State of the Future – 2017-1997

State of the Future

Since 1997, The Millennium Project has published 19 editions of The State of Future in 8 languages: English, Spanish, Chinese, French, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, and Bulgarian. Most of the nineteen annual State of the Future reports were selected by Future Survey as among the year’s best books on the future.

“The State of the Future is an informative publication that gives invaluable insights into the future for the United Nations, its Member States, and civil society.”
 

— Ban Ki-moon, Ex-Secretary-General of the United Nations

“Everyone, and I mean EVERYONE, should read this incredible document, period!”
   

— Technological Forecasting & Social Change

The Millennium Project releases the State of the Future 20.0

A unique and extensive overview of Future Issues & Opportunities compiled by The Millennium Project, including 5 Global Challenges (briefs, actions, regional issues) to understand change, plus Future Index, governing future AGI, UN 2.0 Foresight, Robots 2050, and more WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, September 16, 2024 — The State of the Future 20.0 is a whopping 500-page […]

Inclusive Science Conference 2024 – Oct. 7-8, 2024

The Inclusive Science Conference 2024, scheduled for October 7-8, 2024 in Porto, aims to explore and promote equity and inclusivity in scientific research, bringing together researchers, policymakers, and advocates to discuss strategies for making science more accessible and representative of diverse communities. The final conference will showcase the outcomes of four years scientific actions in […]

Ljubljana Forum – October 3, 2024

The Ljubljana Forum 2024 on Futures For Cities AI and the model of Ideal City is set to take place on October 3, 2024, at the Ljubljana Castle, Slovenia. This significant event will bring together global leaders, city developers, policymakers, and experts to discuss city challenges, futures scenarios and the role of new emerging technologies such us […]

TransVision Madrid 2024 – Oct. 1, 2024

The highly anticipated TransVision Madrid 2024 conference is set to take place from October 1, 2024. This event, organized by the Spanish Transhumanist Association with notable involvement from José Cordeiro, Venezuela Node Chair and RIBER president, will bring together leading futures experts, innovators, and enthusiasts to explore the future of human enhancement and technological integration. […]

Ufuk Tarhan from the Turkey Node on Futures Studies and Global Trends

On September 6, 2024, renowned Turkish journalist and opinion leader Fatih Altaylı hosted Ufuk Tarhan, Co-Chair of the Turkey Node of The Millennium Project, on his highly popular YouTube show, Teke Tek (“One to One”). Altaylı invited Tarhan to explore her work as a futurist, as well as the significance of future-oriented thinking in a […]

David Wood and Puruesh Chaudhary at the GAIN Summit in Riyadh – Sept. 10-12, 2024

David Wood, Co-Chair of the UK Node of The Millennium Project, and Puruesh Chaudhary, Chair of the Pakistan Node, participated in the “Global AI Now, Next, Never” – GAIN Summit, September 10-12, 2024, in Riyadh, where significant discussions on the future of artificial intelligence unfolded. In a recent report on Day 1 of the event, […]

Desafíos de Futuro y Prospectiva del Siglo XXI with Ibon Zugasti – October 8, 2024

The Instituto Universitario de Análisis Económico y Social (IAES), University of Alcalá, is organizing a new series of international dialogues on challenges of the future and perspectives on the XXI century, coordinated by Héctor Casanueva, Chair of the Chile Node of The Millennium Project, and hosting experts and international actors discussing megatrends, challenges, opportunities, and risks of the future. […]

Bled Strategic Forum short report – September 2-3, 2024

Blaž Golob, Chair of the Slovenia Node, and Sirkka Heinonen, Co-Chair of the Helsinki Node, joined the Bled Strategic Forum on “World of Parallel Realities”, an annual international conference taking place in in picturesque Alpine setting of Lake Bled, Slovenia. The conference, taking place this year in September 2-3, 2024, is a gathering of participants […]

Ibon Zugasti at the Reception for Nordic Companies during UNGA 2024 – Sept. 22, 2024

On September 22, 2024, the Reception hosted by the Nordic UN Global Compact Networks and Finnish American Chamber of Commerce will bring together leaders from across the Nordic region to discuss urgent sustainability challenges and innovative solutions. This high-profile reception for Nordic Companies is set to take place during the 79th UN General Assembly in New York, […]

SAFN Report Unveils Crucial Insights Ahead of Sri Lanka’s 2024 Presidential Election

The South Asia Foresight Network (SAFN) has just released its much-anticipated report, “Sri Lanka Presidential Election 2024: Political and Economic Analysis,” at the National Press Club on September 9, 2024. The report, launched by Asanga Abeyagoonasekera, SAFN Chair, in collaboration with Jerome C. Glenn of The Millennium Project, Poonam Sharma from Global Strat View, and […]

