1st Online Pre-Event of the Futures Conference 2021

Materials:

• Markku Wilenius: “Opening and introduction to the theme of the event” (pdf)
• Olli-Pekka Heinonen: “What have we learnt in Finland about teaching/education during coronavirus pandemic?” (pdf)
• Sanna Ahvenharju & Matti Minkkinen: “Introduction to Futures Consciousness” (pdf)
• Word cloud on “How could futures skills help people thrive in our volatile world?” (pdf)
• Futures Consciousness Test is still available for all participants at https://fctest.utu.fi. Use the following keys to get in: FuturesSkillsENG for test in English and FuturesSkillsFI for Finnish test.
• Give us feedback on the event. If you did not attend the online event, you can give us feedback also after watching the recording. Thank you!
• Recording of the event:

Futures Skills in a Volatile World
11 June 2020 at 12:00-16:00 (UTC+3)

Programme:

12.00 Opening and introduction to the theme of the event [recording at 00:20]
Markku Wilenius, Dean at Dubai Future Academy and Professor at Finland Futures Research Centre, University of Turku

12.30 Keynote Speech: What have we learnt in Finland about teaching/education during coronavirus pandemic? [36:00]
Director General Olli-Pekka Heinonen, Finnish National Agency for Education, EDUFI, Finland

Discussion

13.30 Break [15 min]

13.45 Panel Discussion: Futures Skills in a Volatile World [1:34:10]
Panelist: Erica Bol, Changemaker for Teach the Future Europe, the Netherlands; Professor Sanna Järvelä, University of Oulu, Finland; Research Manager Johanna Ollila, Finland Futures Research Centre, University of Turku and Dr. Rocco Scolozzi, Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Trento; Skopia Anticipation Services®, Italy

14.30 Panel discussion groups

14.50 Sharing the results of the discussion groups [2:16:50]

15.00 Break [15 min]

15.15 Introduction to Futures Consciousness [2:30:00]
Researchers Sanna Ahvenharju and Matti Minkkinen, Finland Futures Research Centre, University of Turku

Discussion

16.00 Closing of the event [3:17:00]
Director, Dr. Juha Kaskinen, Finland Futures Research Centre, University of Turku

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