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March 11, 2008

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FutureLab is a unique traveling expo on science and technology that visits cities across the country. FutureLab is a celebration of innovation, today and what may come in the future. The FutureLab exhibition features four pavilions: Deep Space, Life Sciences, RoboTech, and NanoTech.

Explore here to learn more about becoming a FutureLab sponsor or hosting FutureLab at your high school.

FutureLab is a partnership between iHigh, Inc. and the Institute for Global Futures.

Institute for Global Futures

The Institute for Global Futures is a San Francisco based think tank that offers business strategies and forecasts about leading-edge innovations and trends. IGF provides keynote presentations, research services, and strategy consulting to the Fortune 1000, associations, and governments. IGF was founded by Dr. James Canton, a noted futurist, author, and digital entrepreneur.

James Canton, Ph.D.

canton.jpgDr. James Canton is a renowned global futurist, social scientist, keynote presenter, author, and visionary business advisor. For over 30 years he has been insightfully predicting the key trends that have shaped our world. He is a leading authority on future trends in innovation and is the author of The Extreme Future: The Top Trends That Will Reshape the World for the Next 5, 10, and 20 years (Dutton 2006) and Technofutures: How Leading-Edge Innovations Will Transform Business in the 21st Century (Next Millennium Press 2004).

Dr. Canton is CEO and Chariman of the Institute for Global Futures, a think tank he founded in 1990. The largest companies and governments in the world have gained from his foresight. He advises the Global Fortune 100 on trends in innovation, financial services, health care, life sciences, energy, security, workforce, climate change, and globalization. He is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Research in Innovation at the Kellogg School of Management and serves on Motorola’s Visionary Advisory Board. He has advised three White House Administrations, the National Science Foundation, and MIT’s Media Lab in Europe.

Recognized as “one of the top presenters in the 21st century” by Successful Meetings Magazine, Dr. Canton is a highly sought-after keynote presenter. He has spoken to thousands of organizations on five continents. He is noted for his fascinating, informative, dynamic, and entertaining keynotes.

A frequent guest of the media, Dr. Canton is a commentator on CNN. He was nick-named “The Digital Guru” by CNN and “Dr. Future” by Yahoo. Dr. Canton’s media coverage has included CNBC, Fox, PBS, ABC, Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Report, The New York Times, and US News and World Report, along with CEO, CIO, and CFO magazines. A worldwide audience follows his Global Futurist blog.

iHigh, Inc.

iHigh, Inc. is a youth marketing, internet, and event company headquartered in Lexington KY.  Since 2004, iHigh has taken the FutureLab exhibit to locations coast-to-coast, bringing the excitment of future discovery to hundreds of thousands of high school students.

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Student Loan Finance Corporation Founding and title sponsor for the 2008 Tour is Student Loan Finance Corporation, the leader in student loan financing. SLFC and their study spawned FutureLab in 2004. More information may be found at www.slfc.com