Everyday Futurist
Tim Morgan is an award-winning professional futurist who has worked with NASA Langley, Kimberly Clark, Ontario Institute of Cancer Research, and others. He is founder and lead futures researcher at the North Texas Foresight Institute. He is a member of the Association of Professional Futurists where he was a 2019 Emerging Fellow University of Houston Strategic Foresight Masters program.
His topics include student research on the future of Quantified Self in 2017 and his 2019 twelve-essay exploration of how technology will change modes of ownership by 2050.
Tim is also a life-long SF&F fan, dachshund dad, occasional competitive costumer-prop maker, a former con-runner, a self-identified Infovore, and irregular writer on all things future. He sometimes blogs as the Everyday Futurist.
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9:00 AM | Location: Embassy Hotel: Interior Courtyard - Fountain
Koffeeklatch
Join panelists in the hotel breakfast area for morning networking and conversation. BYO coffee, please.
Moderator: Mark Alfred
Panelists: Mark Alfred, Alice-of-Hearts, Aoi Kitsu, Beku.Cos, Blair Bartlett - Alternate Realities Studio, Aaron Bossig, Brook Bullock, David Carrico, Cat of WhiskersandBeans, Peri Charlifu, Rosemary Clement-Moore, Crazy Red Artist, EBA Comedy, Daniel Erickson, Rhonda Eudaly, Everyday Futurist, Shai Fenwick, Mark Finn, Caleb Haldane, Sally Hamilton, Teddy Harvia, Lyde Van Hoy, Barrett Huddleston, Nick Johnson, Jovial Juggernaut, vickey malone kennedy, Knightmage, Julia S. Mandala, A. Lee Martinez, Moe, Tracy S. Morris, Kathleen M O'Brien, Remy Domino, Joey “Okie Space Queen” Rodman, James Simpson, Seth Skorkowsky, A C Smart, Tommy B. Smith, Squirrelly Jedi Photography, Stevo the Gutter Nerd, B J Thrower
Tracks: General Interest, Meetup, Food & Drink
10:00 AM | Location: Sooner B
3D Printing Tech Today
How close we are to replicators! 3D printing is bleeding-edge tech. Experienced printers talk tech about 3D-printing technologies for general consumers. What's out there now, and what's on the immediate horizon?
Moderator: Everyday Futurist
Panelists: Everyday Futurist, Tim Chessmore, RedDirt3D, the Lo-Fi Ky
Tracks: General Interest, Maker, STEM
1:00 PM | Location: Boomer B
Before and After the Plague
Or, COVID-19 as a taste of apocalypse. How has it changed how we communicate, work, innovate, and live? What's the state of human society, and the things we've taken for granted in our post-pandemic world? What's getting better?
Moderator: Tyrell Gephardt
Panelists: Tyrell Gephardt, Everyday Futurist, Sheila Hartney, Brian A. Hopkins
Tracks: General Interest, Health & Wellness, STEM
2:00 PM | Location: Sooner B
Writers Change the STEM World
Talk about “a wish to build a dream on”! From Edward Bellamy's prediction of the credit card to Clarke's projection of communications satellites, we survey how imagined tech in science fiction has influenced the world.
Moderator: Pigeon
Panelists: Pigeon, Aaron Bossig, Rhonda Eudaly, Everyday Futurist, Brian A. Hopkins, Ted Pennella
Tracks: STEM, Writing & Publishing, Science Fiction
7:00 PM | Location: Embassy Hotel: Interior Courtyard - Atrium
Literary Beers
Join panelists in the hotel lounge for lively conversation. BYO beverages, please.
Moderator: Rosemary Clement-Moore
Panelists: Rosemary Clement-Moore, Daniel Erickson, Everyday Futurist, Shai Fenwick, Mark Finn, Dara Fogel, PhD, Tyrell Gephardt, Sally Hamilton, Sheila Hartney, Carolyn Kay, Chaz Kemp, vickey malone kennedy, Melinda LaFevers, Julia S. Mandala, A. Lee Martinez, Tracy S. Morris, Michael Mosley, Ethan Nahté, Ted Pennella, Rook Riley, Rie Sheridan Rose, Seth Skorkowsky, Karen Thrower, Mel. White, Craig Wolf
Tracks: Food & Drink, Writing & Publishing, Meetup, General Interest
Noon | Location: Embassy Hotel: Bedlam 2 Boardroom
Building Better Futures
How to use Design and Foresight tools to build plausible futures for writing, games, movies, cosplay, and more. Professional futurist Tim Morgan aka Everyday Futurist guides this introductory session on future-minded thinking. (2 hours. Limit 14 participants.)
Moderator: Everyday Futurist
Panelists: Everyday Futurist
Tracks: STEM, Culture & World Affairs, Business & Marketing, General Interest, Science Fiction, Workshop