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SUMMARY:Cal State Fullerton
DESCRIPTION:Climate Fiction Author Kim Stanley Robinson to Speak at CSUF \n\nAward-winning and best-selling climate fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson will speak at Cal State Fullerton on March 5 about his novel “The Ministry of the Future.” The talk will take place at 3 p.m. in the Titan Student Union Titan Theater. \n\nEvent announcement \nReport from the event
URL:https://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/event/cal-state-fullerton/
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SUMMARY:UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
DESCRIPTION:Join the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability for a seminar with science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson. \n“Optimism\, Optopia and Climate Change Stories” is the second of three events in the IoES 2024–25 Focus on Environment and Sustainability seminar series\, which explores critical environmental challenges. \nThe seminar will be held from 2–5 p.m. on March 6 in the Optimist Room at the UCLA Luskin Conference Center. The series is co-sponsored by IoES\, Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies and the UCLA’s English department. \n\nEvent announcement \nReport on the event by IoES \nReport on the event by Legal Planet \nEvent recording (YouTube)
URL:https://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/event/ucla-institute-of-the-environment-and-sustainability/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250312T183000
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SUMMARY:Arion Press: Ala Ebtekar
DESCRIPTION:Arion Press is pleased to host a genre-spanning conversation between artist Ala Ebtekar and celebrated science-fiction novelist Kim Stanley Robinson. \nThe talk will draw inspiration from Ebtekar’s upcoming edition of Isaac Asimov’s Nightfall which he is creating as the second King Artist in Residence at Arion Press\, developing cyanotype prints during the lunar eclipse on March 13th. Their conversation will explore the work of Asimov and the creative connections across science\, nature\, and both the literary & visual arts. \n\nMarch 12\, 2025 \n6:30 pm \nBayfront Theatre\, San Francisco \nEvent page
URL:https://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/event/arion-press-ala-ebtekar/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250319T183000
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UID:2071-1742409000-1742416200@www.kimstanleyrobinson.info
SUMMARY:Long Now: A Logic For The Future
DESCRIPTION:Stephen Heintz and Kim Stanley Robinson say we live in an “Age of Turbulence.” \nLooking around our geopolitical situation\, it’s easy to see what they mean. Faced with the ever-growing threat of climate change\, the looming potential breakdown of the post-01945 international order\, and the ambiguous prospects of rapid technological changes in fields like AI\, biotechnology\, and geoengineering\, it is clear that we need new answers to new challenges. \nStephen Heintz\, a Public policy expert and president of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF)\, and Kim Stanley Robinson\, one of the most acclaimed science fiction authors writing today\, work in very different fields. But each of them in his own way has sketched out a vision of what we must do to face down the intersecting crises of our time: While their methods may differ\, they align on their conclusions. \nIn their Long Now Talk\, Heintz and Robinson propose what they refer to as A Logic For The Future — a new path for international relations in the face of the chaos of our current age. Over the course of their conversation\, Stephen and Stan drew on a wide variety of historical examples to contextualize our seemingly unprecedented geopolitical moment. In all of these case studies — from the writing of the Atlantic Charter in the darkest days of World War II to the fraught deal-making and relationship-building that allowed for the signing of the Iran Nuclear deal in 02015 — the two focused on the power of human-driven\, almost utopian visions of the future as tools for building a better world. \nNow\, in a moment of geopolitical uncertainty and internal democratic crisis\, Stephen and Stan see space for the kinds of utopian imagination and creativity that were so solely missed in prior moments of flux and chaos. Long-term thinking is key to this kind utopian thinking. In Stan’s words\, the “optimistic” possibilities of long-term thinking are not just useful in dreaming up a better future. They’re “reinvigorating in how we address the problems we face on a day-to-day basis.” \n\nRecorded live on Mar 19\, 02025 at Cowell Theater in Fort Mason Center \nMar 19th @ 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. \n2 Marina Blvd\nLandmark Building C\, Suite 260\nSan Francisco\, CA\n94123 \nEvent page at Long Now \nEvent page at Fort Mason Center \nEvent recording (YouTube) \nEvent recording (mp3 direct link) \nEvent recording (Spotify)
