SCIENCE MEETS SCIENCE FICTION

APRIL 22–24, 2016 | WASHINGTON D.C. “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” —ELEANOR ROOSEVELT We would like to thank our presenting sponsor: Lockheed Martin At Lockheed Martin, we’re engineering a better tomorrow. This year’s theme, Science Meets Science Fiction, celebrates those scientists, authors, technologists and other visionaries whose dreams have inspired them to build powerful, inspiring We would also like to thank our starry-eyed collaborators: and influential pieces of our collective future. The John Templeton Foundation

During this multi-day event at the Smithsonian museums and Shakespeare Theatre’s The Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination Sidney Harman Hall we are bringing together world-renowned experts and mind-bending innovators in the fields of science, science fiction, technology, and inner and outer space The Future Is Here Festival is presented with participation from NASA who are working at the intersection of today and tomorrow.

Buckle up. It’s going to be a wild ride.

2 THE FUTURE IS HERE SMITHSONIAN.COM/FUTURE 3 for its frst 20 years. A graduate of MIT, 9:30am: “Ice Age Death Trap,” and in his book Services on global AIDS issues, and on Biotechnology public beneft company. Negroponte was a pioneer in the feld Digging Snowmastodon, Discovering an initiatives to bolster medical and public She previously created and led Sirius XM SATURDAY of computer-aided design and has been The Future of Rocks Ice Age World in the Colorado Rockies. health preparedness against emerging as its chairman & CEO, afer pioneering a member of the MIT faculty since KIRK JOHNSON infectious disease threats such as Ebola the civilian satellite navigation industry. 1966. He gave the frst TED talk in Interview and pandemic infuenza. He was one of She has JD and MBA degrees from UCLA, Welcome Remarks 1984, as well as 13 since. He is author Director, Smithsonian National Museum 9:55am: the principal architects of the President’s and a PhD in medical ethics from the 9:00am: of the 1995 best seller Being Digital, of Natural History (NMNH) Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Royal London School of Medicine & MICHAEL CARUSO ANTHONY FAUCI, MD which has been translated into more Kirk Johnson is a paleobotanist who Director, National Institute of (PEPFAR), which has already been Dentistry. Her patented inventions are in Editor in Chief, Smithsonian Magazine spent most of his career at the Denver than 40 languages. In 2005 he founded Allergy and Infectious Diseases, responsible for saving millions of lives satellites, pharmaceuticals and cognitive the nonproft One Laptop per Child, Museum of Nature & Science, where throughout the developing world. sofware. Dr. Rothblatt’s recent books are National Institutes of Health which deployed $1 billion worth of he led expeditions that resulted in the on manufactured organs (Your Life or laptops for primary education in the discovery of more than 1,400 fossil sites Since his appointment as NIAID Interviewed by TERENCE MONMANEY Mine, Ashgate) and cyber ethics 9:05am: Visiting the developing world. In the private sector, on all continents. His research focuses director in 1984, Dr. Fauci has overseen Deputy Editor, Smithsonian Magazine (Virtually Human, St. Martin’s). Future: A Trip Report Negroponte served on the board of on fossil plants, the extinction of the an extensive research portfolio devoted directors of Motorola (for 15 years) and dinosaurs, and methods for dating rocks to preventing, diagnosing, and treating Interviewed by MICHAEL CARUSO infectious and immune-mediated diseases. 10:20am: Interview Editor in Chief, Smithsonian Magazine NICHOLAS NEGROPONTE was general partner in a venture capital and fossils. He led the Snowmastodon He is also chief of the NIAID Laboratory Co-founder of the MIT Media Lab, frm specializing in digital technologies Project, the excavation of an amazing of Immunoregulation, where he has made MARTINE ROTHBLATT Founder of One Laptop per Child Project for information and entertainment. He ice age site discovered by construction Transhumanist and Founder of Sirius Radio, 10:45: BREAK has personally provided start-up funds workers in Snowmass Village, in numerous important discoveries related Nicholas Negroponte is the co-founder to HIV/AIDS and is one of the most-cited Geostar and United Therapeutics for more than 40 companies, including Colorado, on October 14, 2010. Tis dig From lef to right: Michael Caruso, (with Jerome B. Wiesner) of the MIT Martine Rothblatt is chairman & Zagat and Wired magazine. was featured in the NOVA documentary scientists in the feld. Dr. Fauci serves as Nicholas Negroponte, Kirk Johnson, Media Lab (1985), which he directed one of the key advisers to the White House co-CEO of United Terapeutics (UTHR), Anthony Fauci, Martine Rothblatt and Department of Health and Human and president & CEO of its Lung Speakers and schedules subject to change

