Join 24-Hour Round-the-World Conversation to Celebrate World Futures Day on March 1st, 2022!

Join 24-Hour Round-the-World Conversation to Celebrate World Futures Day on March 1st, 2022!

  • Posted by Mara Di Berardo
  • On 28 February 2022
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  • March 1, WFD, World Future Day, world futures day

WASHINGTON, D.C., February 27, 2022 – World Futures Day is on March 1. This will be the ninth year that futurists and the general public will conduct a 24-hour, round-the-world conversation on the future on March 1st at 12 noon in whatever time zone they are in. Each year, total strangers discuss ideas about possible worlds of tomorrow in a relaxed, open, no-agenda conversation. Futures research and studies are shared, new ideas come up, and new collaborations friendships are made. 

The Millennium Project, a global foresight participatory think tank, will host this conversation on the future in collaboration with the Association of Professional Futurists (APF), Humanity+, the World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS), and the World Futures Studies Federation (WFSF).

“Anybody can pull up a cyber-chair at this global table and join the discussion on ZOOM at: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5221011954?pwd=UEg4TXhYMnU0TGxyNzNsUUd6dXQ4Zz09,” says Jerome Glenn, CEO of The Millennium Project. “Whatever time zone you are in, you are invited at 12:00 noon in your time zone. People drop in and out as they like. If people can’t come online at 12 noon, they are welcome to come online before or after that time as well.”

Each year, for the past eight years, global thought leaders have shared their views about future global issues, such as  – from COVID-19 to governing artificial intelligence, inventing future concepts of work, building space elevators to orbital cities, reducing climate change, guaranteeing safe water and energy, fighting transnational organized crime, developing future forms of democracy, countering information warfare, incorporating global ethics in decisionmaking, enforcing safety standards for synthetic biology, and the future of humanity. Who knows what will be discussed this year? You can also share your ideas on social media: #worldfuturesday #WFD.

“For the third time, we will be joined by Vint Cerf, Internet pioneer at 12 noon East Coast US time (UTC -5), and Theodore Gordon, Futurist pioneer at RAND, Institute for the Future, Futures Group and The Millennium Project, at 12 noon Atlantic (UTC -2)” according to Glenn. “Gordon was also the manager of the third stage of the Apollo rocket to the moon and co-developed Delphi, Cross-Impact Analysis, and the State of the Future Index.

Members of the press are most welcome to join the conversation asking questions to this diverse group of future-oriented people; however, Chatham House Rule applies: you can quote, use material, but not cite the source. “So,” Glenn continues, “come online and join the conversation with others working to build a better future”.

World Future Day Young Voices

A side event called “World Future Day – Young Voices”, co-organized by Teach the Future and the Millennium Project together with other partners and friends, will make sure that young people are also part of the conversation.

Press Contacts: +1-202-669-4410 Jerome Glenn, jerome.glenn@millennium-project.org, and Mara Di Berardo, mdiberardo@gmail.com. 

WFD 2022 Organizing Committee:

  • Jerome Glenn (CEO Millennium Project)
  • Elizabeth Florescu (Director of Research, Millennium Project)
  • Mara Di Berardo (Communication Director Millennium Project and Italian Node Co-chair)
  • Paul Epping (Dutch Node Chair)
  • Brock Hinzmann (Silicon Valley Node Chair).

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