In honor of Arthur C. Clarke, renowned writer, futurist, technologist, space promoter and humanist, the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation launched Unleash Imagination – Shape the Future to celebrate his centenary in 2017. Unleash Imagination is an exciting intergenerational initiative to explore how imagination fuels the future. Unleash Imagination continues on the evening of November 8 2018 at the Sidney Harman Hall in Washington, DC. The event includes an Intergenerational Forum, linking the challenges of humans on earth and in space as affected by and affecting climate change, an issue of great concern to Clarke Young Leaders.
The forum will be followed by the presentation of Clarke Awards to:

Life Achievement ─ Irwin Jacobs, co-developer of CDMA, co-founder and former chair of Qualcomm and philanthropist.

Innovator ─ Jill Tarter, astronomer, Emeritus Chair for SETI Research at the SETI Institute, and seeker for an answer to “Are we alone?”

Imagination in Service to Society ─ science fiction writer, Cixin Liu, nine-time winner of the Galaxy Award and winner of the Hugo Award.

http://www.clarkefoundation.org/event/unleash-imagination-clarke-awards-dinner/