Program

Last update: May 5, 2026

Day 0 - Wednesday, 2 September 2026 (TBC)

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18:00 : Registration Open & Welcome Drink

Venue: Sasin School of Management, TK Hall on the premises of Chulalongkorn University (Entrance is near Pratumwan Princess Hotel) 

19:00 : Opening Remarks and Welcome by the Organizers 

19:40 : Cocktail Reception for registered participants and invited guests

21:00 : End of Opening Event

Day 2 - Thursday, 5 September 2024

08:30 –09:45: Asia Pacific Futures - Advancing People, Planet, Prosperity, and Peace

Keynote 1: Sean Pillot de Checeney, Foresight Strategist & Bestselling Author. UK Associate Partner, Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies and Innovation Strategist & Director of Public Affairs, World Futures Studies Federation

Keynote 2

09:45 - 10:15 : Book Launches and Other publications 

Moderator: TBD

10:15 – 10:40 : Networking Coffee Break & Group Picture {Sasin Hall}

10:40 – 12:30 : 

Workshops C1: Two new approaches in Futures Thinking: The 4x4 Futures Matrix: Linking Possible Futures and Preferred Futures for Policy Strategy (developed by Dr. Seongwon Park) & TBD by Dr. Shermon Cruz 

Conventional futures methods treat possible and preferred futures as separate exercises, leaving a critical gap: the strategic terrain where they diverge. Strategy lives in this tension. Building on the Manoa School's four generic images of the futures, the 4×4 Matrix crosses four probable futures with four preferred futures, generating sixteen positions. A second axis—whether actors hold or close the gap—yields twenty-eight actionable strategies. This workshop introduces the matrix, applies it to a policy case, and equips participants to use it in their own work.

Workshops C2:  Developing Future Literacy: Approaches from Japan 

This session offers a compelling introduction to the evolution of futures studies in Japan—where it has come from, how it is practiced today, and where it may be heading next. It also explores a key challenge in the field: the gap between analytical foresight and participatory futures design, and why bridging them matters. Through a live workshop demonstration, participants will experience an approach that combines structured analysis with the perspectives of “good ancestors” and “future generations.” Join this session to discover how a more integrated form of “future literacy” can inspire practical action and fresh thinking across generations.   

Moderator: Mete Yasuji (Yazici), PsyD, Tokyo 

Workshops C3: Corporate Foresight 

C4: Thailand Futures (in Thai language)  {Room TK Hall}

Moderator: TBD

Workshops C5: Seeing the Future Is Easier Than Acting on It -  Exploring the inner and institutional “boxes” that shape how we imagine and respond to the future

Futures thinking often focuses on external change — trends, signals, scenarios, and emerging disruptions. But less attention is given to the internal and institutional “boxes” through which people interpret, accept, resist, or act on those futures. This interactive workshop combines elements of systems thinking, experiential futures, and reflective facilitation using the BOX method. Participants will explore how assumptions, identities, cognitive biases, institutional narratives, and behavior under pressure shape which futures feel plausible, desirable, threatening, or even imaginable.Through individual reflection, paired dialogue, and group interaction, the session invites participants to examine why awareness of long-term challenges does not always translate into consistent action — even in organizations deeply engaged in foresight work.

Facilitator: Martin Venzky-Stalling, Thailand 

12:30 – 13:30 : Networking Lunch 

13:30 – 13:50 : Special Address: {Sasin Hall}

13:50 - 15:15 : Parallel Workshops 

Workshop D1: Futures Bazaar

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Facilitators: Dr. Jawn Lim and Khai Hong Sen

Panel D2: Pacific Futures

Workshop D3: 

Workshop D4: Thailand Futures (in Thai language) - {TK Hall - Floor 1}

Workshop D5: 

Facilitators: 

15:15– 15:40 : Networking Coffee Break

15:40 - 16:45 : Asia Pacific Futures - Empowering People, Planet, Prosperity, and Peace 

Reflections by Futurists

In this session we have invited colleagues to share in up to seven minutes thoughts, reflections, insights or strategies for a sustainable future and our role as futurists. 

Speakers:

Dr. Seongwon Park, Founder and Managing Director 50000 Actions and current president of President of the Futures Studies Association of Korea , Seoul, Korea

Dr. Richard Hames (TBC)

Dr. Shermon Cruz, Founder of Center of Engaged Foresight, Manila, Philippines

Jost Wagner, The Change Initiative and APFN Chief Navigator, Bangkok, Thailand

Closing Keynote: Prof. Sohail Inayatullah, Chair of the APFN Steering Committee and Co-Founder of Metafuture

17;00 - 17:30 : Closing Remarks, Vote of Thanks, Outlook to APFN 2026

Ms. Emily Sharp & Mr. Jost Wagner, APFN

Prof. Piyachart, Sasin School of Management