Latest Conference News
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Thank you for your valuable contribution to the Futures Conference 2024!
Conference team at the Finland Futures Research Centre wants to thank all the participants for attending our event last week! We had really inspiring plenaries and presentations in the parallel tracks and also exciting interactive workshops. Together we all 300 participants created an event that gave a lot to think about concerning the futures of Read more
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Conference Updates 30 May 2024
Futures Conference 2024 is just around the corner – remember to login to the virtual conference platform The final programme as well as the Book of Abstracts for the Futures Conference 2024 have been published on the conference website. In addition to six excellent keynote speakers, this 3-day event will consist of 8 different scientific Read more
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Welcome to a Book Launch Special Session: Our World of Futures Studies as a Mosaic
Time: Thursday 13 June at 15:00-16:30Facilitators: Tero Villman, Sirkka Heinonen & Laura Pouru-Mikkola, Finland Futures Research Centre, University of Turku, Finland Futures studies and foresight are simultaneously global and local activities. Futures studies is conducted all over the world, and the phenomena under study are often global. On the other hand, futures studies involve local Read more
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Welcome to Turku – enjoy complimentary rides with public transport during your visit!
Visit Turku Archipelago offers conference guests complimentary rides with public transport operated by Föli during your visit. Föli’s services include not only buses but also water buses, which transport passengers from Aura River to Ruissalo and Hirvensalo during the summer season. This provides you with a wonderful opportunity to explore our city during your visit, Read more
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Conference Updates 16 May 2024
One more month and we will see you at the Futures Conference 2024 – preliminary session programme is now published We are happy to let you know that the preliminary session programme is now published on the conference website. In addition to our esteemed Keynote Speakers, the event programme will include over 100 different spoken Read more
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Get to know the Futures Consciousness Profile Database!
Futures consciousness is the human capacity to understand, anticipate, prepare for, and embrace the future. The concept consists of five dimensions that can be measured with the Futures Consciousness test. You have a chance to try out the Futures Consciousness test as part of the Futures Conference 2024! This trial will show you the test Read more
About us
What are Futures Conferences?
Each year the Finland Futures Research Centre (FFRC) and Finland Futures Academy (FFA) at the University of Turku organises its annual Futures Conference, an invaluable opportunity for meeting, exchanging and debating current topics related in futures studies and foresight. With approximately 200–350 individual participants attending from all over the world, international researchers, organisational delegates, business people and students convene to the FFRC annual conferences in the spirit of futures-oriented information, research, analysis and collaboration. Read more about the previous events.
2023
”Thank you for organizing such an enriching conference, brimming with insightful presentations and stimulating discussions. It was truly a remarkable experience and a platform for new learnings.”
2022
”I got good comments to my research, new ideas from keynotes and sessions, as well as new connections.”
”New participants brought fresher views and this is needed for the whole field.”
2021
”Well managed conference. Delightful to see so many interactive workshops included in the program.”
”Excellent virtual conference, well done for organizing it!”
Futures of Natural Resources
The global consumption of natural resources has accelerated since the industrial revolution, in pursuit of development and economic growth. With the emergence of climate and other ecological crises, it is now acknowledged that the rate and patterns of consumption are neither sustainable nor equitable. The vested interests, and related structures of economic and political power, play a central role in maintaining a status quo, characterised by short-term thinking and a priority on profit maximisation. Within these conditions, the perspective of the future of humanity and of the natural world on which we depend is marginalised. This prompt empirical, philosophical, policy and practice questions, on the social and environmental consequences of continuing this path, on the role and value of nature, and on what would a transformed relationship between humanity and natural resources look like?
Futures of Natural Resources 