FiRe X 2012 Highlights

Yoram Heller, VP Corporate Development, FiReStarter company Morphlabs. May 22-25, 2012: At the Montage in Laguna Beach, CA, 200 thought leaders - high technology engineers and executives, entrepreneurs, scientists, and media professionals - gathered for 3 days to participate in FiRe X, the 10th annual Future in Review conference, presented by the Strategic News Service and led by SNS founder and technology visionary Mark Anderson. Interviews, panel discussions, and informal conversations ranged from IP protection to CO2 and climate change, new healthcare paradigms, global economics, ocean toxins, robotics, documentary filmmaking, medical diagnostics, technology solutions for social issues, global economics, mobile computing, and tech solutions to human trafficking and aging with dignity.

L-R: Mary Clark, The Rodel Foundations; and Davis Brimer and Steve Cooper, of FiReStarter company Active Life Scientific. May 22-25, 2012: At the Montage in Laguna Beach, CA, 200 thought leaders - high technology engineers and executives, entrepreneurs, scientists, and media professionals - gathered for 3 days to participate in FiRe X, the 10th annual Future in Review conference, presented by the Strategic News Service and led by SNS founder and technology visionary Mark Anderson. Interviews, panel discussions, and informal conversations ranged from IP protection to CO2 and climate change, new healthcare paradigms, global economics, ocean toxins, robotics, documentary filmmaking, medical diagnostics, technology solutions for social issues, global economics, mobile computing, and tech solutions to human trafficking and aging with dignity.

Jerry Woodall, of FiReStarter WoodallTech Inc. May 22-25, 2012: At the Montage in Laguna Beach, CA, 200 thought leaders - high technology engineers and executives, entrepreneurs, scientists, and media professionals - gathered for 3 days to participate in FiRe X, the 10th annual Future in Review conference, presented by the Strategic News Service and led by SNS founder and technology visionary Mark Anderson. Interviews, panel discussions, and informal conversations ranged from IP protection to CO2 and climate change, new healthcare paradigms, global economics, ocean toxins, robotics, documentary filmmaking, medical diagnostics, technology solutions for social issues, global economics, mobile computing, and tech solutions to human trafficking and aging with dignity.

L-R: Mark Anderson, and Richard Caro and Philippa Lewis of FiReStarter company Simavita. May 22-25, 2012: At the Montage in Laguna Beach, CA, 200 thought leaders - high technology engineers and executives, entrepreneurs, scientists, and media professionals - gathered for 3 days to participate in FiRe X, the 10th annual Future in Review conference, presented by the Strategic News Service and led by SNS founder and technology visionary Mark Anderson. Interviews, panel discussions, and informal conversations ranged from IP protection to CO2 and climate change, new healthcare paradigms, global economics, ocean toxins, robotics, documentary filmmaking, medical diagnostics, technology solutions for social issues, global economics, mobile computing, and tech solutions to human trafficking and aging with dignity.

Brett Horvath and Cindy Klein. May 22-25, 2012: At the Montage in Laguna Beach, CA, 200 thought leaders - high technology engineers and executives, entrepreneurs, scientists, and media professionals - gathered for 3 days to participate in FiRe X, the 10th annual Future in Review conference, presented by the Strategic News Service and led by SNS founder and technology visionary Mark Anderson. Interviews, panel discussions, and informal conversations ranged from IP protection to CO2 and climate change, new healthcare paradigms, global economics, ocean toxins, robotics, documentary filmmaking, medical diagnostics, technology solutions for social issues, global economics, mobile computing, and tech solutions to human trafficking and aging with dignity.

James Balog, Sharon Anderson-Morris, Louie Psihoyos, and Russ Daggatt. May 22-25, 2012: At the Montage in Laguna Beach, CA, 200 thought leaders - high technology engineers and executives, entrepreneurs, scientists, and media professionals - gathered for 3 days to participate in FiRe X, the 10th annual Future in Review conference, presented by the Strategic News Service and led by SNS founder and technology visionary Mark Anderson. Interviews, panel discussions, and informal conversations ranged from IP protection to CO2 and climate change, new healthcare paradigms, global economics, ocean toxins, robotics, documentary filmmaking, medical diagnostics, technology solutions for social issues, global economics, mobile computing, and tech solutions to human trafficking and aging with dignity.

