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Future in Review is an action-oriented annual conference that provides executives and investors with a roadmap for the next 5-10 years of technology and the global economy. Started in 2003 by the team behind Strategic News Service, Future in Review is a gathering place for global leaders using technology to change the world for the better. FiRe’s intimate size and trust-based culture cultivate lon

g-term relationships between speakers and attendees that drive innovation, strategy, partnerships, investments, and recruiting. Strategic News Service is the world’s most reliable source of advanced information at the intersection of technology and economics. Its publicly graded prediction rate in these areas is unmatched, and its success in pointing out critically important new strategic issues to global thought leaders – often in their own areas of expertise – is well-established. Our goal is to produce dynamically useful, focused information not available anywhere else. We are proud that Accenture, Nuance, Symantec, Intel, Adobe, Deutsche Telekom, and other great companies have chosen to provide the SNS Weekly Report to their entire teams, in recognition of its standing as a powerful competitive weapon.

12/24/2025

Happy Holidays from all of us at Future in Review, Strategic News Service, FiReFilms, and INVNT/IP.

Wishing you a happy & healthy, prosperous & productive New Year!

-The SNS Team

12/23/2025

In addition to producing the FiRe conference and Spark salons and publishing the SNS Global Report and iNews, our FiReFilms branch (www.firefilms.org) was busy delivering some of the biggest documentaries of the year to its global subscribers!

This year, FiReFilms supported a community of 58 documentary filmmakers who tackled topics near and dear to us to all, from wildfires, icemelt, and the life of the pope and the Dalai Lama all the way to the darker side of social media - all with a focus on how members can help. Delivering exclusive virtual screenings, original directors’ comments, and behind-the-scenes tips for what to see (and how to see it) at Sundance, FiReFilms has shared it all. From Emmy wins to Oscar shortlists, this year’s line-up boasted an incredible 40 awards and nominations … so far. Through intensive research and on-the-ground reports, in 2025 FiReFilms also compiled a first-ever special digital publication: a Wildfire Resources Directory with practical info for SoCal filmmakers and others affected: https://www.firefilms.org/wildfire-resources/

12/23/2025

2025 also marks our first full year of getting to host our monthly virtual Spark salon with SNS members and broader community, whom we’ve come to call our Spark Enthusiasts. More than 800 people joined us this year to discuss the news, patterns, emerging technologies, and insights we’re all tracking. Members and guests joined us from around the globe, including from: Angola, Australia, Austria, the Bahamas, Canada, Germany, Great Britain, India, Italy, Japan, Kenya, the Netherlands, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Switzerland, the US, and Venezuela.

And we’re delighted to report that every Spark ended with an overwhelming thumbs-up when participants were asked if they felt smarter and better-informed than before joining the salon.

As our community has grown, so have the accolades of our members. iNews was hard at work this year highlighting the wins, accomplishments, and other news about SNS members to our broader community. Spotlighted news featured 221 SNS members, from Michael Dell and Jensen Huang to Con Slobodchikoff and Janine Benyus, all of whom have been speakers, contributors, and/or thought leaders in other segments of our global community.

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12/23/2025

We would like to say a special thank you to all our listeners, especially those who tuned in to Spotify. We’re pleased to announce that this year we received a 2025 Marathon Show award from Spotify – meaning, in our case, listeners stuck with us to the end of the episode 59% longer than for other shows.

For our third season of the podcast, this year listeners from around the world joined us from Australia, Canada, Egypt, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Romania, Russia, the UK, Ukraine, and the US.

We are excited to recommend our Top 3 most popular podcasts of 2025:

“Sam Altman’s OpenAI Desperation Tour,” with special guest Mark Anderson: https://youtu.be/e8kt_UoL90g?si=8Boz1StaTKghcbES

“Russian & Chinese Espionage Strategies with Former MI6 Chief,” with special guest Sir Richard Dearlove: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItFVJy_yJwo&t

“Have LLMs Escaped Human Control?” with special guest Mark Anderson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH3IbbrQuis&t

If you missed any of our most-watched episodes, or others among this year’s many offerings of great podcasts, you can catch up on your favorite platforms:

Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/show/6Sa1HzHYhuPgoIMvIJ6UMA?si=dpE7IjMjSlK9g43Xc_E9VA

Apple Podcast:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-future-in-review-podcast/id1739666500

YouTube:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9y2wCmJ05Z_UQF671QDHvc44CZ_Lm72m&si=dmFfYrnRQhxNoqSS

