Futures Conference 2025 at a Glance
Venue: Logomo, Turku, Finland
Please note, this program is subject to change
Updated 12 June 2025
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Tuesday 10 June
| 12.30 | Registration to the Conference Venue: Logomo lobby |
| 13.30 | Conference Opening Professor, Dr. Toni Ahlqvist Finland Futures Research Centre, University of Turku |
| 13.50 | Introduction to the Conference Themes Research Professor in Strategic Foresight, Dr. Arho Suominen VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland |
| 14.15 | Keynote Speech: “Approaches for Ethical Assessment of Emerging Technologies” Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Technology, Dr. Philip Brey University of Twente, The Netherlands |
| 15.00 | Coffee & tea Break |
| 15.30 | Keynote Speech: “The Fall and Rise of Finance in the Era of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)” CEO Rohit Talwar Fast Future, UK |
| 16.15 | Keynote Speech: “Imagining the Technological Threats and Possibilities of the Future Through the Lens of Science Fiction” Futurist, Dr. Elina Hiltunen What’s Next Consulting Ltd, Finland |
| 17.00 | Short break |
| 17.15–18.45 | Session 1 (parallel tracks) |
| 19.00–21.00 | Welcome Reception Venue: Logomo lobby |
Wednesday 11 June
| 09.00 | Registration and morning coffee Venue: Logomo lobby |
| 09.30 | Keynote Speech: “Desirable Futures & Prospective Theorizing” Professor of Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Sustainability, Dr. Ali Aslan Gümüşay LMU Munich School of Management, LMU Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center, Germany |
| 10.30 | Break |
| 10.45 | Keynote Speech: “What Do We Know? The Productive Power of Certainties in Scenario Planning” Associate Fellow, Dr. Cynthia Selin Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, UK & Scenaric Consulting, Founder and Director, USA |
| 11.45 | Lunch |
| 13.00 | Session 2 (parallel tracks) |
| 14.30 | Coffee break |
| 15.00 | Session 3 (parallel tracks) |
| 16.30 | Short break |
| 16.45 | Session 4 (parallel tracks) |
| 18.15 | Closing of the day |
| 19.15 –23 | Conference Dinner Venue: Old Academy Building / Turun Akatemiatalo, address: Rothoviuksenkatu 1, Turku |
Thursday 12 June
| 08.30 | Morning coffee and sandwiches |
| 09.00 | Keynote Speech: “Future of AI: Issues, Opportunities, and Geopolitical Synergies” CEO, Dr. h.c. mult., Jerome Glenn The Millennium Project, USA |
| 10.00 | Short break |
| 10.15 | Session 5 (parallel tracks) |
| 12.00 | Lunch |
| 13.00 | Session 6 (parallel tracks) |
| 14.30 | Coffee break |
| 15.00 | Session 7 (parallel tracks) |
| 16.30– 17.00 | Networking & Closing of the Futures Conference 2025 Venue: Logomo lobby |
Futures of Technologies │ 10–12 June 2025 