With Adobe and Google as next door neighbors, the One to the World™ team develops world class software in the heart of Seattle’s tech-centric Fremont District. One to the World’s executive team has decades of combined experience producing both live events and software-driven experiences on nearly every continent on Earth. Their combined disciplines, along with a deep understanding of how to entertain and engage audiences, have informed every feature, function and One to the World™ service to work flawlessly and intuitively under real-world conditions.

“We are democratizing webcasting on the internet, making it simple for customers to create their own branded interactive broadcast channel,” said John Vadino, One to the World Founder and CEO.

Future in Review is an annual gathering of world-class thought leaders in technology and economics. FiRe attendees convene each year with the goal of using technology to solve major world problems, a goal that is consistently met through FiRe’s collaboration across disparate industries and through active support by the FiRe community. Now in its tenth year, Future in Review 2012 will take place May 22-25th at the beautiful Montage Resort in Laguna Beach, California. The Economist calls FiRe “the best technology conference in the world.”

“One to the World has found a terrific recipe for transforming one-time events into prolonged discussions for achieving social goals. Since harnessing technology for social benefit is a primary goal of our Future in Review Conferences, we think One to the World is onto something both useful and special,” said Mark Anderson, FiRe Chair and SNS CEO.

To register, go to http://www.futureinreview.com.

Strategic News Service

Nuance Communications is the leading provider of voice and natural language solutions that bridge the gap between people and their information and communications. The company designs and delivers intuitive solutions that help people live and work more intelligently. From voice technologies that let people search the Web or send messages from a mobile device, to services that help companies offer superior customer service experiences and healthcare solutions that help physicians focus on patient care instead of documentation, Nuance’s priority is creating solutions that put people in command. The company provides the tools to inform, connect and empower people to be more productive and creative.

“SNS has been accurately predicting the landscape around us for many years. With this new partnership, we look forward to interacting more intensely with the SNS community and bringing Nuance solutions forward into even greater consumer and business solutions,” said Paul Ricci, Nuance Communications Chairman and CEO.

“We have all been waiting for that moment in computing history when voice became the ultimate enabler in human-machine interaction. Thanks to Nuance, that time is now arriving. We are excited to be able work with our new partners in assisting them as they revolutionize how we compute and communicate in virtually every major industry,” said Mark Anderson, FiRe Chair and SNS CEO.

The Strategic News Service provides a weekly online newsletter predicting global trends in technology and economics. It is the most accurate publicly-graded predictive newsletter covering the computer and telecom industries. Recent calls include the 2007 global economic meltdown, the emergence of “Currency Wars” and of “Economic Cyberwar,” together with increasing global IP theft by China, among other major global trends. SNS is delivered each week to a subscriber base of C-level global technology and finance executives, and to thought leaders in technology, science and economics. Together with Accenture, SNS has just completed a London-based conference on “Economic Cyberwar” for international CIOs of major global corporations. It is also the host of the annual Future in Review (FiRe) technology conference.

FiRe attendees convene each year with the goal of solving major world problems; a goal that is consistently met through FiRe’s collaboration across disparate industries and the intellectual and strategic guidance of FiRe Chair and SNS CEO, Mark Anderson. Now in its tenth year, Future in Review 2012 will take place May 22-25^th at the beautiful Montage Resort in Laguna Beach, California. The Economist has called FiRe “The best technology conference in the world.”

To register and learn more, visit www.futureinreview.com.

Strategic News Service was founded by Mark Anderson in 1995 as the first paid online news service. Since its inception, SNS has proven the most accurate predictive newsletter covering the computer and telecom industries. Its subscribers include top managers at technology companies across the globe, including Microsoft, Dell, HP, Cisco, Intel, Sun, Google, Telstra, Orange and others.

SNS has been operating the annual FiRe Conference for ten years. The Economist calls FiRe “the best technology conference in the world.” FiRe exposes world experts and participants to new ideas, producing an accurate portrait of the future and focuses on creating technology solutions to current local and global problems. FiRe 2012 will take place May 22-25, 2012 at the Montage in Laguna Beach, CA. For more information go to www.futureinreview.com.

Future in Review™ is a Strategic News Service™ conference. Future in Review™, and Strategic News Service™ are registered international trademarks. The SNS newsletter is the most accurate publicly ranked predictive newsletter in computing and communications.

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Moderated by Padraic Hannon, VP, Software and Data Architecture, Edmunds.com

With: Paul Mascarenas, CTO, Ford Motor Co.; and Mark Zeinstra, Director, Infotainment and Connectivity, Johnson Controls

Car engineering is currently utilizing techology to increase fuel effiency. Free market competition is going to out drive regulation with respect increasing fuel efficiency.

Additionally the field is working to minimize hardware and focus on the integreation of software to improve the costumer experience. Software integration is being used to persue a safer driving experience through traffic management as well as a more user friendly interface. “I want the settings in my car to work ubiquitously with my life. My new car should com equipped with the settings that I put effort to create in my old car and should know who I am the first time I use my key.” The integration mechanism is a point of concern, and defining the interface that defines the relationship that the costumer will have with car is still up for debate. Mobile devices representing a promising prospect to act as a representation of the consumer to the car.

