Join the Global Conversation on Building a Better Tomorrow

March 1st The Millennium Project and five other international futurist organizations will host the 11th annual World Futures Day – a unique 24-hour online conversation around the world exploring possibilities for our shared future.

WASHINGTON, D.C., February 27, 2024 – World Futures Day begins at 12 noon in New Zealand. This round-the-world event will move westward hour-by-hour, ending 24 hours later in Hawaii. The public is invited to drop in anytime to listen, share ideas, and discuss how to create a better tomorrow with futurists, thought leaders, and engaged citizens worldwide.

“No matter your time zone, you can pull up a virtual chair and join the conversation on Zoom,” said Jerome C. Glenn, CEO of The Millennium Project. “People come and go as they please, sharing insights with global thought leaders on the future”. Each year, total strangers discuss ideas in a relaxed, open, no-agenda conversation making new collaborations and friendships“.

Previous World Futures Days have discussed the transition to Artificial General Intelligence, living in space, inventing the future work, reducing climate change, giving rights to the living planet, fighting transnational organized crime, developing future forms of democracy, countering information warfare, incorporating futures generations and global ethics in decision-making, and identifying and enforcing safety standards for synthetic biology. Who knows what stimulating topics and perspectives will come up this year? “For the fifth time, we’ll be joined at 1 pm Eastern Time USA by Internet pioneer Vint Cerf” added Glenn.  

The Millennium Project, a global foresight participatory think tank, will host this conversation on the future in collaboration with the Association of Professional Futurists (APF), Humanity+, the Lifeboat Foundation, the World Academy of Art and Science, and the World Futures Studies Federation (WFSF).  

The event will begin with tributes to Theodore J. Gordon, the “gentle giant” of futures research who recently passed away. Gordon was the Co-founder of The Millennium Project and contributed more to futures research methodologies than any other futurist in history. 

Members of the press are most welcome to join following Chatham House Rule.

Word Futures Day location: https://zoom.us/j/5524992832?pwd=dVdubUtlUnliQUpsR1ArdE9DVkhGZz09  You can also share your ideas on social media: #worldfuturesday and #WFD. 

Media Contacts: Mara Di Berardo, MaraDiBerardo@millennium-project.org or Jerome Glenn +1-202-669-4410 jerome.glenn@millennium-project.org  

In parallel, a side event called World Futures Day – Young Voices, co-organized on the same day by Teach the Future in collaboration with The Millennium Project together with other partners and friends, will make sure that young people are also included in a global conversation about our futures. Contact: Lisa Giuliani lisa@teachthefuture.org.    

Resources

• Read the press release in English, Italian, Greek, Polish, Spanish (Mexico Node), Spanish (Chile Node invitation), French (France Node), Turkish (Türkiye Node), Icelandic (Iceland Node) – see more in press.
• Link to join WFD: https://zoom.us/j/5524992832?pwd=dVdubUtlUnliQUpsR1ArdE9DVkhGZz09
• World Futures Day Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwmgGNrZdQM
• 2023 WFD short report
• Di Berardo, M., Di Zio, S., Fontanella, L. (2023), “World Futures Day 2022: A mixed method approach to identify topics of a global futures agenda”, Futures (154), 103244, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2023.103244
• Di Berardo, M. (2021). A global discussion about our possible futures during the 2021 World Future Day. Futures (136). February 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2022.102905
• Di Berardo, M. D. (2022). The World Future Day Method: A 24-hour Round-The-World Global Discussion. World Futures Review, 14(2–4), 165–179. https://doi.org/10.1177/19467567221090539
• World Futures Day – Young Voices: https://www.teachthefuture.org/event-details/world-futures-day-young-voices-2024

