Conjectural Futures Conference

2 days of foresight talks and workshops for strategists, foresighters, innovators and designers.

5th and 6th of November 2018,
Silent Green, Berlin

Better life for all – or disaster?

Different perspectives are needed to map the future in all conceivable, pleasant and dystopian facets. Varied teams are needed to map the diverse positions to what is possible. The Corporate Foresight Teams of Evonik and Deutsche Bahn invite you to come to Berlin on 5th and 6th of November 2018. Together, we design and discuss radical visions of the future and unconventional future scenarios for companies as well as for society, and set the starting point for the cross-industry open foresight network “Conjectural Futures”.

“There is no people that does not believe the future can be recognized and predicted.”

— Cicero, 63 v. Chr.

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Program

November 5th

10.00 am
Arrival and breakfast
11.00 am
Welcome and conference goals
11.30 am
Session 1 : (Inter-)planetary Conjectures

Speaker: Barbara Imhof
Speaker: Center for Genomic Gastronomy
Speaker: Arne Hendriks
1.10 pm
Lunch and Food Performance
2.40 pm
Discussion round I
3.25 pm
Coffee break
3.50 pm
Session 2 : Conjectural Agency

Speaker: Harald Schumann
Speaker: Liam Young
Speaker: Michael Kopatz
5.45 pm
Discussion round II
6.40 pm
Closing Remarks
19:00
Dinner
7.00 pm
Dinner

November 6th

9.45 am
Arrival and breakfast
10.15 am
Welcome and goals of the day
10.30 am
Workshop Session: Drafting Conjectures I

Lead: Evonik Creavis Corporate Foresight I
Lead: Yannis Angelis + Susanne Conrad
Lead: NORMALS + Hopfengärtner + Mehnert
Lead: Workshop Foresight Network
12.00 am
Lunch
1.00 pm
Workshop Session: Drafting Conjectures II

Lead: Deutsche Bahn
Lead: Fraunhofer CeRRI
Lead: EU Policy Lab
Lead: Evonik Creavis Corporate Foresight II
2.30 pm
Coffee break
2.45 pm
Session 2 : Conjectural Agency (Barcamp Pitches)
3.15 pm
Barcamp Session: Drafting Conjectures III
4.00 pm
Results of the Conjectural Futures Network workshop & goodbye
4.20 pm
End

Program Pdf

Speakers

Barbara Imhof

Space architect

Space architect, researcher and radio journalist. She is co-founder and managing director of LIQUIFER Systems.

Liam Young

Tommorows Thoughts Today

Liam Young is an independent urbanist, designer and futurist. He is the founder of the think tank Tomorrows Thoughts Today.

Dr. Michael Kopatz

Climate and environment expert

Scientific project leader at Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment, Energy and author of “Ecoutine”.

Arne Hendriks

Artist, Speculative design

Arne Hendriks works in the fields of open design, hacking, speculative research, education and repair culture.

Center for Genomic Gastronomy

Think Tank

The center is an artist-led think tank that examines the biotechnologies and biodiversity of human food systems.

Harald Schumann

Investigativ journalist

Harald Schumann is an investigative journalist, among others at the Tagesspiegel. In particular his research interest is on the financial crises in the eurozone.

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