From May 14-17, 2015, Nerd Nite cities from around the globe reunited with Smithsonian Magazine for the Future Is Here Festival in Washington DC. The event, which doubles as the annual Nerd Nite Global Fest, featured a weekend of demonstrations, film screenings, and programming from prominent and emerging scientists in various fields presenting on this year’s theme: “The Future of You”.

Photographs by Ricardo Williams

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Private reception at the Air & Space Museum

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Jocelyn Crocker of Nerd Nite Edmonton presents, “The Future of Food: Why We Need Urban Bee Geeks”

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Luncheon courtesy of the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation

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Nina Tandon, EpiBone co-founder & CEO, presents “How to Grow a Human Arm in a Lab”

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The founder of Nerd Nite Orlando, Josh Manning

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Nerd Nite Orlando host, Ricardo participates in the Hoverboard demonstration by Hendo

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“Communicating With Brain Signals” by Mick Ebeling

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Marc Goodman

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Greg Henderson, Hendo Hoverboard co-founder, discusses “Architecture of the Future”

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Beth Phillips discusses “Robot Intimacy”

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Beth Phillips discusses “Robot Intimacy”

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Ricardo Williams and award-winning science fiction author and scientist, David Brin

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Click here to see plenty of more photographs from the event: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.666796540092434.1073741855.350851321686959&type=1