We're looking at the future of news with a focus on 'citizen media': participatory media, the people formerly known as the audience, the view on-the-ground. We'll asses models at the hyperlocal, national and global levels. And we'll weigh issues of objectivity, disclosure, ethics, and vetting. Become part of big little media.

The Future of Local Media (FLM) celebrates the people, technologies and services helping to transcend the meaning of "local". With the confluence of social, mobile and now location (GPS) enablement, the manifestation of information within a local (i.e. place, area or community) environment has never been more powerful or useful. We invite influencers, entrepreneurs, media makers and you to join us in a discussion about the future of local.

… This report surveys the status quo of the wide array of fields involved in the development, formation and execution of commercial space faring ventures in the near future.  While a daunting read, the NASA Capability Roadmaps Executive Summary provides the perfect long-term agenda for the direction of the NY Club for Commercial Space Ventures' meet-ups, forum discussions and activities.  Our topics to discuss would include minimization of earth-to-LEO launch costs, commercial space flight, comme …

Meet options enthusiasts, aficionados, self proclaimed experts and industry veterans. Discuss options mechanics, trading strategies, prudent use of derivatives and pros and cons of options trading: simple and complex options spreads and various sensitivities of options prices to the underlying security, time to expiration, volatility and so on (i.e. the greeks). Relationships between options and futures markets, pairs trading, inter-index spreading and so on. Portfolio management and current mar …

Learn about and discuss the accelerating change in technology, science, society, business.

The NYC Futurist Group is a discussion group for people interested in future events, societal trends, and technology innovations.

… Join a high-quality community of New Yorkers (sometimes joined by visitors from The Bay Area and Cambridge) exploring and creating the future of trading and interaction on the WWW.  STUFF WE LIKE Check out our "STUFF WE LIKE" Page (for members only) where we collect cutting-edge videos, ideas, designs, codes, business models, data...

… Meet with, other local people who engage in short-term trading of stocks (day/swing trading), options, futures, currencies, etc.

Join together with other stock traders in the North Jersey area. Whether you're a day trader, swing trader, or long-term investor we're here to collaborate and teach each other how to be consistently successful. We'll discuss how to minimize risk and maximize profit potential through technical analysis, developing a trading plan, and understanding trader psychology. We'll discuss stocks, options, futures and forex. Our group is sponsored by the Online Trading Academy of New Jersey in Secaucus, N …

Join together with other traders and investors in Brooklyn. Whether you're a day trader, swing trader, or long-term investor we're here to collaborate and teach each other how to be consistently successful. We'll discuss how to minimize risk and maximize profit potential through technical analysis, developing a trading plan, and understanding trader psychology. We'll discuss stocks, options, futures and forex. Our group is sponsored by the Online Trading Academy New York City. They provide free …

This meetup group if for those people who want to Discover and {Create their unique future}. We believe life is more than just surviving, clocking into a 9 to 7 job, and reluctantly getting out of bed in the morning. Deep down we know that we are meant for so much more; for purpose and destiny! We each have a legacy to leave, a way in which we want to contribute to the world. We are all invited to make a difference in the world by leaving our unique mark. The ones who do so know they can't get t …

… I'd like to take a half hour to discuss the general environment we are living with and what is likely to challenge us in the future.  I'd like to roll out a new and unusual format for future meetings that will require reaching deep into each person's creative powers initially and then into each person's research and development skills to develop future products, services and JOBS for the future.  Many of you already have ideas, products, small businesses which will be brought in and "assisted" t …

The Galapagos Art Space Futurist Society meets once a month to discuss the future of technology, culture, the sciences, social entrepreneurship and venture philanthropy. What will the future look like, how will technology and the "cognitive surplus" we live within be used? New group forming to feature speakers and discuss, at Galapagos Art Space in DUMBO - a gorgeous social environment designed for communication - what the future will bring. This group is meant for people interested in: - The …

… Mastery, Defining Enlightenment, Mystical Traditions Today, Kabbalah, Gnosticism, Sufism, Vedanta, Kashmir Shaivism, Theosophy, Alchemy, Shamanism, Future of Religion, The God Particle, Science and Spirituality Practice Transformative Practices, Meditation, Yoga, Kirtan, Martial Arts, Ritual, Trance Dance, Journeying, Breathwork, Chanting Divination and Dreams Intuition Development, Conscious Dreaming, Dream Interpretation, Fulfilling Dreams, Prophecy, Astral Projection, Astrology, ESP, …

mediaIDEAS CABARET is for discerning (possibly even jaded) MEDIA PROFESSIONALS (& friends, investors, watchers) with curiosity, wit, imagination, and an UNQUENCHABLE THIRST for LIFE and the future of publishing and paginated media. Come join us for an evening of THRILLS, CHILLS, SPILLS, and A GLIMPSE OF THE FUTURE. GASP as old business models and the publishing industry of yore GOES DOWN IN FLAMES! CHEER as you yourself WITNESS with your very own eyes and PARTICIPATE in REINVENTING the pu …

… There will also be talks on business topics that are highly relevant to software engineers (e.g. entrepreneurship, future of publishing, social capitalism, etc). If you have recommendations for future topics, feedback for the events team or are interested in future events and jobs at Google, please fill out our interest form. Past meetups are generally recorded - enjoy!