Calling All DC Tech Enthusiasts for a Futurists Meetup!
Let’s get together IRL and talk about the future..in real-time! Join hosts Amy Senger and Steve Mandzik of 1X57 and myself at Public Bar as we welcome Patrick Tucker, Senior Editor of THE FUTURIST magazine to Washington, DC. Patrick recently returned from Japan and will share some insights on his experiences during the recent earthquakes and tsunamis. Network with DC’s tech elite for an evening of innovative, inventive and forward-thinking talking. Oh, and show up wearing a t-shirt indicating your futuristic proclivities (i.e. Star Trek, Jem and the Hollograms, “There’s no intelligent life down here!”) and get your first drink on us!
What: DC Futurists Meet-up w/ Special Guest, Patrick Tucker
When: April 20th, 2011 | 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Where: Public Bar, Lounge Level | 1214 18th St NW, Washington DC
Who: Tech enthusiasts, robot-lovers, science fiction junkies, change agents, inventors, innovators, and those with a passion for creating a better future.
What’s Next? Free event, just RSVP on Eventbrite; get creative with that t-shirt!
ABOUT OUR GUEST: Patrick Tucker is the senior editor of THE FUTURIST magazine. He has written prodigiously on the topics of AI and AGI, information technology, cybernetics, nanotechnology, genetics and genetic ethics, invention, climate change and climate change mitigation, demography, and neuroscience and I’ve done so behalf of various publications and sites, including THE FUTURIST magazine, The Wilson Quarterly, Encyclopedia Britannica online, and the Discovery Channel online. As a science journalist and editor, he’s interviewed such technologists, policy experts, and visionaries as MIT roboticist Rodney Brooks, Google research director Peter Norvig, military strategist Edward N. Luttwak, former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Rep. Dennis Kucinich, former CIA director Robert James Woolsey, tech guru Tim O’Reilly, environmentalist Lester Brown, flying-car-creator Paul Moller, and inventor Ray Kurzweil on various topics related to technology and innovation. (Source: http://www.wfs.org/node/1033)
Category: FROM THE EDITOR, NETWORK, SOCIAL TECH