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State of the Future version 19.0

by Jerome C. Glenn, Elizabeth Florescu, and The Millennium Project Team

Pages: 208; includes some 50 graphs
ISBN: 978-0-9882639-5-6
Library of Congress Control Number:
98-646672

“An important example of using scientific methods and collective intelligence to help us understand and act better for the future.”
— Phil Mjwara, Director General, Ministry of Science & Technology, South Africa

“Outstanding report!”
— Jim Spohrer, Director, Cognitive Opentech Group, IBM

“A high level, reliable intellectual compass for the conflict ridden, and uncertain world advancing toward the mid-century.”
— Mihály Simai, former Chairman, United Nations University

“The indispensable guide for futurists and aspiring global citizens everywhere.”
— Hazel Henderson, Futurist, author, CEO, Ethical Markets Media

“Without this kind of guidance, many people would lose their way and get lost in their decision making process.”
— Julio Millan, President, Azteca Corporation, Mexico

“The State of the Future has proved useful for better addressing our resilience objectives.”
— Lina Liakou, Thessaloniki Vice Mayor and Chief Resilience Officer

“Great source of inspiration and focus to our organizations.”

— Michael Bodekaer, CEO, Learn-Technologies

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2015-16 State of the Future

by Jerome C. Glenn, Elizabeth Florescu, and The Millennium Project Team

 

  • Paperback: 290 pages
  • Publisher: The Millennium Project; 1 edition (August 1, 2015)
  • Language: English; Spanish; Japanese.
  • ISBN-10: 0988263920
  • ISBN-13: 978-0988263925
  • Package Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.8 x 0.7 inches

“A lucid, thought-provoking, strategically oriented exploration of the transforming world order.”
— Mihaly Simai, former Chairman, United Nations University

“The State of the Future can make a difference in the world. Well done.”
— Wendell Bell, Professor Emeritus, Yale University

“Global intelligence on the future of the world in the palm of your hand.”
— Kurzweil AI News

“So important for many people around the world.”
— Eleonora Masini, former Secretary and President, World Futures Studies Federation

“Absolutely worth the reader’s time… takes the reader much farther forward than most thinking.”
— Defense & Foreign Affairs Policy Journal

“Strategic Planning for the Planet… remarkably articulate and prescient.”
— Willian Halal, Foresight Journal

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2013-14 State of the Future

by Jerome C. Glenn, Theodore J. Gordon, and Elizabeth Florescu

  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: The Millennium Project; 1 edition (April 15, 2014)
  • Language: English; Spanish; Arabic; Bulgarian; Korean.
  • ISBN: 978-0-9882639-1-8
  • Library of Congress Control Number:
    98-646672

“The most influential annual report on what we know about the future of humanity.”
— Paul Werbos, National Science Foundation“One of the premier guides to global future trends for asset managers.”
— Hazel Henderson, President, Ethical Markets“Global intelligence on the future of the world in the palm of your hand.”
— KurzweilAI News“Strategic Planning for the Planet… remarkably articulate and prescient.”
— Willian Halal, Foresight Journal

“The SOF report continues, year after year, to be the best introduction—by far
—to a broad range of major global issues and long-term remedies.”

— Michael Marien, Global Foresight Books

“Brilliant! Never ending source of invention and creativity.”
— Riel Miller, Foresight Director, UNESCO

Executive Summary (pdf): Arabic, Azeri, Bulgarian, Chinese, English, French, Greek, Korean, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, and Spanish

2012 State of the Future

by Jerome C. Glenn, Theodore J. Gordon, and Elizabeth Florescu

 

  • CD-ROM: 10000 pages
  • Publisher: The Millennium Project; 1 edition (August 1, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0981894194
  • ISBN-13: 978-0981894195
  • Library of Congress Control Number: 98-646672
  • Product Dimensions: 0.5 x 8.5 x 10.8 inches

“Fascinating read”
— Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald & co-winner Pulitzer Prize     

 “A must read for any decision maker”
— Enrique Peña Nieto, Governor of the State of Mexico

“The best introduction to the major global issues and long-term remedies”

— Global Foresight Books

“The value and role of The Millennium Project is priceless.”

— Shamsaddin Hajiyev Gummat, Chair, Sci & Educ., Parliament of Azerbaijan

CD containing about 10, 000 + pages of research behind the print edition and The Millennium Project’s 16 years of cumulative research and methods.

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2011 State of the Future

by Jerome C. Glenn, Theodore J. Gordon, and Elizabeth Florescu

 

  • Paperback: 100 pages
  • Publisher: The Millennium Project; 1 edition (August 1, 2011)
  • Language: English; Spanish
  • ISBN: 978-0-9818941-5-7
  • Library of Congress Control Number: 98-646672
  • Product Dimensions: 0.5 x 8.5 x 10.8 inches

Paperback with CD 100-page print and an attached CD containing about 8,500 + pages of research behind the print edition and The Millennium Project’s 15 years of cumulative research and methods.

