Iceland

2019

Institution hosting the Iceland Node: The Icelandic Centre of Future studies

Iceland Node Co-Chairs:

Iceland Node Objectives:

  • To be a leading research centre in future studies in Iceland, in effective co-operation with companies and agencies in Iceland and abroad
  • To participate actively in society-related research projects and other social projects and work on independent and innovative projects in various fields of future studies
  • To raise awareness among the public and business community of the value of differing approaches in the field of future studies
  • To define the driving forces affecting progress in Iceland and abroad.

Recent activities:

  • Presentations and lectures on futures-related issues delivered to companies and organizations.
  • Writing of articles, primarily for newspapers but also for specialist publications, on various future challenges.
  • Similar dissemination through radio programs.
  • Engagement with the Parliamentary Future Committee of Alþingi. In this context, the report prepared for the committee, Green Transitions, was finally published in the spring.
  • Considerable work was devoted to collaboration with the Millennium Project in connection with the platform’s report to the United Nations on global risks and opportunities related to the development of artificial intelligence. Efforts were also made to encourage Icelandic public administration to use the report as background material for special United Nations meetings related to sustainability and artificial intelligence.
  • Collaboration with other Nordic partners on the establishment of a pan-Nordic platform for futurists, under the leadership of Futures Finland. This initiative followed similar work that we initiated in connection with our conference earlier in the year on the development of democracy.
  • Active relations were maintained with international organizations with which we collaborate and hold membership, including the World Futures Studies Federation, Dubai Future Society, the Millennium Project, and the European Futures Network.
  • A master’s-level course in futures studies and scenario analysis was taught at Bifröst University, with close to 70 students enrolled on this occasion.
  • In September, participation took place in a training course in Paris on one of the methods of futures studies, Causal Layered Analysis. The course instructor was Professor Sohail Inayatullah, a highly respected scholar in the field and the originator of the method.
  • Participation also took place in a symposium in London, The Future of the Future.

Some 2021/2022 activities:

  • April 21, 2022. The Expansion of Technology — A Ten-Year Perspective
  • April 28, 2022. Cities of the Future — Leading to 360 Degrees of Sustainability
  • March 1, 2022. The Rise and Consequences of the Development of Artificial Intelligence – The Emergency of AGI — Business and Communities
  • March 24, 2022. The Rise and Consequences of the Development of Artificial Intelligence – The Emergency of AGI
  • March 8, 2022. The Silicon Valley, the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and change management
  • February 15, 2022. The future of the e-currency economy — Research results
  • February 10, 2022. E-currencies — Short-lived pimples or the basis of an economic revolution? Futures in February
  • February 2, 2022. Important Transformations and Scenarios. Futures in February
  • December 10, 2021. Book Presentation on Advent — The Future of Mankind. Our destiny in the universe
  • December 3, 2022. Book presentation on Advent — Meaning by Fríða Ísberg
  • November 18, 2021. The labour market of the future. Wherever you want, whenever you want and with those you want!
  • October 21, 2021. Global Goals and the Future. Just transition?
  • October 2, 2021. Politics and the future — Timely debate one week after the election results
  • September 23, 2122. EY — Corporate Sustainability
  • September 16, 2021. With a milestone in the letter
  • September 3, 2021. Gigg or Gold — How Do We Work in the Future?
  • August 28, 2021. Global Brain — Assumptions and Arguments — Saturday’s Lecture by London Futurist
  • August 18, 2021. Board meeting (closed meeting) of a professional group on futurology
  • July 28, 2021. Three Scenarios for COVID -19 for the United States — Seminar
  • June 23, 2021. On the grounds of longevity — Tomorrow’s event
  • May 26, 2021. Annual General Meeting and Lecture. The best way to predict the future is to create it.

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