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Marina Gorbis: Envisioning and making the future must be a massively public endeavor
IFTF is motivated by the belief that everyone needs to be part of the conversation about the future as well as become actively engaged in making that future. Our Executive Director, Marina Gorbis, shares five reasons why futures thinking and futures making are urgent needs in our society—and why we all should help develop and distribute the tools and skills of foresight. More »
Blockchain Futures Lab: A new digital paradigm
What will a world driven by blockchains look like a decade from now? IFTF's new Blockchain Futures Lab develops foresight, prototypes, and initiates community-based investigations into the social, economic, and political implications of this new paradigm. Start with our two-minute explainer video below, follow the Lab's blog, and join the program for in-depth research. More »
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Voices from the Future of Work with the U.S. Department of Labor
 On June 7, Marina Gorbis, Devin Fidler, and Rod Falcon shared the results from detailed interviews with on-demand workers at the U.S. Department of Labor. As part of our Workable Futures Initiative, we conducted ethnographic interviews with individuals throughout the on-demand economy, including people who are transitioning back into the workforce after time away, supplementing other income, or earning their full-time living on digital platforms. Our work is helping to drive new policies to make a workable future for all. More »
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Health Futures—Sept 13-15
The Global Health Economy
2016-2026
We’ve just experienced a decade in which people looked beyond the traditional health care delivery system and turned to the broader marketplace in pursuit of health and well-being; this shift is far from over. Changes in society and technology are still reshaping the Global Health Economy—the coming decade holds the potential for radical transformation. The interplay of social and technological change will define the opportunities and challenges in the Global Health Economy over the next decade. More »
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Food Futures—Oct 13
Transforming the Experience Economy of Food
The food innovation efforts of recent years are creating a proliferation of ways to grow, access, cook, and eat food around the world. The rapidly changing and expanding demands and expectations on food are also opening new ways to create and capture value across food systems. As we look to 2026, the very contexts in which we engage with food—our homes, at work, in retail and community spaces, and everywhere in between—will amplify and give meaning to the change we want to see. More »
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Tech Futures—Nov 2-3
When Everything is Media: Communication and Collaboration
The ways we collaborate, connect, and communicate will multiply and decouple from the limits of place, time, and even language. Collaboration will transform as we’re called to work across generations, geographies, scales, and even with bots and machines. A future of tools, interfaces, and technologies could bring coherence and precision to the ways we communicate and share information and knowledge. More »
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Become a Futurist with IFTF’s Foresight Studio
Built on a 48-year foundation of futures work, our Foresight Studio offer nuts-and-bolts immersions in futures methodologies and tools. The trainings are designed to help you grow your skills in the art and science of foresight, and to join a vibrant network of practitioners around the globe. Register today for our Signature Trainings on October 18-20 and December 6-8 and a Foresight for Philanthropy Intensive on January 18-20. More »
Join us September 28 for Real Food Real Stories with Farmer Nikiko Masumoto
IFTF Future for Good Fellow Nikiko Masumoto first learned to love food as a young girl on the Masumoto Family Farm in California's Central Valley. Today she is a farmer, artist, and leader working alongside her father to raise organic fruit and add another generation’s voice to the story of her family's farm and our future food system. Join Real Food Real Stories and IFTF’s Food Futures Lab and Future for Good program for an evening of stories about farming, food, art, and community. More »
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