Mapping the new possible
IFTF’s best known annual showcase of the ten critical forecasts and forces shaping what's to come, with a Map of the Decade and an event.
Now in its fifth decade, the Ten-Year Forecast invites you to:
Adopt a longer view of emerging technologies, trends, and behaviors
Explore inspiring future possibilities for your community and organization
Peek behind the scenes of IFTF's leading-edge foresight practice and global network of practitioners
IFTF's Ten-Year Forecast Showcases the Most Urgent Futures to Consider
Every year we gather our network of foresight practitioners, business leaders, expert researchers, and artists to share in-depth research on the ways a critical theme — from the human biome to societal collapse, from economic innovation to the rise of Gen Z — will frame changes throughout the social, environmental, economic, technological, and political aspects of our world in the years to come.
The results are a set of ten forecasts in the form of a Map of the Decade, released each year, representing the very best of IFTF's research, storytelling, and design. It offers a 30,000-foot view of the future forces that, while they may appear noisy and disruptive today, are poised to shape the operating landscape of the coming decade.
Explore IFTF's Ten-Year Forecasts; learn how to partner with IFTF and participate in upcoming summits and events; and receive exclusive access to brand-new research.
At the IFTF Ten-Year Forecast 2025-2035: Sanctuaries for Social Imagination, we’ll explore:
- A decade of extreme risk and unpredictability in how we learn, work, govern, and heal, requiring new strategies for organizations, communities, and individuals.
- Immersive and interactive AI-augmented foresight sessions that model new organizational patterns, habits and opportunities of the AI era.
- Post-Chaos scenarios beyond the current horizon that can inspire us to action today.
IFTF Ten-Year Forecast
Summits
Oct 27 - Oct 29, 2025
290 South California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA
Highlights from Episodes of IFTF Ten-Year Forecast 2023
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