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Alireza Hejazi
Alireza Hejazi, an Iranian futurist and thinker borne on the 19th of July 1974 in Tehran and raised there received his BA in English Translation at Tehran Azad University in 1997. After a break he resumed his studies again in 2002 in Managing Information, Science & Technology Centers at Malek-e Ashtar University of Technology in Tehran. He defended successfully his thesis titled "The effectiveness of information services trough establishing portals" and graduated as the first student in this field at the mentioned university with a MA in 2005.

Since 2005 he has shown a brilliant potential in thinking about the future and promoting futuristic values among Iranians and Persian speaking societies through establishing a website named: Futures Discovery- Iranian Futurists Academy available at: http://www.futuresdiscovery.com

He has made his own way of thinking that can be interpreted as a combination of pragmatism & positivism. He has shown an interest in the philosophy of futuristic thinking in his articles. Although he is not a philosopher, his views and theories has captured Iranian young generations' minds that are interested in future sciences & technologies.

He established "FuturesDiscovery.com" in 2006 to assist Iranian individuals and organizations in understanding what the future may hold in store and enable them to make better strategic decisions today about their preferred tomorrow. Just over three years, FD gained recognition as an authoritative source of knowledge about future trends and developments in the Iranian futurist community.

Registered members at Futures Discovery website receive a Persian e-newsletter, 12 times per year. The newsletter provided and designed by Hejazi contains feature articles, research reports, and seminar announcements and functions as a means of exchange of information and opinions.

The Persian e-newsletters published and sent by Hejazi to website members are titled: Futures Studies Pathology, The Art of Foresight, The Helmsmen of Future, Neural Networks, Science Fiction, Scenario: An Effective Way for Building the Future, Wild Cards, and The Splendor of Delphi and ... E-newsletters embrace a wide range of different subjects including futuristic conferences and symposiums such as World Future 2009 Conference.

More than 90 articles, 70 scientific news report and 11 monthly e-newsletters had been published on the Persian section of the website most of them directly related to futures studies until September 2009. Hejazi's fluency in English which is due to passing TTC and TOEFL courses at Shokouh's Institute of English Language in 1992 in Tehran, rather than his academic education; has made him a skillful bilingual futurist writing articles both in English & Persian.

In addition to completing an ICDL course at Isiran Institute in 2005 in Tehran, he passed a virtual course at CDI E-University, U.S.A. on Aug. 24, 2004 titled: "Best Practices in Portal Evaluation & Selection Tools", as his thesis was related to enterprise information portals.

Because of the nature of his job (Website Designer & Developer) he attended "Springer Link Databases" & " ISI Web of Knowledge Usage & Applications "seminars at Simorgh Hotel in Tehran in 2005 receiving related certificates. He has also a certificate showing his enthusiastic attendance at a workshop and seminar on IT management & development at Olympic Hotel in Tehran in 2006. He may be reached at: arhejazi@hotmail.com or info@futuresdiscovery.com

