worlds of DAVID BRIN

the public appearances of DAVID BRIN

David Brin, Ph.D.

I am best-known as a "futurist" who comments plausibly and entertainingly about trends in technology and society. Here are listings of my past engagements as speaker, consultant, or media expert. Here too are references and recommendations.

Past Engagements as Featured or Keynote* Speaker

"What Do We Owe Tomorrow?", Personhood Beyond the Human Conference, Yale University, New Haven, CT (12/2013)
"What's Next?", re:THINK, TEDx San Diego, Calit2/UCSD (12/2013)
"How will future generations govern themselves?", Otherlands Books, Berlin, Germany (11/2013)
"Digital Agenda for Europe" ICT 2013, Vilnius, Lithuania (11/2013)
Eugene Shoemaker Memorial Lecture at Arizona State University (ASU) (10/2013)
Mensa Foundation's Colloquium 2013 - Frontiers of Science Fiction and Science, Ft. Worth, Tx (7/2013)
Public talk at the Ft. Worth Science Center/Museum (7/2013)
"Science Fiction/Fantasy counterfactual?" American Library Association, Chicago (6/2013)
ISTAS13 - the IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society - (skyped talk) on transparency and sousveillance (6/2013)
"Digitizing the Planet": FiRe Future in Review Conference (5/2013)
"Transhumanism and Space Exploration": ISDC National Space Society Conference, La Jolla (5/2013)
Grand Opening, Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination, UCSD (5/2013)
San Diego Writers/Editors Guild (4/2013)
ST Global Consortium, AAAS Headquarters, Washington DC. (4/2013)
Eaton Literary SF Conference, Riverside (4/2013)
Remembering Ray Bradbury, Cygnet Theater, San Diego (4/2013)
Tucson Festival of Books, U. of Az (3/2013)
NASA NIAC Spring Symposium, Chicago (3/2013)
Southern California Writer's Conference (1/2013)
Dedication of Ray Bradbury Square, LA (12/2012)
Not-the-end-of-the-world cruise, Caribbean/Yucatan (12/2012)
Keynote, Qualcomm Open Source Summit, (11/2012)
Keynote, Engineers for a Sustainable World (10/2012)
"Merging Science & Art" keynote dedication of UCSD's new Structural Engineering Building (9/2012)
"Images of the Future" Keynote dedication of exhibition at CSU Northridge. (9/2012)
"The Future of Artificial Intelligence" KPCC Crawford Forum, Pasadena (8/2012)
"Curiosity, Mars and Beyond" Planet-Fest, Pasadena (7/2012)
"Broad/Deep/Far: Humanity's Prospects to Evolve?" Singularity University (remote) (7/2012)
"Transforming Human-Computer Interfaces." Microsoft, Seattle (7/2012) "Harnessing Competition to Solving the Riddle of Survival and Progress" UCSD Entrepreneur Challenge* (6/12)
"How Drones With Affect & Change Us" for Drones at Home conference, UCSD (5/12)
"Nutrient Info-tech, Can Citizens Use it to Live Better" Future in Review conf. Laguna (5/12)
US Air Force Space & Cyberspace Visionary Workshop, ColoSPrings (4/12)
"The Future of Governance" - Berggruen Institute, Palo Alto (3/12)
NASA NIAC new technologies conference, Pasadena (3/12)
"Sipping from a fire hose: the future of human information processing and security" Keynote: Network/Distributed System Security Symposium, San Diego (2/12)
"The Politics of Space" CDPIC conference, San Diego (2/12)
"Copyright 2020 & the Future of Online IP" the Internet Society/Georgetown U. (DC 2/12)
DEBATE: Is Privacy Obsolete in the Digital World? Assoc. of American Publishers (DC 2/12)
"The World of 2061: Re-inventing Civilization" TedX Brussells (11/11)
"The Art of Reinventing Ourselves" TedX Intuit, San Diego (11/11)
"Making Gods: Will That Bother Anyone?" Singularity Summit New York (10/11)
"Future of Medicine" Society Of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, Los Angeles (9/11)
Paypal Executive conference: keynote speech (06/11)
Qualcomm's Innovation Network (QUIN) "Venture Fest" consultation (06/11)
"Problem Solving in the New Millennium" Maker Faire, San Mateo (5/11)
Meeting/consultation NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program (05/11)
"Our Destiny in Space and Life in the Cosmos" CSU San Marcos (04/11)
"Engineering Education" Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Heads, Phoenix (3/11)
"Making Everything in Your Home" IFTF workshop on open fabrication, San Jose (3/11)
National Conference of Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Heads*, Phoenix AZ (03/11)
workshop on the future of open fabrication at Institute for the Future in Palo Alto, CA (03/11)
"The Long Form: Novels & Movies" - Anime-Caonji, San Diego (03/11)
"The Future of Urban Life" San Diego Rotary Club (11/10)
"Interstellar Communications: Technology and Policy" Royal Society conference, Kavli Center (UK) (10/10)
"Originality in the Film District 9" for ART-PWR San Diego (9/10)
TEDx Del Mar - "Does the Galaxy Need Humanity?" (6/10)
Parallel Computing Workshop, keynote, UCSD (5/10)
"Out of the Eye of the Storm" keynote for Casey Research Investment Conference (5/10)
"CTO Challenge on Alternate Energy" & "The Physics of Tomorrow," Future in Review (FiRe) Conference, Palos Verdes, CA (5/10)
