Cyberspace as a Meta-Evolutive Step

Pierre Levy
Professor in the Department of Hypermedia at the University of Paris-VIII; author of Collective Intelligence: Mankind's Emerging World in Cyberspace

The Neptune Project

John Delaney
Professor of Oceanography at University of Washington, developer of the Neptune Project, a vast fiber optic telescope to study the Pacific rift

The Real World

Marc Pesce
Internet visionary, co-inventor of VRML, author, lecturer and creator of WebEarth, a real-time VRML model of the planet's weather

Lessons from the Biosphere

Tyler Volk
Professor of Biology at NYU and NASA researcher, author of Meta Patterns, Across Space, Time and Mind and most recently, Gaia's Body, an in depth examination of the living, breathing network of systems that is our biosphere

Visualization Applications
in Earth System Science

John Helly
scientist at the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego where he leads the Earth System Science program

Snakes and Ladders:
Holism vs. Technlogy

Erik Davis
cultural critic and journalist, author of Techgnosis: Myth, Magic + Mystcism in the Age of Information

Casino-21: public participation in
climate simulation of the 21st century

David Stainforth
Department of Physics, University of Oxford and the Space Science and Technology Department, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

The Legacy of Luna

Julia Butterfly Hill
Eco-Heroine,
Treesitter Exraordinaire

Technology, Insight and the Internet:
Catalysts for Future Transformation

Hardin Tibbs
strategist, futurist, leading authority on industrial ecology and global scenario research

European Reconciliation of the
Commercial Internet with Sustainability

Thomas Ruddy
info-tech designer for World's Fair Expo 2000 in Hanover on Nature, Technology and Humanity; author of The European Way of Using Information and Communication Technology for Sustainable Development

Viridian Green

Bruce Sterling
cyberpunk progenitor, author of six sci-fi novels including Schismatrix, a "post human space opera" and most recently founder of the Viridian Green art movement

From Nature to Meta-Nature:
The Fold Point in Time

Jim Fournier
design-scientist, architect, and former entrepreneur, Co-executive Director of the Planetwork Conference

Industrial Ecology &
Information Technology
Bill Shireman - Global Futures / Future 500 Gil Friend - Natural Logic Andrew Michael - Bay Area Council

Art, Technology,
& the Environment
Shawn Brixey & Eduardo Kac with Edward Shanken

Predicting The Future
Alexander Repenning
with James Kalin

InfoTech & Sustainable Development
Michael North - GreenStar.org, Pablo Zabala & Juan Martinez - World Bank, with Natan Zaidenweber

Surfing the Global Brain
Duane Elgin, Jim Fournier, Pierre Levy, Mark Pesce & Peter Russell with Erik Davis

Effective Web Campaigns
Jim Slama - Keep 'Organic' Organic Campaign Brian West Earth Island Institute & Catherine Baldi
Project Underground

InfoTech Professionals & Social Responsibility
Twyla Wilson - US Web/CKS & Maria Jankowska - Electronic Green Journal Denise Joines - One NW with Cate Gable