James Canton is a

futurist Futurists (also known as futurologists, prospectivists, foresight practitioners and horizon scanners) are people whose specialty or interest is futurology or the attempt to systematically explore predictions and possibilities abo ...

and writer. His books include ''Technofutures'', ''The Extreme Future'' and ''Future Smart: The Game Changing Trends that Will Transform Your World''. Canton is the director of the Institute for Global Futures in San Francisco. In 2003 Canton was appointed as an advisor to the

National Science and Technology Council The National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) is a council in the Executive Branch of the United States. It is designed to coordinate science and technology policy across the branches of federal government. History The National Science and ...

on nanoscience, nanoengineering and nanotechnology. He also previously served on the advisory board of MIT's

Media Lab Europe Media Lab Europe (MLE) was a research institute in Dublin, Ireland, based on the MIT Media Lab concept. Created in 2000, it went into voluntary liquidation early in 2005. MLE was one of two such projects, the other of which, Media Lab Asia, s ...

, and was the founding Co-Chairman of the Futures and Forecasting Track for

Singularity University Singularity Education Group (using the public names Singularity Group, Singularity University or SingularityU) is an American company that offers executive educational programs, a business incubator, and business consultancy services. Although ...

. Canton currently serves on the Corporate Eco-Forum Advisory Board. Canton produced the film series ''The Time Travelers''.''The Time Travelers''
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Books

*Technofutures: How Leading-Edge Innovations Will Transform Business in the 21st Century (2004) Next Millennium Press *The Extreme Future: The Top Trends That Will Reshape the World in the Next 20 Years (2006) Dutton *Future Smart: Managing the Game Changing Trends that will Transform Your World (2015) DeCapo

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Writers from New York City American chief executives American non-fiction writers 1951 births Living people Futurologists {{US-nonfiction-writer-stub