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Institute for Global Futures is a San Francisco based think tank that forecasts innovations and trends. IGF provides keynote presentations, futures research services, and strategy consulting to the Fortune 1000, associations and governments.
IGF was founded by Dr. James Canton in 1990, and enables clients to:
  1. Better anticipate future trends in business, society and the marketplace.
  2. Develop and effectively deploy business strategy.


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The Extreme Future: The Top Trends that Will Shape the 21st Century
videoicon.jpgBased on Dr. Canton's new book, the Extreme Future, this dynamic and informative multi-media keynote provides a sweeping overview of the top trends that will shape the future of business and society.


Technofutures: The Top Innovation Trends That Will Shape the 21st Century
Based on his best-selling book, Technofutures, Dr. Canton identifies the top innovations that will drive future change in business and society.
Navigating the Extreme Economy The current economic crisis offers companies and leaders a unique opporutnity to rethink their business. This keynote identifies the key trends, risks and strategies that will enable you to effectively deal with the Extreme Economy.

Future Smart: Managing Extreme Change Managing change has become recognized as one of the key drivers of advantage, growth and success for any business. This keynote will teach leaders how to manage change for innovation to get authentic benefits.

The Innovator's Mindset
This keynote is a strategic overview of what leading innovators think and do to succeed. Business cases where innovative leaders and companies are using innovative strategies will be demonstrated.
Eco-Business: Towards a Sustainable Future Deep concerns by consumers about climate change, oil, pollution and environmental hazards will create a new competitive landscape for business. This keynote charts the course for developing a sustainable, eco-business strategy.
Web 2.0: The Future of the Internet This keynote forecasts the key trends that will shape the Inernet--starting with Web 2.0 and going deep into the future--telepresence, social advertising, virtual reality, social networking, pervasive mobility, sensing and the impact on consumers
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Radical innovations are reshaping health care and medicine at an accelerated rate of change. From personalized medicine and life extension to the wireless hospital and human enhancement; here's what's coming next.

The Future of Financial Service New innovations from wireless to Internet 2 and virtualization, are reshaping the competitive landscape of financial services. This keynote identifies the top tech trends that will reshape financial service companies impacting customers, industries and markets.

Help Wanted: The Future of the Workforce This keynote identifies the top trends that will shape the future of the workforce. Access to smart and skilled talent will define the winners and the losers in the 21st Century Economy.

New Forecasts & Research


Talent wars, an aging population, diversity, sustainability and agility are just a few markers of the New Workforce.

Top Ten Green IT Trends The Green IT revolution is here and those organizations that make the effort now will be big winners this year, and beyond.

AAAS Forum on Science & Technology Policy
Facing an Extreme Future, nations and researchers must collaborate, says Dr. Canton.

AAAS, Dr. Canton & Human Enhancement
AAAS tapped Dr. Canton to contribute to the recently published report "Good, Better, Best: The Human Quest for Enhancement"


MediaDr. Canton Interviewed by CNN Imagine no Alzheimer's, cancer or diabetes, and living to 140 years old. Videos Here!

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Mapping the Future,
is a unique planning and real-time strategic process offered by the Institute for Global Futures.

New York Academy of Sciences Article
Dr. Canton helps design the future regarding NBIC technologies and human performance enhancement.


The Future of NanoEnergy: Meeting the 21st Century Challenge. This study provides an overview of the top trends that will shape the future of alternative energy in a post-oil global economy.

What's New


Digital Trends Interview
Digital Trends interviews Dr. Canton.

The Future of Social Media Top Trends


Global Futures Forecast 2010
Dr. Canton releases his annual top trends forecast that will shape the coming year and beyond.


The Science of 'Surrogates'
MSNBC talks to Dr. Canton about the science behind 'Surrogates'.



SURROGATES Tech just 10 Years Away?

Dr. Canton tells Wired, "In the near future, robots are going to start to look like humans. I think within 10 years we are going to have the world of the Surrogates."


Technology convergence could prevent war, futurist says

Dr. Canton speaks with the U.S. Air Force on convergent technologies.


Dr. Canton appears in Mini-Documentary on New SciFi film Surrogates


NPR interviews Dr. Canton on What's on the Job Frontier!
economistlogo.png Economist.com profiles Dr. Canton's forecasting and The Top Ten Trends of the Extreme Future
Singularity University
Dr. James Canton to serve as Co-chairman of the Futures and Forecasting Track at Singularity University.

LOMA, the leading global insurance association, interviews Dr. Canton in Emerging Technology: Shaping the Future
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Dr. Canton interviewed by CIO Insight on the CIO as Change Agent
Dr. Canton offers his views on China - Population & Megacities to Agency France Press
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Dr. Canton on Forbes
On video, Dr. Canton Talks about Trends of The Extreme Future
2020: Eco-Strategy
Dr. Canton helps chart the course for any organization's eco-business strategy as an advisory board member of and presenter at the Corporate Eco Forum.
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Trend Trakker
How do you identify key trends? Trend Trakker is a real-time, data mining, online search service that identifies key trends in over 100,000 news, information, media and research sources from over 100 countries. This will be a subscription service offered by IGF. View SLFC and Energy Voyager as examples. Read the Trend Trakker Enterprise Edition Brochure

MediaThe Extreme Future Dr. Canton's new book, The Extreme Future, courtesy of Dutton Publishing, explains what's next and how to prepare today for the next 5, 10 and 20 years.


mikewallacebook.jpgIdentified as one of the world's greatest minds, Dr. Canton shares his views on the world's future, in the Mike Wallace edited book -

The Way We Will be 50 Years from Today


Dr. Canton's Excerpt