Sharon Anderson-Morris introduces Mark Anderson on FiRe X's Opening Night. May 22-25, 2012: At the Montage in Laguna Beach, CA, 200 thought leaders - high technology engineers and executives, entrepreneurs, scientists, and media professionals - gathered for 3 days to participate in FiRe X, the 10th annual Future in Review conference, presented by the Strategic News Service and led by SNS founder and technology visionary Mark Anderson. Interviews, panel discussions, and informal conversations ranged from IP protection to CO2 and climate change, new healthcare paradigms, global economics, ocean toxins, robotics, documentary filmmaking, medical diagnostics, technology solutions for social issues, global economics, mobile computing, and tech solutions to human trafficking and aging with dignity.

Mark Anderson, FiRe Chair and CEO of the Strategic News Service. May 22-25, 2012: At the Montage in Laguna Beach, CA, 200 thought leaders - high technology engineers and executives, entrepreneurs, scientists, and media professionals - gathered for 3 days to participate in FiRe X, the 10th annual Future in Review conference, presented by the Strategic News Service and led by SNS founder and technology visionary Mark Anderson. Interviews, panel discussions, and informal conversations ranged from IP protection to CO2 and climate change, new healthcare paradigms, global economics, ocean toxins, robotics, documentary filmmaking, medical diagnostics, technology solutions for social issues, global economics, mobile computing, and tech solutions to human trafficking and aging with dignity.

Larry Smarr, Director, Calit2, UC San Diego/Irvine. May 22-25, 2012: At the Montage in Laguna Beach, CA, 200 thought leaders - high technology engineers and executives, entrepreneurs, scientists, and media professionals - gathered for 3 days to participate in FiRe X, the 10th annual Future in Review conference, presented by the Strategic News Service and led by SNS founder and technology visionary Mark Anderson. Interviews, panel discussions, and informal conversations ranged from IP protection to CO2 and climate change, new healthcare paradigms, global economics, ocean toxins, robotics, documentary filmmaking, medical diagnostics, technology solutions for social issues, global economics, mobile computing, and tech solutions to human trafficking and aging with dignity.

FiRe X Opening Night: Featured speaker Craig Venter (seated) and Mark Anderson. May 22-25, 2012: At the Montage in Laguna Beach, CA, 200 thought leaders - high technology engineers and executives, entrepreneurs, scientists, and media professionals - gathered for 3 days to participate in FiRe X, the 10th annual Future in Review conference, presented by the Strategic News Service and led by SNS founder and technology visionary Mark Anderson. Interviews, panel discussions, and informal conversations ranged from IP protection to CO2 and climate change, new healthcare paradigms, global economics, ocean toxins, robotics, documentary filmmaking, medical diagnostics, technology solutions for social issues, global economics, mobile computing, and tech solutions to human trafficking and aging with dignity.

FiRe X Opening Night: Featured speaker Craig Venter (seated) and Mark Anderson. May 22-25, 2012: At the Montage in Laguna Beach, CA, 200 thought leaders - high technology engineers and executives, entrepreneurs, scientists, and media professionals - gathered for 3 days to participate in FiRe X, the 10th annual Future in Review conference, presented by the Strategic News Service and led by SNS founder and technology visionary Mark Anderson. Interviews, panel discussions, and informal conversations ranged from IP protection to CO2 and climate change, new healthcare paradigms, global economics, ocean toxins, robotics, documentary filmmaking, medical diagnostics, technology solutions for social issues, global economics, mobile computing, and tech solutions to human trafficking and aging with dignity.

FiRe X Opening Night: Mark Anderson, FiRe Chair and CEO of SNS. May 22-25, 2012: At the Montage in Laguna Beach, CA, 200 thought leaders - high technology engineers and executives, entrepreneurs, scientists, and media professionals - gathered for 3 days to participate in FiRe X, the 10th annual Future in Review conference, presented by the Strategic News Service and led by SNS founder and technology visionary Mark Anderson. Interviews, panel discussions, and informal conversations ranged from IP protection to CO2 and climate change, new healthcare paradigms, global economics, ocean toxins, robotics, documentary filmmaking, medical diagnostics, technology solutions for social issues, global economics, mobile computing, and tech solutions to human trafficking and aging with dignity.

