Spring 2020: Upcoming Events
Scotland’s Futures Forum continues its exploration of our future with a series of events in spring 2020. Covering the future of education, the impact of innovation and sustainability on the jobs we do, and the…
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UPCOMING EVENT – Scotland 2030: Carbon Positive Jobs
Wednesday 5 February, 6pm to 7.30pm, at the Scottish Parliament What jobs will there be in a net zero Scotland? With a climate emergency to respond to while new technology pushes at boundaries and disrupts…
UPCOMING EVENT – Scotland 2030: Leadership in Education
Thursday 30 January 2020, 6pm, at the Scottish Parliament Join Scotland’s Futures Forum and the Goodison Group in Scotland as they continue their exploration of education in the future with the second of two events…
UPCOMING EVENT – Scotland 2030: Ethics and Values
Wednesday 1 April, 6pm, at the Scottish Parliament Although always diverse, Scotland is more secular and multicultural than ever before, and likely to continue diversifying over the coming decades. Questions of ethics and values will…
UPCOMING EVENT – Scotland 2030: Future Schooling, Education and Learning
Tuesday 10 March 2020, 6pm to 8pm, at the Scottish Parliament Over the past three years, the Goodison Group in Scotland and Scotland’s Futures Forum have been exploring the future of education in Scotland. As…
Scotland 2030 Programme: Writing Competition
As part of the Futures Forum’s Scotland 2030 Programme – our aspirational exploration of Scotland’s culture and society in 2030 and beyond – we are delighted to be supporting a short story competition to help…
Review of the year: 2019
2019 has been a busy year for Scotland’s Futures Forum. We’ve explored our shared future in urban and rural communities, hosted discussions on transformative ideas like a citizen’s income and a wellbeing economy, and welcomed…
Scotland 2030 Programme: Upcoming Events
Scotland’s Futures Forum continues its exploration of life, society and culture in Scotland in the future through a series of events tackling subjects from the potential for a citizen’s income, the future for rural Scotland…
Leaders in Sport & Physical Activity: Seminar Series
In 2019, the Futures Forum and the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) hosted a series of seminars hearing from leaders in sport and physical activity. Each was asked to share the lessons they’ve learned in…
Spring 2019: Events Programme
Scotland’s Futures Forum is delighted to announce our Spring 2019 Programme of Events. As part of our Scotland 2030 Programme, we’ll be hosting discussions looking at the future for housing with an ageing population, and…
*** Winter Bulletin and Review of the Year 2018 ***
Futures Forum Bulletin: Autumn 2018
Hello and welcome to the Futures Forum’s bulletin for autumn 2018! With the Scottish Parliament having returned from the summer recess, we look back on a busy summer for us and forward to an exciting…
Scotland 2030: Autonomous Vehicles
Are autonomous vehicles the future? How well developed are they already, what is likely to happen next, and how can Scotland exploit the opportunities they present? Scotland’s Futures Forum was delighted to work with Ivan…
Spring 2018 Bulletin
Click below to find out what we’ve been up to – and what’s coming next!
Summer 2018: Events Programme
Scotland’s Futures Forum is delighted to announce our Summer Programme of Events. In the Scottish Parliament, we’ll be hosting a panel discussion including author Christopher Brookmyre and robotics expert Professor Sethu Vijayakumar on our aspirations…
Drugs in Scotland: MSPs Request Review
Ten years on from its ground-breaking report into reducing harm caused by alcohol and drugs, Scotland’s Futures Forum will return to the subject with an event to consider drug use in Scotland. Following a request…
An Action Plan for Homelessness – Briefing and Reception
On 31 January 2018, the Futures Forum held a reception to showcase Heriot-Watt University’s academic research behind Social Bite’s ambitious plan to tackle homelessness, along with the social enterprise’s work with others to tackle this…