Speech topics of Prof. Dr. Peter Bishop

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1. Making Sense of the Future: A Journey into Future Time

Treat yourself to a tour of a large and complex place - the future!

• See our planet, home to six billion people. Those people, some producing and consuming at unprecedented rotes, are altering the land, air and water that evolved over millions of years. Those same people are spilling over borders, changing countries and cultures alike.
• Paint vivid pictures of past, present and future technology and how it has swept away everything in its path. Our latest technology, the microprocessor, is changing work, family, government and values in novel and startling ways. And what of future technologies?
• Investigate the future of our nation, bending and flexing to respond to the waves of change. A successful nation, now older, seeking less government struggles to retain its quality of life in the face of technological change and global competition.

Each of these forces makes the news each week and touches our lives each day. Knowing what to expect, you will become confident even excited about the prospect of a new and challenging future.

2. Waves of Creative Destruction: Technology Past, Present and Future

Technology is a two-edged sword. We manipulate nature in new and powerful ways, but we also destroy the old ways and lifestyles. In welcoming the new we ask:

• Have we been here before-technology as the engine of economic growth?
• What is the microprocessor doing to business, the workforce social institutions and the family?
• When will this technology deliver the prosperity we want and what will prosperity look like?
• What new technologies will take over when the computer revolution is finally spent?

Being successful in the future requires the tools and approaches the future demands. lt involves going beyond using a computer, to finding new ways of thinking, working and relating to others. The rules have changed. Get a glimpse of the new rules before it's too late.

3. The Excitement of Change: ls lt Time Yet?

Change is all around us, but how many of us have stopped to think about how it works? Explore the fascinating world of change, answering your most important but often unspoken questions:

• What does change look like?
• How does it work?
• When is the best time to change?
• Do people resist change?
• Can I influence change? lf so, how?

We do not have to be victims of change. We can channel its power to meet our needs once we understand how it works.