Chabot Space & Science Center Presents Future Fridays: A Series of Community Conversations with Science and Futurist Thought Leaders

OAKLAND, Calif., Feb. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Chabot Space & Science Center announces the second exciting season of Future Fridays: a series of four community conversations. Future thought-leaders Brian David Johnson, Ben Burtt, Bill Nye The Climate Guy, and Jay Jayawardhana will engage audiences with emerging scenarios, trends and connections to how science and technology in their respective fields affect our everyday world and beyond. The Future Fridays series is proudly sponsored by Rudney Associates.

The first Future Fridays discussion is Friday, March 23 from 6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m. featuring Brian David Johnson. The future is Brian David Johnson's business. As a futurist at Intel Corporation, he develops an actionable vision for computing in 2020. His work is called "future casting"—using ethnographic field studies, technology research, trend data, and even science fiction to provide Intel with a pragmatic vision of consumers and computing. He is the author of Screen Future, The Future of Entertainment, Computing, and the Devices We Love. Brian has also directed two feature films and is an illustrator and commissioned painter.

"It's always exciting to look ahead at the potential for science and technology. These visionaries will find an audience at Chabot that embraces anticipatory thinking about our society," said Alexander Zwissler, CEO/Executive Director at Chabot Space & Science Center.

Past Future Fridays speakers included physicist Dr. Michio Kaku, author and humorist Mary Roach, Environmental Leader Bill McKibben, and Astronaut Al Worden.

"It is an honor and a privilege to sponsor the Future Fridays Speakers Series," said Eric Rudney, President of Rudney Associates and Chairman of Chabot's Foundation Board of Directors. "Identifying trends and emerging technologies will help us all look to the future with excitement while preparing for learning and innovation."

For upcoming dates and speakers or to purchase tickets, visit ChabotSpace.org.

Chabot Space & Science Center, a Smithsonian affiliate, and Bay Area Certified Green Business, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit interactive science center whose mission is to inspire and educate students of all ages about Planet Earth and the Universe. Founded in 1883, the Center is located at 10000 Skyline Blvd. in Oakland, California. For more information, visit www.chabotspace.org.

Rudney Associates- Is an objective fee-based financial advisory and investment management firm since 1983. For more information visit: www.rudneyassociates.com

SOURCE Chabot Space & Science Center

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