ACCELERATION STUDIES FOUNDATION

Acceleration Studies Foundation (ASF) is an educational 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization engaged in outreach, education, research, and selective advocacy of accelerating technological change. The foundation helps communities, companies, and individuals improve their foresight capacity factors such as innovation, creativity, strategy, planning, forecasting, and security. It is a community of approximately sixty board members, associates, and advisers; and a subscriber network of executives, tech... nologists, systems theorists, and futurists. Acceleration Studies Foundation advances awareness and dialog through public outreach; operates high school, undergraduate, and graduate initiatives for education; conducts acceleration and evolutionary development studies, roadmapping, forecasting, and other data-driven research; and engages in selected technological, economic, political, and social advocacy. The foundation explores the accelerating development of special domains in science and technology, and examines their impact on business and society. It aims to accelerate scientific and technological trends in computation, communication, storage, digitization, simulation, sensing, energy density, energy efficiency, miniaturization, autonomy, and more. Acceleration Studies Foundation explores the challenges and opportunities of converging technologies such as infotech, nanotech, energy tech, biotech, and sociotech; and the differences between evolutionary and developmental technological change. Acceleration Studies Foundation seeks funds for the development of academic programs in acceleration studies, evolutionary development studies, science and technology studies, technology policy, and strategic foresight degree programs globally. Acceleration Studies Foundation was founded in 1999 by John Smart and is based in California, United States.