David Brim, is a Futurist, Scientist and Author of the book, “The Transparent Society: Will Technology Force us to Choose Between Privacy and Freedom”. He is a widely quoted expert on secrecy, privacy, and accountability. He won the Freedom of Speech Award of the American Library Association. As a public speaker/futurist, David Brin is widely consulted by governments and industry about matters of technological and social change and has spoken before hundreds of audiences. He is currently an Artist-in-Residence at UCSD. He has served as a consultant on various tech-futures topics such as national security, the future, space exploration, and privacy/transparency. He has appeared on television shows like Nova, "Life After People, "The Universe" and "The Architechs." David is also the Inventor of patented Epocene methods to improve online interactions. He is the Speaker for IBM, GE, Boeing, Viacom Proctor&Gamble, Qualcomm, Microsoft, Google, SAP and 200+ others. Consultant on various tech-futures topics such as national security (CIA, DoD, Rand, DTRA), privacy/transparency (author of The Transparent Society), and social-technological trends.
