Frank+Feather

Name: Frank Feather Contact: Tel: (905) 642-9090 or e-Mail "__Frank.Feather@Gmail.com__. Video: http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-4408858846596105289&hl=en&fs=true Bio: He's been called "a walking encyclopedia on the future" and "an encyclopedic genius." A strategy-driven futurist, Frank Feather combines solid business experience with uncanny forecasts and novel insights that often shake up the conventional wisdom (see http://www.future-trends.com/record.html). For 22 years, Frank was a strategic planning and marketing executive with three of the world's top banks. In 1979 he coined the term //Thinking Globally, Acting Locally// and in 1980 chaired the 1st Global Conference on the Future which drew 6,000 people from 54 countries and still is the largest congress of its kind ever held. Today, he is ranked among the "Top 100 Futurists of All Time" by Macmillan's //Encyclopedia of the Future//. Since 1981, Frank has advised a worldwide roster of clients on trends impacting their future. A much sought-after public speaker, has addressed 850+ audiences totaling 1.2 million+ people. In doing so, he has visited all but two U.S. states, each Canadian province, and most countries of Western Europe, South America, East Asia and Australasia. Since 1984, he has been a **Special Advisor to China** on economic modernization and market reform. Living a Web Lifestyle, he telecommutes the world from a high-tech studio amid a mapled forest near Toronto. All his banking and investment activity is done online and he orders a host of products over the Web, including family groceries. • e-Learning a Living in the 21st Century • Education in a Digital Society • The Future of Vocational Training • The End of Factory Schooling • Massive Shift to Individualized e-Learning • The Best 21st-Century Careers ||
 * Session Titles from Previous Presentations:**
 * • Re-inventing Education