On Oct 26-29, 2021 the 24th World Futures Studies, “The Openness of Futures“, will take place both in Berlin and online. The conference theme reflects the broad dimensions and dynamics of futures studies and describes an arena in which we explore the expansiveness of our imagination – an open universe prepared to deal with the grand challenges of our time, beautifully articulated as desirable visions of sustainable progress and hope.

Meetings involving the Millennium Project members are the following:

October 27

Sensorium, SES Work/Tech 2050: A Novel Version of the Scenario Exploration System by Epaminondas Christophilopoulos (Greece Node), 2.00 pm – 3.30 pm CET (in-person).

October 28

Plenary session, panel on “Anticipatory Governance“, Oct. 28, with Epaminondas Christophilopoulos (Greece Node), h 9.30 am – 12.30 am CET (both online and in-person); Watch the video.

Dreams and disruptions: A foresight Game, with Shermon Cruz (Philippines Node), h 5.00 – 5.50 pm CET (online). Watch the video.

Misterious Faces of Hybridisation. Case: Anticipatory Hybrid Governance (AHG), with Sirkka Heinonen (Finland Node), h 6.00 pm – 6.50 pm CET (online). Watch the video.

Talk by Jerome Glenn (MP CEO), Why we have to start working on AGI Governance Now, h 7.00 pm – 7.20 pm pm CET (online). Watch the video.

Seminar about “Eleonora Barbieri Masini seminar “Futures Sisters”“, h 7.00 pm – 8.50 pm CET (online), chaired by Rosa Alegria (Brazil Node), with the participation of some of our node chairs, such as Geci Karuri-Sebina (South Africa Node). Watch her pre-recorded video and the seminar video.

Talk by Rosa Alegria (Brazil Node), Transetarian evolution: Intergenerational Futures for post-covid times, h 8.00 pm – 8.20 pm CET (online). Watch the video.

October 29

Globalarium, Talk by José Luis Cordeiro (Venezuela and RIBER Nodes), The Singularity is Near! Is it?, h 11.30 am – 12.00 am CET (in-person and online). Watch the video.

Imaginarium, Talk by Yashar Saghai (The Netherlands Node), If The World Will Never Be the Same, Will I Change Too? Anticipated Moral Orientation Change (AMOC) In Generation X Narratives of Desirable Post-Corona Futures, h 11.30 -12.00 CET (in-person).

Sensorium, Foresight Europe Network annual Meeting, h 4.00 pm – 5.30 pm CET (in-person).

A window into the Futures of the Philippines with Shermon Cruz and Lizan E. Perante-Calina (Philippines Node), 8.00 – 8.50 pm CET (online). Watch the video.

More information can be found on the conference website: https://wfsfconferenceberlin2021.org/