Today’s podcast examines four "synergy" conferences upcoming highlighted in Wired:

• National Conference on Artificial Intelligence will be held in Pittsburgh, PA starting on the 9th of July 2005
• Accelerating Change 2005: Artificial Intelligence and Intelligence Amplication (AI and IA) will be held September 16-18, 2005 at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California
• Comic Con International will be in San Diego, California starting on the 14th of July 2005
• World Future 2005 in Chicago, IL starting on the 28th of July 2005