Situational Awareness Workshop, keynote, UCSD (5/10)
Larry King Show (with Michio Kaku & Dan Ayckroyd) re "Are aliens a threat?" (4/10)
"Hollywood & Pop Culture: Myths that help us and cliches that don't" IEET Conference Irvine, CA (12/09)
"Government web sites: service, accountability and security." NIC2009 keynote, Denver (11/09)
"Idea-Driven Innovation" Da Vinci Colorado Inventors' Showcase (11/09)
"Perspectives on Education & the Future" Kaplan University (keynote) 10/09
"Accountability, Attribution and Anonymity: Nat/Sec Implications" keynote speaker (unnamed Agency) Arlington VA (9/09)
"Ethics and Science," University of San Diego (USD) (7/09)
"Why Johnny Can't Code - missing skills we'll need tomorrow," USENIX Conf. (6/09)
"Ethics and the Engineering Profession," Commencement, Jacobs School, UCSD (6/09)
Wine n' Writers Author event, San Diego (5/09)
"Solving the Water Crisis," an ArchiTechs Challenge, Future in Review (FiRe) Conf. Coronado (5/09)
Associated Cities-Geodomain Expo "Mixed Reality in Tomorrow's Cities" San Diego (04/09)
"Visualizing new types of threats" (for an unnamed agency) Washington DC (04/09)
Info Tech And Innovation Foundation. "How the US might regain its faith in the future" Washington DC (04/09)
National Insitute on Drug Abuse, "Virtual Reality and other New Addictions" Washington DC (04/09)
Jacobs School of Engineering Graduate Dinner (03/09)
Speculative threats appraisal (presented by remote) CIA (01/09)
San Diego Inventors' Forum: "Innovating in Uncertain Times" (11/08)
MIT Media Lab Annual Sponsors' Summit* (10/08)
IBM Cambridge: "Digital Discourse" (10/08)
IBM company-wide speech "21st Century Collaboration & Problem Solving" (7/08)
Clarion Writers' Conference "Speculative Fiction: Keeping it Realistic and Relevant" (7/08)
"The Transparent Society: Ten Years After" - Computers, Freedom & Privacy (CFP), Yale (by remote hookup) (5/08)
Eaton Conference on Science Fiction as Literature, UC Riverside(5/08)
Future in Review (FiRe) Conference on Technology & Business, Hotel del Coronado (5/08)
Research Affiliates Advisory Panel on Economic & Investment Modeling, Laguna Beach (5/08)
"Yuri's Night and the Future of the Future" - Extropia (Second Life) event (4/08)
"Literary Orange" - morning keynote, Garden Grove Hyatt Regency (4/08)
"MySpace or Your Space? Teens, privacy and freedom of expression." RHFleet Center, San Diego (2/08)
International Symposium on AI, Robotics and Automation in Space, JPL/Los Angeles (2/08 dinner speaker)
Wealth Owners' Conclave Concerning Transparency and Privacy (Vaduz, Liechtenstein, 1/08)
Department of Homeland Security: Stake-holders' Conference (Los Angeles 1/08)
Beyond Belief: Enlightenment 2.0 (Salk Institute 11/07)
Dinner at the Library: fundraising Gala speaker, Geisel University Library, UCSD (9/07)
International Science Fiction Summit, Beijing China (8/07)
International Conference on Science Fiction, Chengdu China (8/07)
Guest of Honor at World Science Fiction Convention, Yokohama Japan (8/07)
Clarion Science Fiction Writers' Workshop (7/07)
USD & Fleet Center speech (7/07)
Qualcomm Corporate Speaker Series and consulting (7/07)
Institute for the Future "Technology Horizons"*, La Jolla (6/07)
Future in Review (FiRe) Conference speaker ( 4th year) and "ArchiTech" facilitator (5/07)
San Diego Rotary Club - "Managing Change" 3/07
Uplift Academy "Good Ancestor" workshop on future philanthropy 2/07
Collective Intelligence Networks Summit (Los Angeles) 2/07
Anonymizer.Com Corporate Strategy Meeting*, (Ranch Santa Fe) 10/06
Caltech Alumni Forum (La Jolla) 10/06
Google corporate-wide "Tech-Talk" (Mountain View, CA) 10/06
Zimmer Gunsul Frasca (ZGF) corporate meeting, "Architecture and the Future" (10/06)
US Air Force Research Labs, "Alternate Futures" workshop (LA 8/06)
Strong Angel, Homeland Defense Exercise (San Diego 8/06)
International Conference on Complex Systems, "Predictability in a Nonlinear Future" (Boston 6/06)
Defense Threat Reduction Agency, "Thwarting an Evil Genius" workshop (DC 6/06)
Dinner speech for the American Association for Clinical Chemistry, San Diego Conference, San Diego, California (3/06)
International Association of Privacy Professionals, Las Vegas (10/05)
Enviro Fair, "Our Sustainable Future," Del Mar, CA (9/05)
NASA Conference on Exobiology (dinner speaker), NASA Ames Research Center (8/05)
Sandia National Laboratory, "Preventing Terrorism at Soft Targets" (7/05)
Santa Barbara Writers' Conference, evening speaker honoring Ray Bradbury (6/05)
Marina Del Rey: Hollywood Writers' Salon on "Real Science Fiction in Movies" (6/05)
UC Irvine Conference panel: "Human Rights, Technology & the Humanities" (5/05)
MIT Enterprise Forum Panel: "Enterprise Pitfalls & Opportunities in the Information Age" (La Jolla, CA 4/05)
Service Industry Association, dinner speaker at Hotel Coronado (3/05)
CDM Camp Dresser & McKee Inc., company brainstorm speaker (3/05)
