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The World Future Society "is a nonprofit, nonpartisan scientific and educational association of people interested in how social and technological developments are shaping the future. The Society was founded in 1966 and is chartered as a nonprofit educational and scientific organization in Washington, D.C., U.S.A." [1]
Contents
People (2012)
Accessed May 2012: [2]
Directors
- Bob Chernow (vice chairman), CEO, The Tellier Foundation
- Edward Cornish, founder and former president of the World Future Society
- Esther Franklin, executive vice president and director of cultural identities, Starcom MediaVest Group
- John Gottsman, president, The Clarity Group
- Kenneth W. Harris, chairman, The Consilience Group, LLC
- Kenneth W. Hunter (chairman), senior fellow, Maryland China Initiative, University of Maryland
- Jay McIntosh, president, Consumer Foresight LLC
- Mylena Pierremont, president, Ming Pai Consulting BV
- Jared Weiner, vice president, Weiner, Edrich, Brown, Inc.
Global Advisory Council
- Stephen Aguilar-Millan, director of research, European Futures Observatory
- Raja Ikram Azam, honorary chariman, Pakistan Futuristics Foundation
- Raj Bawa, president, Bawa Biotechnology Consulting, and adjunct associate professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Arnold Brown, chairman, Weiner, Edrich, Brown, Inc.
- Adolfo Castilla, economist, communications professor, Madrid
- Marvin J. Cetron, president, Forecasting International Ltd.
- Hugues de Jouvenel, executive director, Association Internationale Futuribles, Paris, France
- Yehezkel Dror, professor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- William E. Halal, professor of management science and director of Emerging Technologies Project, George Washington University
- Peter Hayward, program director, Strategic Foresight Program, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
- Barbara Marx Hubbard, president, The Foundation for Conscious Evolution
- Sohail Inayatullah, professor, Tamkang University, Taiwan
- Eleonora Barbieri Masini, professor emerita, Faculty of Social Sciences, Gregorian University, Rome
- Graham May, senior lecturer, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK
- Michael Michaelis, president, Partners In Enterprise, Inc.
- Julio Millán, president, Banco de Tecnologias, and chairman, Grupo Coraza, Mexico
- Joergen Oerstroem Moeller, visiting senior research fellow, ISEAS, Singapore
- John Naisbitt, trend analyst and author
- Burt Nanus, author and professor emeritus of management, University of Southern California
- Joseph N. Pelton, founder and vice chairman, Arthur C. Clarke Foundation
- John L. Petersen, president, The Arlington Institute
- Sandra L. Postel, director, Global Water Policy Project
- Francis Rabuck, director, Technology Research, Bentley Systems Inc.
- Robert Salmon, former vice president, L’Oreal Corporation, Paris
- Maurice F. Strong, secretary general, U.N. Conference on Environment and Development
- Alvin Toffler, author
- Heidi Toffler, author
Officers
- Timothy C. Mack, president
- Jay McIntosh, treasurer
- Kenneth W. Harris, secretary
People (2007)
Accessed September 2007: [3]
Directors
- Arnold Brown (chairman), Weiner, Edrich, Brown, Inc.
- Marvin J. Cetron, president, Forecasting International Ltd.
- Edward Cornish, founder and former president of the World Future Society
- Hugues de Jouvenel, executive director, Association Internationale Futuribles, Paris, France
- John Gottsman, president, The Clarity Group
- William E. Halal, professor of management science, The George Washington University
- Donna Heivilin, former director, Applied Research and Methods, U.S. General Accounting Office
- Barbara Marx Hubbard, president, The Foundation for Conscious Evolution
- Kenneth W. Hunter, director of professional programs, Institute for Global Chinese Affairs, University of Maryland
- Nat Irvin II, president and CEO. FutureFocus 2020, Bacock Graduate School of Management, Wake Forest University
- Eleonora Barbieri Masini, chair, executive council, World Futures Studies Federation, Rome, Italy
- Jay McIntosh, Americas director of consumer products, Ernst & Young
- Robert S. McNamara, former president, World Bank; former U.S. Secretary of Defense
- John Naisbitt, trend analyst and author
- Maurice F. Strong, secretary general, U.N. Conference on Environment and Development
Global Advisory Council
- Raja Ikram Azam, director, Pakistan Futuristics Foundation
- Raj Bawa, president, Bawa Biotechnology Consulting, and advisor and patent agent, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Adolfo Castilla, Spanish economist and communications professor
- Arthur C. Clarke, science and science fiction writer, author of 2001: A Space Odyssey, based in Sri Lanka
- Harlan Cleveland, president, World Academy of Art and Science
- Yehezkel Dror, professor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Peter Hayward, program director, Strategic Foresight Program, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
- Sohail Inayatullah, professor, Tamkang University, Taiwan
- Graham May, senior lecturer, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, United Kingdom
- Michael Michaelis, president, Partners In Enterprise, Inc.
- Julio Millan, president, Banco de Tecnologias S.A. de C.V. in Mexico City
- Joergen Orstroem Moeler, visiting senior research fellow, ISEAS, Singapore
- Burt Nanus, author and professor emeritus of management, University of Southern California
- John L. Petersen, president, The Arlington Institute
- Sandra L. Postel, director, Global Water Policy Project
- Robert Salmon, vice president, L'Oreal Corporation, Paris
- Alvin Toffler, author
- Heidi Toffler, author
Officers
- Timothy C. Mack, president
- Susan Echard, vice president membership, conference operations
- Kenneth W. Hunter, treasurer
- Kenneth W. Harris, secretary
Contact
- Web: http://www.wfs.org
Resources and articles
Related Sourcewatch
- "Other major U.S. futurist organizations include Arlington Institute, Association of Professional Futurists, Global Business Network, Institute for Alternative Futures (where Robert Olson, above, is a senior fellow), and the Woodrow Wilson Center's Foresight and Governance Project (where David Rejeski, above, is director)." [4]
- Richard Lamb - member
- Graham T. T. Molitor
- David Woolfson
- Michael Marien
- World Futures Studies Federation
- Ted Peters
References
- ↑ Frequently Asked Questions, World Future Society, accessed September 1, 2007.
- ↑ World Future Society FAQ, organizational web page, accessed May 10, 2012.
- ↑ Frequently Asked Questions, World Future Society, accessed September 1, 2007.
- ↑ What the U.S. needs now: Futuring!!!, Radical Middle Newsletter, accessed September 1, 2007.