4 THE FUTURE IS HERE | SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 2016 SMITHSONIAN.COM/FUTURE 5 Forum’s Young Global Leaders in 2010, and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier; Tony is a retired Navy captain and 11:15am: Tribes on the Edge, Alexandra continues the work of her Tomorrow Now: Envisioning the Next former NASA astronaut who has a Story of our Global renowned grandfather Jacques-Yves Fify Years; and Shaping Tings. He is a accumulated over 4,700 fight hours in Cousteau and her father, Philippe Cous- contributing editor of Wired magazine, and over 40 diferent kinds of aircraf and Human Tribe Set in the teau, Sr. She has mastered the remarkable also writes a weblog. Sterling was formerly served as the pilot for two Space Shuttle storytelling tradition handed down to “visionary in residence” at ArtCenter missions. While serving at NASA, Tony Midst of the Amazon Jungle her and has the unique ability to inspire College of Design in Pasadena and guest exercised leadership roles within the audiences on the weighty issues of policy, curator for the Share Festival of Digital Art Astronaut Ofce including the Space CÉLINE COUSTEAU politics and action. Her global initiatives and Culture in Turin, Italy, as well as the Launch System, Commercial Crew, Founder and Executive Director of seek to inspire and empower individu- visionary in residence at the Sandberg Capsule Communicator (CAPCOM), CauseCentric Productions als to protect not only the ocean and its Instituut in Amsterdam. In 2011, he and Space Shuttle Propulsion. Founder and executive director of Cause- inhabitants, but also the human commu- returned to ArtCenter as visionary in Centric Productions, a nonproft organiza- nities that rely on freshwater resources. residence to run a special project on aug- tion that creates cause-focused multi- In 2008, she was honored as a National mented reality. Many prestigious venues 2:55pm: Internet is media content, Céline holds a degree in Geographic Emerging Explorer and has have featured him, including Nightline, Evolving—A Glimpse psychology, a masters in international and founded Blue Legacy with the mission of Te Late Show, and Time, Newsweek and intercultural management and is fuent empowering people to reclaim and restore Te Wall Street Journal among others. at 2016-2036 in three languages. She travels as a public the world’s water, one community at a time. speaker and is a member of the World VINTON G. CERF Economic Forum Council on Oceans, col- 12:05pm: SURPRISE GUEST 2:30pm: Paving the Way Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist, laborating to provide recommendations to Google the WEF about ocean issues. Céline is the LUNCH for Human Exploration Vinton G. Cerf co-designed the TCP/IP daughter of ocean explorer and flmmaker 12:30pm: protocols and the architecture of the Jean-Michel Cousteau and granddaughter of Deep Space Internet and is chief internet evange- of the legendary Jacques-Yves Cousteau. list for Google. He is a member of the 2:00pm: TONY ANTONELLI National Science Board and National with Artist Inspiring Tomorrow Chief Technologist, Exploration Systems, Academy of Engineering and a Fellow JEREMY COLLINS Civil Space, Space Systems Company, of ACM, IEEE, AAAS and BCS. Cerf BRUCE STERLING Lockheed Martin received the U.S. Presidential Medal 11:40pm: Save the Oceans, Two-Time Hugo Award-Winning–Sci-Fi Author Tony Antonelli is chief technologist, of Freedom, U.S. National Medal of and Cyberpunk Exploration Systems for the Lockheed Technology, Queen Elizabeth Prize for Feed the World: A futurist, journalist, science-fction author Martin Civil Space line of business. In Engineering, Prince of Asturias Award, and design critic, Bruce Sterling is best this role, he is responsible for helping Japan Prize, ACM Turing Award, Légion The Future of Fish known for his novels and his seminal work to expedite the human exploration d’Honneur and 25 honorary degrees. on the Mirrorshades anthology, which strategy through the development and ALEXANDRA COUSTEAU defned the cyberpunk genre. He is integration of both science objectives Explorer, Storyteller, Environmental Advocate currently curator of the Casa Jasmina and human exploration goals. His eforts Clockwise from top lef: Alexandra Cousteau, A flmmaker and globally recognized Céline Cousteau, Tony Antonelli, project at the Turin FabLab. His nonfction contribute to shaping a defnitive path Vinton G. Cerf, Bruce Sterling advocate on water issues, Alexandra works include Te Hacker Crackdown: Law for sustainable human missions to Mars. was named one of the World Economic Speakers and schedules subject to change

