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The concept of Future-Oriented Collective Intelligence (FOCI) offers a transformative approach to making sense of and addressing future challenges that are complex and interconnected. The topic will be at the centre of the Futures4Europe Conference that will take place on 15 - 16 May 2025 in Vienna, Austria, at the Skydome in Vienna’s thrilling 7th district.   

The event will focus on three subtopics that correspond to the tracks of the Call for Papers: 

• Collective Intelligence for R&I Policy Making;
• Science as Collective Intelligence;
• Emerging practices and cultures in future-oriented collective intelligence.

The programme will consist of keynotes, parallel sessions with paper presentations and interactive formats. The final agenda will be shared closer to the event date. 

Are you interested in sharing your latest research findings? 

You can find our Call for Papers attached below. The submission deadline has been extended until 28 February 2025, where selected papers will be published in the international bi-monthly Foresight journal by Emerald Publishing. Academic contributions and inputs from Foresight practitioners, policymakers, and domain experts are welcome. The conference especially embraces presentations from various technological and social science and humanities domains. We also welcome papers exploring the horizons of the three conference subtopics related to Future-Oriented Collective Intelligence. 

The Futures4Europe Conference 2025 will take place on 15-16 May 2025 in Vienna. We are looking forward to receiving your contributions to help shape the future of foresight!   

Registration will open on 1 March 2025. The conference is free of charge. For more details, please contact futures4europe@ait.ac.at 

The Conference is organised by AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, as part of the Eye of Europe project, which envisions a more cohesive and influential R&I foresight community that contributes significantly, as a collective intelligence, to shaping and guiding policy decisions. The project has received funding from the EU’s Horizon Europe Research Programme under Grant Agreement n°101131738.

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