 10/09/04 Vancouver Art Gallery
Save the Date! In conjunction with the exhibition Massive Change: The Future of Global Design, the Vancouver Art Gallery presents: ALVIN TOFFLER 7pm, Friday, October 15, 2004 Pavilion Ballroom, Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel, 1088 Burrard Street Eminent author and advisor to corporations and heads of state, Alvin Toffler is a major influence on our times. His books include War and Anti-War and Creating a New Civilization: The Politics of the Third Wave (both with Heidi Toffler) as well as the classics Future Shock and The Third Wave MASSIVE CHANGE: VISIONARIES 10am - 5:30pm, Saturday, October 16, 2004 Vogue Theatre, 918 Granville Street Five conversations exploring radical experiments in sustainable energy, technology, revolutionary materials, urban development, information systems, and living organisms will be hosted by Emmy Award-winning journalist CHARLIE ROSE (host of "TV's most addictive talk show" -USA Today) and world-renowned designer BRUCE MAU, mastermind of the exhibition, Massive Change. Come explore the power and promise of design for the future. Guest speakers include: Dean Kamen, inventor, scientist, entrepreneur Janine Benyus, leading thinker in innovative nature-based technology Bill Buxton, techno-humanist Hazel Henderson, futurist and sustainable development visionary James Korris, military analyst / Hollywood hybridist Gwynne Dyer, journalist on war and international affairs Esther Dyson, cyber-ethicist Jaime Lerner, architect and revolutionary urban planner John Todd, designer of Eco Machines Andrew Zolli, forecaster & design strategist MASSIVE CHANGE is a project by Bruce Mau design and the Institute without Boundaries. Commissioned and organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery. Book now! Seating by general admission Registration call: 604-662-4747 or visit http://www.vanartgallery.bc.ca |
