26May

The World Futures Day method and the 2021 results on World Futures Review

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Mara Di Berardo, MP Comms Director and Italy Node Co-Chair, has recently published the following paper on the World Futures Review Journal (Volume 14, Issue 2-4): ”The World Future Day Method: A 24-hour Round-The-World Global Discussion” (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/19467567221090539) The paper illustrates the World Future Day (now Futures), our 24-h round-the-world global conversation about the futures as a […]

25May

Tribute to Hazel Henderson

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Sad news of a great futures champion whom we lost on May 22nd in her 89th year. Hazel Henderson was a strong voice for ethics on the Board of the World Future Society, US Office of Technology Assessment (OTA no longer exists, but may come back), Calvert investments (now owned by Morgan Stanley), Worldwatch Institute, Citizens for […]

24May

Can we predict the future? Video interview with Jerome Glenn

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In a recent new video interview by Ultrasynk, Dr. Vijak Haddadi aka Dr V discusses with Jerome Glenn, MP CEO and one of the pioneers of the field of Future Studies, originator of the Future Wheel method used by futurists and consultants worldwide, and founder of the Millennium Project think tank, about Future Studies and […]

23May

Analysis of Work/Tech 2050 on World Futures Review

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Osmo Kuusi and Sirkka Heinonen, Finland Node Co-Chairs, have recently published the following paper on the World Futures Review Journal: “Scenarios From Artificial Narrow Intelligence to Artificial General Intelligence—Reviewing the Results of the International Work/Technology 2050 Study” (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/19467567221101637). The article introduces the Work/Technology 2050 study of the global Millennium Project and its main results. […]

22May

Artificial Intelligence Control – Video by the UK Node

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“Will 2030 be a tipping point for Artificial Intelligence Control?” is a webinar hosted by David Wood of London Futurists and Rohit Talwar of Fast Future, with support from the UK node of the Millennium Project. The webinar continues these organisations’ joint project to explore and understand the rise and implications of AGI (Artificial General […]

20May

Foresight Europe Network Meeting – June 15, 2022

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The next Foresight Europe Network Member Meeting, the first in 2022, will take place on Wednesday, 15th June 2022, from 10-12:30pm EEST (UTC+3), just before the Futures Conference 2022 in Turku, Finland, begins. The meeting is composed by presentations, small group discussions, and participation in a live research project being implemented by FEN Members at […]

19May

Futures studies in Italy survey – deadline May 31, 2022

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The Italy Node of the Millennium Project in collaboration with the Italian Institute for the Future has launched a short survey aiming at understanding the state-of-the-art of futures studies in Italy today. Main objectives of the survey are mapping stakeholders working in the field of futures studies, together with their main activities, and defining main […]

18May

2045 World Build Contest – feedback welcome

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The Millennium Project entered the 2045 World Build Contest aiming at challenging dystopical depictions of the future, and imagining roadmaps towards hopeful ones. The initiative is organized by the Future of Life Institute and calls for: 1) a timeline from 2022 to 2045 with events and data points; 2) short description of a day in […]

12May

Foresight Europe Network member registration/update

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The Foresight Europe Network, one of the regional Nodes of the Millennium Project, is open and voluntary. FEN helps Europe’s foresight people know about each other and be known to each other. The goals are quite simple: to convene, to discuss, and to enable members to autonomously launch their own collaborations. After some months of discussion, […]

09May

United Nations Foresight RealTime Delphi – Deadline July 1, 2022

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The Millennium Project has launched a new RealTime Delphi to request views on implementation strategies for five foresight elements of the UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ report: Our Common Agenda. Participants’ responses will be used for a special report to Executive Office of the UN Secretary-General and in the next State of the Future report. In order […]