The University of Houston’s Futures Studies program—as always–is well-represented at this year’s World Future Society General Assembly. The event is being held in Toronto from July 27-29 at the Sheraton Centre with over 1,000 participants expected.
Futures Studies’ faculty, alums, and Advisory Board members are leading four one-day pre-conference courses.

  • Introduction to Futures Studies, Peter Bishop
  • An Insider’s Guide to Foresight Consulting: A Case-Study Approach, Andy Hines (with Riel Miller)
  • Scenario Planning: How to Build and Use Scenarios, Alum Adam Gordon
  • Wiser Futures: Using Futures Tools to Better Understand and Create the Future, Advisory Board Member Clem Bezold

They are also leading nine regular conference sessions, joined by current students as well:

  •  The Best of Houston Futures, Dr. Peter Bishop, moderator
    • The Future of Learning Management Systems, Jason Swanson
    • The Future of Locative Devices, Josh Lindenger
    • Emily Empel, Graduate, and Heather Schlegel, Student, A Systems Model of the Demographic Transition
  • Chemical Brain Preservation: How to Live “Forever,” Alum John Smart
  • The Future of Shopping: An Immersive Experience, Alum Emily Empel & Current Student Heather Schlegel
  • Global Futures Collective Intelligence System Advisory Board Member Ted Gordon (with Jerry Glenn)
  • Our Role in Shaping the Future, Alum & Former Faculty Jennifer Jarratt (with John Mahaffie)
  • Scouting the Future with the Implications Wheel, Advisory Board Member Joel Barket
  • The Evolution of Integral Futures, Faculty Terry Collins and Andy Hines
  • Primary Care 2025 Advisory Board Member Clem Bezold
  • Models of Futures Education for the 21st Century, Alum Verne Wheelright (with others)
  • Networked Government: The 21st Century Agency, Alum John Jackson (with others)

We are pleased to see our community well represented and look forward to a great conference! Andy Hines