WorldFuture 2012

Meet visionary thought leaders from around the world, including...

Lee Rainie, Director of the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project.

Brian David Johnson, Intel Futurist

Geordie Rose, creator of the D-Wave One, the world's first commercial quantum computer. Rose was named Canadian Innovator of the Year for 2011 by the National Post.

Edie Weiner, President of Weiner, Edrich, Brown, Inc., and co-author of Future Think.

Naveen Jain, founder of Moon Express

Josh Schonwald, journalist and author of the forth-coming book The Taste of Tomorrow: Dispatches from the Future of Food.

July 27-29, at the Sheraton Centre Toronto hotel

Registration for WorldFuture 2012 is open.

Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel / 123 Queen Street West / Toronto, Ontario Canada / Phone: 416-361-1000 (Toll-Free 1-800-325-3535)

The future may be the ultimate “do-it-yourself” project but you don’t have to create it alone!

Join a thousand future-building men and women at the World Future Society’s 2012 conference, to be held in Toronto, July 27-29, at the Sheraton Centre Toronto hotel.

Why Attend WorldFuture 2012?

• Interdisciplinary thinking: WorldFuture conferences are the only global gathering of futurists from across all disciplines. Conference attendees include world-renowned researchers, up and coming thought leaders, foresight consultants, government and security experts, and innovative trend-setters/problem-solvers in ecology, commerce, health, and technology.
• New in 2012: “Speed Futuring,” a fast-paced networking event designed to give you immediate connections with a personal team of other forward-thinking people you can collaborate with beyond the conference weekend.
• World-class learning opportunities: Sessions will include a mix of formats, ranging from rapid-delivery expert seminars to “deeper dive” workshops, where you can take a more examined look at how futuring can shape real-world outcomes.

About The World Future Society and the Conference

Founded in 1966 as a nonprofit educational and scientific organization in Washington, D.C., the World Future Society has members in more than 80 countries around the world. Individuals and groups from all nations are eligible to join the Society and participate in its programs and activities. The Society holds a two-day, international conference once a year where participants discuss foresight techniques and global trends that are influencing the future.

Previous conference attendees have included future U.S. President Gerald Ford (1974), Massachusetts Senator Edward M. Kennedy (1975), behavioral psychologist B.F. Skinner (1984), age-wave expert Ken Dychtwald(2005), U.S. comptroller general David M. Walker (2006) and inventor Ray Kurzweil(2010). Others in attendance typically include business leaders, government officials, scientists, corporate planners, and forecasters from across the globe.

World Future Society meetings have been described as “a world’s fair of ideas” and “the greatest intellectual show on Earth.” No other conference brings together so many original thinkers and doers from so many fields. Join the World Future Society today and receive a discount to the must-attend event of 2012.

Call to Participate!

Registration for Futurists: BetaLaunch is now open.

Somewhat new to the WFS conference is the Futurists: BetaLaunch idea and invention expo. The Society has issued a call for inventions, innovations, and breakthrough startups to showcase in the second annual showcase.

Futurists: BetaLaunch (or F:BL) serves as a technology petting zoo where engineers, designers and others can present their inventions to the 1,000 futurists expected to gather for the Society’s annual conference.

The inaugural F:BL event in 2011, co-produced with 1x57 and sponsored by Disruptathon, was a huge success. "Futurists presented Bold Visions at the BetaLaunch expo in Vancouver," said Eric Mack of BYTE magazine, published by Information Week. The conference was also covered in the Vancouver Sun and by CBC Canada, MarketWatch, and Xinhua News, the largest news agency in the People's Republic of China.

Interested participants may learn more or enter the competition at: http://www.wfs.org/content/worldfuture-2012/futurists-betalaunch-2012

About the Conference Hotel

The Sheraton Centre Toronto is a Four Diamond Hotel in the heart of Toronto’s financial and entertainment districts, The hotel is connected to PATH, a 16-mile underground network of shops, services, theater, and world-class dining. Make your reservations online!

The success of the program for WorldFuture 2012 will rely on the rich history of futurists sharing with each other.

July 26-27 Master Courses--July 27-29 Conference--July 30 Professional Forum