Opening Night speaker Craig Venter, Chair of Synthetic Genomics and the J. Craig Venter Institute. May 22-25, 2012: At the Montage in Laguna Beach, CA, 200 thought leaders - high technology engineers and executives, entrepreneurs, scientists, and media professionals - gathered for 3 days to participate in FiRe X, the 10th annual Future in Review conference, presented by the Strategic News Service and led by SNS founder and technology visionary Mark Anderson. Interviews, panel discussions, and informal conversations ranged from IP protection to CO2 and climate change, new healthcare paradigms, global economics, ocean toxins, robotics, documentary filmmaking, medical diagnostics, technology solutions for social issues, global economics, mobile computing, and tech solutions to human trafficking and aging with dignity.

Opening Night speaker Craig Venter, Chair of Synthetic Genomics and the J. Craig Venter Institute. May 22-25, 2012: At the Montage in Laguna Beach, CA, 200 thought leaders - high technology engineers and executives, entrepreneurs, scientists, and media professionals - gathered for 3 days to participate in FiRe X, the 10th annual Future in Review conference, presented by the Strategic News Service and led by SNS founder and technology visionary Mark Anderson. Interviews, panel discussions, and informal conversations ranged from IP protection to CO2 and climate change, new healthcare paradigms, global economics, ocean toxins, robotics, documentary filmmaking, medical diagnostics, technology solutions for social issues, global economics, mobile computing, and tech solutions to human trafficking and aging with dignity.

Opening Night speaker Craig Venter, Chair of Synthetic Genomics and the J. Craig Venter Institute. May 22-25, 2012: At the Montage in Laguna Beach, CA, 200 thought leaders - high technology engineers and executives, entrepreneurs, scientists, and media professionals - gathered for 3 days to participate in FiRe X, the 10th annual Future in Review conference, presented by the Strategic News Service and led by SNS founder and technology visionary Mark Anderson. Interviews, panel discussions, and informal conversations ranged from IP protection to CO2 and climate change, new healthcare paradigms, global economics, ocean toxins, robotics, documentary filmmaking, medical diagnostics, technology solutions for social issues, global economics, mobile computing, and tech solutions to human trafficking and aging with dignity.

L-R: Don Budinger, Mark Anderson, Paul Ricci, and Steven Sprague. May 22-25, 2012: At the Montage in Laguna Beach, CA, 200 thought leaders - high technology engineers and executives, entrepreneurs, scientists, and media professionals - gathered for 3 days to participate in FiRe X, the 10th annual Future in Review conference, presented by the Strategic News Service and led by SNS founder and technology visionary Mark Anderson. Interviews, panel discussions, and informal conversations ranged from IP protection to CO2 and climate change, new healthcare paradigms, global economics, ocean toxins, robotics, documentary filmmaking, medical diagnostics, technology solutions for social issues, global economics, mobile computing, and tech solutions to human trafficking and aging with dignity.

L-R: Paul Ricci, Nuance Communications; and Mark Anderson. May 22-25, 2012: At the Montage in Laguna Beach, CA, 200 thought leaders - high technology engineers and executives, entrepreneurs, scientists, and media professionals - gathered for 3 days to participate in FiRe X, the 10th annual Future in Review conference, presented by the Strategic News Service and led by SNS founder and technology visionary Mark Anderson. Interviews, panel discussions, and informal conversations ranged from IP protection to CO2 and climate change, new healthcare paradigms, global economics, ocean toxins, robotics, documentary filmmaking, medical diagnostics, technology solutions for social issues, global economics, mobile computing, and tech solutions to human trafficking and aging with dignity.

Mark Anderson (L) presents Nuance Communications CEO Paul Ricci with the FiRe X "Company of the Yearr" award. May 22-25, 2012: At the Montage in Laguna Beach, CA, 200 thought leaders - high technology engineers and executives, entrepreneurs, scientists, and media professionals - gathered for 3 days to participate in FiRe X, the 10th annual Future in Review conference, presented by the Strategic News Service and led by SNS founder and technology visionary Mark Anderson. Interviews, panel discussions, and informal conversations ranged from IP protection to CO2 and climate change, new healthcare paradigms, global economics, ocean toxins, robotics, documentary filmmaking, medical diagnostics, technology solutions for social issues, global economics, mobile computing, and tech solutions to human trafficking and aging with dignity.

