A symposium was hosted by Tamkang University, in association with Kyung Hee University and the Hawaii Research Center for Futures Studies, on November 10-11, in Tamsui, Taipei. Traditional pedagogical approaches to Futures Studies focused on expert based lecture formats. Scenario planning opened up the process by using groups of experts. In the past few decades, however, the workshop format – futures workshops, knowlabs, immersive futures – all have attempted to include participants in the futures process. They are not mere spectators or receivers of the futures, but active creators – mind, body, and spirit. The futurist becomes thus a content facilitator,…
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ByoLogyc is a fictional company from the future, brought to life in the world of today by The Mission Business, an experience design consultancy based in Toronto, Canada. Over 9 months spanning 2012 and 2013, The Mission Business rolled out an immersive and interactive experience that put the ByoLogyc brand in front of thousands of Canadians, giving audiences a taste (quite literally) of what a biotechnological future ruled by corporate influence might look and feel like. ByoLogyc has appeared as a special guest at the 2013 TED conference and Autodesk University. The project has since been recognized with awards and…
In December 2014, the Foresight and Behavioural Insights Unit at the European Commission’s DG Joint Research Centre began collaborating with the Hawaii Research Center for Futures Studies and the Center for Postnormal Policy and Futures Studies to develop a serious game as part of an ongoing foresight study. The JRC’s Scenario Exploration System (hereafter JRC SES) was the first product of the newly organized EU Policy Innovation Lab, and the game was envisioned as an integral aspect of the research dissemination and delivery stage for the 2035 – Paths Toward a Sustainable EU Economy project. The final report notes how…