Leadership – WORLD FUTURES STUDIES FEDERATION

President

Bing — Sat, 29 May 2021 08:57:46 +0000

Erik Øverland, PhD, Norway

Erik works on multiple foresight projects in Norway, and across Europe, including PhD in Futures Studies at the Free University of Berlin. Erik is an Editor for the European Journal for Futures Research.

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Director

Bing — Sat, 29 May 2021 03:21:46 +0000

Victor V. Motti, USA Victor Vahidi Motti, holder of USA EB-2 National Interest Waiver (NIW), is a self-taught Foresight Scholar and an International Executive whose area of research and advocacy interest is Planetary Foresight (click here to read more). His Panel Talk About Planetary Foresight; Looking at the Strategic Horizon in Morocco (Watch the YouTube video here) His Panel Talk About Planetary Foresight; Looking at the Strategic Horizon in Seminario UNAM 2023 (Watch the YouTube video here) Based in Washington, D.C., he is currently the Executive Director of the World Futures Studies Federation (WFSF) founded in 1973 with 300+ institutional and individual members from 60+ countries and is the Managing Editor of the European Journal of Futures Research (EJFR) published by Springer. He is also an invited professional speaker at business events and academic conferences. He has been a guest speaker at international conferences in the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia, speaking on key driving forces of change and major transformations at planetary and regional levels for the horizons of 2030, 2050, 2060, 2100, and 3000. His work focuses on a range of topics related to the future, including scenario planning, foresight, and strategic planning. He has published numerous articles in academic journals and has presented at conferences on futures-related topics. Recent Publications Motti, Victor V. (2022). Futures Studies. In The Palgrave Encyclopedia of the Possible. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98390-5_269-1 Motti, Victor V. (2021). Richard Slaughter: The master interpreter of alternative planetary futures, Futures, Elsevier. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2021.102796 Motti, Victor V. (2019). A Transformation ...

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Vice-President – Latin America

Bing — Sat, 29 May 2021 03:20:46 +0000

Guillermina Baena Paz, PhD, Mexico Elected to the Executive Board in 2009, appointed in 2013 as Vice – President Latin American Region, and re-elected in 2017 for a second four-year term. Guillermina is a WFSF Regional Vice-President. She is a Professor at the National Autonomous University in Mexico. PhD Latin American studies, Sciences in Information Degree, Public Administration Master’s Degree and PHD in Latin-American Studies at National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Guillermina is a member of National System of Researchers (SNI) and of Latin-American Association of Communication Researchers (ALAIC). Also she is a member of World Future Society. Finally, Guillermina founded the Ibero-American Chapter of the WFSF. She organizes and participates the foresight oriented regional conferences in Latin and South America. Also she was designing and teaching different courses. Part of her international recognition took place in Spain and Bolivia, Guatemala and Colombia, Perú and Venezuela, Ecuador and Brazil, Argentina, Costa Rica and United States. She has been coordinating a Seminary of Prospective Studies in UNAM since January 2003. She is the editor of e-magazine Prospective Constructing Futures (twelve numbers). Recently, she edited Working Papers Series in Political Prospective with fourteen numbers, Papers series with six numbers and Cuadernos (Papers) of prospective thinking, four numbers http://ciid.politicas.unam.mx/semprospectiva Work experiences Member, Latin-American Association of Communication Researchers (ALAIC) Member, World Future Society Founder and General Secretary of Ibero-American Chapter of the WFSF www.wfsf-iberoamerican.org Coordinator, a Seminary of Prospective Studies in UNAM, 2003 – present. Editor of the e-magazine, Prospective Constructing Futures Writing ...

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USA

Victor Vahidi Motti — Fri, 28 May 2021 06:25:49 +0000

Claire Nelson, PhD, USA Dr. Claire Nelson is Chief Ideation Leader of The Futures Forum, a research and education practice specializing in bringing the power of strategic foresight, and the discipline of sustainability engineering to challenges facing organizations and communities. She was recently named on Forbes as one of the top 50 female futurists in the world. Under her leadership, the Futures Forum has among other things designed and curated the first Forum on the Future of the Caribbean Sea, held in Kingston, Jamaica. A sought-after speaker, Nelson’s engagements have included: Association of Blacks in Energy; ASME; BET/CENTRIC; World Bank; Women in Research Engineering Symposium; Black Engineer of the Year Conference; Salzburg Seminar; Pacific Skills Summit; World Steel; University of the West Indies; and the US Air Force. She also provides foresight and sustainability consulting to organizations such as: Development Bank of Jamaica. She has served on the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Futures Studies and the World Futures Review Journal and is an active member of the Association of Professional Futurists and the World Futures Studies Federation, where she is Editor-At-Large of its flagship publication HUMAN FUTURES Magazine. Before establishing The Futures Forum, Dr. Nelson held a variety of positions at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), over a thirty-year career which spanned strategic portfolio development; program identification and management, institutional assessments and technical feasibility studies across a variety of sectors including: public sector modernization, private sector development, community development, and trade development. She was a thought ...

