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ROBERT J. SAWYER
Hugo and Nebula Winner

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"Robert J. Sawyer has mastered the skill of turning his powerful visions of the future into relevant and thought-provoking commentary on the major issues facing us today." — Paul Lewis, Executive Producer, The Discovery Channel

Left: Robert J. Sawyer on Rivera Live with Geraldo Rivera,
talking about the future of genetics

Right: Robert J. Sawyer and Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin,
talking about the future of space travel

Futurism Keynotes

• Book Robert J. Sawyer as a Speaker

Science of the Next Two Decades

• The Age of Miracle and Wonder
• The Future of the Automobile

Science of the Rest of the 21st Century

• 21st Century Science
• Is Technological Advancement Worth the Risks?: A Response to the Anti-Technology Manifesto by Bill Joy of Sun Microsystems
• A dialog about The Age of Spiritual Machines

Science of the Next Millennium

• The Human Body
• Artificial Intelligence
• The Solar System
• Interstellar Travel
• Daily Life

• A brief comment for Science Fiction Age magazine

More Ideas

• Food in the Future
• Will Computers Soon Make Humans Obsolete?
• "Inventing the Future" press release
  

The Discovery Channel's "2020 Vision"

• Introduction to "2020 Vision"
• "2020 Vision" press release

The Human Body

• Brain Implants
• Genetics
• Immortality
• Male Pregnancy

Technology

• Virtual Visits
• Teleportation
• Robots

Potential Big News Stories

• First Contact with Aliens
• Ape Civil Rights
• Resurrecting Mammoths
• Second Coming?
• The Living Sea

CBC Radio's Science FACTion

Genetics

• Neanderthals are a Separate Species
• We're Just 95% Chimpanzee
• Nature vs. Nurture (Jesus and the James Ossuary)
• The Fountain of Youth (telomeres)

Consciousness and the Brain

• The Great Leap Forward (dawn of consciousness)
• The Hard Problem (binding consciousness)
• God and the Brain (the God organ)

Space

• The X Prize (Canadians in space)
• The Ocean of Europa
• Extrasolar Earthlike Planets
• Where are the Aliens? (The Fermi paradox)

Physics

• Quantum Computers
• Nanotech: What's the Big Idea?

Science and Society

• William Antony Swithin Sarjeant (dinosaur extinction)
• Devising Markers for Nuclear-Waste Sites
• Fraud in Science

More Good Reading

Book Robert J. Sawyer as a keynote speaker

Other nonfiction by Robert J. Sawyer
Novels by Robert J. Sawyer
Media backgrounder on Rob Sawyer

My Very Occasional Newsletter