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12/23/2025

While the whole team had a fantastic time at this year’s FiRe conference, that's not all we were up to …

The SNS Editorial Team was hard at work brainstorming, researching, writing, and editing our members’ future favorite Global Reports of 2025. Topics from H-1B visas to rare earth metals and the truth about LLMs measurably piqued readers’ interest this year. With more than 137,195 words (give or take a few thousand) and 49 issues published to date, our 3 most popular Global Reports are as follows (a drum roll, please …):

CHINA DEFLATED: BUBBLES, SHADOW BANKS, AND THE COUNTRY'S STRUGGLING ECONOMY, by Evan Anderson
https://www.stratnews.com/recent/mode/show/issue/2025-01-26/

THE NEW AGE OF CLIMATE RESILIENCE, by Berit Anderson
https://www.stratnews.com/recent/mode/show/issue/2025-01-19/

SUPER CHANGE AND GOOD GOVERNANCE, by Berit Anderson https://www.stratnews.com/recent/mode/show/issue/2025-06-01/

Not only were we busy publishing the Global Report, but this was also a big year for the Future in Review podcast!
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12/23/2025

In addition to great energy and innovation this year, we had the pleasure of welcoming 6 new companies into the FiRe Family as our 2025 FiReStarters:

* Carbon GeoCapture: Focused on a commercialized new, low-cost climate-mitigation approach based on capturing and permanently storing massive amounts of CO2 in unmineable coal seams at one-half to one-third the cost of conventional approaches. To learn more, visit carbongeocapture.com or get to know them from their FiRe 2025 pitch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeVyxUQwIxQ

* Immunolightnolight: Focused on leveraging the latest advancements in energy conversion to create a paradigm shift in the treatment of cancer and deliver value across a wide range of commercial industries. To learn more, visit immunolight.com or get to know them from their FiRe 2025 pitch: https://youtu.be/MmhBAY2YMLI?si=LccOzTJqUcL6Cf1g

* Learning Equality: Focused on building equity in education using offline edtech and appropriate AI. To learn more, visit: learningequality.org or get to know them from their FiRe 2025 pitch: https://youtu.be/6rJoQK5zEww?si=hRpTQILollxgsc3Q

* NadiWorks: Focused on improving quality and increasing accessibility of hearing healthcare. To learn more, visit: nadiworks.com or get to know them from their FiRe 2025 pitch: https://youtu.be/q4DVWCrCn3k?si=bGd0Dz4KC9l9Fx1M

* Pendulum Intelligence: Focused on giving corporate communications, risk, and government intelligence teams an AI platform that delivers unmatched visibility into the video and audio platforms shaping brand and community perception. Pendulum’s technology detects emerging narratives, provides the means to combat misinformation, and identifies the factors driving brand perception on video, audio, image, and text. To learn more, visit: pendulumintel.com or get to know them from their FiRe 2025 pitch: https://youtu.be/gfvo3H86YKg?si=GNTswLqAYB4V0ukT

* Skip Technology: Focused on building safe, reliable energy storage for a warming world. To learn more, visit: skiptechnology.com or get to know them from their FiRe 2025 pitch: https://youtu.be/qjtpQX7JH6w?si=-Wx-jsDksWVE0Cpo

In the words of our COO, Berit Anderson:

“What happens when you throw a couple hundred of the world’s most action-oriented technologists, investors, policymakers, and global press clearly lay out the future together, explore global challenges, and then get to work solving them? Pure magic. This is an experiment we’re thrilled to be repeating at Future in Review 2026.”

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12/23/2025

In a new location, we kicked off FiRe 2025 in San Diego this past June. From the groundbreaking research being done at Qualcomm Institute to an evening field trip to Scripps Institution of Oceanography with beautiful views and insights into our ecosystems, we want to give a huge thank you to our partners at UC San Diego.

Check out this year's photo gallery with a few of our team favorites, including the famous “Oh sh**” audience photo during Sir Richard Dearlove’s (former chief of MI6) Breakout session, the hosts of FiRe all grinning ear-to-ear in the opening session, and the audience cheering on our FiReStarter companies as they pitched their new tech. And who could forget the incredible specimens on display during our oceanfront Scripps Happy Hour? https://gallery.futureinreview.com/FiRe-2025

We had a total of 10 centerpiece conversations, 17 panels, and 8 Breakout sessions, including over 60 industry leaders from across the globe. Topics ranged from the future of food and education to AI in healthcare, climate solutions (including a Plan A update), and foreign policy. If you missed us in person this year, or would like to share your favorite session with a friend or colleague, check out all the mainstage conversations on our Future in Review YouTube channel: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9y2wCmJ05Z9lOB7plk9BhgGXAoKGsTRz&si=UeKhAzFZmftpljwI

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12/23/2025

Take a look back at 2025 with us!

