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July 19-21, 2013
Hilton Chicago Hotel
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

Preconference Courses: July 18-19, 2013
Professional Members’ Forum: July 22, 2013

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WorldFuture 2013 Sessions

Maximize the National and International Impact of Foresight Work

Since its creation in 1994, the Foresight Programme has helped the UK government to think systematically about the future and has advised the government on how to ensure today’s decisions are robust in light of future uncertainties.

Sandy Thomas is the head of Foresight in the Government Office for Science, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills; former director, Nuffield Council on Bioethics, London, United Kingdom

Digital Outcasts: Designing the Future of Health

The term “outcast” covers numerous demographic categories. It represents 54 million Americans currently living with a disability. It refers to those living in isolation with only a home-care nurse for company.

Kel Smith is a speaker, author, and practitioner on digital accessibility and technological innovation. He is the author of Digital Outcasts: Moving Technology Forward Without Leaving People Behinda (2013), Glenside, Pennsylvania, USA

Resurrection: The Disaster in the Tohoku Area in Japan

The triple punch of earthquake, tsunami, and the nuclear power plant disaster that Japan suffered on March 11, 2011, will be discussed from the point of view of the complex dynamics of the situation.

Dr. Mizuta will examine first the Tohoku earthquake, second the tsunami, and third the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plants.

Kazuo Mizuta is vice president of the Japan Future Research Center, and professor emeritus, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto, Japan

Natural Foresight: Four Steps to a Futures Culture

As more and more companies begin to recognize the importance of foresight and futures thinking in their increasingly complex organizations, there has been a strong call for tools and methods that can seamlessly integrate into their current processes and corporate cultures.

Yvette Montero Salvatico (@ymslavatico) and has over 15 years of corporate experience with large, multinational firms such as Kimberly-Clark and the Walt Disney Company. Before becoming a partner at Kedge, she led the effort to establish Future Workforce Insights at the Walt Disney Company, identifying future workforce trends and leveraging foresight models and techniques to assess potential threats, impacts, emerging ideas, and opportunities for the organization. Kissimmee, Florida, USA

Frank Spencer (@frankspencer) is founder of Kedge. For five years, he has been a leadership coach and developer with entrepreneurs, social communities, networking initiatives, and SMEs, helping them in areas such as development, innovation, and networking. He is a member of the Association of Professional Futurists and the World Futures Studies Federation, Savannah, Georgia, USA

Sure, Good Idea! But Is It Sustainable?

“Is it sustainable?” That’s a question that cuts across all borders, from science and technology, commerce, and planetary security—to governance, futuring, and a multitude of forces impacting humanity.

Gary Marx is a trends observer, leadership councilor, author, and keynote speaker, who has addressed audiences on six continents, Vienna, Virginia, USA

Matthew Moen is dean of College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Dakota. past president, Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences, author, innovator, speaker, Vermillion, South Dakota, USA

Power of Campuses in a Digital World

If the twentieth-century campus was a pastoral college town, the twenty-first is located in the urban core, a hybrid of real and digital worlds. The vertical campus engages communities, generates economic prosperity, and becomes a central element of thriving cities. The vertical campus is very different than its rural counterpart. The urban college's campus is the city street.

Cindy Frewen is board chair of APF, architect, founder of Frewen Architects, and adjunct professor of strategic foresight at University of Houston Futures Studies graduate program, Leawood, Kansas, USA

David Broz is education and culture practice leader for Gensler, a global architecture and planning firm. He has led the design of 200 education projects and has written and presented extensively on the future of the university campus, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Starting Integral:Visioning and a New STEEP

This session is about using an Integral perspective as the starting point for foresight work. The panel will speak to visioning at the beginning of the process and also that the visioning activity should include an enquiry of what wants to emerge from the “evolutionary integral future.”

Terry Collins is a futures consultant and a lecturer at the University of Houston who has appeared on Great Day Houston talking about foresight and technology. She is co-author of The Evolution of Integral Futures, World Future Review, Houston, Texas, USA

James Breaux is graduate student of futures studies at the University of Houston, a registered professional engineer, and a student member of the Association of Professional Futurists, World Future Society, and World Futures Studies Federation, Baytown, Texas,

Vulnerability 2030

What is the future of social and economic vulnerability in the United States? The last century has seen wide swings in social and economic vulnerability, albeit with a general and persistent rise in conditions that support social and economic security. By 2030, how high will structural unemployment be? Will urban agriculture and home food production (e.g., aeroponics) be significant?

Clem Bezold is chairman and senior futurist, Institute for Alternative Futures, and recipient of the World Future Society's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011, Alexandria, Virginia, USA.

Governing in Dire Straits

In 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck the central Gulf Coast of the United States. In New Orleans, civil government was overwhelmed. For a week, the inhabitants of New Orleans struggled for survival. For a week, the institutions of government, including the criminal justice system, were essentially defunct.

John Jarvis is a senior behavioral scientist and chair of the Futures Working Group in the Behavioral Science Unit at the FBI Academy. He has authored and co-authored numerous works that include recent publications appearing in The Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, The Journal of Homicide Studies, and the Journal of Trauma, Violence and Abuse, Quantico, Virginia, USA

Bud Levin has been a visiting scholar at the FBI Academy, where he also has served as futurist in residence. He is a founding member of the Futures Working Group. His papers have appeared in The Police Chief, Police Research & Management, and various FBI publications, Fishersville, Virginia, USA

John Jackson is a futurist specializing in public policy and police futures. He is former president of the Society of Police Futurists International and a member of the Futures Working Group. John has 18 years of experience in law enforcement and is currently serving as a sergeant with the Houston Police Department, directing the Strategic Foresight Unit, Houston, Texas, USA

Wendy Schultz is a futurist currently based in the United Kingdom working with a small group of business and community futurists creating foresight resources for business, government, nonprofit, and community leaders. Dr. Schultz is a former member of the Executive Council of the World Futures Studies Federation, Oxford, United Kingdom

Young Professionals for Community Transformation

We live in a time of true transformation where older local leadership struggles to understand that traditional experience and traditional knowledge no longer provide the templates and skills necessary to prepare for a world that is in constant change. It is becoming more and more evident that young leaders are needed to help local communities prepare for a different kind of future.

Rick Smyre is president, Center for Communities of the Future, Gastonia, North Carolins, USA

Nicole Garzino is executive director, of the Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, California. As a consultant, Ms. Garzino leads transformative planning and program management for nonprofits, with a special emphasis in cultural organizations, creative projects, and grassroots start-ups, Salinas, California, USA

Eduardo Millet is vice president of business development, McAllen Chamber of Commerce. Currently, he is pursuing his PhD in Local Management at the University of Granada., McAllen, Texas, USA

Wade A. Den Hartog is director of affiliates and charitable partners Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines. He works with affiliates promoting philanthropy in counties and communities throughout the state. He also assists corporate donors, nonprofit organizations and professional advisors with gift transactions and planned giving, Sheldon, Iowa, USA

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