Keynote speaker on global trends, author of 16 Futurist books - Patrick Dixon.
		
	 
	
			
		
									
						
                       
                                                    Future Health Care and Pharma Keynote Speaker                    
        
Foot and Mouth risk from deliberate spread? -  economic terrorism risk using Foot and Mouth in animals as a biological weapon. Vaccination against Foot and Mouth urgently needed. 
	
		Read more: The Truth about Foot and Mouth
					 
					 
									
						
                       
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For historical interest - a  snapshot of life then....
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36% of all US  homes have PCs and 30% of all those PCs are on the net. | 
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One New York  survey found 17% of men claimed to be on-line for more than  40 hours per week. | 
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58% had reduced  TV watching. | 
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Internet addiction  is becoming a recognised problem. | 
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Cable modems  now capable of 30 megabits per second - 1,000 times faster  than ordinary modems. | 
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2.9 million have  bought services or goods on the net. | 
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1 million will  make internet voice calls in 1997. | 
 
	
		Read more: Internet Archive Data 1997
					 
					 
								 
			 
					
									
						
                       
                                                    Future Health Care and Pharma Keynote Speaker                    
        
What is substance  abuse and how can substance abuse be treated? Read free  book on substance abuse on this site, by Dr Patrick Dixon. "The Truth about Drugs" published by Hodder 1998  covers all aspects of substance abuse, drug use, and drug dependency.  According to UNDP 8% of value of all international trade is illegal  drugs - the true cost of substance abuse.
	
		Read more: Drugs - what is substance abuse?
					 
					 
									
						
                       
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"Unreliable technology" - Video 2007.
Technology may be changing us  but we need to change the technology. Even the simplest things bring the whole digital society  crashing down around us. 1995 Archive article for historical interest - many of these urgent issues remain.
	
		Read more: Why the digital society isn't working