Anthony has been researching the implications of new technology on cities and public institutions for over a decade. At IFTF, Anthony's work focuses on several inter-related topics:

• mobility and urbanization
  
• science parks, incubators and regional innovation systems
  
• sustainability and telework
  
• pervasive computing
  
• future R&D models
  
• tourism and entertainment
  
• the media industry
  

Over the next year, Anthony is focusing much of his energy building IFTF's Science and Innovation Pathways program, which will focus on understanding how future science and technology trends will shape innovation at various scales: the laboratory, the campus, the region and the world. The project's goal is to build on the long-term forecasts of IFTF's X2 project to help companies and public and non-profit organizations develop better strategies for cultivating innovation.

Before joining IFTF, Anthony enjoyed a brief but productive academic career at New York University, where he directed research sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the Department of Homeland Security. Anthony is active in international futures research networks, and received a Fulbright scholarship in 2004 to study the social impacts of broadband in South Korea. He was one of the original founders of NYCwireless, a pioneer in the municipal wireless movement that promotes the use of public-access Wi-Fi in the development of local communities.

Anthony holds a Ph.D. in urban and regional planning from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a master's in urban planning from New York University, and a B.A. in urban studies with a minor in physics from Rutgers University.