<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default">Every year the Arthur C. Clarke 'Unleash Imagination' event gives us an opportunity to think outside the box. Well, in 2021 they have decided to break the box entirely!</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><div class="gmail_default">Real time text link is<a href="https://bit.ly/3qNQx2Y"> https://bit.ly/3qNQx2Y</a></div></div><div class="gmail_default"></div><br><u></u><div><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#DDDDDD" style="width:748px;background:rgb(221,221,221)"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="width:748px;padding:10px"><tbody><tr><td><div style="direction:ltr;max-width:600px;margin:0px auto;overflow:hidden"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="width:600px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);max-width:1024px;min-width:320px;margin:0px auto"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" height="8" style="width:600px;background-image:url("https://s0.wp.com/i/emails/stripes.gif");background-repeat:repeat-x;background-color:rgb(67,164,208);height:8px"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table><br><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="width:600px"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:560px"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:560px"><tbody></tbody></table><div style="direction:ltr;margin-top:1em;max-width:560px"><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><a href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/unleash2021" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)"><img border="0" src="https://isoc.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/unleash2021-300x169.png" alt="livestream" width="300" height="169" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);"></a>On <strong>Wednesday November 17, 2021</strong> at <strong>7:15pm EST</strong> (00:00 UTC) the <strong><a href="https://www.clarkefoundation.org/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">Arthur C. Clarke Foundation</a></strong>'s ’s fifth annual <strong><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2021-clarke-awards-and-clarke-conversation-on-imagination-live-stream-tickets-176767906567" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">Unleash Imagination</a></strong> event will be held at the Embassy of France in Washington D.C. and online with the theme '<strong>Fracturing the 'Box' with Fresh Ideas for an Ailing World</strong>'. American broadcast journalist <strong>Steve Scully</strong> will moderate a conversation featuring the 2021 Clarke Awardees:</p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>2021 Lifetime Achievement Award</strong> - <strong>Dr. Michio Kaku</strong>, Theoretical Physicist, Futurist, and Science Popularizer</p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>2021 Innovator's Award</strong> - <strong>NOVA</strong> (presented to <strong>Julia Cort</strong> and <strong>Chris Schmidt</strong>, Co-Executive Producers, NOVA)</p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>2021 Imagination in Service to Society Award</strong> - <strong>Samuel R. Delany</strong>, Author</p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>LIVESTREAM <a href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/unleash2021" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">https://livestream.com/internetsociety/unleash2021</a></strong></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>INFO <a href="https://www.clarkefoundation.org/events/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">https://www.clarkefoundation.org/events/</a></strong></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>REAL TIME TEXT</strong> (see <a href="https://isoc.live/14781" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">ISOC.LIVE</a>)</p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rg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