Brian Wang
Advisor, CRN & Lifeboat Foundation
Brian L. Wang, M.B.A. is a long time futurist, who has been involved with nanotechnology associations since 1994. He won second place in the Honeywell University Futurist Essay Contest and has been involved in nanotechnology as a Senior Associate of the Foresight Institute since 1997 and helped write their 2003 relaunch plan. He is now a member of the Center for Responsible Nanotechnology Task Force, and is moderating the technology sub-task force. He is also on the Nanoethics Group Advisory Board.
He has worked in the information technology industry for 20 years and ran his own professional services computer consulting company. He has also been involved in e-commerce, internet startups and real estate investing. He is the author of "The Impact of Nanofactories on Jobs in the USA", "Predictions For a Technological Future, Now Until 2050", and "Considering Military and Ethical Implications of Nanofactory Level Nanotechnology."
At the 2007 Foresight Vision Weekend Unconference, he gave a presentation called "Converging Technology." The talk presented proposals for using seemingly unrelated technological processes together for mining the ocean's $720 trillion in uranium, while further examples of converging technology proposed for revolutionizing space capabilities at lower cost while reducing risk. He blogs at Next Big Future.
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video
2007 Foresight Unconference,
Converging Technology
transcripts
Foresight Vision Weekend,
Converging Technology
CRN Nano & Bio Conference,
Economics in a New Era