Dr. Mara Di Berardo is a seasoned expert in futures studies, communication, and participatory methodologies. She serves as the Communication Director and Italy Node Co-Chair of The Millennium Project, a global think tank with over 70 Nodes dedicated to improving global foresight and collaborative intelligence. Mara has been a vital contributor to the organization since 2007, leading research, events, and communication initiatives.

A prominent voice in the field, Mara is also the Communication Officer for the Foresight Europe Network, where she connects foresight professionals across Europe through participatory vision-building and strategic action planning. Her research includes an analysis of global futures topics, notably as the Principal Investigator for the 2022 Third Futures Research Grant, resulting in the widely cited study on World Futures Day 2022.

Source: Millennium Project

A graduate in political science and a doctor of sociology, I am director of the center for study, research and consulting in prospective, SAS proGective , and an associate of Yonders .

My main activity is to support decision-makers, both public and private, in their thinking, strategies and forward-looking approaches, in France and abroad.

To achieve this, I conduct prospective research on major topics relevant to evolution. As part of this, I develop and deliver lectures on the topics to which I devote my work. I also write and publish articles, books, and posts.

My passion is exploring uncharted territory. For over a decade, I’ve been working on the Great Transition we’re currently experiencing, and the chaotic, VUCA world it’s creating. Since 2018, I’ve been devoting my last decade of research to the emerging X.0 development model.

The COVID-19 pandemic has provided a tremendous springboard for the aspirations, creativity, and diverse awareness that have emerged. World X.0 has never seemed so close. I hope to make a significant contribution to its implementation.

Source: Website

Professor Jennifer Gidley, PhD
Author, Climate Educator, Psychologist, Futures Researcher.
Forbes “World’s Top 50 Female Futurists” List.

Jennifer is a global thought leader and advocate for human-centred futures in an era of hi-tech hype.

She is unique in the Futures world for her exceptional scholarship, mature wisdom, and grounded understanding of people as they face an increasingly uncertain world. Her inspiring human-centred insights speak to all audiences and enable hopeful, yet practical, strategies for creating better futures.

Jennifer’s most recent project is the founding of Global Futures Education, as a platform to provide high-level online education for professionals and executives. Over several years she has created a series of executive-level online courses on ‘Grand Global Futures Challenges and Solutions’.

Source: Website

Elizabeth Florescu is Director of Research of The Millennium Project. She has been with the Project since 1997.

Elizabeth is an economist and analyst-programmer with over 20 years of experience in futures research. She was also policy analyst at the European Commission (2016-2019) and has done extensive work in operational research (using fuzzy logic), foreign trade, diplomacy, and security-related domains.

Source: Millennium Project page

For 40+ years, I taught at California State University, Dominguez Hills—on Global Futures, Peace/Nonviolence, and Intercultural/Interfaith topics, with about 90 articles published in these areas, books forthcoming, and participation in global-local professional and community organizations active in these areas. I also taught at other universities in the U.S., Canada, Japan, & Europe.

Mission Statement

To me the only “game in town” is how we human beings are going to learn to live together on this planet, in a way that not only lets us survive, but increasingly meets the needs of people on this planet, so that human creativity and spirit can be unleashed and humanity as a whole and in its wonderful diversity can evolve, using technology to improve our lives, while also living in harmony with, and as caretakers of, our natural environment, planet earth.  I am committed to do my small part to see that these goals are achieved. The human journey is also one of pushing back ever more boundaries to explore the infinity of our outer and inner lives and realities. This is the ultimate human journey and future of human evolution.

Timothy E. Dolan is principal of Policy Foresight and faculty at DMS Academy. He is an alumnus of the Manoa School of Futures Studies and contemporary of such prominent futurists as Sohail Inayathulla, Wendy Schultz, and Chris Jones.

He is the author of over 35 articles and book chapters on anticipatory public policy. His current project is a book on the biotech revolution and market-driven evolution. He has designed numerous graduate-level courses on various topics relating to foresight/futures studies.

Source: DMS Academy