Welcome to the 25th Futures Conference:
"FUTURES OF TECHNOLOGIES – Mutual Shaping of Socio-Technical Transformations"
10–12 June 2025 │Turku, Finland
** Call for Papers is now open **
Futures Conference 2025 focuses on the futures of technologies, their development, importance, role and risks as a driver of social change. What are the effects of social and environmental changes on technological development and vice versa? We will focus on question like how can organisations and societies proactively manage the dual role of technology both as a solution and a source of new societal dilemmas; how can AI and other technologies contribute in advancing the scientific discipline and innovative approaches to technology within futures studies and foresight; how to perceive and rethink the linkages between novel technologies and policy-making; and how to reconstruct innovation policies in an era of pervasive technological changes.
We invite researchers, scholars, practitioners, consultants and students from universities, research institutes, companies, governmental and non-governmental organisations to share the latest research results, findings and thoughts on these key topics:
- Theoretical frameworks of technology in futures studies and foresight
- Methodological innovations due to AI and emerging technologies
- Anticipatory governance of emerging technologies
- Linkages between foresight, technology, and policymaking
- Bridging foresight and management: futures studies approach in management practices
- Case studies on technology-enabled future design
- The use of technologies in research, teaching and learning
- Futures of the digital and green transitions
- The role of technology in tackling global challenges
- Technology impact assessment
- Ethical issues in technology
Submit your abstract for paper presentation, panel session or interactive workshop (max. 400 words) no later than 31 January 2025 via: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=fc25
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 submit your abstract.
- Read the full Call for Papers online.
- Short guide for submitting your abstract via EasyChair, an online conference paper management system.
Important Dates
- Deadline for the abstracts: 31 January 2025
- Notification of acceptance: 3 March 2025
Conference Organisers
‘Futures of Technologies’ is the 25th international Futures Conference of the Finland Futures Research Centre and Finland Futures Academy, University of Turku. It is organised together with the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd.
Follow the event at futuresconference2025.com and with #futuresconference2025. Contact the Conference Secretariat via futuresconference@utu.fi.
