London Futurists's video: Futurists after Dubai

The inaugural Dubai Future Forum took place on the 11th and 12th of October, in the striking setting of the Museum of the Future (pictured) in the heart of Dubai's business district. The organisers, the Dubai Future Foundation, are to be congratulated on assembling what they said would be "over 400 of the world’s top futurists, from 15 futurist organisations", with the purpose "to exchange ideas, share insights, foresee challenges, innovate solutions, imagine opportunities, and initiate change". Other stated ambitions for the forum include "Restore nature", "Reimagine health", "Transform industries", and "Unite humankind". The gathering has the potential to transform the international coordination of futurists - people who aspire to practice skills of foresight. It could accelerate the migration of futurist energy from mere dialog to tangible actions in the world. Finally, it could raise the profile of foresight studies among politicians and other leaders from different areas of society. This London Futurists webinar, held on 15th October 2022, featured a number of the participants from the Dubai Future Forum. They shared their views on the highlights of the Forum, issues arising that merit further attention, and whether, indeed, futurists after Dubai will never be the same again: Ibon Zugasti, member of the Board of Directors, The Millennium Project, Bronwyn Williams, Foresight Lead, Flux Trends Anders Sandberg, Senior Research Fellow, Future of Humanity Institute Catarina Tully, Director, School of International Futures Brock Hinzmann, Chairman, Silicon Valley Node, The Millennium Project The webinar was introduced and moderated by David Wood, Chair of London Futurists. For more information about the webinar, see https://www.meetup.com/london-futurists/events/288930299/ Recordings of sessions from the Dubai Future Forum can be found at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnsjSGbXBD07o9B2N089lnQ Further information: *) A video about the Forum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCjr6G4rh7I *) The Forum website: https://www.dubaifuture.ae/dubaifutureforum/ *) The Dubai Future Foundation: https://www.dubaifuture.ae/ *) The Millennium Project: https://www.millennium-project.org/ *) Ibon Zugasti at the Spain node of the Millennium Project: https://www.millennium-project.org/about-us/nodes/spain-node/ *) Bronwyn Williams at FluxTrends: https://www.fluxtrends.com/about-bronwyn-williams/ *) Anders Sandberg at the Future of Humanity Institute: https://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/team/anders-sandberg/ *) Cat Tully at the School of International Futures: https://soif.org.uk/about/cat-tully/ *) Brock Hinzmann at the Silicon Valley note of the Millennium Project: https://www.millennium-project.org/about-us/nodes/silicon-valley-node/ *) Prospektiker: https://prospektiker.es/ *) "Our Common Agenda" by the United Nations: https://www.un.org/en/common-agenda *) "Five UN Foresight Elements" - a PDF report from the Millennium Project: https://millennium-project.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/UN-Foresight-Elements-report.pdf *) "The World Summit of the Committees of the Future 12–13 October 2022" https://www.eduskunta.fi/world-summit-committees-future *) Anticipation 2022: https://anticipationconference.org/ *) The 1000-Year Project: https://futurist.com/futurist-1000-year-project/ *) Next Generation Foresight Practitioners: https://nextgenforesight.org/ngfp-fellows/ *) Forms International: https://forms.international/ *) The Vital Syllabus: https://vitalsyllabus.org/