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It is our pleasure to welcome you to The Futures of the U.S. project conducted by graduate students in the Futures Studies program at the University of Houston. The graduate students in this course have assembled material on the seven key long-term issues affecting the future of the United States and provide critical information important to public discussion of the Presidential election. The Futures of the U.S. material can be used before and after the Presidential election in discussions about the likely long-term future of our country. We have chosen the year of 2028 as our time horizon. By 2028 another five Presidential elections and many other events will occur and the potential for change and surprise is vast. Our mission in the University of Houston Futures Studies program is to bring futures thinking into the whole educational system so that we are better informed and prepared for they ways in which our country and the world might develop. You may be interested in visiting our wiki, Foresight Education Project at http://foresighteducation.org .

World Futures Society
These materials were presented at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the World Future Society on Saturday, July 18 (4:00 PM session), in Chicago IL. The presentations by Dr. Bishop are attachments at the bottom of this page. Presentations by Morgan Kauffman and Kay Strong are posted under the Climate Issues and Budget Issues, respectively.

Seven Key Issues:
Budget Issues
Climate Issues
Energy Issues
Global Issues
Health Issues
Instrastructure Issues
Immigration Issues

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) release: 2009 Congressional & Presidential Transition contains the latest on these issues.



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Does it make sense to include links to the different "issues" on the homepage, as well as provide links on the pages themselves, instead of assuming a user knows to use the menu on the left? Honestly, whenever I arrive at a wetpaint wiki, I don't think to use the left-hand navigation, I often look for links on the home page.
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Word Document Intro.doc (Word Document - 60k)
posted by ProfessorWantanabe   Jul 18 2009, 11:31 PM EDT
Intro document
Powerpoint Presentation Globalization.ppt (Powerpoint Presentation - 1,306k)
posted by realfut   Jul 18 2009, 10:27 PM EDT
Globalization
Compressed Archive Presentations.zip (Compressed Archive - 1,240k)
posted by realfut   Jul 18 2009, 10:25 PM EDT
Energy, Immigration, Health
Powerpoint Presentation WFS 09c.ppt (Powerpoint Presentation - 1,384k)
posted by realfut   Jul 18 2009, 10:23 PM EDT
Forecasting
Powerpoint Presentation WFS 09b.ppt (Powerpoint Presentation - 1,264k)
posted by realfut   Jul 18 2009, 10:22 PM EDT
Nature of Change