American Astronomical Society: Panel on Using Art for Science Education, (1/05)
Project Inkwell: "Technology Empowering Education" (dinner speaker 11/04)
Accelerating Change 2004: "Horizons of Perception in an Era of Change" (Stanford 11/04)
Danish IT Security Council, Danish Open Source Vendors Association, and Internet Society (Copenhagen 11/04)
40th anniversary of Free Speech Movement (UC Berkeley 10/04)*
Imation Inc. Patent Recognition Banquet (Minneapolis 10/04)*
Swissnex debate on human augmentation (San Francisco 10/04)
Global Solutions Institute -- on future of environmentalism (Seattle 10/04)
Pacific Northwest Digital Government Summit (6/04)
Strategic News Service FiRe (Future in Review) Conference (Coronado 5/04)
Woodrow Wilson Center: Conference on Anonymity, Washington D.C. (5/04)
San Diego Writers and Editors Guild, Odin Award recipient/speaker (4/04)
CONTACT Conference on Cultures of the Imagination (3/04)
California Librarians Association*, Ontario CA, "Keeping Reading Relevant" (11/03)
The Skeptic Society, Caltech, Pasadena CA, "21st Century Fables: Can We Learn to See Well?" (11/03)
DLC and Progressive Policy Institute, speech & consultation about 21st Century politics, Macinac MI (9/03)
National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) Conference, Scottsdale AZ, (9/03)
Dinner speaker, IPv6 Conference (6/03)
Jacobs School of Engineering (UCSD), graduation speech (6/03)
Book Expo, Los Angeles (5/03)
FIRe Future in Review Conference, Hotel del Coronado (5/03)
Arizona Book Festival: on adding action to thought and vice versa (4/03)
UCSD Foundation Trustees: on philanthropy in the future (3/03)
MIT Media Lab: on the future of augmented reality (2/03)
Harvard University Law School: seminar on legal ramifications of transparency (2/03)
Los Alamos National Labs: LANSCE Workshop (1/03)
Border Research & Technology Center, San Diego (12/02)
Association of Biotechnology Finance Officers, San Francisco (6/02)
Utopiales: International Conference on the Future, Nantes France (10/02)
Minneapolis ACM Computer Human Interface Conference* (4/02)
BIOCOM San Diego Biotech Industry Breakfast Meeting (3/02)
"Biosensors/Bioterror" SAIC Conference, Del Mar CA (2/02)
Microsoft Speakers' Program "Intelligence: Artificial & Otherwise" (2/02)
"Sensors/Sensing" UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering Annual Review* (2/02)
D.C., "The Digital Divide: Japanese & American Perspectives" (12/01)
National Academies of Science, President's Circle* (11/01)
University of Michigan "Accountability Systems" (11/01)
Privacy/Security Symposium, Zurich, Switzerland (11/01)
University of Chicago, "Danger and Individualism" (11/01)
Global Privacy Summit, Plaza Hotel, New York (11/01)
WebDevShare Conference, Indiana University (10/01)
National Reconnaissance Office (8/01)
Defense Information Systems Agency (8/01)
American Library Association Freedom of Speech* (6/01)
Apache Conference on Open Source Software Movement (4/01)
Qualcomm - motivational-innovation speech (4/01)
William Saroyan Literary Conference* (3/01)
Forum of Associations of Grantmakers "Future Philanthropy" (2/01)
Democratic National Convention Privacy Teach-in (8/00)
Library of Congress Speaker Series (6/00)
SAP TechEd 2000* - Las Vegas (6/00)
"Out of the Box" Pentagon-Potomac Institute Brainstorm* (6/00)
Procter & Gamble Innovation 2000 trade show* (6/00)
World Bank International Conf. on Credit Reporting (6/00)
Internet Everywhere Summit, San Francisco 2000
Bar Assoc. Conference on Alternative Dispute Resolution
"1984: Orwell & Our Future" - U.Chicago Law School (11/99)
Association of Information Technology Professionals (11/99)
Institute for the Future: Outlook Project Exchange (10/99)
California First Amendment Coalition* (9/99)
Decision Makers 2000, Frankfurt Germany (5/99)
Economic Crime Summit*, Orlando (5/99)
Privacy Briefing for Congressional Staff (4/99)
Planet-Fest - 1999 (Planetary Society)
Economic Crime Conference* (5/99)
Card-Tech ID Technology Gathering (11/98)
Communication Tech & Society Conference (Cato Institute)
1998 Space Frontier Conference*
Government Communications/Info Officers' Summit '98
TTI/Vanguard '98 Conference: Security & Information
L.A. Junior Chamber of Commerce
LaBatt Corporation Executive Retreat
Defense Department Highlands Group
TED-MED '98
Microsoft Lecture Series
California School Library Association*
Future of Medicine Conference (6/98)
1997 Supercomputing Conference
The Planetary Society
California Institute of Technology
Sandia National Laboratories
Rutgers University School of Information Science
University of Michigan School of Information Science
MENSA Regional Gathering
United Nations Association*
Oregon Psychological Society*
Southern California Academy of Science
American Library Association
Library & Information Technology Association
International Association of Film Commissioners
Society of Science Educators

