<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_quote">This has just started. Quartz is a new online business publication from the publishers of The Atlantic. This is the second of their series of futurist conferences. The next will be in London in 2015. <br><br><br><u></u>
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<td><span style="display:none!important"> joly posted: "Tomorrow, Wednesday November 5 2014 Quartz will be holding a full day conference The Next Billion - one of a global series exploring the next generation of technologies and strategies that will help companies and individuals around the globe prepare for" </span>
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