Future Days

On December 12th, we celebrated the end of an incredible three-month journey with KAOSPILOT Outpost Lisbon 2024 at Impact Hub Lisbon 🎉 This partnership has been all about creating real-world impact by empowering students to dive into the cultural and social fabric of Lisbon through Collective Imagination. The event showcased their creativity and the innovative tools they developed, like the “Phone Call with the Future”, which fosters storytelling, deep listening, and meaningful dialogue about the narratives shaping our shared futures. As the students shared: “We wanted to create a harmonious dialogue between heritage and change, and the phone booth was a perfect place for this exchange. The phone booth itself would represent the past, the call would be with the future, and the participant would be the linking present element.” We are super grateful for their contributions and for laying the foundation for meaningful action in Futures Literacy as we look ahead to 2025. To everyone involved—thank you for making this journey unforgettable! ✨ Elena Domenicucci | Mathilde Nyborg | Embla Kristine Asmussen | Salóme Júlíusdóttir | 📸 Mads Gregorius Krag

📷: Early draft version of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 76 years after its adoption, this landmark document continues to play a crucial role in helping achieve a world of freedom, equality and justice for all. “Let’s protect, defend and uphold all human rights for all people,” urges UN Secretary-General António Guterres. “Let’s stand up for all rights — always.”

❤️ When Future Days invited me to be an ambassador, I received it as a gift. A relationship designed to dialogue, reflect and weave companionship and commitment. Truly a gift. Many thanks, dear Paqui Lizana⚡ MBA, MTH, Tobias Revell, Amiyra Perkins, Tiago Forjaz and Greg Sherwin. ❤️ And this happens because it is the approach of Future Days. It is worth experiencing. The next edition of 2025, under Symbiotic Futures, is being cooked up right now. Check out Futuredays.io

We believe in the power of the next generation to shape better futures. In partnership with the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies and supported by Media Lab Bayern, we selected 3 incredible Young Future Makers to bring positive, speculative, and future-focused ideas to life. Meet our talented fellows—Poorvi Garag, Nanditha Krishna, and Brodie Weir—each representing our 3 topics for FD25: 🤝Governance paradigms and regenerative communities 🌎 Synergetic ecosystems for urban resilience 🧠 Collective Intelligence for a cultural landscape Stay tuned on their research processes in the upcoming months, great ideas are taking action. Welcome aboard—we can’t wait to see the results of your work at Future Days 2025! cc Alessandro Ianniello | Lovisa Volmarsson | Thor Svanholm Gustavfson | Christian Simon

I believe in acknowledging life’s moments, especially the ones that deeply move me. Life rushes, and we rarely get the chance to pause, reflect, and reconnect—something Monika Jiang always reminds us of :) This week, my heart and mind made more room for my beloved Future Days, which I share with so many amazing people: Uri (my partner in crime, the visionary, who bravely dove in from day 0), Giovanna, Alessandro, Elena, Christina, Antonio, Patricia, Ritika, Rui and all the incredible extended Future Days team. For those who know me, you know how much energy I put into what I do every day. But sometimes, it’s just not possible to do it all (even though we women often think we can—it’s hard!!!). So, I’ve decided to close a chapter with Manyone and give Future Days all the focus and love it deserves. I want to thank all the amazing people I’ve worked with over the past two years—you’ve taught me so much. A special shoutout to my Barcelona team: Bea, Antonio, Adam, Andoni, Andrea, Hector Fernando, Esther, David, Idaira, Maria, and Mabel. Thank you for being the warmest office, for all the laughs, and for all those coffee chats (yes, best coffee in the world). To everyone I’ve worked with or shared ideas with: thank you. Ana Bonet, Phil Hall, Thiago Thomé Marques, Craig Jenner, Chloe Hewson, Nicolas Francisco Arroyo, Kirsten van Dam, Anne Gorgy, Mariana Gastal, Hannah Gutkauf, David Fellah, Daniel Ridgway, Thomas Noppen, Ravi Popat, Marie Kathrine Jensen, Kate McElroy, Line Ellen Norup, Thomas Weiser, and many more I can't tag. One chapter ends, and another, which has started a while ago, is now taking getting even better. Uri, this adventure has just begun 🌱

Dive into this journey and explore how we’re bringing together futures and systemic thinkers, creatives, purpose-driven organizations and policy-makers to collectively reimagine a future where every voice matters. See what Future Days 2025 is all about and get ready to be part of it. Save the date: Future Days is coming back. 🗓️ 30 of April, 1-2 of May, 2025 📍Estufa Fria (Lisbon, Portugal) Early Bird tickets are available - 50% off until January 17th (only a few left!) - get yours here: futuredays.io 🎟️ cc gem barton | Indy Johar | Sohail Inayatullah | Monika Jiang | Inês Ayer | Sheng-Hung Lee | Payal Arora | Lex Fefegha | Andreia Garcia 👀

Dive into this journey and explore how we’re bringing together futures and systemic thinkers, creatives, purpose-driven organizations and policy-makers to collectively reimagine a future where every voice matters. See what Future Days 2025 is all about and get ready to be part of it. Save the date: Future Days is coming back. 🗓️ 30 of April, 1-2 of May, 2025 📍Estufa Fria (Lisbon, Portugal) Early Bird tickets are available - 50% off until January 17th (only a few left!) - get yours here: futuredays.io 🎟️ cc gem barton | Indy Johar | Sohail Inayatullah | Monika Jiang | Inês Ayer | Sheng-Hung Lee | Payal Arora | Lex Fefegha | Andreia Garcia 👀

Building meaningful connections and relationships is at the heart of Future Days. Ambassadors represent the inspiring voices within the community, helping push our mission forward. Through the sharing of collective knowledge and growing a diverse network, another step towards Symbiotic Futures is taken 🫧 A huge welcome to the very first Ambassadors cohort—come meet them at Future Days Festival 2025. Stef Silva Rodríguez, Tobias Revell, Amiyra Perkins, Greg Sherwin, Paqui Lizana⚡ MBA, MTH, and Tiago Forjaz. Welcome onboard! (P.S. We’re loving the vibe of our new brand - Seb de la Guardia 😉)

Building meaningful connections and relationships is at the heart of Future Days. Ambassadors represent the inspiring voices within the community, helping push our mission forward. Through the sharing of collective knowledge and growing a diverse network, another step towards Symbiotic Futures is taken 🫧 A huge welcome to the very first Ambassadors cohort—come meet them at Future Days Festival 2025. Stef Silva Rodríguez, Tobias Revell, Amiyra Perkins, Greg Sherwin, Paqui Lizana⚡ MBA, MTH, and Tiago Forjaz. Welcome onboard! (P.S. We’re loving the vibe of our new brand - Seb de la Guardia 😉)

Future Days 2025 - 30 April, 1-2 May 📍Estufa Fria, Lisboa [SOUND ON 🔊] The time is now. As global challenges intensify, inaction is a luxury we can no longer afford. Future Days 2025: "Towards Symbiotic Futures" is an invitation - urgent yet hopeful - to rethink, collaborate, and take action for a future where humanity and the planet are not just connected but deeply intertwined. Next year, we’ll explore critical themes like collective intelligence, urban resilience, and governance paradigms - topics rooted in the belief that our future depends on nurturing the interdependence of all living systems. In the weeks ahead, we will unveil a carefully curated lineup of speakers, moderators, and narratives that will shape the second edition of Future Days. Early Bird tickets are now available - 50% off until January 17th (and only 100!) - get yours here: futuredays.io 🎟️ Welcome to an actionable positive future.