Jobs & Experience: •	Unofficial scholar at the Center for Futures Studies at Malek-e Ashtar University of Technology •	Designing higher education courses on futures studies •	Technical manager and editor at: http://www.futuresdiscovery.com/en/ •	Manger and editor of personal blog in Persian at: http://ictarticle.blogfa.com •	Manager and translator at: http://www.dananews.com and http://www.shamimm.com in 2004 and 2005 respectively •	Enterprise information websites & portals designer •	CMS designer & developer •	Designing & developing multimedia educational CDs & DVDs •	Building searchable digital libraries in English and other languages •	Designing & publishing e-newsletters both in online and offline formats •	English language teaching (from basic to advanced levels) •	Designing & developing English language virtual learning courses •	Translating from English to Persian and Vise Versa •	Supplying research and education materials for academicians Books: •	Futures studies principles, Iran's Center for researches on Scientific Policy, (In Press) •	Digital Libraries Development, Malek-e Ashtar University of Technology, summer 2006 •	Designing portals: Opportunities & Challenges, Malek-e Ashtar University of Technology, spring 2005 •	A Comprehensive Guide for Studying in Canada, Daneshestan-e Melal Publications, spring 2000 Seminars & Workshops: •	Enterprise Information Portals, Hamkaran System Co., Tehran, 2004 •	Special Seminar on Using Enterprise Information Portals, Malek-e Ashtar University of Technology, spring 2005 •	Workshop on Enterprise Information Portals: Concepts & Applications, Malek-e Ashtar University of Technology, 2006 •	Workshop on Designing & Publishing E-Newsletters, Malek-e Ashtar University of Technology, 2007 •	Seminar on the Effectiveness of Internet in Enhancing Women's General Knowledge, Internet & Women in 3rd Millennium Conference, Tehran, Autumn 2006 English Articles on Information Technology: •	The Empowering Role of Enterprise Information Portals in Knowledge Management, A. Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship, fall 2004 B. International Journal of Infonomics, January 2005 •	Iranian Libraries Rebuild after Massive Quake, ALA Journal of Librarianship, fall 2004 •	Aligning Campus portals with Learner's Needs A. IEEE Journal of Learning Technology, January 2005 B. Learning and Training Innovations, March 3, 2005 C. Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship, summer 2005 D. ITA 2005, Wrexham, North Wales, UK, September 2005 •	You Are What You Link, Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship, winter 2005 Persian Articles on Information Technology: •	The Position of Youngsters' Book Reading Behavior in Country Comprehensive Information System for the Youths, 9th Conference on Information science & Culture, Tehran, Winter 2001 •	Constructive Role of the Internet on Users' Morals, Rahavard-e Nour Magazine, N0. 13, Winter 2005 •	The Battlefield Bytes, The Role of Science & Technology in Recent Wars, Malek-e Ashtar University of Technology, Summer 2004 •	The Participation of IT in Entrepreneurship, Pajouhesyar Journal, No. 35, autumn 2004 •	Digital Libraries: Definitions, Issues & Challenges, Pajouhesyar Journal, No. 35, autumn 2004 •	Enterprise Information Portals (EIP): New Approach in Web-based Management, 2nd International Management Conference, Winter 2004 •	The Usage of Enterprise Information Portals in Supply Chain Management, 1st National conference on Supply Chain Management, Tehran, Winter 2004 •	The Role of Virtual Teams in ROI, 1st Conference on ICT Management, Tehran, winter 2004 •	The Facilitating Role of EIP in E-commerce, National Conference on E-enterprise, Science & Industry University of Technology, Tehran, Autumn 2004 •	The Evaluation of Human Resources in US ICT Sector, Modiriat-e Farda Quarterly, Spring & Summer 2004 •	The Effectiveness of Information Services through Building EIP, 3rd International Management Conference, Tehran, autumn 2005 •	EIPs Capabilities in Knowledge Management, Informology Journal, Winter 2005 •	Acquaintance with Portal Technology and Its Applications, Rahyaft Journal, No. 37, Summer 2006 •	Science Portals & Organizing Research Results, Economic Productivity, Growth & Development, Iranian Organization for Management & Planning, Tehran, winter 2006 English Articles on Futures Studies: •	Ten Commandments on Futures Studies Persian Articles on Futures Studies: •	Disciplined Imagination, International Conference on Problem Solving Strategies & Techniques, Tehran, autumn 2006 •	Key Considerations in Establishing Women Think Tanks by Using the Internet, Internet & Women in 3rd Millennium Conference, Tehran, autumn 2006 Following articles are published on www.futuresdiscovery.com Persian section: •	Mytopia: A utopia as big as personal thoughts •	Herman Kaan: The father of scenario method •	Futures studies & future generations •	Science & Technology Foresight: 2005-2055 •	Futures monograph •	10 Key forecasts for 2009 and beyond •	The role of intuitionism role in discovering the future •	Growing rupture seeds in the field of future managing •	7 steps in implementing scenario method •	"Futures" observatory: A measure for the tsunami of change •	Science fiction as mythology of the future •	From futuristic knowledge to futuristic rationality in Drucker's thoughts •	The art of future making in a percipient world •	Futures recycling •	Future world will not suffer from routines •	Can future be sure? •	The future of higher education •	The future of idea processing •	The tsunami of change •	Vision Power •	Seer sucker theory: The value of professionals in forecasting •	40+10 years foresight •	The anatomy of futurist's mind •	Has the age of freedom from uncertainty arrived? •	Which tools are necessary for making the future? •	Futurability: An end to conflict between choosing and believing in future •	Hope: The propulsion of futuristic efforts •	Reviewing futures studies •	7 effects of futures studies on the quality of learning •	Cross impact analysis method in predicting the future •	We have seen the future and may not be doomed •	We build the scenarios and they build us •	A look at academic futures studies And many other articles written or translated into Persian...