Category Archive: Premium Events

Apr 16

Tomorrow on FORA.tv: EG7 – Monterey 2013

As FORA.tv gears up for EG7, here’s a preview of just a few of the speakers scheduled to appear over the next three days in Monterey, California, starting tomorrow on April 18 at 1:00 pm PDT. From the self-driving car to augmented reality glasses, robotics developer and computer scientist Sebastian Thrun leads some of Google’s …

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Oct 10

Lena Dunham at the New Yorker Festival 2012: Finding Inspiration from Real-Life Relationships

In a scene from the first season of HBO’s acclaimed series Girls, Hannah Horvath, played by the show’s creator and writer Lena Dunham, meets up with an old college boyfriend at a bar to catch up and pique his interest in the possibility of reigniting their relationship. Instead of accepting her proposal, her ex announces …

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Aug 31

FORA.tv Special: Celebrate Labor Day With an Exclusive Offer

Celebrate Labor Day Weekend with a special offer on all of our premium single video programs. Whether you’re interested in science, technology, philosophy or the arts, FORA.tv’s broad selection of content feature some of the greatest researchers, inventors, thinkers and creatives in the world today. Click any of the videos below for a sneak preview …

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Jun 28

As Arab Spring Countries Take Cautious Steps Toward Democracy, Syria Still Rages

Since the beginning of the Arab Spring, we’ve seen the fall of dictatorships in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen and Libya, along with protests of varying degrees in virtually every other Middle Eastern country. Aside from NATO’s intervention in Libya, the Western world has largely sat back and watched as these events unfolded. But meanwhile in Syria, …

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Jun 18

This Week: Gamification, Monitor Breakfast, and Exclusive FORA.tv Offers

We have a packed week ahead here at FORA.tv. Join us as we present a number of exciting events, including several can’t-miss offers: Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve been building up to our presentation of Gamification Summit 2012 right here in San Francisco, which you can read more about here. Be sure to …

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Jun 18

FORA.tv Announces New Membership for Students, Alumni and Educators

It’s a comment we often get from our users: “Watching FORA.tv makes me smart.” View enough of our videos on a single topic, say science or technology, and you may feel you’ve earned a university degree  without actually going to a university. While FORA.tv is popular with lifelong learners, our content also attracts students eager …

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May 23

How Big Ideas in Technology Could Solve Humanity’s Problems

In an aside from our coverage of the Churchill Club’s 14th Annual Top Ten Tech Trends, which examined emerging innovations over the next year, let’s take a look at the impact of technology in the long term. It was only 50 years ago that AT&T launched the first telecommunications satellite, the Telstar, which was the …

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May 23

Churchill Club: Standout Trends, Disrupting Education and Reviving Electric Cars

Last night we watched the developments unfold at the Churchill Club’s 14th Annual Top 10 Tech Trends. Today, we bring you some of the highlights: Bruce Upbin and Eric Savitz of Forbes selected their choices for the most fascinating tech trends that we might see emerge within the next year. Among them– integrating tablets and …

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May 21

Coming Up This Week: Maker Faire Highlights, Culture Project and Top 10 Tech Trends

As we pore over highlights from yet another exciting Maker Faire, find out what else is happening this week on FORA.tv. In a just few hours, tune in as the Culture Project presents Blueprint for Accountability: NYPD’s Stop and Frisk Policy, and event that will examine current search policies by the New York City Police …

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May 07

Coming Up This Week: Should Colleges Ban Football?

Here’s a look at what’s happening this week on FORA.tv. College football programs are an important source of revenue for many universities across the nation and heighten a school’s brand awareness among young generation. However, these programs have also been been blamed for exploiting the welfare and health of young athletes for profit. Tomorrow, Intelligence …

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