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APF Pro Dev and Spring Gathering Weekend
"Everyone really had a great time. The energy was super-positive. We got lots of comments about how great it was to be back together in person. I think this will go down as a semi-legendary event."
Going Where the Youth Are
We all have that story. You know the one. How did you become a futurist? I think it is one of the first questions we are asked when we begin the Houston Foresight program in Intro. The answers are as varied as the diversity of the people who claim the title of futurist.
SXSW CONJURES 2050
Topics scattered among the Futures 2050 track can be divided first into megatrends. Web 3.0, De-Fi, and DAOs create one, the metaverse and tokenization, another, and QX (quantum experience) is a third.
Spring Gathering Update
Some more details on what the Gathering weekend will hold. Friday April 22 The APF will hold a Professional Development Seminar (ProDev) on UH’s main [...]
Futures: If You Build It Will They Come?
That is what futurists do. We build fields where futures can come true. We don’t create the futures, we help find the driving forces and trends and help others navigate the inherent uncertainties of futures.
Seven Things Futurists Should Know About the Public
The public is already curious about futurists; they just don’t know it. The future is an inherently sexy subject. Everybody wants to see into the future...
2022 Foresight Jeopardy Champ is Lavonne Leong
This year’s Foresight Jeopardy champion is Lavonne Leong, a Master’s student who is also an Associate Editor with World Futures Review. She prevailed at the [...]
Competing in the New World of Work
What did the most successful leadership teams do during the pandemic to pivot, innovate, and thrive in an era of uncertainty?
Skeptical Spectacle! Spring Gathering 2022
Join with University of Houston students, faculty, alumni, and friends as we gather to celebrate and share Foresight - past, present and future - together!
Futurist’s Review: Planning Matter: Acting With Things
In Planning Matter, we are left with a vision of how “things” influence and shape human action, but not how we might all negotiate among ourselves if these things actually possess some level of sentience. Perhaps technology will never reach this level, but it is intriguing to ponder the possibilities.
Event: The Future of Childhood, Learning, and Play
What will the next generation be like? Friday, February 18th 10:00 – 11:00 am CST Click here to join this event Download the flier Registration [...]
Student Roger Spitz interview: Disruption, Transformative Change & Misinformation
Throw Back Thursday! (That's still a thing, right?) Foresight student Roger Spitz talks with Demetrios Brinkmann of Are You a Robot: In this episode, we [...]