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FREE ARTICLE - GLOBAL SCANNING NETWORK
WATSON AND THE FUTURE OF CYBERCRIME
In 2011, during an episode of the famous American game show Jeopardy!, contestants Brad Rutter and Ken Jennings squared off against an unpredictable opponent: a supercomputer designed by International Business Machines Corporation (IBM). The result was nothing short of surprising, as IBM’s Watson took first place at one million USD. For a multinational company that sponsors the development and manufacturing of almost everything related to computers and nanotechnology, it was no surprise that their own technology surpassed human expectations.// Read more
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INTELLIGENT NIGHTLIFE
SCENARIO Drinks & Talks - 11 November
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On November 11th, CIFS and Absalon, Copenhagen's new civic centre presents: SCENARIO DRINKS & TALKS #1 in Copenhagen. Come join us for a Friday evening with drinks and talks, curated and performed by the team behind SCENARIO Magazine, Futurists from CIFS and friends of the house. The evening's theme is SCI-FI IS REALITY - our technological future in the present. View the following links to discover the program and to buy tickets. // Read more / Register
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FREE ARTICLE: SCENARIO MAGAZINE
MARIJUANA RUSH: THE NEW WILD FRONTIER
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Cannabis has been part of human culture for millennia, and is still an important part of the day-to-day life of millions of people worldwide. However, in much of the world, a century-old stigma has established a harsh legal and social climate for the recreational and medical use of the substance. The current legal status of marijuana is extremely complex; in most countries it is illegal to grow, sell, and carry the plant and consumption can carry the confusing label of ‘illegal but decriminalised’..
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LIVE INSPIRATION
Speaker: Anne Dencker
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Anne Dencker Bædkel is a futurist at the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies. She is the editor of the Institute's members' reports. She also writes articles for SCENARIO Magazine as well as participates as a consultant on several projects for CIFS. Anne works with, does presentations about, and writes about a variety of the Institute methods, such as megatrends, scenarios, trends analysis and horizon scanning.
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Anne is also head of the Global Scanning Network, which is a research unit of 10 global ambassadors. She specializes in the everyday life of the individual and of (future) social groups; she has worked in particular with the future of work and work-life balance and focuses on the future employees, consumers and citizens from Generation Y and Z.
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CIFS NEWS
Upcoming Open Events
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SCENARIO Drinks & Talks #1 (in Danish)
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