TV and Media Appearances

"Star Trek: Secrets of the Universe" 2013
"Alien Encounters" 2012
"Prophets of Science Fiction" Discovery Channel 2011
Larry King Show (with Michio Kaku & Dan Ayckroyd) re "are aliens a threat?" 4/2010
"The Universe" (several episodes) History Channel winter/spring 2008
"Life After People" 1/2008 (highest rated show ever on the History Channel). Click here for the last ten minutes of History Channel's most popular show ever, "Life After People."
"Beyond Belief: Enlightenment 2.0" Science Network 12/2007
"The ArchiTECHS" 2006 (History Channel) (to purchase a copy of the program, visit the online store)
We, the Writer 1996 (TV) Directed by Michael Gregory
Cosmic Thoughts 2003 directed by Mark Young
NOVA (PBS) "Monster of the Milky Way" (black holes)
Televised panel on Internet Ethics for Teens, ITV & EthiCal 5/2006
"Surfing the Internet: Who's Watching? Who's Censoring?" University of San Diego Center for Ethics in Science & Technology (broadcast on KPBS radio) March 20, 2006 (downloadable).
History Channel: ArchiTechs (Principal Cast member)
CBS Sunday Morning
Tactical to Practical (History Channel)
Modern Marvels (History Channel)
Voice of America Live
Fast Forward
TechNation
"Beyond Human" (PBS)
Closer to Truth
Life on the Internet
"Prisoners of Gravity"
Sightings
Future Quest BBC Tomorrow's World
BBC's "Hyperspace" (hosted by Sam Neill)
Beyond the Galaxy
"Science of the Impossible"
and numerous morning shows and talk radio appearances

