World Future Society Washington, DC, Chapter

World Future Society—Washington, DC, Chapter Dinner Meeting Announcement Thursday, November 15, 2012, 6:00-9:00 PM

An Overview of Project for National Security Reform Visioning Work Group Scenarios, 2020 to 2060 and new Practical Anticipatory Governance Processes.

John F Meagher, CIH Past President, Metropolitan Washington DC Chapter World Future Society Professional Futurist and Consultant

Prof. Leon S. Fuerth Distinguished Research Fellow, Center for Technology and National Security Policy, The National Defense University, Ft. McNair Research Professor of International Affairs, The Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University, Washington DC

John Meagher, our first speaker, will provide an overview of nine potential scenarios that were developed as part of the Project for National Security Reform spanning 2020 to 2060. In 2010, Argonne National Labs turned the “Red Death” scenario into a 15 min. video, which will be screened at the meeting. The video is one example of futurist thinking using adapted media to reach a wide audience of decision makers. The scenarios cover a gambit of issues ranging from neuroscience, nanotechnology, global climate change engineering, A.I. and jobs/employment, lunar competition for resources and public health. The presentation will share insights of potential challenges the United States and the world could face in the future that may affect our national security. What can be done to anticipate and deal with these and other emergent future challenges that we as a nation and world could face? Our second speaker, Prof. Leon Fuerth, will address this challenge with an overview of his new work: Anticipatory Governance Practical Upgrades: Equipping the Executive Branch to Cope with Increasing Speed and Complexity of Major Challenges. An excerpt from the Executive Summary crystallizes both the problem and possible solutions:

“If we are to remain a well-functioning Republic and a prosperous nation, the U.S. Government cannot rely indefinitely on crisis management, no matter how adroit. We must get ahead of events or we risk being overtaken by them. That will only be possible by upgrading our legacy systems of management to meet today’s unique brand of accelerating and complex challenges. Anticipatory Governance responds to this need..."

Speaker Bios

Leon Fuerth’s career in the U.S. Government spanned more than three decades, including 11 years as a Foreign Service Officer, 14 years on Capitol Hill, and 8 years in the White House as the National Security Advisor to Vice President Al Gore. During the Clinton Administration Fuerth served on both the Principals’ and Deputies’ Committees of the National Security Council and the National Economic Council. Following government service, he became the J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of International Affairs at The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs. He presently holds simultaneous appointments as Research Professor at the Elliott School and as Distinguished Research Fellow at the National Defense University. The Project on Forward Engagement was established in 2001 by Leon Fuerth to explore methods for incorporating systematic foresight into the U.S. Federal policy process, and for configuring government systems to deal with challenges that are “complex,” rather than just “complicated

John Meagher recently was an independent consultant specializing in occupational, environmental and public health science; a professional futurist and long-range strategic planner improving organizational performance. John Meagher currently serves as the Certified Industrial Hygienist for the Department of Justice/Bureau of Prisons. John was a project manager with the TASC Inc (formerly Northrop Grumman till 2010), Enterprise Support Group and a member of the TASC Futures and Forecasting Group. In 2010, the Project on National Security Reform published a series of visioning scenarios he co-authored for national security challenges the U.S. may face in the 2020-2060 timeframe to assist the U.S. government in anticipating and planning responses and improving societal resilience. John is professionally active in government relations, homeland defense/national security and future/strategic planning studies. In 2011 & 2012 he participated and contributed to a series of workshops held at National Defense University (NDU) led by Prof. Leon Fuerth that produced Anticipatory Governance Practical Upgrades: Equipping the Executive Branch to Cope with Increasing Speed and Complexity of Major Challenges. He is a professional member of the World Future Society and a Past President of the Washington Chapter of the World Future Society. And Save the Dates for These Future Dinner Meetings at the Hilton

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Location: Hilton Garden Inn, 7301 Waverly St., Bethesda, MD. (See directions below) Advance paid registration by COB Monday, November 12, is strongly encouraged. Register at www.natcapwfs.org/events.htm or by sending a check payable to the World Future Society to John Honig at 7701 Glenmore Spring Way, Bethesda, MD., 20817. Cost of advance registration is $37 non-chapter-members; $30 chapter members; $18 students under 26. Cost after November 12, is $43 non-chapter-members, $37 chapter members, $20 students under 26. Reservations may not be cancelled after November 12, and no shows will be charged. Last minute registrants may pay at the door. Please contact John Honig at 301-469-7783 or [email protected] with any questions. Note: Due to a requirement from our merchant banker to provide the full billing address for credit card charges, payment at the door will be by cash or personal check only. Those registering in advance may still pay by VISA, Mastercard or American Express. DIRECTIONS

Via Metro

Take the red line to Bethesda station. Exit Bethesda station via the elevator, cross Wisconsin Ave, and walk straight ahead one block on Montgomery Ave., turn right on Waverly St., and proceed ½ block to the Hilton Garden Inn entrance.

Via Car

From the North - I-95 South to I-495 West (Silver Spring). Take Exit 34 Wisconsin Avenue South (Route 355) toward Washington/Bethesda. Proceed two miles on Wisconsin Avenue and make a left onto Montgomery Avenue. Turn right onto Waverly Street. Hotel is on the left

From the South - I-95 North to I-495 North (Tysons Corner). Take Exit 34 Wisconsin Avenue South (Route 355) toward Washington/Bethesda. Proceed two miles on Wisconsin Avenue and make a left onto Montgomery Ave. Turn right onto Waverly Street. Hotel is on the left

From the West - I-66 East to I-495 North (Baltimore). Take Exit 34 Wisconsin Avenue South (Route 355) toward Washington/Bethesda. Proceed two miles on Wisconsin Avenue and make a left onto Montgomery Avenue. Turn right onto Waverly Street. Hotel is on the left

From the East - US 50 West to I-495 North (Exit 7B). Continue I-495 North and stay left onto I- 495 West (Silver Spring). Take Exit 34 Wisconsin Avenue South (Route 355) toward Washington/Bethesda. Proceed two miles on Wisconsin Avenue and make a left onto Montgomery Avenue. Turn right onto Waverly Street. Hotel is on the left.

Parking in the Montgomery County garage across Montgomery Ave. from the Hilton Garden is much less expensive than parking in the adjacent Air Rights building. Bring plenty of quarters, nickels and dimes.

See an area map at http://maps.google.com/maps?q=38.983400,-77.092400&zoom=14

From Washington DC (City Center) - Take Massachusetts Avenue (West). Turn right onto Wisconsin Ave. Turn right onto Waverly Street. Hotel is on the right.