Dubai Future Forum 2024 x FUTURES Podcast
This series of FUTURES Podcast Bonus Episodes were recorded live from the Dubai Future Forum at the Museum of the Future in partnership with the Dubai Future Foundation.
The Dubai Future Forum promotes thought leadership on foresight and futurism from around the globe. The 2024 theme of Empowering Generations explored Optimising Health, Transforming Humanity and Futuring Nature.
Dreaming the Future w/ Pierre-Christoph Gam
EPISODE #01
Conceptual Artist Pierre-Christophe Gam shares his thoughts on the transformative power of imagination to shape reality, the potential of the African continent to become a global leader, and how to dream futures that reflect our individual aspirations and collective desires.
Intelligence Augmentation w/ Prof. Pattie Maes
EPISODE #02
MIT Media Lab’s Prof. Pattie Maes shares her insights on using technology to enhance human potential and agency, developing wearable systems to support cognition and learning, and designing ethical human-centred artificial intelligence.
Intergenerational Futures Thinking w/ Adam El Rafey
EPISODE #03
Young Change Advocate Adam El Rafey shares his thoughts on why ability, not age, should determine opportunity, how to reimagine education towards problem-based learning, and how the adaptability of the younger generation will prepare them for an increasingly uncertain future.
Merging Technology & Nature w/ Koert van Mensvoort
EPISODE #04
Philosopher Koert van Mensvoort shares his insights into humanity’s ever-evolving relationship with nature, how integrating technology and biology can support ecology, and the possibility of becoming an interplanetary species.
Decoding Animal Communication w/ Jane Lawton
EPISODE #05
Earth Species Project’s Jane Lawton shares her insights on how artificial intelligence is used to decode animal communication, how new technology challenges human-centric views of intelligence, and how the ‘voices’ of other species can inform conservation efforts and influence rights-for-nature debates.
Prototyping Near-Future Worlds w/ Liam Young
EPISODE #06
Architect Liam Young shares his thoughts on how science fiction can be a powerful tool for prototyping new possibilities, why problems like climate change urgently need planetary-scale solutions, and how speculative design can inspire meaningful cultural transformation.