. Now it's up to us to take up the challenge. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Engelbart's astounding demo, the Program for the Future is bringing
together some of the best minds in science, media, business and education
-- and we hope you will be among them -- to explore the question: what's next?
On December 8 and 9 we'll hear from some of today's most provocative speakers, then brainstorm ways to enhance our capability for problem solving, decision making, knowledge organization, and planning in every field of human endeavor.
Featured Speakers
- Professor Thomas Malone, Founding Director, MIT Center for Collective Intelligence
- Professor Hiroshi Ishii, Associate Director, MIT Media Laboratory
- Peter Norvig, Director of Research, Google
- Andries van Dam, Professor, Brown University
- Alan Kay, President, Viewpoints Research Institute
- Steve Wozniak, co-founder, Apple Computer, Inc.
- Dr. Peter Friess, President, the Tech Museum of Innovation
December 8
- Speakers and Workshops on collective intelligence at The Tech Museum of Innovation in San José (map).
In keeping with Engelbart's vision of mass collaboration, this event brings together many communities -- education, business, nonprofit, social, political and technology. The day will end with a special tour led by Peter Friess, The Tech Museum President, through Leonardo: 500 Years into the Future, the largest exhibition of da Vinci's engineering, anatomical studies and art ever to visit the United States.
December 9- The morning program at Stanford University's Wallenberg Hall (map) is a workshop and call to action to organize ourselves to harness the collective intelligence of our community.
In the afternoon, SRI is celebrating the 40th anniversary of Engelbart's legendary "mother of all demos"at Stanford's Memorial Auditorium (map). We hope you will join us for that event as well.
The Future- The Program for the Future will launch an annual, global design challenge for new tools that improve Collective Intelligence. This competition will run for 12 months, and winners will be on display at The Tech Museum and the MIT Museum.
To register for this exciting conference (including virtual attendance), go to programforthefuture.org/register. For more information, see programforthefuture.org/about.
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