Praise

Dear Mr Brin - I would like to extend to you my genuine thanks and appreciation for the valuable contribution you made at the recent ICT 2013 event in Vilnius, Lithuania. You played a key role in ensuring the event was not just stimulating but also one that will help shape future EU activities in the area of ICT research and innovation. -- Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission

"David, thank you for letting us interview you! Your insights added a great deal to the show, as you can see from how often we put you on-screen. I hope the show finds you a ton of new readers. Please thank your family for letting us invade your home. It was an honor to work with you. I hope we have a chance to work together or talk in the future." Sean Sakomoto, Producer of the History Channel show "Star Trek: Secrets of the Universe"

"David - on behalf of PayPal, eBay and BillMeLater, thank you for your terrific keynote for the conference of senior managers. It was really well received and from what I hear, you got a lot of people thinking about connections to our business they might not have noticed otherwise." Alex Tosheff, Chief Information Security Officer

"After one day of recuperation from the big event I want to take this opportunity to THANK YOU so much for the powerful speech you gave at the SME Inauguration. We had lots of very positive feedback. Everyone I talked to was excited by your fascinating and stimulating remarks!" - Frieder Seible, Dean,Jacobs School of Engineering, UCSD

"Simply a fantastic presentation, David. You had us all spellbound in the tornado of unexpected ideas." - Keynote dedication - Mark Stover, Dean, CSU Northridge

"David, your company-wide was very well-attended and generated animated discussion of the wide-ranging ideas. Come back soon." Curtis Wong, Principal, Interface Development, Microsoft

"Thanks again for being part of our "kick-off" program for the KPCC Crawford Forum science series (broadcast on our NPR station). The audience loved it, and we all learned a lot — you certainly do have a lot of fans! We hope we can have you with us again at some time in the not too distant future." - Janice Watje-Hurst, Associate Producer Crawford Family Forum 89.3 KPCC-FM

"David, you did an AMAZING job on this year's CTO challenge!" - Sharon Anderson, executive director, Future in Review conference

"David, thanks again for this year's CTO creativity challenge exercise. In this case, the results are going to be much more long lasting than just being "a show"!" - Larry Smarr, Director CalIT2

"Thank you again for a stellar presentation at TEDxIntut! " - Anthony Coglianese, Intuit, Inc.

"The US Air Force ran a six month Delphi effort in which "Oracles" provided insight into potential futures for the USAF. The Oracles are tops in their fields, ranging from Hugo, Nebula, Campbell and Locus Award-winning science fiction writer and astrophysicist Dr. David Brin, who authored Earth, Foundation's Triumph, The Uplift War, and The Postman, to US Air Force Senior Mentor Lt Gen Mike Short, who led NATO's air campaign in the Kosovo and Serbia without single NATO casualty in combat. Many of the Oracles command a high fee for their expertise, but all worked on this project pro bono out of a sense of patriotism, academic curiosity, professional interest, friendship or some combination of the above." -- Julian Chesnutt (Department of Defense) and Timothy Mack (World Future Society)

"I've long been a big fan of David Brin, whose Uplift series about humanity's lifting other species of animals to human intelligence will prove extremely predictive. His book Earth accurately foresaw, among other things, what's now happening with everyone having web-linked video cameras, recording everything." -- Doug Casey (international investment guru)

"David, thank you for your presentation at our Kaplan University Village Online Conference. It was very well received by our instructors and staff as you can see by the survey results. Of the 198 people who attended, 100 answered our survey and the enthusiastic audience response broke all records. Thank you again, you were terrific, truly!!" Penny Lorenzo (10/2009)

"David, Thank you for being an integral part of our 2007 "Dinner in the Library"... we were very pleased to feature an alumnus as our after-dinner speaker. You are a perfect example of what UCSD's integrated, interdisciplinary curriculum can produce -- innovative research, ground-breaking ideas, and a roadmap into the future. We appreciate your talents and all that you have given back through your writing and consulting. With very best wishes and much gratitude, Brian Schottlander, Geisel University Librarian, UCSD."

Ricardo dos Santos of the Qualcomm Innovation Network, had this to say about my company-wide, netcast speech, followed by an all-day creativity consultation at Qualcomm, in July of 2007: "Terrific feedback from everybody involved, David. Our people found it stimulating to converse with someone who has perspicaciously synthesized so many surprising patterns in human behavior and technology (enthusiastically) and who offers positive, pragmatic suggestions for our company evolution. One team member left 'with all kinds of ideas and motivation for being creative and innovative, both at work and outside.' Thanks again and we'll stay in touch."

