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  • Welcome to Turku – enjoy complimentary rides with public transport during your visit!

    Welcome to Turku – enjoy complimentary rides with public transport during your visit!

    Visit Turku Archipelago offers conference guests complimentary rides with public transport operated by Föli during your visit. Föli’s services include not only buses but also water buses, which transport passengers from Aura River to Ruissalo and Hirvensalo during the summer season. This provides you with a wonderful opportunity to explore our city during your visit, in…

  • Conference Newsletter #6

    Conference Newsletter #6

    The Futures Conference 2025 will challenge our perspectives on the era of pervasive technological changes This year’s Futures Conference will showcase an inspiring program focused on the future of technologies, aimed at fostering collaboration and idea exchange. The event will unite a global, multidisciplinary community, including futurists, scientists, business leaders, NGO representatives, policymakers, and students.…

  • Conference Newsletter #5

    Conference Newsletter #5

    Futures Conference 2025 welcomes you to Logomo, Turku! Futures Conference 2025 will be organised this year in Logomo – a center for culture, art and the creative economy, located in the former locomotive workshop next to the Turku railway station and the city center. The preliminary session program will be released in early May, so…

  • Conference Newsletter #4

    Conference Newsletter #4

    Futures Conference 2025 gives you a unique opportunity to network and learn more about the futures of technologies! We are most delighted to let you know that we received more than 180 submissions to the event. In addition to the six keynote speeches, there will be around 150 presentations in various sessions and around 15…

  • Registration is now open

    Registration is now open

    Registration for the Futures Conference 2025 is now open. Note that the early-bird fees are valid until 1 April. We encourage you to register in well advance and also to start planning and booking your travelling as soon as possible. Do make your hotel reservation asap as well, since the city of Turku will be…

  • Conference Newsletter #3

    Conference Newsletter #3

    Abstract Submission is Open Until 31 January We are happy to see the big response to our call for papers, even though it is a busy season after the holidays. Note that the deadline for abstract submission is on Friday 31 January. We welcome you to share your research results and insights on the futures…

  • Conference Newsletter #2

    Conference Newsletter #2

    Abstract submission for the ‘Futures of Technologies’ conference is ongoing actively. Thank you all who already have submitted. The submission and review is managed through an online conference paper management system EasyChair. If you think you need guidance in the process, please see a short guide. We are happy to announce our first keynote speakers.…

  • Announcing the first keynote speakers to the conference: Dr. Gümüşay and Dr. Selin – welcome!

    Announcing the first keynote speakers to the conference: Dr. Gümüşay and Dr. Selin – welcome!

    We are happy to announce the first keynote speakers to the conference: Dr. Ali Aslan Gümüşay (Germany) and Dr. Cynthia Selin (UK/USA). You are both warmly welcome to Turku! Ali Aslan Gümüşay Dr., Professor of Innovation, Entrepreneurship & SustainabilityLMU Munich School of Management, LMU Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center, Germany  Ali Aslan Gümüşay is professor of Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Sustainability at…

  • Conference Newsletter #1

    Conference Newsletter #1

    ‘Futures of Technologies’ is the 25th international Futures Conference of Finland Futures Research Centre and Finland Futures Academy, University of Turku. This year we are excited to be able to organise this event together with VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland – one of Europe’s leading research institutions advancing the utilisation and commercialisation of research…

  • Call for Papers is now published

    Call for Papers is now published

    The Call for Papers for the Futures Conference 2025 is now open.  We invite researchers, scholars, practitioners, consultants and students to share their latest research results, findings and thoughts no later than 31 January 2025. The conference sessions will be categorised into two different lines: academia-oriented and practice-oriented presentations. We kindly ask you to choose between these two when you…