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Saturday,
July 14
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Astronauts
report that seeing the Earth from space creates a powerful experience
called the "Overview Effect"
Raleigh, North Carolina -- July 14, 2007 - Announcing The 1st Annual
Conference on The Overview Effect. July 18, 2007 Doubletree Hotel,
Crystal City/National Airport Arlington Va. Register on-line at:
www.space-frontier.org/Events/NewSpace2007. For sponsorship or exhibitor
information contact David Beaver at dbeaver@worldspacecenter.org
or 919.271.6605
"The Overview Effect is the experience of seeing the earth from
a distance, especially from orbit or the moon, and realizing the
inherent unity and oneness of everything on the planet. The Effect
represents a shift in perception wherein the viewer moves from identification
with parts of the Earth to identification with the whole system."
-- Frank White, author of The Overview Effect: Space Exploration
and Human Evolution
Conference Goals - Examining how the impact of mass spaceflight
and The Overview Effect will change our world.
Astronauts will describe the reality of The Overview Effect on
their own lives
Brain/mind Scientists will examine the cognitive nature of The
Effect and suggest how The Overview Effect is hidden from us by
the inherent limitations of human perception
Artists and Simulation Media Experts will give powerful demonstrations
of how New Media technologies and arts can communicate the Overview
Effect to Earth- bound millions.
Cultural Leaders and Futurists will explore how the coming of
mass space travel and the Overview Effect will soon affect every
aspect of world culture.
The Entire Team will begin the creation of an Overview Organization
that will continue these initiatives in research, public education
and space media development
Currently scheduled presenters Frank White (Keynote)-Author
of The Overview Effect, Houghton Mifflin, 1987, AIAA, 1998. Edgar
Mitchell-Sixth man on the Moon and founder of The Institute of Noetic
Sciences. Barbara Marx Hubbard-Associate of Buckminster Fuller,
founder of the Harvest Moon Project and 1984 Democratic nominee
for Vice President of the United States. Andrew Newberg-Director
of the University of Pennsylvania Center for the Study of The Mind
and Spirituality. Author of Why We Believe What We Believe. Dan
Curry - Seven time Emmy Award winning visual effects Producer/Supervisor
for the Star Trek Television shows and movies. Douglas Trumbull
- Oscar winning film and visual effects director (2001, Close Encounters,
Blade Runner, Silent Running, Brainstorm, etc.). Created the original
"ride-film", (Back to the Future), and the Showscan Film and was
VP of I-Max. Keith Ferrell - Editor of Omni Magazine. Internationally
known author of dozens of books and hundreds of articles on the
psycho-social effects of technology. Dave Brody -Executive Producer/Director
of Media, Imaginova Corp (Space.com). Rick Tumlinson - Founder,
Space Frontier Foundation. John Spenser - Founder, Space Tourism
Society. Robert K. (Bob) Weiss - Vice chairman of the X-Prize
foundation, film and TV producer/writer/director ("The Blues Brothers",
"Sliders" and many others). Director, executive or consultant for
numerous space organizations. Carter Emmart Director of Astro-visualization
at the Hayden Planetarium. Headed development of the Uni-view Earth
and Space visualization software. Steven Zuckerman Grammy Award
winning music producer, founder Global Entertainment and Media Summit.
George Whitesides President of the National Space Society. He
and his wife, Loretta, will be the first newlyweds to take their
honeymoon in space on Virgin Galactic Spacelines. Loretta Whitesides
Heads Space Generation Foundation which organizes Yuris Night.
Special Video Addresses and Interviews with Rusty Schweickart
The Apollo 9 astronaut, co-founder of the Association of Space
Explorers, chairman and founder of the B612 Foundation, an international
leader in the effort to develop systems to protect the Earth from
asteroid impacts. Doc Searls Senior editor of Linux Journal,
co-author of the Cluetrain Manifesto: The End of business as
Usual. One of the worlds most quoted bloggers and a fellow at
the Harvard Berkman Center for the Internet and Society.
Conference Creative Team David Beaver (Conference Creative
Director) Founder of the Magic Theatre Project. Inventor of
the Magic Stage, a virtual reality theater technology. Leila
Stenberg Publications specialist and international project coordinator
for Schneider Electric. Editor of the forthcoming Overview Magazine.
Douglas Trumbull Oscar winning special effects producer and
film director. Steven Zuckerman Grammy winning music producer,
event producer. David McConville Co-founder, and Noosphere
Tweaker, Elumenati, LLC.
About The World Space Center
The World Space Center is a non profit organization which serves
as a communication and resource portal for citizen interest and
involvement in space travel, with special emphasis on how the
expansion of society into space will bring much needed global
perspective and insight into our Earth-based lives and culture.
Contact: David Beaver
World Space Center
919-271-6605
dbeaver@worldspacecenter.org
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