Foundation for the Future - Publications

... proceedings ... transcripts of Foundation seminars, symposia, and workshops, as well as books, newsletters, and other print and media materials on the future of humanity.

Seminar: “Humanity and the Biosphere: The Next Thousand Years” (8.7 MB PDF)
Sept. 20–22, 2006

Seminar: “Crossroads for Planet Earth” | To be published Fall 2007

Seminar 5 (11.9 MB PDF) | August 11–14, 2004

Seminar 4 (5.3 MB PDF) | August 21–24, 2003
Includes: Keynote Addresses by Dan Barker and Paul Davies; Interview with Arthur R. Jensen

Seminar 3 (9.6 MB PDF) | August 12–14, 2001
Includes: Keynote Addresses by Ronald Bailey, William H. Calvin, Johan Galtung, Lui Lam, Michael Shermer; Interview with Richard Dawkins and Norman Levitt

Seminar 2 (9.8 MB PDF) | September 25–29, 1999
Includes: Interview with Nobel laureate Christian de Duve and Sir Crispin Tickell

Seminar 1 (9.8 MB PDF) | April 11–14, 1999
Includes: Interview with Jerome C. Glenn and Francis Heylighen

Workshop: “Energy Challenges: The Next Thousand Years” | To be published September 2007

Workshop: “Humans and Space: The Next Thousand Years” (5 MB PDF) | June 2005

Workshop: “When SETI Succeeds: The Impact of High-Information Contact” (4.1 MB PDF)
July 31–August 1, 1999; Edited by Allen Tough

2005 Symposium (10.2 MB PDF) | October 6–8, 2005

2000 Symposium (Vol. 1 – 11.7 MB PDF) (Vol. 2 – 15.9 MB PDF) | August 12–16, 2000
Includes: Interview with Michio Kaku and Ervin Laszlo; Interview with Edward O. Wilson

Center for Human Evolution

Workshop 5: “The Evolution of the Human Brain” (4 MB PDF) | March 19–20, 2005

Workshop 4: “Cultural Evolution” (3.5 MB PDF) | May 18–19, 2000

Workshop 3: “How Evolution Works” (4.3 MB PDF) | November 4–5, 1999

Workshops 1 & 2: “The Evolution of Human Intelligence” (7.7 MB PDF)
Workshop 1, November 12–13, 1998; Workshop 2, February 11–12, 1999

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