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Year: 2012

Future of privacy

You’ve been called in for a second interview for that job you really want.

Future of oceans

To look forward 40 years, I need to look back a few decades. I need a running start for this discussion.

Future of advertising

“More pressure on the accelerator,” Brenda suggests playfully. “You want to accelerate out of a turn, especially on sunny roads overlooking treacherous shorelines.”

Future of reconciliation

Future of reconciliation

Far too often, when non-native Canadians think of Indigenous peoples, they think of the past. Media images project fantasies of natives posed in a romantic state of nature, frozen in a distant moment of history.

Future of digital humanities

Future of digital humanities

The only sensible thing to say about what the state will be in 40 years of a field of knowledge so new as digital humanities is that the humanities will be digital, that is …

Future of oil

By 2052, the second century of the modern oil age will be drawing to a close.

Future of disasters

The past 30 years has seen the proliferation of vast quantities of remote-sensing data that are available on a variety of time scales, and the volume of that data will increase by orders of magnitude over the next 40 years. In addition, we are experiencing a confluence of high-performance computing (HPC) capability and breakthroughs in computational algorithms, data handling and storage, the development of services to support continuous data collection and analysis, and user interfaces for remote sensing applications in integrated solutions.

Future of materials

Future of materials

In the field of materials, I think we need to look both forward and backward when we think about what to expect over the next 40 years.

Future of family medicine

Future of family medicine

It is essential we determine best practice for integrated care of concurrent chronic illness in primary health care, which will require the development of rigorous methods for evaluating complex systems of care for patients with multi-morbidity.

Future of performing arts health

Future of performing arts health

Leon Fleisher’s focal dystonia. Pete Townshend’s hearing loss and tinnitus. Julie Andrews’ vocal strain and subsequent failed surgery. These world-class musicians had devastating, potentially career-ending, health problems related to their occupation abound.

Future of climate

Future of climate

I’m afraid I find it hard to have a positive outlook for the biosphere in the next 40 years.

Future of gaming

(The late) Neil Armstrong has been quoted as saying, “People expect too much in one year and not enough in 10 years.”

Future of privacy

You’ve been called in for a second interview for that job you really want.

Future of oceans

To look forward 40 years, I need to look back a few decades. I need a running start for this discussion.

Future of advertising

“More pressure on the accelerator,” Brenda suggests playfully. “You want to accelerate out of a turn, especially on sunny roads overlooking treacherous shorelines.”

Future of reconciliation

Future of reconciliation

Far too often, when non-native Canadians think of Indigenous peoples, they think of the past. Media images project fantasies of natives posed in a romantic state of nature, frozen in a distant moment of history.

Future of digital humanities

Future of digital humanities

The only sensible thing to say about what the state will be in 40 years of a field of knowledge so new as digital humanities is that the humanities will be digital, that is …

Future of oil

By 2052, the second century of the modern oil age will be drawing to a close.

Future of disasters

The past 30 years has seen the proliferation of vast quantities of remote-sensing data that are available on a variety of time scales, and the volume of that data will increase by orders of magnitude over the next 40 years. In addition, we are experiencing a confluence of high-performance computing (HPC) capability and breakthroughs in computational algorithms, data handling and storage, the development of services to support continuous data collection and analysis, and user interfaces for remote sensing applications in integrated solutions.

Future of materials

Future of materials

In the field of materials, I think we need to look both forward and backward when we think about what to expect over the next 40 years.

Future of family medicine

Future of family medicine

It is essential we determine best practice for integrated care of concurrent chronic illness in primary health care, which will require the development of rigorous methods for evaluating complex systems of care for patients with multi-morbidity.

Future of performing arts health

Future of performing arts health

Leon Fleisher’s focal dystonia. Pete Townshend’s hearing loss and tinnitus. Julie Andrews’ vocal strain and subsequent failed surgery. These world-class musicians had devastating, potentially career-ending, health problems related to their occupation abound.

Future of climate

Future of climate

I’m afraid I find it hard to have a positive outlook for the biosphere in the next 40 years.

Future of gaming

(The late) Neil Armstrong has been quoted as saying, “People expect too much in one year and not enough in 10 years.”