2021 Futures Festival Schedule
October 30, 2021 (local times below might may cross over to October 31 depending on your timezone)
Room 1
*All Schedule times shown are already converted to your local time for convenience! Just show up at that time. No conversion required.
| Session | Speakers | Type | Local Time* | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Introduction | Prateeksha Singh, Graciela Guadarrama | Plenary | 11:00 AM UTC | 15 min |
| Co-creating Mobility for all | Yasir Ahmed, Abbas Jamie | Keynote | 11:15 AM UTC | 45 min |
| Teach the Future Young Voices Network | Deona (USA), Amna (Pakistan), Ruhan (Finland), Andrés (Colombia), Laila (Egypt, USA), Daniele (Singapore), Spiros (Singapore) | Panel | 12:00 PM UTC | 60 min |
| Champions of Hope - Empowering girls in Rural Bihar as community leaders | Kshitiz Anand | Keynote | 1:00 PM UTC | 45 min |
| Break | Break Session | 1:45 PM UTC | 15 min | |
| Journeying from an ego-system to an ecosystem: Lessons from educational communities in Bangladesh | Shakil Ahmed, Mehdi Hassan, Azwa Nayeem | Panel | 2:00 PM UTC | 45 min |
| M19 Initiative - The Power of A Collective | Vaibhav Chhabra | Keynote | 2:45 PM UTC | 45 min |
| The metaverse, the next step of the internet | Rafael Martínez-Cortiña | Keynote | 3:30 PM UTC | 30 min |
| Advocacy: A Force for Systems Change | Annette L Gardner | Other Formats | 4:00 PM UTC | 45 min |
| Philosophy, Ethics and BioFutures | Bibiana Xausa Bosak, Lisa Whitsett, Elizabeth Hofvenschiöld | Panel | 4:45 PM UTC | 60 min |
| Inclusive futures for migration: sharing lessons from lived experience | Syed Kazim Baqeri | Keynote | 5:45 PM UTC | 45 min |
| Break | Break Session | 6:30 PM UTC | 30 min | |
| The ripple effect of collective action | Sarah Gough | Keynote | 7:00 PM UTC | 60 min |
| How Latin America is shaping the future? A World Cafe | Martin Perez Comisso | Other Formats | 8:00 PM UTC | 90 min |
| Exploradores del futuros: de la exploración individual a la colectiva. | Bárbara Inge Ferrer Lanz | Panel | 9:30 PM UTC | 60 min |
| Closing | Graciela Guadarrama | Plenary | 10:30 PM UTC | 30 min |
Room 2
*All Schedule times shown are already converted to your local time for convenience! Just show up at that time. No conversion required.
| Session | Speakers | Type | Local Time* | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International Launch of Poli.Futuros, collective (re)building futures in vulnerable communities after the pandemic | Bibiana Xausa-Bosak, Natalie Davantel, Ana Paula Medeiros | Panel | 6:30 PM UTC | 60 min |
| Futuros para todxs: perspectivas sobre la inclusión de la población LGBTTTIQ+ desde las personas Trans y los pueblos indígenas | Milena Pafundi, Dayanna Gallegos Castillejos, Kenya Cytlaly Cuevas Fuentes, Beth Sua De Gyvez, Dania Gutiérrez | Panel | 7:30 PM UTC | 90 min |
| Museum of Futures: Pandemic Pivots | Claire Marshall, Mel Rumble | Other Formats | 9:00 PM UTC | 45 min |
| Growing a Futures Literate City | Dr. Cheryl Doig, Ben Reed, Tom Beaumont | Panel | 9:45 PM UTC | 45 min |
