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Track: 2050

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2050 Museum of the Absurd: A Speculative Workshop
Mar 15, 2022
3:00pm – 5:00pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Salon AB
2050
Workshop
Session
The $7 Billion F-Word
Mar 16, 2022
10:00am – 11:00am CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Room 18CD
2050
Panel
Session
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Alienating Mars: Challenges of Space Colonization
Mar 12, 2022
11:30am – 12:30pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Room 18AB
2050
Panel
Session
Alternative Protein; Let's Meet About Meat! Meet Up
Mar 16, 2022
10:00am – 11:00am CT
in
Hilton Austin Downtown, Room 408
2050
Meet Up
Session
Amy Webb Book Signing
Mar 13, 2022
2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Room 10C
2050
Book Signing
Special Event
Artificial Life as Art : Reimagining AI
Mar 18, 2022
2:30pm – 3:30pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Room 18AB
2050
Presentation
Session
B
Battle for the Mirror World: Digitizing Society
Mar 15, 2022
2:30pm – 3:30pm CT
in
Fairmont, Manchester B
2050
Panel
Session
BCIs: Good for Business and the Future of Humanity
Mar 16, 2022
4:00pm – 5:00pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Room 18CD
2050
Panel
Session
Beyond the Metaverse: The Evolution of Reality
Mar 15, 2022
10:00am – 11:00am CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Room 18CD
2050
Panel
Session
Bruce Sterling Book Signing
Mar 16, 2022
3:45pm – 4:45pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Room 10C
2050
Book Signing
Special Event
C
CANCELLED: What Will the Internet Look Like in 2050?
Mar 18, 2022
11:30am – 12:30pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Room 18AB
2050
Presentation
Session
The Cannabis Futurists: 5 Predictions for 2050
Mar 16, 2022
11:30am – 12:30pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Room 18CD
2050
Panel
Session
Carbon Neutral by Stationary Nomad and Tea Culture - Live Chat Event with Media Artist Yoichi Ochiai
Mar 18, 2022
10:00am – 11:00am CT
in
Online Event, Online Session
2050
Presentation
Session
Carbon Neutral by Stationary Nomad and Tea Culture - Live Chat Event with Media Artist Yoichi Ochiai
Mar 18, 2022
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
in
Online Event, Online Session
2050
Presentation
Session
Combining Cellular Ag and Insect Ag to Feed the World
Mar 17, 2022
11:30am – 12:30pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Room 18CD
2050
Panel
Session
The Commercial Space Age Is Here
Mar 14, 2022
2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
in
Online Event, Channel 3
Presented by
Greater Houston Partnership
2050
Panel
Session
The Commercial Space Age Is Here
Mar 13, 2022
1:00pm – 2:00pm CT
in
The LINE, Onyx Ballroom 1
Presented by
Greater Houston Partnership
2050
Panel
Session
A Connected World: The Future of AI Tech
Mar 15, 2022
2:30pm – 3:30pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Room 18CD
2050
Panel
Session
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Digital Infrastructure for Collective Impact
Mar 16, 2022
2:30pm – 3:30pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Room 18CD
2050
Panel
Session
Documenting and Authenticating History on Web3
Mar 15, 2022
2:30pm – 3:30pm CT
in
La Condesa
Presented by
Filecoin Foundation
2050
Panel
Session
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Earth & Space: Living our Interplanetary Future
Mar 12, 2022
10:00am – 11:00am CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Room 18AB
2050
Presentation
Session
Engineering the Future with Mushrooms and Diamonds
Mar 18, 2022
11:30am – 12:30pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Room 18CD
2050
Panel
Session
Engineering the World through Genetic Biohacking
Mar 17, 2022
4:00pm – 5:00pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Room 18AB
2050
Presentation
Session
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The Fact or Fiction of Brain Computer Interfaces
Mar 14, 2022
11:30am – 12:30pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Room 18CD
2050
Panel
Session
Featured Session: 10 Non-Obvious Megatrends Shaping 2022 and Beyond
Mar 14, 2022
11:30am – 12:30pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Ballroom D
2050
Featured Session
Session
Featured Session: 10 Non-Obvious Megatrends Shaping 2022 and Beyond
Mar 15, 2022
2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
in
Online Event, Channel 2
2050
Featured Session
Session
Featured Session: A Colossal Mission: A Case for De-Extinction
Mar 18, 2022
2:30pm – 3:30pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Ballroom EF
2050
Featured Session
Session
Featured Session: Bruce Sterling’s MMXXII: Year of the Tiger
Mar 16, 2022
2:30pm – 3:30pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Ballroom EF
2050
Featured Session
Session
Featured Session: Future Intersections of Food, Technology & Culture
Mar 17, 2022
2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
in
Online Event, Channel 2
2050
Featured Session
Session
Featured Session: Future Intersections of Food, Technology & Culture
Mar 16, 2022
11:30am – 12:30pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Ballroom EF
2050
Featured Session
Session
Featured Session: It's Time to Build: A Conversation with Jason Ballard
Mar 15, 2022
2:30pm – 3:30pm CT
in
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon H
2050
Featured Session
Session
Featured Session: Machine or Human? The Ethics Behind Smarter AI
Mar 18, 2022
