Welcome to the 22nd Futures Conference.
Earth’s systems are undergoing drastic transformations due to climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution and other human-caused environmental pressures. These changes are expected to introduce profound challenges for people and the rest of Earth’s life over the coming decades as various planetary system limits are crossed.
The event is organised on a hybrid mode during 15-17 June 2022
Futures Conference 2022 focuses on the wide variety of ways people imagine planetary futures to inform their ambitions to produce general health and wellbeing in our societies. This conference explores questions such as: How can people today identify new pathways for fostering the conditions and behaviours that allow human and non-human life to thrive? How can health and wellbeing for humans and other species be supported at planetary scale? What structures and actions are needed to produce a sufficient level of human wellbeing at the global level to improve our socio-ecological resilience?
Futures Conference 2022 Keynote Speakers:
Latest News from the Conference
Special Conference Edition of the Finland Futures Research Centre’s Newsletter Futuuri
The 22nd Futures Conference focused on the wide variety of ways people imagine futures and wellbeing in our societies. We invited participants to think of the current changes and challenges in the world…
Keep readingHow to Achieve Planetary Health and Wellbeing by 2050?
To wrap up the conference participants had a change to vote on best solutions, biggest obstacles, exciting weak signals and immediate actions needed for achieving planetary health and wellbeing by 2050. Results for…
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Thank you for attending our hybrid Futures Conference!
Dear Participants, Thank you for attending our hybrid Futures Conference! We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. A special thank you also goes to all our fantastic keynote and session…
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Welcome to the 22nd Futures Conference online and in Turku, Finland!
This years Futures Conference is starting on Wednesday 15 June. The event will consist of five keynote speeches, a panel discussion, several parallel sessions with 16 spoken presentation sessions, 14 workshops and 5…
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Presenting some of the forthcoming Special Sessions (part II)
Imaginative Transformations Upon Sustainable Futures This hybrid session broadens the debate on building more ecologically, culturally, and socially sustainable futures. What is now urgently needed, is to bring forth new approaches, methods, and…
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Updated Session Programme and Abstracts are available
The updated programme and abstracts for the parallel sessions are now online. On the session programme sheet you can find separate tracks for in-person participants in Turku and for virtual participants online. Whether…
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Are you presenting your work at the event? See the guidelines for presentations
Thank you for your contribution and welcome to the 22nd Futures Conference! This year, the conference will be held in three formats: In-person, which will be held with physical participation at the conference venue,…
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Open invitation to join the activities of Foresight Europe Network (FEN)
Foresight Europe Network (FEN) connects foresight practitioners from across Europe. It is an open and voluntary network, and all foresight makers and users are welcome to participate, including students of futures studies and…
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Presenting some of the forthcoming Special Sessions
Anticipatory governance to boost crisis preparedness – what policy actions needed for resilient cities and human-friendly AI? Special Session hosted by the Millennium Project with Professor Sirkka Heinonen (FI), Director Jerome Glenn (USA)…
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The ’Planetary Futures’ conference will create a cross-disciplinary platform where participants can meet, share, and discuss new ideas concerning health and wellbeing in relation to planetary sustainability. We aim to share the latest research results in futures research and promote networking between people from different backgrounds.
”Well managed conference. Delightful to see so many interactive workshops included in the program.”
Participant, 2021
”Generally a great event – enjoyed the sessions. Thanks for organising!” Participant, 2021
”Fantastic inclusive conference – good networking time and range of topics.”
Participant, 2021
”One of the best zoom experiences I’ve ever had.”
Participant, 2020
”Humor was cultivated appropriately in different contexts. I think it is related to the ”Personality of Turku”. Futures research is a wonderful opportunity to meet highly multidisciplinary experts.”
Participant, 2019
”I was really happy to get the opportunity to run a workshop. It was nice to have many workshops as part of the program, to have opportunities to experience new tools and methods and reflect on them together. I also thought the number of participants were rather good – I am not so fond of conferences that are too big, and I think this size was nice to get to know some people.”
Participant, 2019
The event will be organised in the City of Turku – the oldest city of Finland, celebrating its 800th anniversary in 2029.
Organisers:
University of Turku
Finland Futures Research Centre (FFRC)
Finland Futures Academy (FFA)
Conference Secretariat:
University of Turku
Finland Futures Research Centre (FFRC)
futuresconference@utu.fi
Planetary Futures of Health and Wellbeing 