Ellen Gyllstrom of Zimmer-Gunsel-Frasca Partnership, Portland Oregon: "We very much appreciated your participation in our Partner/Principal Retreat in Tucson. Our group was very interested in what you had to say about both past and present, and as I observed our Principals downloading to our staff upon their return, it was apparent that your ideas about the future were both thought-provoking and stimulating."

Paul R. Brown, President: Public Services Group, CDM Camp Dresser & McKee Inc: "Many, many thanks for an exhilarating evening. Your remarks launched another 48 hours of discussion and dialogue. Most importantly, you created the context for one of the best planning meetings we ever held. Your 5% creative thinking challenge and encouragement to accept criticism as a way of ensuring success stuck with us throughout our meeting -- much better ideas offered with much less defensiveness. Fears were lowered and the boundaries of concern widened. We all really appreciated your intelligence, insights, and most importantly your engaging and open style."

John Smart, Accelerating Change, Stanford University: "Fabulous! Your provocative future scenarios, your explanation of developmental trends in technology and your balanced, nuanced delivery got folks energized like no speaker we've had before. I think the truest mark of a great speaker is their popularity in the hallways afterward, and on that score you again exceeded all expectations. It was great to see how many groups self-organized to discuss the issues you raised for the remainder of the weekend. Passionate engagement, incisive thinking, rapid references to the key ideas in the value space, enlightened and centered solutions... You set a standard for us all to achieve."

Guy Iannuzzi, BIOCOM: Biotechnology Executives Networking Breakfast, San Diego/La Jolla (250 biotech professionals): "You were wonderful beyond even my exaggerated expectations. You are a hero to these business people (and, not to put too fine a point on it, have made me also a hero for finding you)..."

Paul Saffo, Institute for the Future: "David, I just looked in my email box and realized my earlier thank you to you bounced back. Gad! Especially as you were absolutely spectacular -- you completely stole the meeting! I am still hearing from clients who were utterly taken by your comments. So, once again, many, many thanks!

Dean Robert W. Conn, UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering (c/o Kelly Briggs) "Sensors/Sensing" Annual Review, keynote: "Thanks for the outstanding presentation... It was by all accounts the most successful review ever, due in significant measure to your contribution."
 
Don Wood, American Library Association Office for Intellectual Freedom: "What a successful program! I've never seen quite such a spontaneous and enthusiastic response to one of our speakers! Thanks again, David. I hope this is not the last time you'll be able to participate in one of our programs."

Card Tech West: "Dear David, We enjoyed meeting you and hearing your presentation. You were interesting, amusing, and challenging; I wish we had a video, but we do have the audio tape, which I have already listened to, in its entirety. We all feel delighted you came up to be our keynote speaker. My opinion was validated by the speaker evaluations. You were our highest scoring speaker with the following scores: (5 = highest) Knowledge of subject: 5.0; Audio/visual: 3.4; Style/Organization: 4.67; Value of Talk: 4.67; Weighted Average: 4.57... Comments by attendees: 1. Well done! 2. In 9 years of conferences, this is the first time I bought an audio tape. 3. Excellent, brilliant! Attendees appreciated the book signing.... Thanks again and if you every need a reference for speaking, give me a call." Liz Wenchel 301-654-0551.

Margaret Miller, World Bank Conference on Credit Reporting, Miami: "I was very happy with your willingness to take on the assignment on short notice, with your professionalism and courteousness and most of all, with the insights that you brought to bear on this topic. More than 90% of those responding to the survey about the event rated it as a 4 or 5 on a scale of 1-5."

Ken Coar and Jim Jagielski, Apache Software Foundation: "I'd like to thank you again for a most excellent keynote. I thought that your concept of the "Maturity Principle" (which I first read in your book) was an excellent analogy of open source technology and the members seemed genuinely inspired!"

Defense Information Services Agency: "Hey David: Gang buster presentation -- folks loved it. Thanks Thanks Thanks." --Paul Barsnica

"David is one of the most thoughtful and provocative speakers I have run across. He has a remarkable talent for getting inside a concept and turning it into something completely new. Before his landmark book, The Transparent Society, was written, he engaged the Highlands Forum with these ideas in open conversation. What was at the time stunning now seems to be accepted by many around the world as the society we are coming to. An amazing mind." -- Captain Richard O'Neil (USN ret.), Director of the Highlands Future Concepts Program (U.S. Secretary of Defense)