10Aug

The Future of Humanity – new publication

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Congratulations to Zhouying Jin, Co-Chair of our China Node, for the publication of “The Future of Humanity–From Global Civilization to Great Civilization“, second edition, with prefaces by Ted Gordon and Hazel Henderson. The book considers impact of Covid-19 and influence beyond health and hygiene, impact on economic, social and geopolitical affairs, and the need to change established behavior […]

31Jul

The Singularity Principles – New publication

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anticipation, publication, singularity, UK Node

David W. Wood, Co-Chair of the UK Node of The Millennium Project with the London Futurists, just published a new book on “The Singularity Principles. Anticipating and managing cataclysmically disruptive technologies”. This book is dedicated to what may be the most important concept in human history, namely, the Singularity – what it is, what it […]

28Jul

Friends of Foresight – Meeting on Existential Risks – August 30, 2022

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Existential Threats, foresight, workshop

As international cooperation on strategic threats, research and solutions are crucial, the Association of Professional Futurists, in collaboration with The Millennium Project and World Futures Studies Federation, will hold a global virtual conversation at the next 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧: 𝘼𝙍𝙀 𝙀𝙓𝙄𝙎𝙏𝙀𝙉𝙏𝙄𝘼𝙇 𝙍𝙄𝙎𝙆𝙎 𝙃𝙄𝘿𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙄𝙉 𝙋𝙇𝘼𝙄𝙉 𝙎𝙄𝙂𝙃𝙏 to unpack and explore the futures and impacts of long-range existential […]

30Jun

The Millennium Project Team takes 4th Place in the 2045 WORLD BUILD CONTEST

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artificial intelligence, Future of life institute, world build contest

The 2045 World Build Contest, a project by the Future of Life Institute aiming at challenging dystopical depictions of the future, and imagining roadmaps towards hopeful ones, announced its winners today. The contest received about 500 registrations from around the world; 144 groups finished their proposals, and only 20 entries were chosen as finalists. The […]

30Jun

Experiments in Future Studies in Pakistan – Journal of Futures Studies

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Pakistan Node, publication, state of the future index

Puruesh Chaudhary, Chair of the Pakistan Node of The Millennium Project, published the following essay on the Journal of Futures Studies (vol. 26, N. 4, June 2022): ”The Incredible Awakening: Experiments in Future Studies in Pakistan”. The essay explains the journey of futures thinking crafted through personal experiences in a country of more than 200 […]

29Jun

Tribute to Eleonora Barbieri Masini

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MAsini

It is with great regret and sadness Eleonora Masini, the grande dame of futures studies, has passed. She was the first Node Chair of the Italy Node of The Millennium Project and pioneer of futures research and its role in discussions between the Soviet Union and the “West” during the Cold War. Other background below. […]

17Jun

Quantitative Methods in Social Foresight – Italian Summer School

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Italy Node, quantitative methods, social foresight, summer school

The Italy Node of The Millennium Project is supporting the organization of the first Italian Summer School, coordinated by the Italian Institute for the Future, focused on some of the main quantitative methods in social foresight. With the growth of the foresight field in the public and private sectors, both nationally and internationally, there is […]

15Jun

Digital Enterprise Show – June 14-16, 2022

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artificial intelligence, Cordeiro, enterprise

The Digital Enterprise Show, organized by Nebext in collaboration with FYCMA, enables digital business transformation to happen, gathering cutting edge technologies and top-notch speakers to meet delegates´ objectives, challenges and needs. The event takes place in Malaga, from June 14 to June, 16, 2022 José Luis Cordeiro, Chair of the Venezuela and RIBER Nodes, will be […]

26May

The World Futures Day method and the 2021 results on World Futures Review

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Italy, publication, World Future Day, world futures day

Mara Di Berardo, MP Comms Director and Italy Node Co-Chair, has recently published the following paper on the World Futures Review Journal (Volume 14, Issue 2-4): ”The World Future Day Method: A 24-hour Round-The-World Global Discussion” (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/19467567221090539) The paper illustrates the World Future Day (now Futures), our 24-h round-the-world global conversation about the futures as a […]

25May

Tribute to Hazel Henderson

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Sad news of a great futures champion whom we lost on May 22nd in her 89th year. Hazel Henderson was a strong voice for ethics on the Board of the World Future Society, US Office of Technology Assessment (OTA no longer exists, but may come back), Calvert investments (now owned by Morgan Stanley), Worldwatch Institute, Citizens for […]

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