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Future in Review is an action-oriented annual conference that provides executives and investors with a roadmap for the next 5-10 years of technology and the global economy. Started in 2003 by the team behind Strategic News Service, Future in Review is a gathering place for global leaders using technology to change the world for the better. FiRe’s intimate size and trust-based culture cultivate lon

g-term relationships between speakers and attendees that drive innovation, strategy, partnerships, investments, and recruiting. Strategic News Service is the world’s most reliable source of advanced information at the intersection of technology and economics. Its publicly graded prediction rate in these areas is unmatched, and its success in pointing out critically important new strategic issues to global thought leaders – often in their own areas of expertise – is well-established. Our goal is to produce dynamically useful, focused information not available anywhere else. We are proud that Accenture, Nuance, Symantec, Intel, Adobe, Deutsche Telekom, and other great companies have chosen to provide the SNS Weekly Report to their entire teams, in recognition of its standing as a powerful competitive weapon.

07/20/2025

Join us for our July Spark, happening Thursday the 31st at 12pm PT.

Bring the patterns you've been tracking, new ideas, and your talking voices for our monthly salon.

RSVP Today https://bit.ly/3UiuIpw

Save the date, and invite a colleague or friend to be part of the conversation. Non-SNS members are welcome to join one Spark conversation on the house.

Spark Salons are structured around two ideas:
This is a brain trust for all SNSers – whose ranks, as you know, include CEOs, Nobel Prize winners, economists, investors, media leaders, and beyond – to share what they've been tracking in the news and in innovative spaces. It's no secret that to truly understand what's going on in the world, you've got to go beyond the headlines. So think of Spark as your personal brain trust for the future.

As at FiRe Breakout sessions, Chatham House rules apply at Spark salons. These discussions are both off-record and not recorded, so your attendance is doubly important.

See you all soon...
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07/10/2025

All FiRe 2025 mainstage sessions are now available to stream on our YouTube channel!

To watch your favorite sessions or any you may missed, visit on YT or click: https://bit.ly/3U3aiRj

If you missed out on being in the room for these hard-hitting conversations, now’s your chance to learn more about everything from Impactful Family Offices to Digital Twins to Renewable Energy and much, much more.

Tell us in the comments: Which sessions are your favorites, and why?

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07/05/2025

FiRe 2025 Breaking News: Design, Energy Use, and Energy Efficiency

Amory Lovins, co-founder and chair emeritus of the Rocky Mountain Institute, pointed out onstage at Future in Review 2025 that design alone can drastically increase the efficiency of our energy use. Across many fields, he explained, new systems being built can be far more efficient with simple design fixes, from straightening out ducting to using passive solar heat.

He said that nuclear falls down in economic terms, but in terms of numbers, the potential gains from better design run big, noting factors of five in certain sectors alone. On building efficiency, Lovins said “more people doing buildings already understand that you can do very efficient buildings and they don't have to cost more [....] Buildings in any climate I've worked in – from, say, a subarctic one to, let's say, Bangkok – don't need heating or cooling systems. That's a sign of [...] having designed the building right.”

Lovins went on to offer a rapid-fire description of specific sectors that can be improved through more efficient systems design, noting: "What is more needed is you can do exactly the same thing in industry as we've proved in 20-odd sectors and in vehicles and transport systems [...] and even in high tech." He listed 70% savings on energy and "a lot of water, as well" in chip fabs, and up to 95% energy savings in data centers, all at roughly the same capital cost.

Click through to see the full hard-hitting session on what we can expect to see in the new global order taking shape today, and what policies, polities, and parties may emerge as a result.

https://youtu.be/5AiTKp9q_vY

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07/03/2025

Universities and R&D in the New United States

UC San Diego Chancellor Pradeep Khosla described onstage at Future in Review 2025 the critical role of the American university in innovation and what could be lost if federal funding is pulled. He explained that particularly hurt would be top-level research – something institutions cannot fix on their own.

On the possibility of replacing the sheer number of dollars lost in federal funding, Khosla noted that clearly universities will need to target philanthropic organizations and individuals. But, he warned, “remember, $60 billion is the US investment in universities on a yearly basis for research, ok? Generating that money out of private philanthropy, foundations, companies, is nearly, nearly impossible. So, we will sort of shrink our appetite, think about 'What are we going to eat?'? [...] Second, we will have to [...] organize this community [...] to make the case. Higher education is a $700 billion-a-year industry. If you trash this industry, let's say bring it down to 350 or 400 billion, a lot of job losses are going to happen, a lot of competitive edge is going to be lost. Fewer students are going to be trained and graduated. So the impact on the country is very, very significant.”

Khosla questioned the ability of universities to even survive with such massive losses in funding, and of the US to continue leading in education.

Click through to see the full, hard-hitting session on what we can expect to see as the new global order takes shape today, and what policies, polities, and parties may emerge as a result.

https://youtu.be/Z5uk69iMyyE

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07/02/2025

24 hours left on our EarlyBird ticket sale for FiRe 2026!

