Build a Workable Future with IFTF

As we grapple with the future of an on-demand global workforce, all of us need to engage in envisioning positive platforms that ensure a workable future for everyone. In July, our Workable Futures Initiative met with the U.S. Department of Labor as part of our call-to-action to blueprint positive platforms—and indeed to rethink the future of work itself. More »

#10YF2015: The Seven-Economy Future

In May, our annual Ten-Year Forecast conference delved into the fragmented reality of the Seven-Economy Future, a framework that expands our traditional understanding of the global economy to consider the seven distinct economies that will influence markets, communities and organizations in the coming decade. Starting this week, we'll give you a peek at the research with a set of videos and forecast highlights on our website. More »

Food Futures Lab at Expo Milano

IFTF's Food Futures Lab was on the world's stage with a series of talks and events at the 2015 World's Fair, Expo Milano: Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life. From a research presentation at the USA Pavilion to a keynote at the European Commission's Food Safety and Nutrition 2050 conference, we brought a futures perspective to the urgent challenges shaping the future of food. More »

Have you met our Future for Good Fellows?

Our 2015 class of Future for Good Fellows are developing the practice of foresight while inviting IFTF into their world of social invention. Over the next months, the Fellows and IFTF staff will share their experiences exploring the edges on our Future Now blog. More »

What futures are we imagining for 2025?

TECHNOLOGY HORIZONS

Human+Machine Futures: Algorithms, Identities, and Device Ensembles
We are engaged in a never-ending coevolution with machines. As they become more deeply embedded in our bodies and environments, the distinction between human and machine, natural and artificial, will blur ... More »

HEALTH FUTURES LAB

Rethinking Health Care Models: Navigating the Ascending Curve
Picking up on Clayton Christensen's argument that false boundaries constrain innovation, we're exploring how lines between institutions and communities, expert and patient, data silos and flows, will be erased and ... More »

FOOD FUTURES LAB

Epicenters of Food Innovation: Local Dynamics of Global Change
Critical technologies, social innovations, and market opportunities shape agriculture, food distribution, manufacturing, retail, and eating. How will these come together in the next decade to accelerate innovation? More »

Join us at an upcoming IFTF event

THE APOCALYPSE PROJECT: HOUSE OF FUTURES ART EXHIBITION

The Apocalypse Project: House of Futures is a six-month exhibition that explores our environmental futures in the anthropocene under the guise of a boutique store. At our Future Gallery, you can view and interact with wearable products—such as clothing, shoes, hats, jewelry, and perfumes—and engage in interactive experiences through interdisciplinary projects. The exhibition will welcome audiences of all ages and include free public events. Join us September 21 for opening night and September 22 for a lunch talk with the artist. The exhibition runs September 21, 2015 - April 30, 2016. More »

UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME LUNCH TALK | AUG 13

Join Future for Good Fellow Natalie Foster and Peter Barnes, author of With Liberty and Dividends for All, for a lunch discussion about the prospects of a future universal basic income. Is it really feasible in the United States? If so, how, and when? Lunch is free and space is limited. RSVP today! More »
 

FORESIGHT PRACTITIONERS WORKSHOP | SEPT 1-3

Learn the nuts and bolts of IFTF’s foresight methodologies and tools to become a foresight leader in your organization! Three sessions, including one specific to the health care industry, remain in 2015. Check the website for all upcoming dates. More »

OPTIMIZING BODY AREA NETWORKS | OCT 22-23

In the next decade, devices creating a new ecosystem of personal technology—Body Area Networks—will transform our lives. How will we configure these networks for health, work, entertainment, or intimacy? Join our Technology Horizons Program in Palo Alto. More »

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