The University of Houston’s Futures Studies program—as always–is well-represented at this year’s World Future Society General Assembly. The event is being held in Toronto from July 27-29 at the Sheraton Centre with over 1,000 participants expected.
Futures Studies’ faculty, alums, and Advisory Board members are leading four one-day pre-conference courses.
- Introduction to Futures Studies, Peter Bishop
- An Insider’s Guide to Foresight Consulting: A Case-Study Approach, Andy Hines (with Riel Miller)
- Scenario Planning: How to Build and Use Scenarios, Alum Adam Gordon
- Wiser Futures: Using Futures Tools to Better Understand and Create the Future, Advisory Board Member Clem Bezold
They are also leading nine regular conference sessions, joined by current students as well:
- The Best of Houston Futures, Dr. Peter Bishop, moderator, with Jason Swanson, student, Learning Management Systems: Machines That Think; Josh Lindenger, student, Locative Media: The Internet Always Knows Where You Are; Emily Empel, Graduate, and Heather Schlegel, Student, A Systems Model of the Demographic Transition
- Chemical Brain Preservation: How to Live “Forever,” Alum John Smart
- The Future of Shopping: An Immersive Experience, Alum Emily Empel & Current Student Heather Schlegel
- Global Futures Collective Intelligence System Advisory Board Member Ted Gordon (with Jerry Glenn)
- Our Role in Shaping the Future, Alum & Former Faculty Jennifer Jarratt (with John Mahaffie)
- Scouting the Future with the Implications Wheel, Advisory Board Member Joel Barket
- The Evolution of Integral Futures, Faculty Terry Collins and Andy Hines
- Primary Care 2025 Advisory Board Member Clem Bezold
- Models of Futures Education for the 21st Century, Alum Verne Wheelright (with others)
- Networked Government: The 21st Century Agency, Alum John Jackson (with others)
We are pleased to see our community well represented and look forward to a great conference! Andy Hines
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