Read the Executive Summary (PDF file):Arabic, Azeri, Bulgarian, Chinese, English, French, Greek, Korean, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, and Spanish

See articles in the “Press Room

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2010 State of the Future

by Jerome C. Glenn, Theodore J. Gordon, and Elizabeth Florescu

 

  • Paperback: 90 pages
  • Publisher: The Millennium Project; 1 edition (July 7, 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0981894135
  • ISBN-13: 978-0981894133
  • Product Dimensions: 0.2 x 8.5 x 10.8 inches

Paperback with CD

83-page print and an attached CD containing about 7,000 pages of research behind the print edition and The Millennium Project’s 14 years of cumulative research and methods.

Read the Executive Summary (PDF file): Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Persian, Spanish

See articles in Ray Kurzweil’s Blog: “The State of the Future”
Wired: “Futurists ponder planet, avoid despairing…”
and others in the “press room

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2009 State of the Future

by Jerome C. Glenn, Theodore J. Gordon, and Elizabeth Florescu

 

  • Paperback: 100 pages
  • Publisher: The Millennium Project; 1 edition (August 1, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: 978-0-9818941-2-6
    Library of Congress Control Number:
    98-646672
  • Product Dimensions: 0.2 x 8.5 x 10.8 inches

Paperback with CD

100-page print and an attached CD containing about 6,700 pages of research behind the print edition and The Millennium Project’s 13 years of cumulative research and methods.

Read the Executive Summary (PDF file): English, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Persian, Spanish

See articles in The Independent: “The planet’s future…”
Sunday Herald
: “The seven terrors of the world”
and others in the “press room

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2008 State of the Future

by Jerome C. Glenn, Theodore J. Gordon, and Elizabeth Florescu

 

  • Paperback: 100 pages
  • Publisher: Millennium Project; 1 edition (August 5, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: 978-0-9818941-0-2
    Library of Congress Control Number:
    98-646672
  • Product Dimensions: 0.2 x 8.2 x 10.8 inches

 

Paperback with CD-ROM
… enclosed CD contains about 6,300 pages of research behind this print edition, as well as the Millennium Project’s 12 years of study and analysis.

Read the Executive Summary (PDF file): Arabic, Azeri, Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Russian, Spanish

Listed first in the TOP TEN 2008 der Zukunftsliteratur (best future literature in 2008) by pro ZUKUNFT, Austria, and among the “Best Books and Reports” by World Future Society Futures Survey‘s Annual Indexes and Best Books.

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2007 State of the Future

by Jerome C. Glenn and Theodore J. Gordon

 

  • Paperback: 99 pages
  • Publisher: World Federation of UN Associations; 1 edition (August 2, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0-9722051-6-0
  • Library of Congress Control Number: 98-646672
  • Product Dimensions: 0.2 x 8.2 x 10.5 inches

Paperback with CD-ROM

… enclosed CD contains over 6,000 pages of research behind
this print edition, plus the Millennium Project’s eleven years of
cumulative research & methods.

Read the Executive Summary (PDF file) Azeri, Chinese, English,
French, Persian, Russian, Spanish

Press Release

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2006 State of the Future

by Jerome C. Glenn and Theodore J. Gordon

 

  • Paperback: 125 pages
  • Publisher: American Council for the UNU; 1 edition (August 1, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0-9722051-5-2
  • Library of Congress Control Number: 98-646672
  • Product Dimensions: 0.5 x 8.8 x 11 inches

Paperback with CD-ROM

… enclosed CD contains over 5,400 pages of research behind this print edition, plus the Millennium Project’s nine years of cumulative research and methods.

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2005 State of the Future

by Jerome C. Glenn and Theodore J. Gordon

  • Paperback: 100 pages
  • Publisher: American Council for the UNU (July 20, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: 0-9722051-4-4
    Library of Congress Control Number:
    98-646672
  • Product Dimensions: 0.5 x 8.8 x 11 inches

 

Paperback with CD-ROM

… enclosed CD contains over 3,500 pages of research behind this print edition, plus the Millennium Project’s nine years of cumulative research and methods.

Read the Executive Summary (PDF file) English, Chinese, French,Japanese, Persian, Spanish, Czech

The report is also available in French: 2005 L’Etat du Ftutur

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2004 State of the Future

by Jerome C. Glenn and Theodore J. Gordon

 

  • Paperback: 98 pages
  • Publisher: American Council for the UNU (July 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0-9722051-2-8
  • Library of Congress Control Number: 2004108659
  • Package Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches

 

Paperback with CD-ROM

… enclosed CD contains over 3,000 pages of research behind
this print edition, plus the Millennium Project’s eight years of
cumulative research and methods.