6 THE FUTURE IS HERE | SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 2016 SMITHSONIAN.COM/FUTURE 7 3:20pm: ARTHUR C. CLARKE PANEL FIONA RABY Micro Kingdoms (2013) and Te School of short animated flm Gopher Broke (2004). Miller also designed the opening 4:40pm: Interview 5:05pm: Performance Professor of Design and Constructed Realities (2015). Teir work sequences of Te Girl with the Dragon Emerging Technology, Parsons has been exhibited at MoMA in New brought to you by THE WASHINGTON POST How to Design Tattoo and Tor: Te Dark World. CHRIS CARTER York, the Pompidou Centre in Paris and Creator of The X-Files Fiona Raby is professor of design and the Design Museum in London, and is in ARCATTACK the Future emerging technology at Parsons, Te New several permanent collections including at Described by TIME magazine as a Creators of the Original Singing Tesla Coil School for Design, and a partner in the ADITYA SOOD “televisionary,” Chris Carter created one SHELDON BROWN (Moderator) MoMA, the Victoria and Albert Museum, President of Simon Kinberg’s Production Te crew of ArcAttack use their design studio Dunne & Raby. She is also a and the Austrian Museum of Applied of the most successful television fran- Sheldon Brown combines computer professor of industrial design (studio-id2) Company, Genre Films chises of all time with his award-winning high-tech wizardry to generate a science research with vanguard cultural Arts. Dunne & Raby received the truly “electrifying” performance. at the University of Applied Arts in inaugural MIT Media Lab Award in 2015. Info on page 14. Te X-Files. Te show ran a remarkable production in the creation of virtual Vienna (2011-2016)–Between 2011 and nine seasons on Fox, is still seen today Te show perfectly combines reality installations exhibited around the ArcAttack’s love of rock music 2015 she was a reader in design inter- 3:45: BREAK Interviewed by BRIAN TRUITT in over 60 countries, and spawned two world. He holds the MacArthur Founda- actions at the Royal College of Art in flms and several comic book and video and their love of science, creating tion Endowed Chair of Digital Media and London and, from 1995, taught there in A native of the Washington, D.C., game adaptations. Te impact of Carter’s a show you will never forget. Learning at UCSD, where he is director of metropolitan area, Brian Truitt is an architecture, computer related design 4:15pm: Interview series is such that in 1997 TIME mag- the Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human and design interactions. Dunne & Raby entertainment writer and flm critic azine named him one of “Te 25 Most Imagination. His work is supported in uses design as a medium to stimulate for USA Today. He covers movies, TV, Infuential People in America.” Carter TIM MILLER books, comics and anything nerdy for part by the National Science Foundation, discussion and debate among designers, Director of Deadpool also created the shows Millennium, the National Endowment for the Arts, the newspaper, as well as co-hosts Te industry, and the public about the social, Tim Miller is a director, visual efects Harsh Realm and Te Lone Gunman, IBM, Intel, Sony and Google. cultural and ethical implications Mothership geek-culture podcast. Brian and in 2016 brought Te X-Files back to artist and co-founder of Blur Studio in lives in Northern Virginia with his wife of existing and emerging technologies. Los Angeles. He made his feature flm television with a 6-episode limited run BRUCE STERLING Raby is co-author, with Anthony Dunne, and daughter, who learned how to say on Fox. From lef to right: Sheldon Brown, Fiona Raby, directing debut with Deadpool, the Brian Truitt, Tim Miller, Chris Carter, ArcAttack Science-Fiction Author of Design Noir (2001) and Speculative “Star Wars” at a very young age. top-grossing movie of 2016. He was Interviewed by BRIAN TRUITT Speakers and schedules subject to change Everything (2013). Projects include nominated for the Academy Award for VINTON G. CERF Technological Dream Series, No 1: Best Animated Short Film as co-story

Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist, Robots (2007), Designs for an Overpopu- writer and executive producer of the Google lated Planet: Foragers (2010), Te United

8 THE FUTURE IS HERE | SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 2016 SMITHSONIAN.COM/FUTURE 9 SUNDAY 9:40am: Think Big Series supported by performers. His interest in computer- 11:50am: Think Big Series supported by JOHN TEMPLETON FOUNDATION generated imagery led him to incorporate JOHN TEMPLETON FOUNDATION 9:00am: Welcome Remarks video and digital technology in his work MICHAEL CARUSO and develop a new form of contemporary Smithsonian magazine Editor in Chief Are We Smart Enough illusion. Te expansion of the Internet Mapping the Nearby and social media have provided more to Know How Smart opportunities for digital illusions and Stars for Habitable Think Big Series supported by 9:05am: ways of interacting with audiences JOHN TEMPLETON FOUNDATION Animals Are? + Q&A and creating magically augmented Worlds + Q&A FRANS DE WAAL realities. Marco continues to perform SARA SEAGER Are We Looking around the world, is a media consultant Professor of Primate Behavior, on the subject of magic and illusion, and Planetary Scientist and Astrophysicist for the Right Extra- Emory University, and Author lectures at international conferences on Professor Sara Seager is a planetary Frans de Waal has been named the psychology of deception and creative scientist and astrophysicist. She has been Terrestrials? + Q&A one of TIME magazine’s 100 Most thinking. Marco is a Directors Fellow at a pioneer in the vast and unknown world Infuential People. Te author of Our the MIT Media Lab. of exoplanets, planets that orbit stars SETH SHOSTAK Inner Ape, among many other works, other than the sun. Her groundbreaking Director of Search for Extraterrestrial he is the C.H. Candler Professor in research ranges from the detection of Think Big Series supported by Intelligence (SETI) Emory University’s Psychology Depart- 11:15am: exoplanet atmospheres to innovative Senior at the SETI Institute, ment and director of the Living Links JOHN TEMPLETON FOUNDATION theories about life on other worlds to in Mountain View, California, Seth has Center at the Yerkes National Primate development of novel space mission an undergraduate degree in physics from Research Center. He lives in Atlanta. The Mattering Map concepts. Now on a quest to discover and a doctorate in a true Earth twin, the feld’s holy grail, from the California Institute 10:15am: BREAK & BOOK SIGNING REBECCA NEWBERGER she’s dubbed an “astronomical Indiana of Technology. Seth has conducted radio WITH FRANS DE WAAL GOLDSTEIN Jones.” Dr. Seager earned her PhD from astronomy research on galaxies, and has Philosopher and Author Harvard University and is now the published papers in professional journals Class of 1941 Profesor of Planetary Rebecca Newberger Goldstein is a phi- and more than 400 articles on various Science and professor of physics at the 10:50am: Performance losopher who is also a novelist and public topics including astronomy and tech- Massachusetts Institute of Technology. intellectual. She is the author of ten books, nology. He lectures at Stanford, was a Seager is a 2013 MacArthur Fellow MARCO TEMPEST many of which cross the divide between distinguished speaker for the American and was named in TIME magazine’s Cyber Illusionist fction and nonfction. Her latest book is Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics “25 Most Infuential in Space” in 2012. Marco Tempest is a cyber illusionist, Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy and was chair of the International Acad- combining magic and technology to Won’t Go Away. She has won numerous emy of Astronautics’ SETI Permanent produce astonishing illusions. He began awards for her fction and scholarship, 12:20pm: LUNCH Committee. Seth’s most recent tome his performing career as a stage magician including a MacArthur Fellowship, popu- is Confessions of an Alien Hunter: Clockwise from top lef: Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, and manipulator, winning many awards larly known as the “genius prize,” and the A Scientist’s Search for Extraterrestrial Marco Tempest, Frans de Waal, Sara Seager, and establishing an international repu- National Humanities Medal, awarded by Seth Shostak Intelligence (National Geographic). tation as one of the world’s most unique President Barack Obama. Speakers and schedules subject to change