Secure your spot in the room at our lowest price of the year, just $2900, only available until EOD tomorrow, July 3.

REGISTER HERE: www.futureinreview.com/event-details-registration/future-in-review-2026

In exciting news for FiRe 2026, Mario Juric, head the University of Washington's DiRAC Institute, will be joining us as a speaker to share emerging discoveries about the universe, space, and time.

The institute will serve as one of just two university clearing houses tasked with analyzing and distributing images from the new telescope at Rubin Observatory in Chile – home of the world's largest digital camera, which will create an ultrawide, ultra-high-definition time-lapse record of the universe every few days. Stay tuned for this Sunday's Global Report, where we will be sharing more about all DiRAC has to offer.

We hope you’ll join Mario, fellow speaker Craig Venter, the FiRe team, and many more on May 31 to June 3, 2026, in San Diego for a gathering of executives, entrepreneurs, investors, global press, and policymakers building the world’s most advanced technological solutions to global challenges.

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07/01/2025

“Documentary infuses tech with a messy, fearless recklessness that adds grit and humanity to it. We want to tell stories that ask questions, that destabilize, that can help tech respond to art and humanity in ways that can only make it stronger. And that was the synergy I experienced at FiRe 2025, where I watched some of the best minds come together.

“Whether they were fellow filmmakers, tech gurus, or national-security powerhouses, I met people who jump into the world with both feet; who use their genius, their contacts, and their life experiences to do good. They know that the answer to fixing our broken machine doesn’t lie in a particular industry. It lies in interconnectedness. This was my experience with this community, and it is an honor to share our film with you.”
– Director Gabriela Cowperthwaite (THE GRAB, BLACKFISH) in a letter to members of FiReFilms.org

We were so excited and honored to have THE GRAB director Gabriela and investigator & subject Nathan Halverson with us as the makers of this year’s selected FiRe Featured Film, along with the other amazing filmmakers who joined this year’s FiReFilms panel of documentary directors. If you’re already a member of FiReFilms, check your inbox for more on THE GRAB – just sent out to members as this month’s Marquee film – with links, descriptions, bios, and Gabriela’s full letter. If you aren’t yet a member, go to www.firefilms.org to sign up today.

(FiRe 2025 attendees are already receiving a free 3-month FiReFilms trial!)

06/26/2025

We're just a few short hours away from our June Spark.
This is last call to RSVP and join us for what I can promise is going to be a fascinating conversation.

Join us today to discuss the highlights that came out of FiRe this year that you cannot afford to miss.

RSVP Today: https://bit.ly/4k7M82B
June 26, 12-1pm PT

From breaking news (really) and top emerging technologies to major scientific breakthroughs and key trends to watch, FiRe 2025 was filled with critical information and connections.

We plan to cover everything from Lee Hood's ground-breaking data on phenotypes and their connection to injury, previously unreported Russian political strategies revealed by Christo Grozev, links between the gut's microbiome and Alzheimer's thanks to Con Slobodchikoff, and where Iran may be testing its nuclear program as detailed by Sir Richard Dearlove.

As at FiRe Breakout sessions, Chatham House rules apply at Spark salons. These discussions are both off-record and not recorded, so your attendance is doubly important.

It's no secret that to truly understand what's going on in the world, you've got to go beyond the headlines. Think of Spark as your personal brain trust for the future.

Hosted by the SNS Global Report Editorial Team, Spark is our regular space for SNS members from around the world – whose ranks include CEOs, Nobel Prize winners, economists, investors, media leaders, astrophysicists, and beyond – to discuss the news, patterns, emerging technologies, and insights they're tracking.

We encourage you to invite your friends and colleagues: non-SNS members are welcome to join one Spark conversation on the house.

See you there …
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06/26/2025

FiRe 2025 Breaking News - Russia is outsourcing espionage

Christo Grozev of Der Spiegel and the Insider noted onstage at Future in Review 2025 new patterns he is seeing in Russian espionage behavior. He explained that GRU Unit 29155, the Russian foreign assassination unit he has tracked for years, is expanding its breadth of operations in anticipation of growing grey zone conflict.

On the expansion of capabilities, Grozev noted that Russian units are now outsourced espionage activities to foreigners, and having them pose as refugees. He noted “Some of the things that we’ve seen them doing is only compatible with preparing for a hot war, such as infiltrating West European water purification companies just to get the secret data on where they’d have to drop, well, a bottle of Novichok to put it bluntly, and then kill a whole city […] it will be relatively random how it happens when it happens.”

Grozev also described the strategy of these new battalion sized assassination units, pointing out that the mindset is effectively “Let’s forget trying to make the world like Russia […] that ship has sailed. So let’s make sure that they live in existential fear so they don’t have the bandwidth to worry about what we’re doing internationally. That includes terrorist attacks, that includes false flag operations, cyber”.
Click through to see the full hard-hitting session on what we can expect to see in the new global order taking shape today, and what policies, polities, and parties may emerge as a result.

https://youtu.be/dimhhRVbNec

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06/25/2025

The 24-hour countdown begins!
Join us for our June Spark salon, featuring a recap of some high spots from FiRe 2025. There were a lot.

