Venue:  University of Turku, Medisiina D
Please note, this program is subject to change
Update: 1 June 2026

All the registered participants have been sent an email to join the conference virtual platform called ’Howspace’, On the platform you can find e.g. detailed programme and Book of Abstracts. The conference is paperless, so it is most important that you login to the Howspace.

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	Final Thoughts: Committing to Fair Future for All, Forever?	Professor, Dr. Arto O. Salonen, University of Eastern Finland, Finland
18.40	Closing the Conference	Professor, Dr.  Toni Ahlqvist, Head of Finland Futures Research Centre, University of Turku
18.45	Networking