New York, NY – The Futures Forum is proud to announce the SMART FUTURES EXCHANGE, a landmark Brain Trust event held in commemoration of the UN Summit of the Future. This event, to be held on 20th September 2024, at the Consulate of Jamaica in New York, will bring together experts, futurists, and thought leaders to focus on actions that address critical global challenges and opportunities and help ensure that we are prepared to secure a sustainable and equitable future for generations to come.
The Brain Trust will feature five high-impact sessions:
- Advancing Anticipatory Governance
- Space and the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals)
- Ministry of Our Future: Transmedia Storytelling
- SIDS (Small Island Developing States) Ocean Futures
- Caribbean Parliament of the Future
H. E. Brian Wallace, Permanent Representative of Jamaica to the United Nations, serves as the Co-Facilitator of the Declaration of Future Generations process, of the UN Summit of the Future. A pivotal global initiative, this prestigious role highlights Jamaica’s prominence at the United Nations and especially among the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), a coalition of 55 island nations at the forefront of climate action and future-focused policymaking.
The UN Summit of the Future is a crucial moment for multilateral cooperation and global human endeavor. Its outcomes are expected to set the stage for stronger global governance and meaningful action on pressing global issues such as climate change, technological governance, and ensuring the well-being of future generations.
The SMART FUTURES EXCHANGE is being executed by visionary partner organizations including the World Future Studies Federation, Space Renaissance, National Space Society, World Innovation Network, The Futures Hive, SIDS Futures Lab, and Caribbean Futures Forum -all working under the leadership of The Futures Forum.
Dr. Claire Nelson, author of the groundbreaking book, ‘SMART Futures for a Flourishing World’ and Lead Trustee of the event, expressed her hopes for the exchange, stating: “This Brain Trust is a unique opportunity to bring together diverse minds and institutions to exchange ideas on how we will address the question ‘How we share our collective futures’. By fostering open dialogue and trading the assets embodied in our proposed plans and programs, across various sectors and audiences, we hope to chart bold paths forward for collaborative action that gives life to the whole of society approach that the Impact Coalitions established by civil society as follow up to the UN Summit of the Future.”
The SMART FUTURES EXCHANGE will be an unprecedented gathering, offering a platform for groundbreaking dialogue on securing a resilient, prosperous, and inclusive future.
For further information or to participate in this landmark event in person, please contact register at SMARTFuturesExchangeLIVE (by SEPT 18) or Join us on ZOOM at SMARTFuturesExchangeOnline