Mark Anderson (L) and Bill Janeway, Warburg Pincus. May 22-25, 2012: At the Montage in Laguna Beach, CA, 200 thought leaders - high technology engineers and executives, entrepreneurs, scientists, and media professionals - gathered for 3 days to participate in FiRe X, the 10th annual Future in Review conference, presented by the Strategic News Service and led by SNS founder and technology visionary Mark Anderson. Interviews, panel discussions, and informal conversations ranged from IP protection to CO2 and climate change, new healthcare paradigms, global economics, ocean toxins, robotics, documentary filmmaking, medical diagnostics, technology solutions for social issues, global economics, mobile computing, and tech solutions to human trafficking and aging with dignity.

Mark Anderson (L) and Bill Janeway, Warburg Pincus. May 22-25, 2012: At the Montage in Laguna Beach, CA, 200 thought leaders - high technology engineers and executives, entrepreneurs, scientists, and media professionals - gathered for 3 days to participate in FiRe X, the 10th annual Future in Review conference, presented by the Strategic News Service and led by SNS founder and technology visionary Mark Anderson. Interviews, panel discussions, and informal conversations ranged from IP protection to CO2 and climate change, new healthcare paradigms, global economics, ocean toxins, robotics, documentary filmmaking, medical diagnostics, technology solutions for social issues, global economics, mobile computing, and tech solutions to human trafficking and aging with dignity.

Robert Anderson (L), Illinois Institute of Technology; and Gus Hunt, CIA. May 22-25, 2012: At the Montage in Laguna Beach, CA, 200 thought leaders - high technology engineers and executives, entrepreneurs, scientists, and media professionals - gathered for 3 days to participate in FiRe X, the 10th annual Future in Review conference, presented by the Strategic News Service and led by SNS founder and technology visionary Mark Anderson. Interviews, panel discussions, and informal conversations ranged from IP protection to CO2 and climate change, new healthcare paradigms, global economics, ocean toxins, robotics, documentary filmmaking, medical diagnostics, technology solutions for social issues, global economics, mobile computing, and tech solutions to human trafficking and aging with dignity.

Lesley Curwen, BBC World Service. May 22-25, 2012: At the Montage in Laguna Beach, CA, 200 thought leaders - high technology engineers and executives, entrepreneurs, scientists, and media professionals - gathered for 3 days to participate in FiRe X, the 10th annual Future in Review conference, presented by the Strategic News Service and led by SNS founder and technology visionary Mark Anderson. Interviews, panel discussions, and informal conversations ranged from IP protection to CO2 and climate change, new healthcare paradigms, global economics, ocean toxins, robotics, documentary filmmaking, medical diagnostics, technology solutions for social issues, global economics, mobile computing, and tech solutions to human trafficking and aging with dignity.

L-R: Lesley Curwen, BBC World Service; Jon Hagel, Deloitte Center for the Edge; and Eric Openshaw, Deloitte. May 22-25, 2012: At the Montage in Laguna Beach, CA, 200 thought leaders - high technology engineers and executives, entrepreneurs, scientists, and media professionals - gathered for 3 days to participate in FiRe X, the 10th annual Future in Review conference, presented by the Strategic News Service and led by SNS founder and technology visionary Mark Anderson. Interviews, panel discussions, and informal conversations ranged from IP protection to CO2 and climate change, new healthcare paradigms, global economics, ocean toxins, robotics, documentary filmmaking, medical diagnostics, technology solutions for social issues, global economics, mobile computing, and tech solutions to human trafficking and aging with dignity.

Simon Bisson, Freelance Journalist (U.K.). May 22-25, 2012: At the Montage in Laguna Beach, CA, 200 thought leaders - high technology engineers and executives, entrepreneurs, scientists, and media professionals - gathered for 3 days to participate in FiRe X, the 10th annual Future in Review conference, presented by the Strategic News Service and led by SNS founder and technology visionary Mark Anderson. Interviews, panel discussions, and informal conversations ranged from IP protection to CO2 and climate change, new healthcare paradigms, global economics, ocean toxins, robotics, documentary filmmaking, medical diagnostics, technology solutions for social issues, global economics, mobile computing, and tech solutions to human trafficking and aging with dignity.