This is a preliminary conference program and
will be subject to change. Update on 2 June 2017.
Sunday 11 June
18:00 Pre-registration to the conference starts
Venue: Radisson Blu Marina Palace Hotel, Linnankatu 32, Turku, Finland
Monday 12 June
09:00 Registration & coffee
09:30 Opening of the conference
Director Juha Kaskinen, Finland Futures Research Centre, University of Turku
Member of Parliament Aila Paloniemi, Committee for the Future, The Finnish Parliament
09:40 An Introduction to the conference theme; Professor Markku Wilenius, Finland Futures Research Centre, University of Turku
09:50 Keynote speech: “Prosperity on the Edge of Crisis (or, Why the Trend is Not Your Friend)”; Professor John L. Casti, X-Event Dynamics, Inc. and The X-Center, Vienna
10:20 Comments and discussion; Dr. Jari Kaivo-oja, Finland Futures Research Centre, University of Turku
10:50 Break
11:00 Keynote speech: “Industry 4.0: The New Production Paradigm and Its Implications for Policy”; Professor Kristel Van der Elst, The Global Foresight Group (Switzerland), College of Europe (Belgium)
11:30 Comments and discussion; Dr. Kaisa Oksanen, Prime Minister’s Office, Finland
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Workshop session I
14:30 Coffee break
15:00 Workshop session II
16:30 Break
16:45 Workshop session III
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19:00 Conference dinner, Restaurant Pikku-Pukki [see details about the departure]
Tuesday 13 June
8:30 Morning coffee
9:00 Workshop session IV
10:30 Break
10:45 Workshop session V
12:00 Lunch
13.00 Chaired Poster Session
13:30 Workshop session VI
15:00 Coffee break
15:15 Keynote speech: “The Lack of Tangibility of the Mid-Term Death”; Professor René Rohrbeck, The Aarhus School of Business and Social Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark
15:45 Comments and discussion; Professor Petri Tapio, Finland Futures Research Centre, University of Turku
16:15 “Transforming the Future: Anticipation in the 21st Century”, Announcing a new UNESCO Publication; Dr. Riel Miller, Team Leader, Futures Literacy, UNESCO, Paris
16:30 Break
16:45 Keynote speech: “The Future of Work – Scenarios for 2050 from the Millennium Project and beyond”; Director Cornelia Daheim, Future Impacts Consulting and President, Foresight Europe Network, FEN
17:15 Comments and discussion; Professor Sirkka Heinonen, Finland Futures Research Centre, University of Turku
17:45-18:00 Closing of the conference; Director Juha Kaskinen, Finland Futures Research Centre, University of Turku
Futures of a Complex World 