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12th Asia Pacific Futures Network Conference

Conference Theme to be announced soon

3-4 September 2024

at Thailand – Sasin School of Management, CU, BKK

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Knowledge Partners

Website: Draft V.1.0 March 6

More than just

a conference

Hosted in Bangkok for the 4th time, the 12th APFN conference intends to take a four-track approach catering for practitioners, academic researchers, government and corporate leaders simultaneously. The organizers of the conference intend also to increase the profile of the work futurists are doing especially in the ASEAN region and beyond.

Along with alternative futures, case studies of foresight in practice from government, the private sector, and the community arena will be highlighted.

Last but not least, the APFN is a peer-to-peer learning conference with extended space for networking and through interaction, genuine knowledge sharing. Moreover, we wish to enhance the futures literacy of newcomers to the field to allow them to make more informed policy and strategic decisions today for the future of tomorrow.

The Objectives

Imagine the futures of Asia and the Pacific; explores disruptions, and create alternative futures
Share methods, tools and innovations for futures thinking and strategic foresight
Support the advancement of methods, practices and complementary approaches to the changing needs of policymakers
Demonstrate how foresight has influenced policy processes and decisions
Promote cooperation and networking among participants as well as share experiences between members of different organizations and backgrounds
Stimulate the uptake of these approaches and exchange between practitioners and policymakers and ultimately to increase the profile of futures thinking and foresight in the Asia-Pacific.

Conference Fee

Like every year we will ask for a modest donation to support young and emerging futurists and some of the catering costs. It will be thanks to our supporting partners and sponsors.

Conference contribution: USD 150 | For students: USD 50

The conference donation can be paid online via the registration page from May 1, 2026 online. In case you have to cancel we will refund you the full amount minus the transaction cost for the refund.

Conference Steering Committee for the 10th conference

Prof. Sohail Inayatullah

UNESCO Chair for Future Studies & Co-Founder Metafuture.org

Jost Wagner

APFN Chief Navigator & Managing Director, The Change Initiative

Conference Co-Director

Dr. Nok Boonmavichit

Independent Foresight Expert,

Bangkok

Ed Niedbalski

APFN Community Manager

PHD Candidate,

Tamkang University

Prof. Sohail Inayatullah

UNESCO Chair for Future Studies & Co-Founder Metafuture.org

Emily Sharp

APFN Co-Navigator, SPC - Pacific Community

Dr. Piyachart Phiromswad

Deputy Director, Learning Solutions

Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration of

Chulalongkorn University

Organizing Support Team

Ms. Nathamon (Apple) Tanapurihira

Event Manager, The Change Initiative

Donnaya

Project Manager, Sasin Executive Education

Venue Sponsor & Partner

Organizer & Host

Event Support

Other Sponsors

Knowledge Partners

In 2018, 2019 and 2025 the APFN conference was hosted in Bangkok, too. Get some impressions about the amazing atmosphere when we come together. Here a video from 2019. And our community has grown since then a lot.

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