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Technology Futurist
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Michell Zappa
Born in Stockholm, raised in São Paulo – and having lived and worked around the world – Michell is global by default. Technology futurist, information designer and founder of Envisioning, a technology foresight institute. His work explores the causes and consequences of accelerating change and the effects technology has on society at large. He has given keynote presentations in more than 20 cities worldwide and worked with T-Mobile, LEGO, JWT, as well as the Swiss Army, the Netherlands Ministry of Defence, and the Government of Canada. His freely available information design work has been cited by Wired, Taschen, the Guardian, and Fast Company and been used by hundreds of organisations worldwide.
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Patterns of Technological Transformation
Finding certainty in uncertainty. Technology often seems unpredictable, but an understanding of the underlying patterns affecting its development allows us to predict more likely future scenarios. For example how accelerating change leads to unintended consequences beyond those originally designed for. Knowing these patterns helps us paint a clearer picture of the emerging future. In this session Michell takes you on a journey through the patterns of technological transformation.
The world changed on May 11, 1997 when chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov was defeated by IBM's Deep Blue supercomputer. A milestone in artificial intelligence, met by countless others in the subsequent decades. The story of what Kasparov did in 1998, however, remains mostly untold. Learn about how Centaur chess allows players to play alongside computers instead of against them, and the consequences it has for our decision-making around machine learning today.