Not only did the year bring us more face time as a community than ever before, but it also brought us phenomenal thought leadership and innovation.

We can’t wait for what's to come in 2026 … but FIRST, please share with us your favorite FiRe or SNS memories of the year!

As part of our community, you provide the fuel, inspiration, and motivation for our efforts onward. For this, our whole team wants to say thank you for being part of the SNS and FiRe Family.

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12/16/2025

As we close out the year and look ahead to 2026, we hope you’ll join us for our January Spark virtual salon.

On Thursday, January 29 (12–1pm PT / 3–4pm ET), join CEO Mark Anderson, and the SNS editorial team, for an off-the-record, roundtable debrief of Mark's 2026 predictions.

Spark salons are held under Chatham House Rule, creating space for open, candid dialogue. This session is an open invitation – non-SNS members are welcome to attend their first Spark on the house.

If you’re looking for a brain trust to help make sense of what’s coming next, we hope you’ll join us.

RSVP here: https://bit.ly/4aRBaNQ

12/11/2025

This week in the SNS Global Report …

Guest author Mark Listes, CEO of 2025 FiReStarter company Pendulum, describes the shifting sands of the information environment, the rise of information warfare tactics being deployed across media by a coterie of actors both military and civilian, and what can be done to track and respond to these emerging paradigms in the digital information space.

See why Mark says: “It's much harder to analyze what 1 billion accounts are saying than it is to understand what 10 television channels are showing." In this week's Special GR Letter, "RISK AND OPPORTUNITY IN A TIME OF HYPER-DECENTRALIZED NEWS"

Members, check your inbox!

Tell us in the Comments: With billions of online voices shaping perception in real time, what do you see as the biggest gap in how companies currently monitor and respond to fast-moving information threats?

Read the full article here: https://bit.ly/4pzVZ52

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12/09/2025

Speaker Announcement: Sir Richard Dearlove joins FiRe 2026

We’re thrilled to welcome Sir Richard Dearlove, former chief (“C”) of the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), to this year’s Future in Review (FiRe) conference, taking place May 31–June 3, 2026, at the Qualcomm Institute at UC San Diego.

Sir Richard will take the stage to explore the ever-evolving geopolitical landscape, offering a compelling look at how shifting global dynamics shape our collective future and the choices that define it.

With nearly four decades at the forefront of global intelligence, Sir Richard helped steer some of the most consequential chapters in modern national security. As chief of MI6 from 1999 to 2004, he led the organization through a transformative and turbulent era, overseeing operations across continents and serving in pivotal postings around the world.

Following his intelligence career, he brought his strategic leadership to academia and global governance – serving as master of Pembroke College, Cambridge, and as chair of the board of trustees for the University of London – while continuing to advise companies navigating complex geopolitical environments. He also co-hosts One Decision, one of the world’s leading foreign-affairs podcasts.

Join us in San Diego this spring for FiRe 2026, where global leaders, investors, and innovators gather to chart the next decade of technology, geopolitics, and the global economy.

Register today: https://bit.ly/4mtrfjY

12/04/2025

On October 31, we sent out a Special Alert titled “Pivoting into Chaos,” which, at members’ request, we made available to the public. That Alert can be found here: www.stratnews.com/recent/mode/show/issue/2025-10-31/

Only a few weeks later, we are now compelled to send a follow-on Alert, as an unfortunate result of the quick passage of events from warning to hard proof of the reality of this forewarned sudden destabilization.

Read the full Alert to see why Mark says: "As with the Covid Wuhan Lab release and subsequent world bio-attack, the US invented the technologies and the Chinese used them to attack. This dynamic is intentional, real, and a deadly serious threat now, not some day in the future.” In this week's SNS Special Alert, "Pivoting into Chaos II.”

Members, check your inbox!

Read the full article here: https://bit.ly/4orihV3

Tell us in the Comments: The balance between innovation and security is evolving; what responsibilities do tech companies have vs.governments to prevent intentional misuse of advanced technologies?

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