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Date: Mon, Nov 12, 2012 9:00am – 4:00pm Attendance restrictions: open to the public Location: Nairobi     For the next Future Day, the Bertelsmann Foundation is partnering with the Society for International Development with support from the Rockefeller Foundation to create a dynamic event in Nairobi, Kenya. The Future Day will bring together voices from East […]

Date: Fri, Nov 9, 2012 7:30am – 3:30pm Attendance restrictions: open to the public Location: Houston Full-sized poster for event You are invited to attend and participate in what promises to be a special event–the November 9 University of Houston (UH) Megatrend Future Day. Ten UH colleges, including the College of Engineering, are partnering with the […]

WASHINGTON, DC (October 1, 2012) – The Global Futures Project introduced its recently published Megatrends in Global Interaction at a symposium at Washington, DC’s Gallaudet University, the world’s only university dedicated to serving the needs of deaf and hard-of-hearing students. The event brought the research of the Bertelsmann Foundation and the Global […]

Ageing populations is a global trend that is of utter importance for developed regions like Europe. However, other regions like Africa or South America will have older populations in the upcoming decades as well. One of the most important questions for ageing societies all over the world is: can we […]

Update: “Megatrends in Global Interaction” is now available. You can order a copy via the Bertelsmann Stiftung. The futurechallenges.org team has published an extensive analysis on the interconnectedness of global megatrends. The book will soon be available under the title “Megatrends in Global Interaction”. The following text is taken from the […]