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Dr. James Canton

Global Futurist - Forecasting, Future of Smart Cities, Science and Technology Advisor

James is a global futurist, author and visionary advisor to governments, industry and global organizations on the risks and challenges facing the future of our civilization. He is the CEO & Chairman of the Institute for Global Futures, a San Francisco-based Think Tank forecasting trends in
climate, energy, cities, tech, population, food and security. For over 30 years, he has been insightfully predicting the key trends that have shaped our world. He is a leading authority on future trends in innovation. He is the author of The Extreme Future: The Top Trends That Will Reshape the World in the 21st Century, Dutton 2006, and Technofutures: How Leading-Edge
Innovations Will Transform Business in the 21st Century, Next Millennium Press, 2004.

https://www.globalfuturist.com/about/the-igf-team/dr-james-canton