However, in this persuit the privacy of the driver should be considered. “Just because you can doesn’t mean you should…you have to come back to the  driving experience that you want to provide your driver without putting them at risk of possible weaponization

quote from john hagel.

FiRe 2010 Staff at the annual Apres Feu party. From left Andrea Doakes, Gabriel Frank, Merix Cunningham, Berit Anderson, Shane Elben, Mary Clark, Mark Anderson, Sharon Anderson-Morris, Scott Schramke, Kelly Webb, Sally Anderson, James Fazio, Evan Anderson, Donald Murray. Photo courtesy of David Morris

Each year, on the night FiRe ends, FiRe staff and assorted remaining guests gather for our annual “Apres Feu” fete to celebrate a week full of groundbreaking thinkers and envelope-pushing conversations among the extended FiRe family. This year was no different. Wonderful people, stimulating conversation, delicious fare in a breathtaking location. Thanks to the Rodel Foundation for its continued sponsorship of this event in our new location.

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The Challenge:

Driving the limit of global warming to less than 2% growth.

Reducing carbon emissions to 14 gigatons of emissions by 2050, rather than the 62 that are predicted today.

Reducing carbon emissions by 30% by 2020, 50% by 2030.

Our panel of CTOs worked far into the wee hours of the night, burning the candle at both ends, with input from our community of world leaders in technology and economics to solve this problem. The result is a comprehensive national plan for scaling alternative energy, that unites Americans around constructive, inclusive energy policies and practices and mandates collaboration of technologies and best practices. The full plan is below.

Summary: Mobilize our companies to innovate and produce the technologies to get us there

• Give American industry and incentive to achieve these goals
• Government needs to guarantee the price of fossil fuel will increase at a predictable rate to stimulate alternative energy investments
• Executive directives to promote significant alternative fuel breakthroughs (jet fuel, solar storage,)
• Nation-wide property assessed clean energy program to drive scalable residential and business energy efficiencies
• Take capital gains tax off alternative energy until US achieves independence from fossil fuels

New Ways of Thinking

1. Solar in public right-of-ways
2. Designation of solar parks (solar zones), ie landfills, rehabilitated superfund sites, abandoned heavy industry areas
3. Symbiosis: moving water and solar power (20%); covering aqueducts with solar

• may need to increase supply buffers
• stage refill water caches during the day with solar
• time-shifting workloads to peak solar
• consume/store excess power

4.  Legacy systems waste energy: systems designed when energy was “free” are no longer applicable.

Additional Ideas

Ban any new coal plant that does not have carbon capture and offset capabilities

Create incentives to upgrade parking garages to have electric/plug-in parking and cover garages with solar panels

Putting solar power on top of buses for powering air conditioning. or other auxiliary issues

Mandate governments to adopt strict energy efficiency improvements, ie building codes, street lighting (LED), convert gov’t vehicle fleets to 50% renewables

Drive dramatic increases in energy efficiency through incentives and education

Public policy matters (strict emission standards for transportation: stairstep model, increasing annually

Energy storage management: movement from “the grid” to “the mesh” ; we need to manage it, understand how it works. Distributing the energy from solar using the least amount of transmission energy as possible.

Drive innovation program– “X-prize on steroids; increase solar efficiency, high efficiency storage, multiple models, develop clean coal, optimized transmission

Develop an alliance of innovation players: differentiation in implementation, not research

Use university campuses as models

Share technology w. sister cities, use modeling to get info out

Increasing Supply

Drive solar adoption “When you have an oil spill, you have a major problem. When you have a solar spill, perhaps not so much,” Michael Pfeffer on Solar.

Develop new housing units and technologies in developing countries– middle class homes that are energy efficiient

Make new railroads, move nuclear plants forward

Green training programs to create green jobs

Mandatory adoption of government ecosystems around the world to drive green jobs: transitioning military employees to green job workers.

Solar Options

Solar roofing, solar tanks to capture and pump the water at night.

Refocus and Reallocate Societal Resources

- Review existing programs and subsidies going in the wrong direction

- Retool financial outcomes to guarantee the market for purchasing this tech

- Transnational alliance of businesses

Phase 1
Model Existing Cities

Target 600 Alternate Energy Ecosystems w. federal financing guaratees that comply with best practices and approved designs

Create an ongoing CTO advisory board

We Must Enroll the Energy Companies

- non-participation would be punished by non-renewing government contracts for offshore drilling, etc

- Developing energy storage

“It was remarkable to sit in the room and watch the true passion for this subject.” Jerry Woodall.

“If we are going to achieve this goal, then we need to mobilize now.” Monica Harrington

“One of the main problems is that we can’t afford to do this here and now, and we certainly can’t afford to do this if China doesn’t step into the equation,” Nate Lewis

What’s next?