URL:https://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/event/long-now-a-logic-for-the-future/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250417T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250417T160000
DTSTAMP:20260602T031455Z
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SUMMARY:Global Studies Speaker Series\, Washington University in St. Louis
DESCRIPTION:Kim Stanley Robinson on “The Ministry for the Future” \nGlobal Studies Speaker Series welcomes Kim Stanley Robinson for a Lecture and Book Signing \nThursday\, April 17\, 2025 \n\n4:00 pm \n\nGraham Chapel \nWashington University in St. Louis \nEvent page \nReport from the event \nAdditional photo from the event
URL:https://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/event/global-studies-speaker-series-washington-university-in-st-louis/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250421T190000
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SUMMARY:Missouri S&T
DESCRIPTION:Kim Stanley Robinson\, science fiction writer of more than 20 novels\, will present a public lecture titled “Imagining the Green Transition” this April at Missouri University of Science and Technology. \nRobinson’s presentation will be held at 7 p.m. Monday\, April 21\, in Leach Theatre of Castleman Hall\, located on the Missouri S&T campus at 10th and Main streets. \nEvent page
URL:https://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/event/missouri-st/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250425T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250425T235959
DTSTAMP:20260602T031820Z
CREATED:20260602T031740Z
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UID:2067-1745539200-1745625599@www.kimstanleyrobinson.info
SUMMARY:International Peace Institute
DESCRIPTION:IPI and Perry World House\, University of Pennsylvania\, in partnership with the Permanent Missions of Jamaica and the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United Nations\, cohosted a roundtable discussion on The Declaration on Future Generations: Moving from Vision to Reality\, on April 25th. \nOn September 22\, 2024\, the United Nations adopted the Declaration on Future Generations (DFG) as one of the three main outcome documents emanating from the Summit of the Future. The DFG offers a new lens through which to view pressing global issues and provokes change and acceleration toward future-oriented solutions beyond immediate\, short-term goals. It urges governments to conduct policy and decision making by not only assessing current needs but also taking into account how current actions will impact future generations. \nIn adopting the DFG\, member states committed to leveraging science\, data\, statistics\, and strategic foresight to ensure long-term thinking and planning and to develop and implement sustainable practices and institutional reforms necessary to ensure evidence-based decision making\, while also making governance more anticipatory\, adaptive\, and responsive to future opportunities\, risks\, and challenges. The DFG also called for “enhancing cooperation with stakeholders\, including civil society\, academia\, the scientific and technological community\, and the private sector\, and encouraging intergenerational partnerships by promoting a whole-of-society approach to share best practices and develop innovative\, long-term\, and forward-thinking ideas to safeguard the needs and interests of future generations.” \nThis event explored several approaches proposed or actually taken by governments including the “Design for the Future” movement\, ombuds or ministers for future generations\, and tabletop and computer-based modeling. \nThe roundtable discussion featured speakers including: the American novelist and renowned science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson\, author of The Ministry for the Future; H.E. Brian Wallace\, Permanent Representative of Jamaica to the United Nations; and H.E. Lise Gregoire-van Haaren\, Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United Nations. \n\nInternational Peace Institute \n777 United Nations Plaza\, New York \n25 April 2025 \nEvent page \nInterview with KSR following the event (YouTube)
URL:https://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/event/international-peace-institute/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250428T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250428T160000
DTSTAMP:20260602T031318Z
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UID:2064-1745848800-1745856000@www.kimstanleyrobinson.info
SUMMARY:Oxford Ministry for the Future
