The Future Trends Forum

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1996, Technology, Culture

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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