About APFN

About APFN

Futures Studies and strategic foresight is a rapidly growing field in the Asia-Pacific region. GIFS has witnessed an explosion of interest in futures thinking in Asia. From Tamkang University’s foresight program and the emergence of various presidential foresight initiatives; the spread of foresight in government ministries; foresight-driven government projects in Singapore, Malaysia, and Taiwan; the increasing number of international organizations, corporations and financial institutions supporting foresight courses in Pakistan, Philippines, Bangladesh, and Iran; plus an emerging interest of many leading universities in Asia, it seems apparent that Futures Studies and foresight have arrived in many parts of the Asia-Pacific region. Many senior or emerging futurists agreed that a yearly meeting is needed to provide a space for futurists to analyze, synthesize, and reflect on emerging issues and trends, create new knowledge and experiences for anticipatory action learning education and research, and strengthen the link between futures theory and practice in Asia. Therefore 2015 the Asia Pacific Futures Network (or Futurists) Network was founded.

The Asia-Pacific Futurists Network Meeting in Bangkok, Thailand is the 5t^h Asia-Pacific futurists network meeting, with the two having been hosted by Tamkang University in Taiwan, the 3^rd one in Seoul in April 2017 and the 4th in August 2018 in Bangkok.