July 19-21, 2013
Hilton Chicago Hotel
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Preconference Courses: July 18-19, 2013
Professional Members’ Forum: July 22, 2013
Speed Futuring
Cynthia G. Wagner (@WorldFutureSoc) is editor of The Futurist magazine and has been with the World Future Society since 1981. Among her credits are a variety of articles and book reviews and editorship of the e-mail newsletter Futurist Update and of several editions of the annual conference volume. Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Erica Orange (@ErOrange)is a vice president of Weiner, Edrich, Brown, Inc. (WEB), one of the world’s leading futurist consulting firms. WEB identifies social, economic, political and technological trends, and evaluates the implications of those trends for many of the world’s largest companies, government agencies and trade associations, New York, New York, USA
Speed Futuring is a participant-driven discussion and networking session. Roundtables are organized around the conference's six principal tracks: Commerce, Earth, Futuring, Governance, Humanity, and Sci/Tech. Each "track team" is encouraged to explore the key trends affecting their subject area and offer speculations on how these trends will play out ("fearless forecasts"). Then, a reporter for each table will share a summary of the team's thoughts with the rest of the group, responding to questions and comments.
Highlights
Participants will leave the session with an understanding of:
- Diverse perspectives in exploring our common future and how trends in each sector impact all other sectors.
- New sources of networking opportunities, both among people who share their interests and among those whose work and perspectives they may never have otherwise had a chance to encounter.
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