Future will be awesome. Future is so unpredictable. Future is scary. We don’t know what the next few years will bring let alone next decades. But I challenged the world’s greatest minds to deal with that daunting task and gathered their opinions to show us the future in the next 25 years. In 12 different aspects of our lives.
The future makers will tell you about it. Today.
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Happy New Year 2039! What our world will look like 25 years from now.
1. HAPPY NEW YEAR 2039!
WHAT OUR WORLD WILL LOOK LIKE 25 YEARS FROM NOW?
2. Have you ever wondered what can we expect in 25 years from now?
What will we eat? Where will we live? How will we communicate? And
will we be able to cure death and literally live forever?
FUTUREMAKERS.TODAY is a 115-page, free publication that covers
interviews with internationally renowned experts – futurists,
philosophers, designers, scientists – who share
their vision of the world in the year 2039, spanning different aspects of
our life such as:
CITY | CARS | ENERGY | FOOD | HEALTH | COMMUNICATION | RETAIL |
MONEY | HOUSING
In this presentation you will find some important excerpts, the full
version of the publication is available for free at www.futuremakers.today
Illustrations by: Ewelina Skowrońska
BACKGROUND
3. EXPERTS
Janusz Kaniewski, designer;
the future of the city
Sheryl Connelly, futurist, Ford Motor Company;
the future of the cars
Marcin Popkiewicz, megatrend analyst;
the future of the energy
Andrew Brentano, co-founder, Tiny Farms;
the future of the food
Dr Michio Kaku, theoretical physicist;
the future of the human
Dr Max More, CEO Alcor Life Extension Foundation;
the future of health
Georges Nahon, CEO, Orange Silicon Valley;
the future of communication
Mike McNamara, CIO Tesco;
the future of retail
Colin Angle, CEO, co-founder, iRobot Corp.;
the future of housing
Ann Cairns, President of International
Markets, Mastercard Worldwide;
the future of money
Brian David Johnson, futurist, Intel;
the future of technology
Dr Max McKeown, best-selling author of The
Strategy Book,The Innovation Book;
the future of innovation
5. Janusz Kaniewski
the longtime designer of Pininfarina and Ferrari, the
author and co-author of many of today's cars. Advisor to
the President of Gdynia, the first and only non-architect
in SARP. In 2012, Janusz Kaniewski took second place in
the ranking of the most innovative entrepreneurs in
Poland, according to Forbes magazine. Due to his 25th
anniversary of creative work, in October 2013, Publisher
Bosz released the book: Janusz Kaniewski. Design.
12. Sheryl Connelly
Ford’s global trends and futuring expert. She is the only
member of the automotive industry named to Fast
Company’s Top 100 Most Creative People in Business for
2013, and the first woman from the auto industry to
make the annual list.
17. Marcin Popkiewicz
a megatrend analyst, the chief editor of popular
websites devoted to economy and climate. The author of
a best-selling book "Świat na rozdrożu". The head of the
Polish division of ASPO (The Association for the Study of
Peak Oil and Gas).
25. Andrew Brentano
co-founder of Tiny Farms in California’s Silicon Valley,
food and technology enthusiast, his company has been
designed to feed a growing world.
34. Dr Michio Kaku
a renowned theoretical physicist, popularizer of science,
acclaimed as one of the 50 greatest living physicists in
the world; the co-founder of string field theory; the
author of three New York Times Best Sellers: Physics of
the Impossible, Physics of the Future and The Future of
the Mind.
40. Dr. Max More
a strategic futurist and an internationally recognized
advocate of the effective and ethical use of technology
for life extension and cryopreservation; CEO of Alcor Life
Extension Foundation. Author of the Proactionary
Principle and the philosophy of Extropy and
Transhumanism.
47. Georges Nahon
CEO of Orange Silicon Valley (OSV) in San Francisco.
Founder and the President of the Orange Institute and
furthermore, he spearheaded the conception and
development of Orange’s award-winning first
accelerator: Orange Fab. Co-author of the book The
Second Life of Network.
53. Mike McNamara
Chief Information Officer in Tesco, responsible
for all technology across the group. Member of the
Strategic Advisory Board to the Sustainable
Consumption Institute (SCI) at the University of
Manchester, and is Chairman of GS1 Global,
a not-for-profit association dedicated to the
development of standards which improve the efficiency
and visibility of supply and demand chains globally.
56. Ann Cairns
President of International Markets for MasterCard
Worldwide. Cairns checks out operations in Asia, South
America and Europe, all the regions outside the US
which now account for 60% of the payments group’s
revenues. She oversees 6,000 people in 210 countries.
61. Colin Angle
CEO and Co-Founder of iRobot Corporation.
One of the world’s leading authorities on mobile robots.
Angle is a roboticist who invented the Roomba, the
device that vacuums floor. Angle’s leadership and vision
for the future of robots have been recognized with
numerous professional awards.
66. Brian David Johnson
futurist at Intel Corporation; one of the pioneers in areas
such as artificial intelligence, robotics and TV reinventor,
the author of Humanity in the Machine: What Comes
After Greed?, Science Fiction Prototyping: Designing the
Future with Science Fiction and 21st Century Robot:
The Dr. Simon Egerton Stories
72. Natalia Hatalska
blogger, trendwatcher
A graduate of the University of Gdansk and Poznan University of Economics. As
a scholar of the prestigious Joseph Conrad Scholarship program also studied at the
London Business School, UK. In 2005–2009 head of communication department in
Wirtualna Polska (second biggest portal in Poland). Previously, PR Manager at NIVEA
Poland and Young Digital Planet. Currently working with the media house Universal
McCann as Chief Inspiration Officer. Originator of award-winning campaigns based
on non-traditional communication methods. Member of Creative Communication
Cluster. Member of the Board of Experts ThinkTank Polska. Vice President of Polish
Association of Bloggers and Vloggers. Columnist at Sukces magazine.
Author of http://hatalska.com blog about non-traditional advertising recognized as
one of the most influential blogs in Poland.
Awarded by Geek Girls Carrots with Silver Carrot for being a role model
for women working in the field of new technologies.
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