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Finland

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Wendy Schultz, PhD, UK

Wendy Schultz earned a Masters and a PhD in Alternative Futures (Political Science) from the University of Hawai’i at Manoa (Honolulu, Hawai’i, USA), and was a Research Associate at the Hawai’i Research Center for Futures Studies. She is the Director of Infinite Futures, a consultancy specializing in futures studies and foresight research and training. She also serves as the Vice-President of Training for Vision Foresight Strategy LLC; as Emergentista for LASA Development, which focuses on leadership and organizational renewal; and is a Principal of SAMI Consulting, known for scenario planning.

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Brazil

Victor Vahidi Motti — Fri, 28 May 2021 06:10:56 +0000

Rosa Alegria, Brazil A professional futurist for 20 years and a pioneer in strategic foresight in Brazil, Rosa has a systemic vision of what innovation is. Futures research & planning consultant, international speaker, she is among the most recognized futurist women in Latin America Director of the Millennium Project in Brazil, leads the movement Teach the Future in Brazil and Latin America, member of TTF global board, cofounder of the startup Pangera – ageless world, that promotes intergenerational relationships for innovation. Academic coordinator of the first International Certification in Strategic Foresight in Brazil that had the participation of 12 futurists around the world. Editor of the Perspectives Section of the Journal of Futures Studies for Latin America. One of the editors of the Human Futures Magazine. Professional background For 20 years, Rosa was an award-winning executive in the corporate world with an emphasis on the area of Corporate Communication and Corporate Social Responsibility, having won several awards. She is a media activist promoting constructive narratives in the communication means. Co-founded the Brazilian Futures Group at São Paulo Catholic University. Academic background Bachelor of Arts by USP University of São Paulo, School of Philosophy, Literature and Language, (1975-1982) Master of Science in Studies of the Future from the University of Houston, Clear Lake (USA, 2000-2004) specialist in Sustainability from Schumacher College (England, 2008), Global Management from Morehouse College (USA, 1996) and Creativity from CCL Center for Creative Leadership (USA, 1997). Affiliations Professional member of the APF Association of Professional Futurists, the ...

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Australia

Bing — Wed, 26 Jul 2017 03:21:46 +0000

Luke van der Laan, PhD, Australia Luke is an influential and internationally recognised leadership and strategy thinkers. He has worked with leading companies and large public entities across the Asia Pacific region. Van der Laan is a doctoral research Programme Director at the University of Southern Queensland. He is the lead author of the breakthrough book Foresight and Strategy in the Asia Pacific Region (Springer). In this volume, van der Laan presents evidence suggesting that leaders are generally underequipped to effectively develop sound strategy and that the impact of this is leading to the systemic undermining business potential and organisational performance. He presents models for enhancing the capabilities that contribute to effective strategy and building organizations that are “fit for the future.” With a focus on strategic leadership and decision making, van der Laan has published widely and integrates foresight and strategic thinking in the development of futures intelligent capabilities. He has introduced a dynamic model of strategy formulation known as TripleV© measuring these capabilities with a view on developing the strategic leadership of C Suite and strategy-level leaders. To support and empower organisations he has developed tools and platforms that have helped leaders provide strong direction to organisations. Van der Laan’s previous roles as a senior executive, trustee and board member has informed his current work with large corporations and public enterprises. This provides depth and practicality to his research-informed insights and ability to de-mystify foresight and strategic thinking in times of dramatic change. Highlights of this work include: Futures ...

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Netherlands

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Helga Veigl, Netherlands Helga is a practicing futurist at The Futures Lab, Inc., member of the Scientific Committee for WFSF, and of Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University (KSA) for the Futures Research Grants. She is from Hungary, currently living in Rijeka, Croatia and is a resident in UAE. She has 9 years of experience in academic Futures Studies, and 7 years in practicing the field. She is an invited lecturer at ADES (Institute of Advanced Design Studies). She is currently doing research on two main topics: 1) how to digitalise, AI-enhance and visualise foresight processes; 2) supply chain transparency for sustainable futures. She is continuously working on to meet the criteria of Jim Dator’s “To be a good futurist…” list.