DESCRIPTION:Art\, Nature and Science: Imagining other worlds \nOn 28 April 2025\, OMF hosted global cultural icon Brian Eno and environmental novelists and storytellers Kim Stanley Robinson\, Laline Paull and JM Ledgard at the Sheldonian Theatre. We were treated to the premiere of ‘Life Wants to Live’: a braided reading underscored by original music composed by Brian Eno for this occasion. The performance stimulated interdisciplinary academic discussions about the biodiversity crisis and its solutions\, with anthropologist Nayanika Mathur (of Crooked Cats)\, ecological economist Dr Nicola Ranger and political scientist Thomas Hale (of Long Problems). \n\n\nSpeaker: Brian Eno\, Kim Stanley Robinson\, Laline Paull\, J. M. Ledgard\n\n\nEvent date: 28 Apr 2025\n\n\nEvent time: 14:00 – 16:00\n\n\nVenue: Sheldonian Theatre\, Broad Street\, Oxford\, OX1 3AZ\n\nEvent page at OMF \nEvent page at U Oxford \nEvent page at Laline Paull’s website (with poster) \nRecording of the event (YouTube)
URL:https://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/event/oxford-ministry-for-the-future-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250610T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250610T130000
DTSTAMP:20260601T220645Z
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UID:2062-1749553200-1749560400@www.kimstanleyrobinson.info
SUMMARY:Public AI Seminar
DESCRIPTION:Season 3 of the Public AI Seminar \nOrganizers: Joshua Tan (Metagov)\, Alek Tarkowski (Open Future)\, B Cavello (Aspen Digital) \nMeeting times: every Tuesday from 11am – 1pm ET over Zoom. \n\n\n\nJun 10\nThe near possible future of AI\, with Kim Stanley Robinson (author)\nVideo\, Text
URL:https://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/event/public-ai-seminar/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251016T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251016T210000
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UID:2060-1760643000-1760648400@www.kimstanleyrobinson.info
SUMMARY:Litquake SF
DESCRIPTION:The Shattering Peace: John Scalzi with Kim Stanley Robinson\n\nThursday October 16\, 2025 7:30pm – 9:00pm PDT\nJewish Community Center of San Francisco (3200 California St\, San Francisco\, CA 94118\, USA) @ 3200 California St\, San Francisco\, CA 94118\, USA\n\n\nCo-presented with JCCSF \nAfter a ten-year wait\, acclaimed science fiction master John Scalzi returns to the galaxy of the Old Man’s War series with the long awaited seventh book\, The Shattering Peace. For a decade\, peace has reigned in interstellar space. A tripartite agreement between the Colonial Union\, the Earth\, and the alien Conclave has kept the forces of war at bay. But now The Consu\, the most advanced intelligent species humans have ever met\, have dragged them all into conflict\, in the most surprising of ways. Gretchen Trujillo is a mid-level diplomat\, working in an unimportant part of the Colonial Union bureaucracy. But when she is called to take part in a secret mission involving representatives from every powerful faction in space\, what she finds there has the chance to redefine the destinies of humans and aliens alike…or destroy them forever. In conversation with legendary sci-fi writer Kim Stanley Robinson. Doors at 7:00pm.\n\nEvent page
URL:https://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/event/litquake-sf/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Sao_Paulo:20251110T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Sao_Paulo:20251121T170000
DTSTAMP:20260601T220120Z
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UID:2058-1762761600-1763744400@www.kimstanleyrobinson.info
SUMMARY:UN COP30
DESCRIPTION:Several events at the UNFCCC COP30 in Belém\, Brazil\, November 10-21 2025 \nReported on KSR.info here
URL:https://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/event/un-cop30/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260122T020000
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DTSTAMP:20260601T215655Z
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UID:2056-1769047200-1769094000@www.kimstanleyrobinson.info
SUMMARY:Harvard Ash Center
DESCRIPTION:Harvard Kennedy School’s Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation \n79 John F. Kennedy Street\nCambridge\, MA 02138 \nMaking Democracy Interesting: Tips from TV\, Podcasts\, Science Fiction\, and Online Creators\nJan 22 2026 \nOnline Event\n2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST \n\nShouting ourselves hoarse about the dire consequences of democratic erosion has not\, on its own\, brought people back in. Many are disillusioned with democracy and unmoved by exhortations to defend it. How can we instead tell positive\, compelling stories about democracy—stories that young people\, in particular\, can relate to?  \nJoin us for a conversation with accomplished storytellers from a wide array of mediums about how they bring democracy issues to their audiences in creative ways.  \nSpeakers include: \n\nRenee DiResta\, associate research professor at Georgetown University and author of “Invisible Rulers: The People Who Turn Lies Into Reality”  \nMatt Fitzgerald\, founder of Fitz Partners and co-founder of #TeamWater\, the largest creator-led philanthropy campaign of all time  \nGideon Lichfield\,  journalist\, most recently editor-in-chief of WIRED\, and a 2025-26 Democracy Renovation Fellow at the Allen Lab  \nKim Stanley Robinson\, author of “The Ministry for the Future”  and other science fiction novels \nDillon St. Bernard\, social impact strategist and founder of Amplify Pledge\, a network of creative changemakers \nBaratunde Thurston\,  author of “How to Be Black\,” and host of the podcast “How to Citizen\,” and the TV series “America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston” \nDanielle Allen (Moderator)\, James Bryant Conant University Professor and Director of the Allen Lab \n\n\nEvent page
URL:https://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/event/harvard-ash-center/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260417T111000
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DTSTAMP:20260601T215325Z
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UID:2054-1776424200-1776427200@www.kimstanleyrobinson.info
SUMMARY:Nevada Museum of Art
DESCRIPTION:Nevada Museum of Art Presents the 2026 Art + Environment Summit: Under Pressure\nWebsite \nApril 16-18 2026 \n160 West Liberty St | Reno\, NV 89501 \nEvent with KSR: \nApril 17\n11:10 am \nKim Stanley Robinson: Proposal for the Future \nThrough visionary narratives that blend science and imagination\, Kim Stanley Robinson invites guests to grapple with the realities of climate change while envisioning sustainable\, equitable futures of environmental stewardship. Introduced by William L. Fox.
URL:https://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/event/nevada-museum-of-art/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260908T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260908T170000
DTSTAMP:20260908T123829Z
CREATED:20220408T190034Z
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UID:2093-1788854400-1788886800@www.kimstanleyrobinson.info
SUMMARY:Kleinman Center for Energy Policy
DESCRIPTION:How will our reliance on fossil fuels today reshape our future? Global efforts like the Paris Agreement and COP26 have set targets to curb emissions\, but the world is still falling short of the action required to mitigate the most deleterious impacts of climate change. \nIn his latest book\, legendary science-fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson imagines a near future where our unsustainable energy system has wrought unimaginable harm. Named one of President Barack Obama’s favorite books of 2020\, The Ministry for the Future uses fictional eyewitness accounts to tell the vivid story of how climate change will affect us all. \nJoin us as Kim Stanley Robinson discusses his new novel and a vision of climate change over the coming decades. Robinson will be joined in conversation by Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein\, Perry World House Professor of Practice of Law and Human Rights at the University of Pennsylvania. \nThis event is part of Energy Week at Penn \nFriday\, April 8\, 2022 | 12:00PM – 1:00PM \nEvent page
URL:https://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/event/kleinman-center-for-energy-policy/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261123T210000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261123T230000
DTSTAMP:20260601T215202Z
CREATED:20260601T214531Z
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UID:2051-1795467600-1795474800@www.kimstanleyrobinson.info
SUMMARY:KSR & Brian Eno: A History of Utopia
DESCRIPTION:What does it mean to build a liveable future – and who gets to imagine it? \nSince its creation by Thomas More in his 1516 work of political fiction\, the concept of utopia has appeared throughout politics\, philosophy and culture. \nIn this unique collaboration as part of Oxford Ministry for the Future’s two-day takeover of the Schwarzman Centre\, Brian Eno and Kim Stanley Robinson curate a journey through the history of utopian thought – from ancient philosophy to climate fiction and planetary futures. \nEno’s music underscores readings by Kim Stanley Robinson alongside other authors and actors\, creating a performance as reflective as it is urgent. \nPart of Utopia Now!\, a season exploring the role of the arts in making a better future possible. \n\n23 Nov 2026\n19:00\nSchwarzman Centre\, Oxford\nSohmen Concert Hall \nEvent page
URL:https://www.kimstanleyrobinson.info/event/ksr-brian-eno-a-history-of-utopia/
LOCATION:Sohmen Concert Hall\, Oxford\, United Kingdom
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