Institute For The Future

IFTF + Food Hackathon: Alternative Scenarios for Food

Technology is remaking the future of food, with innovation seeding disruption from production to distribution to eating. These new technologies are making change today, but how can we design them to make a more efficient, equitable, and resilient future for food?

On November 16-17, IFTF is partnering with the Future of Food Technology Hackathon + Forum (#FoodHackathon) to bring futures thinking to a community of food system hackers, inventors, and doers.

We created Future Proof Your Hack: Alternative Scenarios for Food, a guide to help participants design and prototype with the greatest future challenges in mind. Based on our future of food research, scenarios framework, and experience helping others visualize the future, this guide is a starting point for creating responses to the ever-changing global food web.

Adam Elmaghraby, Sarah Smith, and I will join a dynamic group of mentors to challenge hackathon projects toward the future, and our framework will be available for the public forum on Sunday, November 17. Whether you join us in San Francisco or hold an event in your own community, our hope is that this guide will help you think about what needs to be changed, immerse yourself in possibilities, and make the future.

Interested in Participating?

• Download the guide, Future Proof Your Hack: Alternative Scenarios for Food [pdf], and use it at the Future of Food Technology Hackathon + Forum or at any food system hackathon or forum. The guide is printer and tablet-ready, so be sure to share it with others as you hack together.

• Join us at the event in San Francisco, November 16-17. It’s currently sold out, but you can join the wait list or follow the livestream.

• Join the conversation at #foodhackathon, @futurefoodhack, and @iftf. Be sure to like our Facebook page for more events and research from IFTF!