USA

Victor Vahidi Motti — Tue, 25 Jul 2017 14:19:46 +0000

Thomas Lombardo, PhD, USA Thomas Lombardo, Ph.D. is the Executive Director of the Center for Future Consciousness, the Director of The Wisdom Page, the Managing Editor of the online journal Wisdom and the Future, and Professor Emeritus and retired Faculty Chair of Psychology, Philosophy, and the Future at Rio Salado College in Tempe, Arizona. He has published seven books and over fifty articles, and given roughly the same number of national and international presentations covering such diverse topics as the future of education; utopian and dystopian futurist visions; wisdom and character virtues; science fiction; the future evolution of the conscious mind; the “wise cyborg”; contemporary theories of the future; and how to heighten our future consciousness. Dr. Lombardo is an award-winning educator with over forty years of professional experience. He has served as an academic dean; a department chairperson; a clinical therapist and chief mental health psychologist; and director of professional staff development. He was selected as futurist “Educator of the Quarter” by FUTUREtakes. His online journal Wisdom and the Future has been given “The All-Star Award.” He is an awarded Fellow of the World Futures Studies Federation. Dr. Lombardo’s books have consistently received laudatory reviews in many journals and professional magazines. He is an editorial board member of the Journal of Futures Studies and served on the editorial board of the World Future Review. He is presently a member of the Association of Professional Futurists, World Futures Studies Federation, and numerous other futurist professional organizations. Dr. Lombardo ...

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Mexico

Victor Vahidi Motti — Sun, 23 Jul 2017 14:06:15 +0000

Alethia Montero Baena , Mexico Past Director of World Future Society, Mexican Chapter, A.C.® , Director of Teach the Future Mexico and member of the Executive Board and Core Team of Teach the Future Global. Co-creator of the Psychoprospective or Psychology of Anticipation and Generator of Teatro del Devenir (Forward Theater Experience Creator). Personal Futures Advisor. Coordinator of component 5 on “Psychoprospective and Social and Educational Innovation” of the Open Network of Innovation and Foresight for Latin America and the Caribbean. Member of the World Futures Studies Federation, Association of Professional Futurists and the Futures Advisory Board of The Long Boat Foundation. Advisor of the Specialty in Design of Tomorrow at the Center for Design, Film and Television (Mexico City). National and international lecturer and workshop leader. WFSF’s President’s Outstanding Young Woman Futurist 2016 award winner.

Colombia

Victor Vahidi Motti — Sat, 22 Jul 2017 14:32:37 +0000

Lucio Mauricio Henao Velez, Colombia Professional in Industrial Economics, postgraduate in Organizational foresight and supplementary studies in foresight, planning, development and management of innovation, active listening from the Sonidosofía / Intulisten. Planning skills, business valuation, project formulation and evaluation, foresight, scenarios and future studies conformed in more than 3 decades of experience and academy. With skills in adult education, having been lecturer and facilitator – trainer of more than 1500 students and 150 practice workshops of planning, prospective and futures studies. Exhibitor at local and international congresses, peer evaluator and publications in magazines, specialized books and memories in foresight and scenarios. With competencies in the management and development of prospective software and other commonly used computers. Experience in exercises of strategic prospective planning by scenarios in government spheres, companies, NGOs, supranational organizations and academia. CEO of ProSeres strategic foresight Iberoamerican think tank for training, promotion, research and consulting in the lines of foresight, strategic planning and innovation. Orientation towards research and development in Territorial, political, strategic, financial and technological prospective. Active member of the World Federation of Future Studies – WFSF, World Futures Society – WFS, Latin American Network of Scenarios and Strategy – EyE, Ibero-American Network of Foresight Technological Convergence – RIAP, Iberoamerican Network for Prospecting of the Millennium Project – RIBER, Prospecta Network Latin America, CorpoPlanea, RELATE and of Executive Boards in local companies. Exercises of future and prospective studies in Colombia: Plan for land-use and management of the Aburra River Basin 2019, Habitat and Housing Strategic Plan ...

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Argentina

Victor Vahidi Motti — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 17:14:35 +0000

Javier Alejandro Vitale Gutierrez, Argentina Elected to the Executive Board in 2017 for four-years term. Javier is a researcher at the National Institute of Agricultural Technology (Argentina) and Co-Director of the Center for Prospective Studies at the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences at the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (Mendoza, Argentina). Degree in Political Science and Public Administration from the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences of the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Postgraduate Studies in the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (Argentina) where he held the Diploma in Governance and Construction of Prospective Scenarios.Specialist in foresight and strategic planning. Coordinated prospective studies of provincial and regional scope. The lines of work are related to environmental, territorial and productive sector. Lecturer and teacher in undergraduate and graduate programs. He is also a member of the World Federation of Future Studies (WFSF). Work experiences • Technical Coordinator, Confederation of Latin American and Caribbean Networks of Foresight (Network CYTED-617RT0531). • Researcher, National Institute of Agricultural Technology. • Co-Director, Center for Prospective Studies of the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences of the National University of Cuyo. Writing • “Scenarios on quality and safety in the sector producing raw materials and food elaborated in Argentina 2030” edited by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation. • “Prospective guide for the rural territorial ordering of Argentina at the municipal level” edited by INTA. • “Trajectory and foresight of the Argentine food industry: strategic innovation agenda” by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Productive Innovation. ...

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