Future Fridays

Upcoming Speakers | Past Speakers

Chabot Space & Science Center presents
a series of community conversations
with science and futurist thought leaders

• Tickets: $20 Members / $23 Guests
  ($29 at the door, no discounts & subject to availability)

Ticket proceeds help underwrite the educational programming at Chabot.
Speaker Series tickets make great gifts for friends and teachers!

This series is proudly sponsored by Rudney Associates

 

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Upcoming Speakers for 2013

• October 18 (6pm - 7:30pm) 
  John Romero & Brenda Brathwaite Romero
  Game Designers
  
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  DOOM™, Dungeons and Beyond... the Importance of Video Games
  Join us for a lively conversation about all things gaming! Meet the dynamic husband and wife duo of John Romero and Brenda Brathwaite Romero as they discuss their paths into and through this industry and get a peek at what they believe the future holds. John is the mastermind behind games like DOOM™ and Quake™, and together with Brenda, the recent Facebook game, Ravenwood Fair and Ghost Recon Commander.  Brenda has been a game designer since age 15, working on games in the Dungeons & Dragons®, Wizardry®, Jagged Alliance®, Def Jam® and Playboy® series, among others. She is the author of several books including Challenges for Game Designers and Breaking into the Game Industry: Advice for a Successful Career from Those Who Have Done It. She is also the mastermind behind the Role Playing Game of the Year, Wizardry 8, as well as a series of award winning non-digital games known as the Mechanic is the Message.
  
  
  
• November 15 (6pm - 7:30pm) 
  Robert Weiss
  President of Xprize & Entertainment Movie Producer
  
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  Mr. Weiss is Vice Chairman and President of the X PRIZE Foundation. The X PRIZE Foundation’s mission is to foster innovation through incentivized competition. The Foundation has active competitions in Genomics and Lunar Exploration, and is now developing X PRIZEs in Healthcare, Energy, and Exploration.
  
  Weiss is a veteran Hollywood television and film producer having produced over 20 feature films and TV series during the past 25 years. He began his career in the late 1970’s producing the feature film, KENTUCKY FRIED MOVIE and later produced the ABC television program POLICE SQUAD! as well as the three NAKED GUN movies starring Leslie Nielsen. Weiss produced the international hit, THE BLUES BROTHERS for Universal Studios. His other feature films produced for Universal include AMAZON WOMEN ON THE MOON and DRAGNET. Weiss was the Executive Producer for the television series WEIRD SCIENCE and SLIDERS (that he co-created).
  
  As president of Broadway Pictures at Paramount, Weiss joined forces with Saturday Night Live Executive Producer Lorne Michaels. Weiss executive produced many films at Paramount including TOMMY BOY, A NIGHT AT THE ROXBURY, SUPERSTAR, and THE LADIES MAN. He went on to produce the hit movies, SCARY MOVIE 3 & 4.
  

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Past Speakers

2013

• Jim Capobianco, Derek Thompson & Kevin O'Brien
  Pixar Animation Studios
• Dr. Felisa Wolfe-Simon
  Astrobiologist
• Dr. Alex Filippenko
  Astrophysicist

2012

• Brian David Johnson
  Author and FutureCaster at Intel
  
• Ben Burtt
  Sound Director, Designer & Engineer for LucasFilms/Pixar
   
•  Bill Nye the Climate Guy
  Scientist, Engineer, Comedian, Author, and Inventor
  
• Ray Jayawardhana
  Author and Professor of Observational Astrophysic

2011

• Dr. Michio Kaku
  Bestselling Author and Popularizer of Science
  
• Mary Roach
  Columnist and Popular Science Writer and Author
•  Bill McKibben
  American Environmentalist and Writer
  
• Al Worden
  Apollo 15 Astronaut