The Future Trends Forum
This session, from what was then known as the SXSW Multimedia Festival, convened some top Austin-based tech thinkers including author Bruce Sterling, game designers Richard Garriott and Lloyd Walker, and the late public policy and telecommunications expert Dr. Frank Fisher to discuss their perspectives on the future of technology and society.
Lloyd Walker
President, Human Code
Richard Garriott
Co-Founder/Origin Systems
Frank Fisher
Senior Research Fellow, LBJ School of Public Policy, University of Texas at Austin
Bruce Sterling
Author
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