"Little Bigs" are back!

'Little Bigs' is a format for presenting big ideas in a very short period of time. Presenters are limited to 5 minutes and 5 slides to share their big idea with the audience, then we ask questions and discuss at the end of all the presentations.

On Saturday, July 19th we will hear from NYC Future Salon members on their versions of optimistic Utopias and pessimistic Dystopias of the near future. The themes and the topics will vary, so this meeting has no specific theme.

This is our current list of presenters:

Carol Pawlowski
War and Peace 2020

Joe Plotkin
Openness of the Internet

Arnell Dowret
Spirituality for the Future

Shane Hope
(Visual art scenarios)

Mike Ignatowski
Apocalypse or Sustainability?

Here are the rules:

• 5 slides, 5 minutes (maybe 7 minutes!)
  
• Then we have Q&A after all the presenters are finished
  

Topic Utopian or Dystopian-themed scenarios of a future world centered around any topic (e.g. media, medicine, war, climate change, industry, etc).

Timeline Any year between 2015 - 2045 (if you want to venture further, let Garry know!)

Formats
Storytelling in your own voice
or using "future artifacts",
or via Powerpoint (images, audio, text, videos).

Be creative, plausible and engaging.

First come, first served. If you are interested in presenting send Garry an email ([masked])

Thanks to Carol for coming up with this great topic!

So will it be a Utopia?

or a Dystopia?

Images by eperales and Nicholas_T used under the Creative Commons license