Futures Conference 2024 gives you a unique opportunity to network and learn more about the futures of natural resources!
We’re delighted to let you know that we received more than 120 submissions to our event. In addition to the six keynote speeches, there will be around 100 presentations in various sessions and around 20 workshops organised. Thank you all who are coming to present your work either on-site in Turku or virtually.
For those who are not presenting their work at the conference, please do mark your calendar with the dates, follow us on X and/or sign up for updates on our website, fill in your registration, start planning your travelling, and spread the word in your community. We are excited to host you here in Turku in June!
If you have any questions about the conference and its arrangements,
do not hesitate to contact our conference secretariat.
Presenting Keynote Speakers:
- Juha Hiedanpää, Research Professor, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke). Dr. Hiedanpää will give his keynote speech online on 4 June.
- Rafael Popper, Adjunct Professor, Warsaw University of Technology (Poland) & University of Turku (Finland). Dr. Popper will give his keynote speech live in Turku during the conference days.
- Katriina Soini, Research Manager, Principal Research Scientist, Adjunct Professor, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke). Dr. Soini will give her keynote speech live in Turku during the conference days.
Read more about all the Keynote Speakers.
Sneak peek at some of the forthcoming workshops:
- CIRAN’s 2035 Scenarios: The EU-funded CIRAN project seeks to reconcile two societal objectives: the safeguarding of environmentally protected areas and the enhancement of socio-economic resilience. This workshop will be practical-oriented, highly motivating participants’ engagement by facilitating a safe space for dialogue and knowledge-sharing, while also encouraging philosophical discussions and forward thinking.
- Co-create Futuring Games: Experience a cutting edge pilot of action research to support futures literacy for sustainability innovators in industry network contexts at an experimental workshop aimed at co-creating novel futures literacy game concepts. It is organised by the Futures Literacy for Business Renewal (FuLiBRe) project which investigates how co-creating participatory interventions along with local champions fosters the capability of futures literacy.
- The Futures of Food: Promoting sustainable food production and consumption requires action at a systemic level and by all actors. This session examines agricultural entrepreneurs’ and consumers’ expectations for the sustainability of the food system. It will provide extensive future-oriented information for food system actors on the ongoing and expected developments as well as on opportunities and tensions in the production and consumption of food.
Just to remind you of the practical arrangements:
Guidelines for Speakers and Facilitators
The event programme will include over 100 different spoken presentations and around 20 futures workshops, organised onsite in Turku or online during the virtual conference day.
We thank all the speakers in advance for your cooperation and sensitivity in following the instructions provided. If you have any questions, do contact the conference secretariat.
Registration is open until 3 June 2024
Registration for the conference ends on Monday 3 June. We encourage you to reserve your seat well in advance and also to start planning and booking your travelling as soon as possible. Do make your hotel reservation asap as well, since the city of Turku will be fully booked due to a number of different events in June 2024.
Side Event:
Welcome to Foresight Europe Network meeting on 12 June 2024
The leadership team of Foresight Europe Network (FEN) cordially invites conference participants to join the upcoming in-person meeting on Wednesday 12 June in Turku, Finland. The meeting is free and open to all who are interested in futures and foresight in Europe. Read more.
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