Futures of Futures
Austin, TX
February 2003

Forty futurists gathered in Austin, Texas from February 28 - March 1, 2003 to explore the "Futures of Futures." The meeting was organized by the year-old Association of Professional Futurists (APF), which was formed to give structure and form to the growing informal efforts by many futurists to become more organized. Years of hallway chatter at various conferences and meetings, characterized by frustration at the low esteem of the field and the difficulty in making a living as a practicing futurist, finally reached the point where the number of people involved and their level of frustration hit critical mass. It became time to put up or shut up.

PDF of meeting report