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NEW BOOK LAUNCHED
'The World In 2030' is Ray Hammond's first non-fiction book for 11 years. The French-language edition was launched April 16th 2008 in Paris ('Le Monde en 2030') and the English Language edition was launched in Brussels in November 2007 (A full video of the launch event is here.)
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Ray Hammond is Europe's most experienced and most widely published futurologist.
For over 25 years he has researched, written, spoken and broadcast about how future trends will affect society and business.
He is the author of four futuristic novels, ten non-fiction books and various film, TV and radio dramas. His books have been best-sellers in the USA, UK, France, Spain, Poland, Japan and China. He is published globally by Macmillan.
His 2005 novel, Extinction, focussed on the dangers of climate change and was nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award - the world's largest literary prize.
His non-fiction writing includes The On-Line Handbook which was published in 1984. It was the world's first book to describe the commercial potential of the internet.
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As an inspirational keynote speaker, he is in world-wide demand by business, government and non-government organizations. His topics include climate change, the impact of technology on business and the future of energy. He is also a regular broadcaster on US and European television and radio networks.
Based in London, he is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (F.R.S.A.), a contributing editor to the Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory at the University of Maryland, U.S.A. and a visiting lecturer at the London Business School.
In 2007 he was elected a Fellow of the World Innovation Foundation (F.W.I.F.), a Swiss-registered charity which counts 91 Nobel-laureate scientists among its 3,000 strong fellowship. The W.I.F.'s mission is to provide advice to national democratic governments about the application of science for the benefit of future society.
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