The Dubai Future Academy by the Dubai Future Foundation launched news courses on Foresight in October and November 2023.

Our CEO Jerome C. Glenn will facilitate a course on “Methods to Develop Scenario Content” in October 25-26, 2023. In this course, participants will go through a logical sequence to develop content for scenarios using tools such as Horizon Scanning, AI, Futures Wheel, cross-impact, Characteristics Matrix, and Delphi. This course will be a mix of lecture, discussion, and hands-on exercises. The relationship between futures research and scenario construction will be stressed throughout the course. For more information and enrollment, visit https://www.dubaifuture.ae/methods-to-develop-scenario-content https://www.dubaifuture.ae/methods-to-develop-scenario-content.

Paul Saffo, member of the Board of Directors and the Silicon Valley Node of The Millennium Project, will facilitate a course on “Innovation Foresight. Identifying long-term Science/Technology trends and their business/policy implications” in November 22-23, 2023. He will present a framework for understanding the process of how new technologies emerge and diffuse with an emphasis on translating insights into business/policy applications. The course will employ the AI field as a central case study illustrating the overall process as well as a focal area for identifying future AI trends and impacts, with a focus on opportunities for Dubai. For more information and enrollment, visit https://www.dubaifuture.ae/innovation-foresight.