Richard Saul Wurman and Richard Attias, creators of world’s premier idea platforms, announce the creation of a new common initiative, The 555 Conference
Richard Saul Wurman, creator of the TED and the TEDMED conferences, has joined forces with Richard Attias, the founder of the New York Forum and the former producer of the World Economic Forum in Davos, to launch the 555 conference, the first global future-focused forum. The 555 Conference will be held in 5 cities, starting Q4 2014, with a finale in New York City in 2015.The theme: Finding the Future First™.
The premise is simple:
5 constructive predictions for the next 5 years
5 different exceptional global & local experts
5 chosen cities located around the world occurring over 5 weeks
Wurman, who invented the field of Information Architecture, said: “555 will bring together extraordinary people from different disciplines to visualize the future patterns in their emerging fields. Together, these unique thinkers will deliver constructive predictions for the next 5 years in this meeting of minds that will provoke us all to change the way we observe the world. They shall also focus upon how the planet might prepare for and understand these predictions.”
Attias, the world’s top community builder for the thinking elite, has pioneered initiatives and platforms that catalyze the global exchange of ideas, including as co-founder of the Clinton Global Initiative and the Nobel Laureates Conference.
He explained: “The future is being shaped every day in China, Japan, India, Australia, Turkey and countries in the Middle East and Africa. It is no longer the exclusive domain of Europe and the USA - we will capture the ideas and innovation on the ground. The DNA of the 555 conference is unique and I am convinced that Richard and I will build a GLOBAL GAME CHANGER.”
Distributed by the African Press Organization on behalf of Richard Attias & Associates.
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