Project Directory

We are continually appraising future project possibilities with our members and prospective clients. Projects can be part of membership activities or stand-alone, custom work. The following projects represent a sampling of current and potential project work.

Active Projects

Welcome to FutureCast

FutureCasts are 1 hour conversations with experts, clients, and IFTF staff in order to build an open dialogue around our forecasts

Primary Researcher:
Maureen Kirchner

Signtific provides an innovative medium for discussing the future of science and technology.

Primary Researcher:
Kathi Vian

Science In Action

Applying science and technology foresight to innovation policy

Primary Researcher:
Anthony Townsend

Roy Amara Fund for Participatory Foresight Projects

Projects promoting participatory foresight and social impact, with an emphasis on youth engagement

Primary Researcher:
Miriam Lueck Avery

Open Fabrication Futures

TH is kicking of 2011 with research into fabrication futures

Primary Researcher:
Lisa Mumbach

Lightweight Innovation

Exporing How New Models for Building the Web Will Reshape R&D

Primary Researcher:
Anthony Townsend

Global Food Outlook

Provides members with an analysis of the trends and drivers shaping the future of food and food markets on a global scale.

Primary Researcher:
Rod Falcon

Future of Persuasion

Technology Horizons 2010 Research

Primary Researcher:
Lyn Jeffery

Boomers: The Next 20 Years

The Baby Boom Generation, born 1946-1964, will create and experience radical change in the coming decades.

Primary Researcher:
Miriam Lueck Avery