Tuesday 5th June 2012
The conference begins already on Tuesday afternoon with a Welcome Visit to Finland Futures Research Centre. You are welcome to visit the Centre between 16.00-19.00, address: ElectroCity building, Tykistökatu 4 B, 7th floor (on the map). ElectroCity building is located next to the conference venue Mauno Koivisto Centre.
Wednesday 6th June 2012
| 09.00 | Registration and Morning Coffee |
| 10.00 | Opening ceremony: Dr. Juha Kaskinen, Director, Finland Futures Research Centre xxx Georg Henrik Wrede, Director, Youth Division of Education and Culture Ministry |
| 10.30 | “How do the Megatrends of the Mind impact Today’s Young People?” Dr. Jennifer Gidley (AUS), President, World Futures Studies Federation |
| 11.30 | “How and Why Generational Change Drives Sustainable Lifestyles?” Tuuli Kaskinen (FIN), Researcher, Demos Helsinki |
| 12.30 | Lunch |
| 13.30 | “Creative Futures. The Role of Youth in a Brand New World” Prof. Enric Bas (SPN), Director, University of Alicante |
| 14.30 | Artistic Interpretation of Youth and Futures |
| 14.45 | Parallel Workshop Sessions A |
| 15.45 | Networking & Coffee Break |
| 16.15 | Parallel Workshop Sessions B |
| 19.00–23 | Conference Dinner, Turku Castle, Linnankatu 80 |
Thursday 7th June 2012
| 09.30 | Morning Coffee |
| 10.00 | “Rethinking Youth Engagement” Leena Suurpää (FIN), Research Director, Finnish Youth Research Network |
| 11.00 | Parallel Workshop Sessions C |
| 12.00 | Lunch |
| 13.00 | Parallel Workshop Sessions D |
| 14.00 | “New Hierarchies of Belonging: Young Lives in a Divided but Hyperconnected World” Prof. Les Back (UK), Goldsmiths, University of London |
| 15.00– 15.15 | Closing Speech: Dr. Juha Kaskinen, Director, Finland Futures Research Centre |
| 15.15– 15.45 | Conference Networking Session and Refreshments |
* Exact themes of the parallel sessions will be determined after reviewing the submitted abstracts.
Friday 8th June 2012 – Open Symposium
| 10.00 | About Finland Futures Research Centre: History and Future |
| 10.15 | Panel Discussion – Youth and the Futures xxx Panelists: Geci-Karuri Sebina (South Africa) Enric Bas (SPN) Jennifer Cassinga-Harper (Malta) |
| 11.45 | Closing Speech |
| 12.00 | Official Programme Ends |
| 13.00-15.00 Conference participants are welcome to join an Open Seminar, which will be organised in Finnish language. You can read more about it on the FFRC’s webpage. |
