Futures Conferences

​Each year, the Finland Futures Research Centre organises its annual conference, an invaluable opportunity for meeting, exchanging and debating current topics related in futures studies and foresight. With approximately 200–350 individual participants attending from all over the world, international researchers, organisational delegates, business people and students convene to the annual conferences in the spirit of futures-oriented information, research, analysis and collaboration.

This year we are celebrating our conference series with the 20th conference!

  • 2018: Energizing Futures – Sustainable Development and Energy in Transition, 13–14 June 2018, Tampere

  • 2017: Futures of a Complex World, 12–13 June 2017, Turku

  • 2015: Futures Studies Tackling Wicked Problems: Where Futures Research, Education and Action Meet, 11–12 June 2015, Turku

  • 2014: Sustainable Futures in Changing Climate, 11–12 June 2014, Helsinki

  • 2013: Futures for Food, 6–7 June 2013, Turku

  • 2012: To be Young! Youth and the Future, 6–8 June 2012, Turku

  • 2011: Trends and Future of Sustainable Development, 9–10 June 2011, Tampere

  • 2010: Security in Futures – Security in Change, 3–4 June 2010, Turku

  • 2009: Grasping the Future 2009, 20 October 2009, Helsinki

  • 2009: Future of the Consumer Society, 28–29 May 2009, Tampere

  • 2008: Grasping the Future – a Challenge for Learning and Innovation, 1-3 October 2008, Helsinki

  • 2007: Culture as Innovation – the Search for Creative Power in Economies and Societies, 6–8 June 2007, Turku

  • 2006: Changing Foresight Practices in Regional Development – Global Pressures and Regional Possibilities, 7–9 June 2006, Turku

  • 2005: Foresight Management in Corporations and Public Organisations – New Visions for Sustainability, 9–10 June 2005, Helsinki

  • 2004: Limits to Ignorance: The Challenge of Informed Humanity. Annual Conference for the Club of Rome was organised together with the Centre, the Finnish Association for the Club of Rome and the Finnish Society for Futures Studies, 11–12 October 2004, Helsinki

  • 2004: Towards sustainable futures – Tools and strategie, Tampere

  • 2003: Scanning for the Future, Turku

  • 2002: Vision Week, Turku

  • 2001: Seminar on Scenario Building, Turku

  • 2000: Futures Studio, Turku

  • 2000: The Quest for the Futures, Turku

  • 1999: Life Beyond the Information Society, Turku