Venue:  University of Turku, Medisiina D
Please note, this program is subject to change
Update: 23 February 2026

MONDAY 8 JUNE

18–20

Get Together event at the Sokos Hotel Kupittaa

TUESDAY 9 JUNE

09.00	Registration to the conference& coffee
10.00	Conference Opening and Introduction to Conference Themes	Senior University Lecturer, Dr. Katriina Siivonen, Finland Futures Research Centre, University of Turku, Finland
10.30	Keynote Speech: “The Future of Extractivism: Navigating Planetary Boundaries, Wicked Problems and Geopolitical Turmoil”	Professor, Dr. Per Högselius, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
11.30	Lunch
12.30	Session 1 (parallel tracks)
14.00	Coffee break
14.30	Session 2 (parallel tracks)
16.00	Short break
16.15	Keynote Speech: “More than North Futures, More than South Possibilities”	Associate Professor, Dr. Geci Karuri-Sebina, Wits School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
17.15	Closing of the first conference day
19.00	Conference dinner

WEDNESDAY 10 JUNE

09.00	Coffee
09.30	Keynote Speech: “Imagining Sustainable Futures: Narratives of Place in Heritage-Making”	Professor, Dr. Inger Birkeland, University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway
10.30	Short break
10.45	Session 3 (parallel tracks)
12.15	Lunch
13.00	Session 4 (parallel tracks)
14.30	Coffee break
15.00	Session 5 (parallel tracks)
16.30	Short break
16.45	Session 6 (parallel tracks)
18.15	Closing Remarks of the Conference	Professor, Dr. Arto O. Salonen, University of Eastern Finland, Finland
18.45	Networking