Join us for an engaging and insightful Fireside Chat with Marcus Barber to help you navigate the foresight field. He will share common challenges and provide tips for success, explore effective framing models, and delve into two quick case studies—one of disaster and one of delight—to provide practical insights and lessons learned. Additionally, you'll have the opportunity to share thoughts and ideas in an interactive discussion segment, gaining diverse perspectives and innovative solutions.

Get an advance preview of Roger Spitz’s next book slated for publication in September 2024 - Disrupt With Impact: Achieve Business Success in an Unpredictable World. The world does not need another generic techno-optimist book narrowly focused on formulaic innovation or business optimization recipes. Rather than getting bogged down by fleeting trends, this book prioritizes signals over noise, investigating the fundamentals of underlying change and evaluating their next-order impacts. From tackling major challenges like sustainability and artificial intelligence to navigating geopolitical shifts, disinformation and cybersecurity risks, be empowered to explore uncharted waters with a compass calibrated for the unpredictable. Roger has dedicated his career to advising boards, leadership teams, and investors on strategy under uncertainty. The book distills the futures intelligence garnered from a rich tapestry of experiences. It discards tired and outdated formulas, recognizing the diminishing effectiveness of pre-cooked playbooks in our unpredictable world. Ultimately the true impact of innovation isn’t in its disruptiveness. Rather, it lies in its ability to ignite hope, unlock new possibilities, and catalyze positive transformations across systems.

Creating Horizontal Spaces for Participatory Futures - The Case of Transform Methodology TRANSFORM is an innovative methodology that leverages the power of shared food preparation to facilitate meaningful dialogue and collaboration around shaping collective futures. Developed in response to the limitations of traditional stakeholder engagement approaches, TRANSFORM creates inclusive spaces where diverse participants can explore challenges and opportunities through embodied, sensory experiences. By intertwining food-related activities with futures thinking, TRANSFORM transcends conventional foresight tools, emphasizing collective belief in and mapping of pathways toward preferred futures. This approach has enabled stakeholders, from farmers and chefs to policymakers, to engage in candid discussions, break down power dynamics, and collectively envision sustainable development trajectories for their communities. TRANSFORM has been successfully applied in various contexts, including online community gatherings, speculative experiences for corporate executives, and participatory government planning processes. In each case, the methodology has proven effective in fostering authentic dialogue, inspiring action-oriented thinking, and cultivating a shared sense of agency and ownership among participants.

The integration of behavioural science research into strategic foresight methodologies provides a multi-disciplinary perspective that allows for the development of robust public policy that is able to respond to the complexities of an increasingly uncertain world. Dr Lavery has pioneered a method of putting human behaviour at the centre of strategic foresight processes to bring a more nuanced understanding of how humans respond to societal disruptions. By drawing upon a rich body of behavioural scientific literature, Dr Lavery brings to light the complexities of human behaviour and provide examples of how people might respond to change in ways that may at first seem surprising, irrational or unexpected.

Games are a powerful medium for exploring possible futures but they can be intimidating to design. Randy has designed dozens of games, often in collaboration with large organizations like the UN or WEF. In this talk, he'll present the collaborative design process he uses for creating foresight games that are fun and effective. He'll walk through the steps of the design process, calling out how to derisk the game and keep the team aligned. Along the way, he'll share specific advice on when to use different design patterns; how to empower stakeholders to contribute, even if it's their first time designing a game; and how to help facilitators successfully run the game.

James will discuss his recent workshop at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore, exploring the future of how Singapore can upgrade its heat governance capacity. James conducted the workshop using the 3 Horizons framework to assess how to achieve short term (1 year), medium term (3 year) and long term (5 year) preferred heat governance futures. James will share the lessons he learned from his workshop experience, and how this will inform his practice of futures and foresight moving forward.

The 23rd Annual Summit of the 2b AHEAD ThinkTank, which will take place from 12-13 June 2024 in Leipzig/Germany. As one of the leading and most traditional foresight events, they have been driving groundbreaking insights and innovation in the world since 2002. As a fellow contributor to this cause, they would like to extend a special offer to APF members so that you can be part of this year’s Annual Summit.

Tenkuä is a game of participatory futures and social imagination that uses discontent and friction as an engine for change. This working model combines university communities (students, faculty, administrators, and neighbors) to imagine alternative futures with a 4-step dynamic inspired by the generic Voros model. As part of the exhibition, we will present a list of more than 70 future games worldwide, discuss the importance of games for imagining the future, and refer to the most recent work we will publish in the Journal of Futures Studies.

Member Roulette helps you meet other APF members around the world who share your commitment to brighter futures. In one hour, you’ll meet one-on-one with other professional futurists who can expand your network and broaden your perspective.

Member Roulette helps you meet other APF members around the world who share your commitment to brighter futures. In one hour, you’ll meet one-on-one with other professional futurists who can expand your network and broaden your perspective.

Engineering planning methods are relatively linear and predictive – it generally assumes similar conditions to the present, in the future. However, this is not reality. In this session we will look at a pilot project where we merged qualitative data (from using strategic foresight methods) into traditional engineering planning.