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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
Tue, Aug 10, 2021 • 10:00am PDT | 1:00pm EDT | 17:00 UTC
90 minutes | Public | $99
Calvin 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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Webinar
IFTF FORESIGHT TALKS: Freedom Dreaming in the Midst of Emergency - Methods from the Afrofuture
Thu, Aug 12, 2021 • 9:00am PDT | 12:00pm EDT | 16:00 UTC
60 minutes | Public | Free
Join us when Hodari Davis, IFTF foresight faculty, will interview Calvin Williams, Founder of Wakanda Dream Lab, about the importance of dreaming and how to design world building processes to manifest the impossible into the inevitable. Learn about the purpose and practices behind Black freedom dreaming. How can we interrogate injustice in our futuring processes?
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Workshop
MAKE-UP SESSION: From Carbon Neutral to Climate Positive—Map of the Decade 2021-2031
Wed, Aug 24, 2021 • 8am PDT | 12pm EDT | 15:00 UTC
3 hours | IFTF Vantage partners only
In this collaborative workshop exclusively for IFTF Vantage partners, we'll explore new research forecasts on how organizations will leverage new developments in technology, finance, culture, and policy to PREPARE for imminent climate events, ADAPT operations to conditions of the next decade, and TRANSFORM their organization to be climate positive over the next 10 years and beyond.
Training
IFTF SCENARIO BUILDING
Sept 10-20, 2021 • 9am PDT | 12pm EDT | 16:00 UTC
5sessions (3 hrs each) | Public | Paid | Limited seats available; early registration recommended
Learn the art and science of crafting alternative futures scenarios and develop an action plan around them. Join Executive Director Marina Gorbis 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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Webinar
LEARN WITH IFTF: FORESIGHT ESSENTIALS
Thu, Sep 23, 2021 • 8:30am PDT | 11:30am EDT | 15:30 UTC
30 minutes | Public | Free
Join Institute for the Future’s renowned foresight learning experts Sara Skvirsky and Wayne Pan 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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Summit
IFTF TEN-YEAR FORECAST 2021
Sept 27-Oct 1, 2021
Details forthcoming | Tickets included with IFTF Vantage partnership
Save the date for our annual thought-provoking gathering on the future of society, economy, work, organizations, and technology, with exclusive sessions for IFTF Vantage partners. The Ten-Year Forecast Summit provides experiences, tools, and networks to empower attendees to find the signals amongst the noise and build better futures for all.
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Training
IFTF FORESIGHT ESSENTIALS
Oct 6-Nov 10, 2021 • 5am PDT | 8am EDT | 12:00 UTC
6 sessions (4 hrs each & 90 min 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 DESIGN FUTURES
Nov 11-12, 2021 • 9am PDT (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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Training
IFTF FORESIGHT ESSENTIALS
Nov 30-Dec 15, 2021 • 8am PST | 11am EST | 14:00 UTC
6 sessions (4 hrs each & 90 min 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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