From breaking news (really) and top emerging technologies to major scientific breakthroughs and key trends to watch, FiRe 2025 was filled with critical information and connections.

We plan to cover everything from Lee Hood's ground-breaking data on phenotypes and their connection to injury, previously unreported Russian political strategies revealed by Christo Grozev, links between the gut's microbiome and Alzheimer's thanks to Con Slobodchikoff, and where Iran may be testing its nuclear program as detailed by Sir Richard Dearlove.

Join us tomorrow to discuss the highlights that came out of FiRe this year that you cannot afford to miss.

RSVP Today: https://bit.ly/4k7M82B
June 26, 1-1pm PT

As at FiRe Breakout sessions, Chatham House rules apply at Spark salons. These discussions are both off-record and not recorded, so your attendance is doubly important.

It's no secret that to truly understand what's going on in the world, you've got to go beyond the headlines. Think of Spark as your personal brain trust for the future.

Hosted by the SNS Global Report Editorial Team, Spark is our regular space for SNS members from around the world – whose ranks include CEOs, Nobel Prize winners, economists, investors, media leaders, and beyond – to discuss the news, patterns, emerging technologies, and insights they're tracking.

Don’t forget to invite your friends and colleagues: non-SNS members are welcome to join one Spark conversation on the house.

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06/25/2025

Spark is only 2 days away - RSVP now to join us for our FiRe 2025 recap salon!

From breaking news (really) and top emerging technologies to major scientific breakthroughs and key trends to watch, FiRe 2025 was filled with critical information and connections. Join us Thursday to discuss the highlights that came out of FiRe this year that you cannot afford to miss.

RSVP Today: https://bit.ly/4k7M82B
June 26, 12-1pm PT

We will cover everything from Amory Lovins' thoughts on energy efficiency to unreported Russian political strategies obtained by Christo Grozev to the hackability of EVs as detailed by Sir Richard Dearlove.

As at FiRe Breakout sessions, Chatham House rules apply at Spark salons. These discussions are both off-record and not recorded, so your attendance is doubly important.

It's no secret that to truly understand what's going on in the world, you've got to go beyond the headlines. Think of Spark as your personal brain trust for the future.

Hosted by the SNS Global Report Editorial Team, Spark is our regular space for SNS members from around the world – whose ranks include CEOs, Nobel Prize winners, economists, investors, media leaders, and beyond – to discuss the news, patterns, emerging technologies, and insights they're tracking.

Last, we encourage you to invite your friends and colleagues: non-SNS members are welcome to join one Spark conversation on the house.

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06/23/2025

Our June Spark salon is happening this week, Thursday the 26th at 12pm PT, and we're delighted to announce that we'll be doing a recap of the amazing recent FiRe conference!

We're back and well-rested, and along with our fellow FiRe participants, our whole team is buzzing with all the new ideas, connections, and conversations born out of Future in Review 2025. Thursday salon topics will range from chip production and wildfire-prevention sciences to Iran and their allegiances ... and much more.

We encourage you to RSVP today to reserve your spot in the virtual room to take part in what we can promise is going to be a fascinating discussion, both for FiRe attendees and for those who couldn't make it.

RSVP Today: https://bit.ly/4k7M82B
June 26, 12-1pm PT

It's no secret that to truly understand what's going on in the world, you've got to go beyond the headlines. Think of Spark as your personal brain trust for the future.

Hosted by the SNS Global Report Editorial Team, Spark is our regular space for SNS members from around the world – whose ranks include CEOs, Nobel Prize winners, economists, investors, media leaders, astrophysicists, and beyond – to discuss the news, patterns, emerging technologies, and insights they're tracking.

Spark operates under Chatham House rules (as do FiRe Breakout sessions), so attendees can speak openly and off the record. These discussions are not recorded, so your attendance is doubly important. We encourage you to invite your friends and colleagues: non-SNS members are welcome to join one Spark conversation on the house.

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06/21/2025

FiRe 2025 Breaking News – Iran, Nuclear & the New Geopolitics

Just two days before Israel's first strikes on Iran, former MI6 chief Sir Richard Dearlove said onstage at Future in Review 2025 that the real conflict brewing in the Middle East would be centered on the country’s nuclear capabilities. He explained that the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) to halt the country’s nuclear-weapons development was a failed program, and since Iran could now easily and quickly build a nuclear weapon, the real question was what would be done now.

When asked about cooperation between Iran and North Korea and the possibility that nuclear tests in North Korea are benefiting Iran, Dearlove responded: “I think that’s quite possible. I couldn’t confirm, but I think it’s entirely possible, because basically it’s the same technology.”

Dearlove went on to say some very interesting things about Chinese operations, Iran’s nuclear program, North Korea, and the current conflict between Iran and Israel.

Click through to watch the full hard-hitting session on what we can expect to see in the new global order taking shape today, and what policies, polities, and parties may emerge as a result.

https://youtu.be/ec4Gxe_Hf-8

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