Looking for a listing of the current ASF Future Salons?
Go to: http://accelerating.org/futuresalon.html

Looking for the wiki space for your local Future Salon?
Check the list below.

Local Future Salon Wikis

Atlanta Future Salon (Atlanta, GA)
Austin Future Salon (Austin, TX)
Bay Area Future Salon (Palo Alto, CA)
Chicago Future Salon (Chicago, IL)
DC Future Salon (Washington, DC)
Honolulu Future Salon (Honolulu, HI)
Las Vegas Future Salon (Las Vegas, NV)
Los Angeles Future Salon (Los Angeles, CA)
Philadelphia Future Salon (Philadelphia, PA)
Phoenix Future Salon (Phoenix, AZ)
Rocky Mountain Future Salon (Denver/Boulder, CO)
San Diego Future Salon (San Diego, CA)
Santa Cruz Future Salon (Santa Cruz, CA)
Seattle Future Salon (Seattle, WA)
Second Life Future Salon (Online in Second Life)

Future Salons are monthly meetings where trends and innovations in science, technology, business, and society are discussed against the backdrop of accelerating technological change. Meetings often take the form of lectures and presentations given by experts, but round table and panel discussions as well as book reviews also occur.

The Future Salon Network is an educational arm of the Acceleration Studies Foundation. It is part of our mission to help people to form foresight networks in their own communities. If you are interested in attending a Future Salon, look for a salon in your area by visiting our Future Salon Network Portal. If you'd like to start your own, review the guidelines there, then contact us. We'd love to help you start a salon in your area.

See also the ASF Public Wiki for other ASF activities.

Announcements

FSN Leader Meeting

Future Salon Moderators

Upcoming Future Salons

List of potential Future Salons (have one potential moderator, looking for more):

Columbus Future Salon (Columbus, OH)
Houston Future Salon (Houston, TX)
New York City Future Salon (New York, NY)
Orange County Future Salon (Irvine, CA)
Vancouver Future Salon (Vancouver, Canada)

Desired Future Salons

Interested in having a Future Salon in your area? Add your name below (use the nearest major city as your name). On the link page list your contact info, intro paragraph, and what you'd be willing to do (co-moderate? help with administration? attend?) to make it happen.

Boston Future Salon (Boston, MA)
London Future Salon (London, England)
New Haven Future Salon (New Haven, CT)
Berlin Future Salon (Berlin, Germany)
Brussels Future Salon (Brussels, Belgium)
Budapest Future Salon (Budapest, Hungary)
Portland Future Salon (Portland, Oregon)
Frankfurt Future Salon (Frankfurt, Germany)

Working Documents

Future Salon Network FAQ
FSN Director Job Description
FS Moderator Expectations
FSN Portal Workspace
Yahoo Group Email Management Tips
FSN Email Templates

General Tips

Salongoers and salon leaders are advised to do at least three things in their wiki:

1. Collect feedback for salon improvements.
2. Post theme and speaker suggestions for coming salons.
3. Share notes and slides from past talks, as well as related links/material.

Potential Speakers

Salon leaders are always looking for great and relevant speakers. If you find a potential speaker on the future of some topic, please post this valuable lead to the wiki page of the salon closest to that speaker's location. Include contact info if possible (if private, email it to the salon leader instead). For speakers who don't live near any of our salons or whose location you don't know, please post your suggestions below:
Potential Salon Speakers - All Salons

Editing Pages on This Wiki

Members of the ASF community should feel free to add to and selectively edit pages on this wiki. Add edits and questions in context, but post general comments at the bottom of each page. When adding significant new material please include your name or unique initials in parentheses at the end of your entry. Thank you for being concise. ASF staff may edit commentary.