Worlds Fair Nano is an American future festival whose mission is to let the general public experience the future. Worlds Fair Nano occurs in major cities around the United States.

History

Founded in 2016 as part of an effort to bring a 6-month

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back to the

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, Worlds Fair Nano seeks to revive the spirit of the World's Fair by providing a place where the general public can experience and learn what the future holds. World's Fair Nano's mission of putting forth a non- BIE effort to bring the World's Fair back to the United States is considered as a long-term effort, since there has not been a full-scale World's Fair in the

in the past three decades. The most recent World's Fair in the United States was the

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that was held in 1984 in

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. The most recent World's Fair in the entire continent of

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was

Expo 86 The 1986 World Exposition on Transportation and Communication, or simply Expo 86, was a world's fair held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from May 2 until October 13, 1986. The fair, the theme of which was "Transportation and Communicatio ...

in the city of

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. Expo 86 was destined to be the final World's Fair sanctioned by the BIE to be held in all of North America during the 20th century. A variety of people and organizations have participated in Worlds Fair Nano. Past speakers include

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's former Head of Hospitality

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, socially advanced AI android

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, and

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's Senior Astronomer

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. Past exhibitors include mixed reality company Modal VR which was founded by

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founder

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and

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maker HardlightVR Past Events The first Worlds Fair Nano took place in

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on August 6 and 7, 2016. The second fair took place in

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on January 28 and 29, 2017. The third occurred in New York City on September 16 and 17, 2017 The fourth WFN took place in San Francisco on March 10 and 11 at Pier 48.{{Cite news, url=https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Take-a-Peek-Into-the-Future-at-Worlds-Fair-Nano-San-Francisco-475440623.html, title=Take a Peek Into the Future at Worlds Fair Nano SF, work=NBC Bay Area, access-date=2018-07-24, language=en As of summer 2018, the organizers behind Worlds Fair Nano launched a new event series focused on industry applications of artificial intelligence calle
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References

Fairs in the United States Nano