Anticipatory Governance Conference 2025: From reactive bureaucracy to anticipatory leadership
Dates: May 8-10, 2025
Location: Trento, Italy

Governments worldwide face a critical juncture: the need to transition from reactive bureaucratic systems to adaptive, anticipatory governance structures capable of managing complex and evolving environments. The Anticipatory Governance Conference 2025 will explore innovative approaches, tools, and strategies to address this challenge.

Conference Overview

Despite their differences, governments today operate within frameworks developed centuries ago, often without the tools to navigate modern complexities. This conference will examine how governance systems can be transformed to incorporate foresight, adaptability, and non-bureaucratic structures to better address future challenges.

Key themes include:

• The evolution from forecasting to anticipatory governance.

• Strategies to adapt legacy systems to manage complexity.

• Building anticipatory capacity through leadership, policy coherence, and organizational transformation.

Call for Papers

Researchers, professionals, and practitioners from universities, research institutes, companies, and governmental or non-governmental organizations are invited to submit abstracts on topics including but not limited to:

• Alternatives to traditional regulations

• Methods for enforcing policy coherence

• Foresight awareness and anticipatory leadership

• AI and strategic foresight: limits and potential

• Global governance and complexity management

• Anticipatory risk management

• Measuring futures and institutional roles in foresight

Submission Deadline: December 30, 2024
Notification of Acceptance: February 28, 2025
Apply via the link in the bottom of the page.

Key Information for Participants

• Registration Deadline: April 5, 2025

• Final Programme: April 15, 2025

• Fees:

  • Speaker Conference: €250 (includes welcome cocktail, coffee breaks, buffet lunches, certificate of attendance, and more)

  • Standard Conference (for auditors): €300

  • Conference Dinner (optional): €50

Keynote Speakers

The conference will feature an impressive lineup of plenary speakers, including:

• Jim Dator (University of Hawaii): Quantum Governance for a Global Dream Society

• Angela Hansson (OECD): Institutionalizing Anticipatory Capacity in Governments

• Jeanette Kwek (Centre for Strategic Futures, Singapore): Anticipatory Leadership for Future Resilience

• Geoff Mulgan (University College London): Generative Shared Intelligence for Future Governance

• Roberto Poli (University of Trento): Exploiting the Power of Net Assessment

• Richard Slaughter (Foresight International): Contesting Technoscience for Open Futures

Venue and Accommodation

The conference will take place in Trento, Italy, a picturesque city with excellent connectivity. As May is high tourist season, early accommodation bookings are recommended. Further travel and accommodation details will be provided closer to the event.

This event is your opportunity to contribute to the development of governance systems that are prepared for the complexities of the future. Read more via the link below: