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July 1, 2003 - Video Teleconference at
PEACESAT Studio between University of Hawaii and University of Houston
Professor Jim Dator, Political Science and Director of
the Hawaii Research Center for Futures Studies at the University
of Hawaii, had an interesting discussion on the paper titled, “Surfing
the Tsunamis of Change” with students and faculty from the
graduate Program on the Future at the University of Houston, Clear
Lake, Texas.
 
The students from the University of Houston had been assigned to
read the paper written by Dr. Dator beforehand. It dealt with possible
future developments in demographics, the environment, technology,
economics, governance and culture. The professor for the University
of Houston class was Dr. Wendy Schultz. The fifteen students were
from varied cultures and academic backgrounds--geographically from
Bulgaria, Germany, Peru, Texas, Turkey, and Vietnam, and academically
from architecture, business administration, education, engineering,
philosophy, and social work.
The level of excited interactive discussion was very high throughout,
and everyone seemed sad but exhilarated when the hour (8:30 am to
9:30 AM Honolulu time; 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM Houston time) video conference
session came to an end.
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