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Peter Biddle, Intel’s General Manager of Services Platform, and Brian David Johnson, Intel’s Futurist, talk about how technology can help solve some of humanity’s greatest challenges including global warming.
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/11/30/The_Next_50_Years__Will_Tech_Solve_Humanitys_Problems
Experts from Intel Corporation discuss major problems facing humanity, including global warming, an aging world population and the relentless pace of technology. Will better technology solve these problems or are humans hitting a fundamental physical barrier to progress?
At FORA.tv we are devoted to fostering the next generation of Big Ideas. This video is brought to you in partnership with Intel, the company dedicated to unleashing innovation, creativity and Big Ideas with next-generation technology.
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Luiz Rocha, Assistant Curator and Follett Chair of Ichthyology at the California Academy of Sciences, highlights the evolutionary advantage of the surgeon fish. The surgeon's genes allow them to mimic angelfish, entitling them to greater resources in the coral reef.
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2012/01/24/Diversity_and_Evolution_of_Coral_Reef_Fishes
Dr. Luiz Rocha, Assistant Curator, Ichthyology, California Academy of Sciences. Join us to welcome new curator on the ichthyology team, Dr. Luiz Rocha. Dr. Rocha's research interests center on the evolution, biogeography, and ecology of coral reef fishes. His overarching goal is to understand what drives the extremely high biodiversity found in tropical reefs. He has embarked on numerous expeditions around the world, including the Philippines, Indonesia, Australia, Polynesia, Micronesia, the Caribbean, South America, and Africa. His field work in Sao Tome was covered by National Geographic in 2008, and he appeared in a Science Channel documentary in 2009 discussing the effects of radiation at Bikini Atoll. - The California Academy of Sciences
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Ken and Ben Lerer, father and son partners of Lerer Media Ventures, argue that future commerce will be transacted almost exclusively online. Today, eCommerce accounts for less than five percent of all commerce, and Ben Lerer believes “people are super stupid” for not capitalizing on a quickly growing market.
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2012/01/24/MC_Breakfast_with_Ken_and_Ben_Lerer
The Paley Center for Media presents a Media Council Breakfast with Ken and Ben Lerer. This program was recorded on January 24, 2012.
Kenneth Lerer is a Manager of Lerer Ventures. He was the chairman and cofounder of The Huffington Post and is chairman of Betaworks, Bedrocket and Buzzfeed. He is a member of Pilot Group LLC, a private investment firm. Lerer is chairman emeritus of the Public Theater in New York City and serves on the boards of directors of several nonprofit organizations, including Association to Benefit Children (ABC), the Bank Street College of Education and HealthRight International. In 2008-09, Lerer served as the Hearst New Media Professional-in-Residence at Columbia Journalism School.
Ben Lerer is a Manager of Lerer Ventures and the cofounder and CEO of Thrillist.com, a leading men’s multi-platform lifestyle publication with over 3 million daily subscriptions in 19 localized markets in the U.S. and the U.K. Since its launch in 2005, Lerer has overseen the growth of Thrillist's marketing, sales and business development efforts, as well as its recent expansion into e-commerce with the acquisition of members only online retailer JackThreads.com and the launch of localized commerce platform Thrillist Rewards. Thrillist has been placed on Inc Magazine's list of the 500 fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. for two years running. Lerer serves on the Board of Directors for the East River Development Alliance, a New York non-profit organization and is an Associate Member of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS).
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Phil McKinney, recently retired vice president and chief technology officer of the $40 billion Personal Systems Group at HP, and Brad Peters, CEO of Burst Inc., a leader in cloud-based business intelligence and analytics, talk about the value of great ideas and the emergent behavior of social media.
Watch the full 52-minute program here: http://fora.tv/2011/11/30/Future_Shock_Technology_in_the_Next_10_Years
Some of the best minds in Silicon Valley discuss the future of technology, from cool flat-surface displays to self-organizing social media and proliferation of billions of mobile devices.
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1/26/2012 | Download File (8.17 MB) - right click to download
Speaking to reporters at a breakfast sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor, Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) called on GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney to release his tax returns from before 2010, and chided the former governor of Massachusetts for dismissing a now-closed Swiss bank account as "ordinary."
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/series/monitor_breakfast
On Thursday, January 26, Senator Carl Levin, Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, joined the Monitor Breakfast for a conversation with reporters.
Carl Milton Levin is the senior United States Senator from Michigan, serving since 1979. He is the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He has been Michigan's senior senator since 1995.
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