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IFTF Events
Institute for the Future brings people together to make the future—today. Whether you’re a strategic leader in a large organization, a practicing foresight professional, a community leader, or simply interested in learning more about futures thinking, IFTF events can help you turn foresight into critical insights that lead to action.
Explore the list of upcoming events below and check back regularly for new additions and other updates!
Training
IFTF FAST FUTURES: Foresight for Beginners in 90 Minutes
Thu, Oct 6, 2022 • 9am PDT | 12pm EDT | 16:00 UTC
90 minutes | Public | $99
Are you curious about foresight, but don't know anything about it yet? Join us for IFTF Fast Futures—a 90-minute, introductory-level online learning experience that will teach you how to get started with your own creative foresight! Led by IFTF Research Director Jane McGonigal, Ph.D., this live-online training is designed for individuals with little or no previous experience with futures thinking or creative foresight.
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Training
DESIGNING SUSTAINABLE FUTURES in partnership with POLI.Design
Oct 7-Dec 12, 2022 • 8am EDT | 12:00 UTC | 2pm CEST
8 sessions (4 hrs each & 1-hr orientation) | Public | Paid | Space is limited; Early registration recommended
Designing Sustainable Futures is an eight-week intensive program to develop the skills and mindset of practitioners who are passionate about building a better world. Whether you have a design or management background, want to create a for-profit or non-profit, the Designing Sustainable Futures course will enable you to strengthen your resilience for making an impact. Starting with the UN's Sustainable Development Goals with specific participants will explore and practice the essential skills of strategic foresight, world building, and transformation.
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Training
IFTF FORESIGHT ESSENTIALS
Oct 11-13, 2022 • 9am-5:30pm • Munich, Germany
3 days | Public | Paid | Space is limited; Early registration recommended
IFTF Foresight Essentials' flagship training is a one-of-a-kind course designed to help individuals and organizations develop their skills in the art and science of foresight. Learn a comprehensive set of tools and frameworks for a complete professional foresight practice.
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Training
IFTF DESIGN FUTURES
Oct 13-14, 2022 • 9am-5pm • Palo Alto, California
2 days | Public | Paid | Space is limited; Early registration recommended
Learn to make the future come alive in the present. Design Futures is a practice that uses design principles, media, and immersive experiences in combination with provocative insights about the future, to help your audience better understand what the future could be.
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Workshop
EXPERIMENTS FOR THE DECISIVE DECADE
Oct 25-26, 2022 • 8am-11am PDT • Online
2 half days | Partner-only | Early registration recommended
Explore new foresight research illuminating how individuals, organizations, and communities are innovating and responding to the major shifts and core challenges of the Decisive Decade. At this workshop exclusively for IFTF Vantage partners, we'll re-imagine our own goals, lives, habits, and routines to adapt to these core challenges of the next 10 years.
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Webinar
IFTF FORESIGHT TALKS with Stuart Candy, Carnegie Mellon University
Thu, Oct 27 • 9am PDT | 12pm EDT
60 minutes | Public | Free
Stuart Candy, decorated futurist and Associate Professor in the Carnegie Mellon School of Design, will talk about his award-winning experiential futures project for the United Nations as well as the current state of the design futures field. More details to come!
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Webinar
LEARN WITH IFTF: Foresight Essentials
Wed, Nov 2, 2022 • 5pm PDT
30 minutes | Public | Free
Join Institute for the Future’s foresight learning experts Lyn Jeffery and Sara Skvirsky for a live 30-minute introductory webinar to see for yourself how IFTF Foresight Essentials builds world-ready, future-ready skills and mindsets. We can help you build foresight and foresight leadership into your daily work and practices!
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Training
IFTF SCENARIO BUILDING
Nov 7-18, 2022 • 9am PST | 12pm EST | 17:00 UTC
5 sessions (3 hrs each) | Public | Paid | Space is limited; Early registration recommended
Learn the art and science of crafting alternative futures scenarios and develop an action plan around them. Join expert IFTF faculty in this in-depth training on scenario building, where we will introduce the mythic underpinnings of the alternative futures method as practiced at IFTF.
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Training
IFTF FORESIGHT ESSENTIALS
Nov 21-Dec 15, 2022 • 9am EST | 14:00 UTC | 3pm CET
6 sessions (4 hrs each & 2 hr orientation) | Public | Paid | Space is limited; Early registration recommended
IFTF Foresight Essentials' flagship training is a one-of-a-kind course designed to help individuals and organizations develop their skills in the art and science of foresight. Learn a comprehensive set of tools and frameworks for a complete professional foresight practice.
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Webinar
PARTNER WITH IFTF: Vantage
Wed, Dec 7, 2022 • 8am PST | 11am EST | 16:00 UTC
30 minutes | Public | Free
Are you prepared to help your organization become more sustainable, resilient, and profitable than ever before? Join us for 30 minutes and learn how our partners prepare to navigate the future using IFTF’s expert strategic foresight and powerful online tools, such as IFTF Future Factors emerging signals platform and Vantage Point strategic foresight hub.
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Training
IFTF FORESIGHT ESSENTIALS
Feb 1-Mar 8, 2023 • 5pm PST | 9am CST/SGT | 12pm AEDT | 2pm NZDT
6 sessions (4 hrs each & 2 hr orientation) | Public | Paid | Space is limited; Early registration recommended
IFTF Foresight Essentials' flagship training is a one-of-a-kind course designed to help individuals and organizations develop their skills in the art and science of foresight. Learn a comprehensive set of tools and frameworks for a complete professional foresight practice.
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Training
IFTF FORESIGHT ESSENTIALS
Feb 28-Apr 4, 2023 • 9am PDT | 12pm EDT | 5pm CET
6 sessions (4 hrs each & 2 hr orientation) | Public | Paid | Space is limited; Early registration recommended
IFTF Foresight Essentials' flagship training is a one-of-a-kind course designed to help individuals and organizations develop their skills in the art and science of foresight. Learn a comprehensive set of tools and frameworks for a complete professional foresight practice.
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Training
IFTF FORESIGHT ESSENTIALS
Mar 28-30, 2023 • 9am-5:30pm PDT • Palo Alto, CA
3 days | Public | Paid | Space is limited; Early registration recommended
IFTF Foresight Essentials' flagship training is a one-of-a-kind course designed to help individuals and organizations develop their skills in the art and science of foresight. Learn a comprehensive set of tools and frameworks for a complete professional foresight practice.
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Training
IFTF SCENARIO BUILDING
Apr 17-May 2, 2023 • 9am PDT | 12pm EDT | 17:00 UTC
5 sessions (3 hrs each) | Public | Paid | Space is limited; Early registration recommended
Learn the art and science of crafting alternative futures scenarios and develop an action plan around them. Join expert IFTF faculty in this in-depth training on scenario building, where we will introduce the mythic underpinnings of the alternative futures method as practiced at IFTF.
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Training
IFTF FORESIGHT ESSENTIALS
May 3-Jun 7, 2023 • 9am EDT | 2pm BST | 3pm CEST
6 sessions (4 hrs each & 2 hr orientation) | Public | Paid | Space is limited; Early registration recommended
IFTF Foresight Essentials' flagship training is a one-of-a-kind course designed to help individuals and organizations develop their skills in the art and science of foresight. Learn a comprehensive set of tools and frameworks for a complete professional foresight practice.
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