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World Futures Day 2024
Join the 24-hour around the world conversation that young people and futurists are having to celebrate World Futures Day on March 1st.
That's a Wrap!
We are so grateful to everyone who joined World Futures Day - Young Voices 2024. We hope to see you again next year!
Recordings
https://youtube.com/live/n8KE1DtGNlU
https://youtube.com/live/-h7f-f1gO_A
WHY?
World Future Day is held every year on March 1st to spark a global conversation on the future.
WHAT?
We want to make sure young people are also part of the conversation. After all, it is their future we are all talking about. Teach the Future in Partnership with the Millennium Project, and friends, initiated the young voices edition.
JOIN!
Want to hear future visions of youngsters and chat together about the future? Then join our online session(s) all day round on March 1st. RSVP Here
24 hour conversations about the future
March 1st is World Futures Day. Together with partners from around the world we will be hosting live events on Zoom to inspire young people and imagine possible futures together. We will start broadcasting at 5pm evening in every timezone!
Young people
You want to join this intergenerational conversation among people of all ages. Contact us if you are interested in facilitating a session. You can bring your ideas about the future or just listen to what other people, younger and older, have to say.
About World Futures Day
World Futures Day is an annual 24-hour conversation around the world initiated by the Millennium Project in 2014 after Humanity+ launched the Future Day celebration 12 years ago. They organize a 24-hour online worldwide conversation during this day where grown-ups discuss the future. The Millennium Project, a global foresight participatory think tank, will host this conversation for everyone on the future in collaboration with the Association of Professional Futurists (APF), Humanity+, and the World Futures Studies Federation (WFSF).
About World Futures Day - Young Voices Edition
Starting 2021, Teach the Future organizes World Futures Day - Young Voices Edition every March 1st. For 24 hours, young people and futurists co-lead a session at every hour having conversations about the future. By spotlighting youth, we provide young people with a platform to share their ideas about the future with the world.
Below is the 24-hour schedule. Each session is at 5pm of the major city column. Check what the session time is using the everytimezone link. You can join as many sessions as you'd like!
Session # | UTC & Major City | Convert session time to your local timezone | Session Title | Youth Facilitator(s) Name age 25 and under | Facilitator(s) Name age 26 and over |
1 | (UTC 13) Auckland Aotearoa NZ | How elevating indigenous thought and process creates a more equitable future | Sam Wixon | Alice Dimond | |
2 | (UTC 12) Pacific Harbor, Fiji | Playful Ageing: Reimagining the Futures of Ageing from Case Studies to Co-Creation Workshop | Kaixin Li | Edmund Zhang | |
3 | (UTC 11) Sydney AU | Youth Voices for the Future | James Balzer | Katy Cooper | |
4 | (UTC 10) Brisbane AU | Ocean Futures | Christabelle Enya Lim | Cesar Jung-Harada | |
5 | (UTC 9) Tokyo JP | How might we measure an effective education system of the future? | Darice Wong Jing Wen | Louis Puah | |
6 | (UTC 8) Singapore SG | Futures Literacy in K12 Education | St Peters School | Sandra Martinez | |
7 | (UTC 7) Bangkok TH | Securing Tomorrow: Quantum Cryptography Unveiled | Sadiyah Saqib | Paricha Duangtaweesub | |
8/9 | (UTC 6) Dhaka BD | Playing is not a Plaything | Diya Loka & Sahithi Radhak | Tamás Gáspár, Helga Veigl, Dr. Bernadett Szél, Dr. Ildikó Dén-Nagy | |
10 | (UTC 5) Islamabad PK | Let's Talk about Failure | Muhammad Ukasha | Umar Sheraz | |
11 | (UTC 4) Dubai AE | Ready, Set, Future! What Skills Will Take You There? | Sureka Jeyakumar & Atanda Laughter | Asma Zainal | |
12 | (UTC 3) Kuwait City, Kuwait | Futures Literacy through Art: Lesson learned from kids in Kuwait | Manal AlHasawai | ||
13 | (UTC 2) Cairo EG | Exploring the Impacts of AI in Education: A Futures Wheel Workshop | Yasmine Bahaa | Dr. Bea Rodriguez-Fransen & April Michele | |
14 | (UTC 1) Lagos, Nigeria | Igniting Futures: Today’s Teachers for New Tomorrows | Christabel Asha | Abigael Anaza-Mark | |
15 | (UTC 0) London UK | What's the future of human rights? | Akanksha Prasad | Zabrina Epps | |
16 | (UTC -1) Azores, PR | Creating The Future Through Education Innovation | Eli Boahen | Jamaal Thomas | |
17 | (UTC -2) Nuuk, Greenland | [Spanish & English] Civic Participation for Better Futures: Two Case Studies in Medellín, Colombia | Sofia Londono | Maggie Greyson & Juliana Restrepo | |
18 | (UTC -3) Sao Paulo BR | The Future of Work in Space | Nicole Piontek | Randi Millard | |
19 | (UTC -4) Halifax CA | [Spanish] Acciones Presentes para Construir el Futuro | Lydia Caldana, Deyra Charles & Fabiola Mármol | ||
20 | (UTC -5) New York US | [Portuguese] Women Futures: Intergenerational Dialogues | Thainá Silva de Paula Theodoro | Rosa Alegria | |
21 | (UTC -6) Mexico City CDMX | [Spanish] Entrepreneurship for Youth Empowerment in the Present & Future | Belen Montesinos, Stephanie Venegas, Mayumi Casas | Gabriela López | |
22 | (UTC -7)Calgary CA | The Future of Self-Sustained Nutrition | Jade Brannon | Renee Stewart | |
23 | (UTC -8) Los Angeles US | Creating The Future Through Education Innovation | Amna Habiba | Daniel de Sant'anna Martins | |
24 | (UTC -9) Juneau US | Futures of Democracy with UNICEF Foresight Fellows | Fathmath Zahanath Zuhury | Adam Sharpe & Ijun Kim | |
25 | (UTC -10) Honolulu US | Living Preferred Futures, Today | Hauson Le | Kara Cunzeman |
Sessions
World Futures Day is held on March 1 each year. This will be the eleventh year that futurists and the general public will conduct a 24-hour, round-the-world conversation on the future on March 1st this year starting at 17:00 (5:00pm) evening in whatever time zone they are in.
Check out last year's report to learn more about how World Futures Day works! Download for free below:
Annually, individuals globally congregate in an informal, welcoming setting to converse about alternative scenarios for the future. Futures projects, research, new ideas and studies are shared, and new collaborations and friendships are made.
The Millennium Project, a global foresight participatory think tank, will host this conversation on the future in collaboration with the Association of Professional Futurists (APF), Humanity+, the World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS), and the World Futures Studies Federation (WFSF). Teach the Future, a global non-profit, is providing a platform for intergenerational conversations about the future. Join Teach the Future and our global network register for the event, Free Ticket Registration Here. This will be based on time zones around the world at 17:00 (5:00PM) evening. Whatever time zone you are in, there will be an activity occurring at, 17:00 (5:00PM) evening so come check it out on March 1, 2024. World Futures Day - Young Voices
Partners
In a rapidly evolving world it is essential to learn how to deal with uncertain and ever-changing futures. Let’s prepare our next generations with these skills in the classroom!
Our aspiration is that every student is prepared to navigate an uncertain world and has the agency to imagine and create their preferred future.
Our mission is to teach futures-thinking skills to students and educators around the world and to inspire them to influence their futures.
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