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Search Foundation Website Announcements 2011 Kistler Prize Call for Nominations Deadline: September 30, 2010 Streaming Video Cosmic Origins: From Big Bang to Humankind Where Does Humanity Go from Here? Interview with Dr. J. Craig Venter Planned Events “Water – The Crisis Ahead” Humanity 3000 Workshop April 2010 Peter Ward Lecture Walter P. Kistler Lecture Series June 16, 2010, Seattle (revised date) Young Scholars Inquiry Young Scholars Seminar June 2010 Lecture Walter P. Kistler Lecture Series September 2010 11th Annual Kistler Prize September 2010 Humanity 3000 Seminar November 2010 RECENT Events Brian Fagan Lecture Walter P. Kistler Lecture Series November 2009 10th Annual Kistler Prize October 2009 Donald Johanson Lecture Walter P. Kistler Lecture Series September 2009 Walter P. Kistler Book Award April 2009 Recent Publications Foundation News Vol. 12 Fall 2009 [1.9 MB PDF] “Anthropogenic Climate Change: A Worst-case Scenario” Executive Summary [2 MB PDF] “Future of Planet Earth” Proceedings [28.1 MB PDF] “Energy Challenges” Executive Summary [2 MB PDF] All Foundation publications are available for download from our Publications page.	Foundation FOR THE FUTURE About the Foundation OVERVIEW \| BOARD OF TRUSTEES \| BOARD OF ADVISORS \| EMERITI Foundation For the Future was established with the mission to increase and diffuse knowledge concerning the long-term future of humanity. Overview The Foundation conducts a broad range of programs and activities to promote an understanding of the factors in the social, genetic, biological, medical, psychological, physiological, cultural, technological, and ecological fields that may have an impact on human life during coming millennia. To fulfill its mandate, Foundation For the Future: • Promotes public awareness of and education about futures issues through an ongoing lecture series and speaking engagements at schools and other organizations. • Convenes seminars, workshops, and symposia that focus on issues associated with the long-term future of humanity. • Publishes scholarly works that address issues concerning the factors that will affect human life in the future. • Awards the annual Kistler Prize (cash and gold medallion), the Walter P. Kistler Book Award (cash and certificate), the Walter P. Kistler Science Teacher Award (cash and certificate), and the Walter P. Kistler Science Documentary Film Award (cash and certificate). • Provides financial support to scholars’ research through Research Grant Awards. • Facilitates a Student Education Program that encourages young scholars to think about the future. The Foundation’s benefactor and founding President is Walter Kistler. A Board of Trustees oversees all Foundation activities and is supported by a Director of Programs, a Director of Administration, and a small staff. The Foundation has assembled teams of prominent scholars and humanists to serve on the Foundation’s Board of Advisors and on the Kistler Prize Advisory Panel. The Foundation is sustained in perpetuity by a permanent endowment. Copyright © 1996–2010 Foundation For the Future