List of facilitators

• Danesto B. Anacio, School of Environmental Science and Management, University of the Philippines Los Baños
• Adriano V. Autino, Space Renaissance International
• Antje Bierwisch, MCI The Entrepreneurial School
• Olivia Bina, University of Lisboa
• Scot Bryson, Orbital Farm
• Tony Carbonero, El Salvador Node
• Jezreel Larry, Caunca UNESCO Chair, NWU, Philippines
• Puruesh Chaudhary, AGAHI, The Millennium Project
• Epaminondas Christophilopoulos, Greek Millennium Project Node & UNESCO Chair
• Shermon Cruz, TMP Philippines Node, UNESCO Chair, NWU, Philippines
• Margarita De Antuñano, Canada-Mexico Cultural Exchange Centre
• Tom E. Diffenbach, Bellab
• Jerald Edling
• Paul Epping, The Millennium Project
• Carmel Erran, American Univ. Washington DC
• Volney Faustini, FOW Global Network
• Lydia Garrido, Uruguay Millennium Project Node & UNESCO Chair
• Jerome Glenn, The Millennium Project
• Blaž Golob, GFS Institute, The Millennium Project
• Sirkka Heinonen, The Millennium Project
• Manuellita Hermes, World Academy of Art and Science
• Sara Patticia Hernandez Paz, Tecnologico de Monterrrey
• Brock Hinzmann, The Millennium Project
• Syamsuriatina Ishak, Faculty of Law, University of Maastricht
• Nabeel Kassam, Systemic Design Assoc
• M. Imran Khan, World Academy of Art & Science
• Andjelka Kovacevic, University of Belgrade-Faculty of Mathematics
• Liza Loop, Learning Options Center
• Pavel Luksha, Global Education Futures
• Eden Mamut, Black Sea Universities Network
• Ashish Manwar, Association of Professional Futurists
• Nino “Typhoon” Marcantonio, Marcantonio Global DLIF
• Monica Mastrantonio, Arden University, WFO
• Tumelo Mojapelo, Flux Trends
• Raakhee Natha
• Claire Nelson, The Futures Forum
• Kacper Nosarzewski, 4CF, Polish Node The Millennium Project
• Odion Patrick Okougbo
• Concepcion Olavarrieta Nodo Mexicano. El Proyecto del Milenio
• Andy Ouedraogo Cooperation Canada
• Kristiina Paju LHKK
• Kong Yee Peng Kmn Lifeboat Foundation, Polymath Futurist
• Sebastian Plate Ellery Studio GbR
• Janani Ramanathan, World Academy of Art and Science
• Olaf Román
• Lisa Russell Create2030
• Paul Saffo The Millennium Project
• Adam Sarwar
• Graciela Selaimen Toriba Institute
• Dave Tex Smith, Looking Glass Studio
• Rohit Talwar, Fast Future, The Millennium Project
• Ufuk Tarhan Futurists Association Turkie, The Millennium Project
• Luke Tay, Cornucopia FutureScapes
• Amos Taylor, FFRC
• Fabrice Teuguia, RIDING – UP,
• Victoria Ustimenko, PRETO BUSINESS Corp.
• Justine Walter, Digital Impact Labs Leipzig
• Steve Wells, Informing Choices
• Bronwyn Williams, Flux Trends
• André Winzer, Schaltzeit GmbH
• Linda Wong, China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation
• Wensupu(Wen) Yang

Other collateral events

The UNESCO Chair on Anticipatory Governance and Regenerative City, Northwestern University, Philippines, supporting the Philippines Node of The Millennium Project through his chair, Shermon Cruz, invites you to a free workshop on “Futures Wheel Analysis: An Anticipatory Governance Workshop” on March 1st to celebrate World Futures Day.

The workshop is set to take place at 3:00 PM (MANILA TIME), via ZOOM Videoconferencing App, and welcomes everyone interested in shaping the future through anticipatory governance and regenerative thinking.

You can register at https://t.ly/WorldFuturesDayNWU

The Peru Node of The Millennium Project organizes a zoom meeting in Spanish to celebrate the Día Mundial del Futuro on March 1, 7 pm, Peru time (GTM-5). The discussions will focus on global challenges, geopolitical visions for the future, postcapitalist economy, transformational technologies, and sustainability.

You can write an e-mail to fosm1961@gmail.com to attend.