Pooling resources, allying CTOs around clean energy, sponsoring prizes, league of CTOs, draw in the government as a trusted partner

Congratulations from the entire FiRE 2010 team!

NeuroRepair Inc.

NeuroRepair Inc., in cooperation with researchers at the University of California-Irvine School of Medicine, has developed what is likely the world’s most advanced technology for repair of neurological damage, an endeavor heretofore generally thought hopeless. NeuroRepair has a highly effective, non-invasive procedure that stimulates a massive proliferation, migration, and differentiation of new neural cells that can replace those lost to stroke, injury, or disease. NeuroRepair is the sole owner of this intellectual property and has several pending patent applications. The company has no outside shareholders or investors and no debt. Its research has been privately funded by the founder.

Participating at FiRe:
Matthew Klipstein, Founder and CEO (Speaker)
James Fallon, Chief Science Officer (Speaker)
Karoly Nikolich, Science Advisory Board Member

Website: www.neurorepair.com

The problem of nonlocality: Einstein didn’t like quantum mechanics; thought there was something wrong with it.

If you collapse the probability wave on one side, it causes the probability wave on the other side to

Could quantum non-locality be used for faster-than-the-speed of light communication?

Most say no.

The University of Washington is currently conducting an experiment to determine whether or not non-locality could

It would be possible to transfer information to a time 50 microseconds before the present.

If you have a quantum computer you can do quantum mechanical calculations, quickly and easily, which will have implications for our understanding of quantum mechanics.

Most Recently

Built 2 robotic explorers, Spirit and Opportunity, w. remote sensing instruments, an arm with instruments. Went to Martian lake, but rocks were igneous. Sediment was buried in volcanic material.

Robots were initially unsuccessful in finding life, but luckily they’ve lasted longer than anticipated. “Today is day 2191 of our 90 day mission. ”

Discovered a hydrated amorphous silicate, forms in hot spring environment. Which indicates this area of Mars was once habitable.

The surface of Mars in one location is covered in little round things (suspect they were made of hemotite); it turns out they were concretions– form in precipitated water, layer upon layer, making a little hard nodule. This proves the surface of Mars was once covered in water.

Patterns in rock indicate water soaked the ground; although PH levels indicate the water was probably more like “sulfuric acid”.

Today, the robots are on their way to Endeavour Crater

Whats in the future?

Finding out if nutrients, the building blocks of life, were there.

The next rover is the size of a mini cooper with a budget to match. It will be released in space, descend via parachute, lowers rover by cable.

The guts: SAM– detects organic molecules at the PPB level to test sediment for the bulding blocks of life.

There is a concentration of methane on Mars, which is exciting because its life is short.

“Cows make methane. It’s probably not cows”

Mars is either a geologically active or volcanically active planet or both. In 2016, they will send a methane sniffing instrument to determine where it originates.

The next rover will be able to sample sediment on Mars, stuff it into a coconut sized spaceship, send it into the atmosphere, where it will be picked up by another space ship and returned to earth in a parachute.

Is there life on Mars?

Squyres: “I don’t know and I try very hard not to develop an opinion.”

How will future space exploration be divided between humans and robots?

“It’s going to be increasingly collaborative between humans and robots from here on out.”

Photo courtesy of Flickr user One Thousand Words

“Building the First (Remote) Underwater City”: An interview with John Delaney, Professor of Oceanography and Jerome M. Paros Endowed Chair in Sensor Networks, and Director, Regional Scale Nodes Program, University of Washington; on the construction of the world’s first undersea broadband and power-supplied permanent remote sensing network; hosted by Michael Pfeffer, Managing Partner, Kolohala Ventures

John Delaney on Oceans: “It is the flywheel of climatic stability. It is the captain of the spaceship Earth.”

Oceanic rhythms are directly tied to plant (food) growth on earth, yet we don’t understand the oceans very well.

Technology is on the verge of providing us with a new ability to see the oceans. Complicated predictive models are essential to understanding the oceans.

The National Science Foundation’s Ocean Initiatives project will provide $700 million in the next years for an underwater city.

What will this look like?

Underwater mooring with elevator.

Seafloor colony (no people) of instruments connected to the internet, beaming measurements and info throught the internet in real time at 1.5 gigabit ps stream bandwidth.

Optical fiber, nanotechnology, telepresence, cloud computing, digital technology, ecogenomic sensors, and more will be brought together and allow us to dramatically accelerate our understanding of the ocean and connectivity with one another.

What are the implications for this system?

We will be able to witness events occurring on the seafloor in real time.

Autonomous underwater vehicles, parked in seafloor garages will be able to take samples of microbes in seafloor events like volcanos, transfer the sample to the surface, bring in an unmanned aircraft and transfer the sample to the lab.

Real time interaction with the ocean from anywhere on earth through telepresence.

We can develop games using system of real-time broadband. Science games for kids rather than grand theft auto.

The first is on the sea floor off the West coast. Over the next 20 years, there will be 20 or 30 of these kinds of systems on ocean floors across the world– all linked.