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Z-Day 2017 9th Annual Global Education Symposium 2017 Australia
March 25, 2017 - March 26, 2017
Free – $60Join international guests and high-profile presenters as we discuss how science and technology are leading the way towards a more sustainable and equitable future.
Discover the possibilities of automation, innovation, critical thinking and communication and their role in the transition towards the Zeitgeist Movement’s ultimate vision, a Natural-Law Resource Based Economy (NLRBE).
Discuss how the current money-market system we live in is responsible for issues such as – poverty, corruption, pollution, homelessness, war and starvation – and how our understanding of the system can help us become the change we want to see in the world.
Join local and international visitors in workshops on a range of topics throughout the day
FREE Vegan Food
Drinks at the bar for purchase
Valuable conversations with a dynamic group of deep thinkers, and a clear understanding of our current reality and possible futures.
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With special guests, TZM Founder Peter Joseph.
Peter Joseph is known worldwide as the creator of the award-winning “Zeitgeist Film Series” and founder of the “The Zeitgeist Movement”, a social sustainability advocacy group which currently operates across the world. He also founded the Annual Zeitgeist Media Festival for the arts. He created the free TV style web-series called Culture in Decline, which has been translated into over 25 languages & has received critical acclaim and scored millions of online views. Peter is a pioneer in free, open-distribution media and his work supports non-profit free online viewing and free downloads.
Peter has also lectured around the world, including the UK, Canada, America, Brazil & Israel, on the subjects of cultural/social sustainability, the importance of critical thought, and the social role of the arts and scientific literacy. His work has been profiled in the New York Times, The Huffington Post, The Marker, Free Speech TV, The Young Turks, Hollywood Today, The Examiner and many other media outlets. He has participated in multiple TEDx Events, has worked with The Global Summit and is also a frequent social critic on the news network Russia Today.
He identifies, in part, with emerging counter-culture organisations, such as Occupy Wall Street and is an active musician who performs around Los Angeles, CA where he currently resides.
Peter Joseph’s new book, The New Human Rights Movement will be released 21st March 2016 (a few days before Z-Day) and is about how we can design our way to a better society. He has also recently released a trailer to his much-anticipated new film series, Interreflections, described as narrative-based, live-action fantasy style that inspires the audience to think differently about the world we have today… and the world we could have tomorrow.
Federico Postino
Writer, researcher, public speaker, graduate of Singularity University and Zeitgeist Movement supporter Federico Pistono, will be joining us here in Brisbane all the way from Milan, Italy for Z-Day 2017 in Brisbane, Australia.
Federico authored the book “Robots Will Steal Your Job, But That’s OK: How to Survive the Economic Collapse and be Happy“, an international success, published in English, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Korean, and Chinese. Since then he has continued his research, focusing on actionable solutions to the problems of technological unemployment and inequality.
Federico routinely tours around the world, lecturing on exponential technologies and their economic impact on society at universities, Fortune 500 companies, conferences and symposia; such as the University of San Paolo, Qualcomm, Telenor, Allianz, the University of Oslo, the International Education and Resource Network Summit, TEDxVienna, and Singularity University. He has been interviewed by several newspapers, radios, TVs, and magazines, among which are the BBC, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, Vice Magazine, The Huffington Post, Folha de S. Paulo, Canale 5 and Rai 3 (Italian National TV); while he wrote for CNBC, WIRED, the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, the Corriere della Sera, and Forbes Magazine.