9.00 – 9.30

Registration

9.30 – 10.00

Welcome and Opening Address

Dr Ela Krawczyk, The Futures Academy; Professor Brian Norton, DIT President; Dr Erik Øverland, WFSF

Session 1

Way Out of the Crisis: Junction Where Futures Thinking Meets Innovation

10.00 - 10.20

Scanning the Horizons: What are the Key Areas of Change and Uncertainty?

Professor John Ratcliffe, The Futures Academy UK, UK

10.20 – 10.40

Why Traditional Thinking is Inadequate? Why Futures Thinking?

Dr Patrick Corsi, IKBM SA, Belgium

10.40 – 11.00

How can Futures Thinking Foster Innovation?

Dr Fabienne Goux-Baudiment, proGective, France

11.00 – 11.15

Questions and Discussion

11.15 – 11.30

Coffee Break

Session 2

The Art of Innovating Organisational Futures

11.30 - 11.50

Innovation today and tomorrow. Education, Research, Business & Policy

Dr Erik Øverland, Subito! Research & Futures

11.50 – 12.50

(so, how do they do it?)

11.50 – 12.10

Futures Ireland: Innovating under Uncertainty

Dr Larry O'Connell, National Economic and Social Council, Ireland

12.10 – 12.30

Sustainability Driving Innovation at Philips

Dr Paul Shrubsole, Philips Research

12.30 – 12.50

Futures Thinking at Allianz

Professor Markku Wilenius, Allianz Group, Germany, University of Turku, Finland

12.50 – 13.10

Questions and Discussion

13.10 – 14.00

Lunch

Session 3

Mapping the Future Together: Identifying Innovation Opportunities

World Café

14.00 – 15.30

Interactive session during which participants will examine how the key future drivers may influence their organisations and how these drivers can be translated into new opportunities for products, services and business models.

15.30 – 15.50

Plenary Recap from the World Café and Discussion

15.50 – 16.00

Final Thoughts and Close