10 THE FUTURE IS HERE | SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 2016 SMITHSONIAN.COM/FUTURE 11 NASA Introduction by her tenure with NASA, Newman was to other scientists, and to specifc NASA leading the development of the Sampling understand the universe around us. Prior TONY VALDERRAMA the Apollo Program Professor of computer and information resources. System for the Mars 2020 project. to joining JPL, Parker worked with teams Software Engineer Astronautics at MIT in Cambridge. From 1985 to 1992 he was the head of He recently led the team that developed at NASA and the U.S. Department of Tony Valderrama is a sofware engineer the National Space Science Data Center the Curiosity Rover’s landing system. Energy on sofware to visualize geo- Interviewed by PHIL PLAIT at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 2:00pm: Interview (NSSDC) at Goddard Space Flight Adam joined the JPL in 1991 and has graphic data. Parker holds an M.A. in where he develops science and operations Center (GSFC). In 1992, he became chief worked on various projects including Geography from Boston University. DAVA NEWMAN sofware for robotic missions. Tony holds of the Space Science Data Operations Galileo, Cassini, Mars Pathfnder, NASA Deputy Administrator a B.S. in Computer Science from the 2:25pm: The Martian: Ofce, then in 2005 became the chief Champollion, Comet Nucleus Sample Nominated in January 2015 by President ALEXANDER MENZIES Massachusetts Institute of Technology. of the Science Proposal Support Ofce. Return, Mars Exploration Rovers Barack Obama and confrmed by the Science Fiction and Software Lead for Augmented and Virtual While at GSFC, Green was a co-investi- and the Mars Science Laboratory. U.S. Senate in April 2015 to serve as the Reality Development at NASA gator and the deputy project scientist on deputy administrator of the National Science Fact Alexander Menzies builds holograms the Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Aeronautics and Space Administration, 3:15pm: BREAK & BOOK SIGNING of Mars. Alex serves as the sofware Global Exploration (IMAGE) mission. Newman is responsible for providing JIM GREEN WITH ADAM STELTZNER lead for augmented and virtual reality overall leadership, planning and policy NASA Scientist development at NASA’s Jet Propulsion direction for NASA. She performs Jim Green became director of the Laboratory. His recent work includes the duties and exercises the powers Planetary Science Division at NASA 2:50pm: NASA’s 3:40pm: Augmented an immersive tool used to operate the delegated by the administrator, and also Headquarters in 2006. He received his Mars 2020 Mission— Curiosity Mars Rover called OnSight and is responsible for articulating the PhD in space physics from the University Exploration a head mounted assistant for astronauts agency’s vision and representing NASA of Iowa in 1979 and began working in and Beyond onboard the international space station to the Executive Ofce of the President, the Magnetospheric Physics Branch at PARKER ABERCROMBIE called SideKick. Alex is also the principle Congress, and heads of federal and NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center ADAM STELTZNER Software Engineer inventor of the NASA Photogrammetry other appropriate government agencies, in 1980. At Marshall, Green developed Parker Abercrombie is a sofware engineer Pipeline which is responsible for generat- From lef to right: Dava Newman, Jim Green, NASA’s “Rock and Roll Engineer” Adam Steltzner, Parker Abercrombie, Alex Menzies, and managed the Space Physics Analysis at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, ing the most accurate 3D models of the international organizations, and external Adam Steltzner is an engineering fellow Tony Valderrama Network, which provides scientists all where he investigates ways that sofware Martian surface ever made. organizations and communities. Prior to at Jet Propulsion Laboratory and is Speakers and schedules subject to change over the world with rapid access to data, can transform how we explore and

12 THE FUTURE IS HERE | SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 2016 SMITHSONIAN.COM/FUTURE 13 4:05pm: Interview Interviewed by PHIL PLAIT Phil Plait is an astronomer, author, ADITYA SOOD TV documentary host and all-around President of Simon Kinberg’s Production science evangelizer. He worked for Company, Genre Films; Producer, The Martian a decade with NASA’s Hubble Space Aditya Sood is president of Simon Kin- Telescope, and now writes the popular berg’s production company, Genre Films. Bad Astronomy blog for Slate.com. He is a producer of the Golden Globe– He’s also a bona fde sci-f nerd, an winning and Oscar nominated flm Te unabashed fan, and once gave Martian, which opened worldwide in William Shatner a meteorite. He hopes October 2015, and an executive producer to once have been inventing time travel. on Deadpool, starring Ryan Reynolds and based on the Marvel Comics char- acter. It opened worldwide in February 4:30pm: Closing Remarks 2016. He is also an executive producer MICHAEL CARUSO on the upcoming ABC political thriller Editor in Chief, Smithsonian magazine Designated Survivor, starring Kiefer Sutherland. He started his career at New Line Cinema and DreamWorks. Aditya was born in England, and grew up in Seattle. He graduated from Pomona Col- lege with a degree in politics, philosophy and economics. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and their 9-month-old son.

ANDY WEIR via Skype Author, The Martian Andy Weir was frst hired as a program- mer for a national laboratory at age 15 and has been working as a sofware engineer ever since. He is also a lifelong space nerd and a devoted hobbyist of subjects like relativistic physics, orbital mechanics and the history of manned spacefight. Te Martian is his frst novel.

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