Read the Executive Summary (PDF file): English, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Spanish

Paperback Edition (English)

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2003 State of the Future

by Jerome C. Glenn and Theodore J. Gordon

 

  • Paperback: 96 pages
  • Publisher: American Council for the UNU (July 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: 0-9722051-0-1
  • Library of Congress Control Number: 2003107816
  • Product Dimensions: 0.5 x 8.8 x 11 inches

Paperback with CD-ROM

… enclosed CD contains over 2,500 pages of research behind this print edition, plus the Millennium Project’s seven years of cumulative research and methods.

Table of Contents

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2002 State of the Future

by Jerome C. Glenn and Theodore J. Gordon

 

  • Paperback: 100 pages
  • CD-ROM: 2,000 pages
  • Publisher: American Council for the United Nations (August 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: 0-9657362-9-6
  • Product Dimensions: 0.5 x 8.5 x 11 inches

2002 State of the Future is a unique resource for those who care about global change and improving the future. It provides an assessment of the human situation as a whole, prospects for the future, and actions for today. It is used by both those who need the most precise briefings and those who want the full research background. Each chapter in the book is an executive summary of more complete reports in the CD-ROM section of about 2,000 pages. As a result, it provides a common platform for global actors, educators, and the concerned public to use in building more coherent policy.

Paperback with CD-ROM. 100 pages print and about 2,000 pages CD-ROM

Read the Executive Summary (PDF file): Persian

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2001 State of the Future

by Jerome C. Glenn and Theodore J. Gordon

 

  • Paperback: 90 pages
  • CD-ROM: 1,500 pages
  • Publisher: American Council for the United Nations (August 1, 2001)
  • ISBN: 0-9657362-8-8
  • Product Dimensions: 0.5 x 8.2 x 10.8 inches

“The Millennium Project on the State of the Future combines, as it should, flights of imagination into the far future with tightly focused analyses of present challenges.  An indispensable volume for those who seek both the inspiration and enlightenment needed to meet the challenges that will make a productive future possible.”
— Michael W. Doyle, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General, United Nations

Paperback with CD-ROM. 90 pages print and 1,500 page CD-ROM.

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State of the Future at the Millennium

by Jerome C. Glenn and Theodore J. Gordon

 

  • Paperback: 92 pages
  • CD-ROM: 1000 pages
  • Publisher: American Council for the United Nations (July 22, 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: 0-9657362-6-1
  • Product Dimensions: 0.5 x 11.2 x 9 inches

“The past can only be described, but we can write the future together. The State of the Future offers us a creative and new project of hope.”

Frederico Mayor, former Director-General of UNESCO

Best selling book at the July 23-26, 2000 World Future Society Conference.

State of the Future at the Millennium is a “report card on the future” written as an easy guide to what’s happing that can change the world with a range of views from around the world about who should do what to improve our prospects. This is what the educated world citizen should know. It gives you a sense of how humanity can get it all together.

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1999 State of the Future: Challenges We Face at the Millennium

Jerome C. Glenn and Theodore J. Gordon

 

  • Paperback: 340 pages
  • Publisher: Amer Council for the United Nations; 1 edition (July 22, 1999)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: 0-9657362-3-7
  • ISBN (CD-ROM format): 0-9657362-4-5
  • Product Dimensions: 1 x 8.8 x 11.2 inches

“The State of the Future distilles both foresight and genuine wisdom for humanity’s common future – from a global, multi-cultural collegium of advanced thinkers assembled by the Millennium Project. A major social innovation.”

— Hazel Henderson

“Scouting the future frontier into which we so slowly moved wasn’t particularly challenging yesteryear.  Hugely different now; more so tomorrow, as this book reveals.  It is an eye opener: sober, challenging, exciting, appropriately scary.  It’s something you should read if  you expect to go along, especially if you would like to affect the route.”

— Doug Engelbart

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1998 State of the Future: Issues and Opportunities

by Jerome C. Glenn and Theodore J. Gordon

15 global opportunities with judgements about polices to achieve them, interactions with 15 global issues from 1997 report, global exploratory and normative scenarios, lessons and questions from history, and annotated bibliography of 250 scenarios.

  • Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: American Council for the United Nations; 1 edition (July 15, 1998)
  • ISBN: 0-9657362-1-0
  • Product Dimensions: 0.8 x 8.2 x 10.8 inches

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1997 State of the Future: Implications for Actions Today

by Jerome C. Glenn and Theodore J. Gordon

15 global issues with judgements about polices to address them, global scenarios, methodological issues, internet scanning, and annotated bibliography of 200 scenarios.

  • Paperback: 202 pages
  • Publisher: American Council for the United Nations University (1997)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: 0-9657362-0-2
  • SBN: 987-20343-0-3

Paperback Edition (English)

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