Thank you for your contribution and welcome to the 26th Futures Conference!

Thank you in advance for your cooperation and sensitivity in following the instructions provided. If you have any questions, do contact the conference secretariat at futuresconference@utu.fi.

Virtual Conference Platform

In addition to the live events on the conference venue, the Futures Conference 2026 is built on a virtual platform called Howspace. Personal links to the platform will be provided as soon as the platform is activated.

You will find tools for networking, contact information for the other participants as well as the details of the program, sessions and other events, all on the platform.

The platform works on both, desktop and mobile. More details about the platform will be available closer to the event.

Guidelines for Speakers and Workshop Facilitators

Please go to the associated lecture room at least 10 minutes before the start time of your assigned track. All lecture rooms are equipped with PC computers and data projectors.

Spoken paper tracks

The length of a spoken paper track is 90 minutes. There will be 4 presentations in each track. The time allocated for each presentation is limited to 20 minutes, including a 5 minutes chaired discussion.

There will be a chairperson in each parallel track of the session. The chair will introduce the speakers and manage the time to ensure that each speaker has equal time. The chair will also lead the question-and-answer discussion after the presentation. There will be a moderator in each session to assist if any such a help is needed.

Speakers are free to bring their own copies of presentations, papers, and other materials to distribute at the track. There will be no copying service available on the venue.

Workshops

The length of a workshop session is 90 minutes.

All lecture rooms are equipped with PC computers and data projectors. If you need other equipment, please contact the conference secretariat in well advance.

You can concentrate on facilitating your workshop since there will be a moderator in each workshop to assist if any such a help is needed.

Submit your presentation slides

You can submit your presentation in advance, but you can bring it on an USB stick as well. If you send the slides in advance, please do so no later than Thursday 4 June via futuresconference@utu.fi (name the file: Lastname_Firstname.ppt). 

The moderator who will be in the lecture room for technical assistance will prepare the slides sent in advance on the devices in the conference room or help you with any issue arising with the presentation.

Note that we are publishing the presentation slides (in pdf format) on the conference platform Howspace. If you are not sending us your slides in advance, please do so shortly after the conference. However, if you do not want your presentation to be shared with the conference audience, please notify us via futuresconference@utu.fi.