4:00pm – 5:00pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Ballroom EF
2050
Featured Session
Session
Featured Session: Reinvigorating Science and Technology for the Future of U.S. Innovation
Mar 16, 2022
11:30am – 12:30pm CT
in
Hilton Austin Downtown, Salon H
2050
Featured Session
Session
Featured Session: Reinvigorating Science and Technology for the Future of U.S. Innovation
Mar 17, 2022
3:00pm – 4:00pm CT
in
Online Event, Channel 2
2050
Featured Session
Session
Financial Surveillance in a Cashless Society
Mar 15, 2022
1:00pm – 2:00pm CT
in
La Condesa
Presented by
Filecoin Foundation
2050
Panel
Session
Floating Cities: Combating a Global Housing Crisis
Mar 17, 2022
10:00am – 11:00am CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Room 18CD
2050
Panel
Session
The Future of People
Mar 16, 2022
11:30am – 12:30pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Room 18AB
2050
Presentation
Session
The Future of Workspaces and the Metaverse
Mar 14, 2022
2:30pm – 3:30pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Room 18CD
2050
Panel
Session
The Future with Commercial Space Stations
Mar 12, 2022
4:00pm – 5:00pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Room 18CD
2050
Panel
Session
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Have A Nice Trip: The Rise of Psychedelic Tourism
Mar 16, 2022
4:00pm – 5:00pm CT
in
Austin Marriott Downtown, Waterloo Ballroom 4
2050
Panel
Session
Hidden No More: Black Women In Space
Mar 12, 2022
2:30pm – 3:30pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Room 18AB
2050
Panel
Session
How Speculative Storytelling Can Prepare Us for the Future
Mar 17, 2022
11:30am – 12:30pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Room 18AB
2050
Presentation
Session
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In Praise of a Slow Future
Mar 15, 2022
4:00pm – 5:00pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Room 18CD
2050
Panel
Session
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Jedi Tech: A Look Back From 2050
Mar 16, 2022
4:00pm – 5:00pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Room 18AB
2050
Presentation
Session
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Life on Other Worlds
Mar 13, 2022
4:00pm – 5:00pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Room 18CD
2050
Panel
Session
M
Mentor Session: Jimmy Cheng (Digital Domain)
Mar 14, 2022
11:30am – 12:45pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Brazos Room
2050
Mentor Session
Session
Mentor Session: Pamela Pavliscak (Pratt Institute)
Mar 14, 2022
4:00pm – 5:15pm CT
in
JW Marriott, Brazos Room
2050
Mentor Session
Session
Mentor Session: Richard Yonck (Intelligent Future Consulting LLC)
Date TBA
Venue TBA
2050
Mentor Session
Session
Mentor Session: Wilhelmina Jewell Sparks (BITHOUSE Venture Group)
Mar 15, 2022
4:00pm – 5:15pm CT
in
Hilton Austin Downtown, Room 412
2050
Mentor Session
Session
The Metaverse & its Impact on the Physical World
Mar 17, 2022
10:00am – 11:00am CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Room 18AB
2050
Presentation
Session
Metaversing: Immersive Media, Tokenomics & Fans
Mar 14, 2022
11:30am – 12:30pm CT
in
VRChat, The Contemporary Austin (XR)
2050
Panel
Session
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The New Frontier of Extending Lifespans and Healthspan
Mar 18, 2022
2:30pm – 3:30pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Room 18CD
2050
Panel
Session
A New Turing Test: Can AI Find a Missing Rabbit?
Mar 14, 2022
10:00am – 11:00am CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Room 18CD
2050
Panel
Session
The Next Quantum Computing Breakthroughs
Mar 16, 2022
10:00am – 11:00am CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Room 18AB
2050
Presentation
Session
P
A Plant Protein Showdown
Mar 16, 2022
4:00pm – 5:00pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Creative Industries Expo - Next Stage - Exhibit Hall 5
2050
Panel
Session
Preemptive Intelligence: Can We Spy on the Future?
Mar 18, 2022
10:00am – 11:00am CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Room 18AB
2050
Presentation
Session
Q
Quantum Computing for Design and Social Good
Mar 17, 2022
2:30pm – 3:30pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Room 18CD
Presented by
The New School
2050
Panel
Session
Quantum Transformation, The Next Paradigm Shift
Mar 12, 2022
5:00pm – 6:00pm CT
in
Online Event, Channel 3
Presented by
Sumitomo Corporation
2050
Panel
Session
R
The Right to Truth & Trust in an Age of #Misinfo
Mar 15, 2022
11:30am – 12:30pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Room 18CD
2050
Panel
Session
S
The Space Revolution
Mar 12, 2022
4:00pm – 5:00pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Room 18AB
2050
Presentation
Session
Spacetech: The Next Frontier
Mar 13, 2022
11:30am – 12:30pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Room 18AB
2050
Presentation
Session
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Think like a (Nordic) Futurist
Mar 14, 2022
4:00pm – 5:00pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Ballroom EF
2050
Panel
Session
True Human-Robot Collaboration in the Surge
Mar 17, 2022
2:30pm – 3:30pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Room 18AB
2050
Presentation
Session
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Web3 Tools for Journalists
Mar 15, 2022
11:30am – 12:30pm CT
in
La Condesa
Presented by
Filecoin Foundation
2050
Panel
Session
A World For Water
Mar 17, 2022
4:00pm – 5:00pm CT
in
Austin Convention Center, Room 18CD
2050
Panel
Session

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