IFTF: Future Now

Podcast: Kathi Vian on the Seven-Economy Future

May 21, 2015 By Carol Neuschul

In this podcast, Kathi Vian talks with the Knight Foundation's Carol Coletta about the seven-economy...

The Blue City: A Human+Machine Futures Scenario

May 20, 2015 By Rebecca Chesney

If you paused and observed, you could almost make out the invisible hand guiding people on their hurried but merry marches around the city ... [This...

Science Hack Day Celebrates 50th Global Event!

May 04, 2015 By Ariel Waldman

For the last five years, an international grassroots network of people has been challenging this status quo with Science Hack Day: bringing together...

The Workable Futures Initiative: Transforming work for the coming decade

Apr 20, 2015 By Devin Fidler

We are pleased to announce the Workable Futures Initiative, a new project with three key goals: 1) Deepen public understanding of the new emerging...

Programming the Global Food System in the Age of Networked Matter

Apr 07, 2015 By Rebecca Chesney

Imagine what will happen when the connections within the entire global food system are not only evident, but also programmed—when natural and...

New! Human+Machine Futures forecast map

Apr 06, 2015 By Ben Hamamoto

We're happy to share Technology Horizons' new research map, 'Human+Machine Futures in Full Color: Extending Our Senses and Ourselves' with you. This...

News from the Future: Spring 2015 Newsletter

Apr 01, 2015 By Rebecca Chesney

We face a future in which our familiar templates for business plans are obsolete. This year’s Ten-Year Forecast research maps emerging templates of...

Celebrate the #Future4Good Fellows on April 10!

Mar 31, 2015 By Carol Neuschul

RSVP now to join us for a celebration lunch for IFTF's 2014 class of Future4Good Fellows on April...

Join Brad Kreit: Technology, Aging, and In-Home Caregiving

Mar 26, 2015 By Rebecca Chesney

Join IFTF Research Director Brad Kreit for a panel on aging, technology, and caregiving at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on Tuesday, April...

Artifact from the Future: Aging In Place Toolkit

Mar 26, 2015 By Neela Lazkani

As the demand grows for “aging in place” solutions over the next decade, families and caregivers will use design thinking methods to create spaces and...

Field Report from the Food Innovation Program

Mar 23, 2015 By Rebecca Chesney

IFTF's Food Futures Lab recently launched the Food Innovation Program in Italy. 18 students from 10 countries will create new innovative solutions for...

Anya Kamenetz in conversation with Marina Gorbis - Join us!

Mar 10, 2015 By Bettina Warburg

IFTF invites you to join Anya Kamenetz in conversation with Marina Gorbis on "THE TEST: Why Our Schools are Obsessed with Standardized Testing—But You...

Tech + Democracy: Perspectives from Argentina, Georgia, Kenya + the Czech Republic

Mar 03, 2015 By David Evan Harris

What if you could not only vote for a politician, but against them? What if your elected representative had a way of engaging in continuous dialogue...

Does online learning actually lead to jobs?

Feb 24, 2015 By Alex Goldman

What is the relationship between MOOC platforms and finding a job? How are different MOOC platforms thinking about creating jobs, and their role in...

IFTF Artist-in-Residence for YBCA Urban Futures Program

Feb 20, 2015 By David Evan Harris

IFTF is the Artist-in-Residence for Yerba Buena Center for the Arts' new urban futures program.

Artifact from the Future: EZ LIFT

Feb 18, 2015 By Neela Lazkani

The next decade will bring unprecedented numbers of both older people and obese people, each of whom have health and well-being needs that can be...

Artifact from the Future: Certified Trauma Informed

Feb 17, 2015 By Neela Lazkani

Mitigating the downstream behavioral and biological effects of trauma will require cooperation between health institutions, communities, and...

IFTF + NDI host Tech+Democracy - RSVP now for Feb 18

Feb 13, 2015 By Marina Gorbis

Join us this coming Wednesday, February 18, for a unique event here at the Institute for the Future in Palo Alto, California, USA. IFTF's Governance...

Artifact from the Future: Meat Counter

Feb 11, 2015 By Sarah Smith

This post expands on one of four forecast perspectives in Seeds of Disruption: How Technology is Remaking the Future of Food. The research map looks...

What youth can do now to prepare for the Future of Work

Feb 09, 2015 By Alex Goldman

The world of work is changing. Parents these days have lots to worry about when it comes to the financial well-being of their children, but it’s not...

Non-labor Income: it only sounds fantastical

Feb 05, 2015 By David Thigpen

Recent sunny labor market reports have generated lots of buzz that the economy is coming back. Unemployment is down to 5.6%, the lowest it’s been...

Artifact from the Future: VR Eating

Feb 04, 2015 By Ben Hamamoto

This post expands on one of four forecast perspectives in our Seeds of Disruption: How Technology is Remaking the Future of Food research. It explores...