DAY 1: WEDNESDAY, MAY 14TH (IN-PERSON)

11:00 AM | Welcome and Opening Remarks

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM | The Future of Human Learning in the Age of Ai | Ugochi Imoka

11:20 AM - 11:35 AM | Look Both Ways Before You Cross The Internet | Danny Ghantous

11:40 AM - 11:55 AM | What would be the impact of AGI on society and social structures | Helya Modarresi Tehrani

Break

12:10 PM - 12:25 PM | Foresighting AI Adoption: Transforming Small Businesses in Food & Beverage | Vandana Jagannathan

12:30 PM - 12:50 PM | Transforming Ontario's Public Universities - Leveraging Foresight for Resilient Social Innovation | Jennifer Murphy, Cheryl Green, Ian Rolston

12:55 PM - 1:10 PM | Participatory toward Anticipatory (PtA) Project | Su Lynn Myat

Break

1:40 PM - 1:55 PM  | Embracing Impermanence in the Performing Arts - the futures of leadership and organizational transformation in the Canadian performing arts industry | Jillian Harris

 2:00 PM - 2:15 PM  | Black Futures: Exploring Centring Black Perspectives and Voices in Imagining Future Possibilities | Christopher Wilson

2:20 PM - 2:35 PM | From Plans to Practice, a practical analysis of Canadian SMEs' sustainability gap between aspirations and reality | Morgan Bath & Yaw Sarkodie

Break

3:00 pm - 3:15 PM | Project Title: Exploring the Expansion of For-Benefit Business Model Across Canada | Nadia Tabassum

3:20 PM - 3:40 PM | Playing in Public & Reclaiming Neighbourhood Streets; Reimagining play as a tool to raise an inclusive community | Bonnie Leung, Maham Mansoor Abubakar

Break

4:15 PM - 4:30 PM | From Waste to Worth: Reimagining Toronto’s Quick-Service Sector through Foresight | Zareen Tse

4:35 PM - 4:50 PM | How to Re-Imagine End-of-Life Care | Rose Bianchini

4:55 PM - 6:10 PM | Project Title: Bridging Futures: From Personal to Community Flourishing | Mia George

6:10 PM  | THANK YOU AND CONCLUDING REMARKS

6:10 PM - 6:30 PM | Coffee, snacks, and discussion

DAY 2: THURSDAY, MAY 15TH (ONLINE)

11:00 AM | Welcoming and opening remarks

11:00 AM 11:20 AM | Empowering small cacao post-conflict farmer communities in Colombia to reach their fullest potential through co-creating their preferred future | María Sanz de Santamaría, Laura Marín Hurtado

11:25 AM - 11:40 AM | Design for Care Conversations | Anupama Krishnan

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM | Final Project Presentation | Travis Erickson

12:00 PM - 12:15 PM | The Futures of Value: Strategic Pathways for Integrating Profit and Purpose | Nathalie Robertson

12:15 PM - 12:35 PM | Final Project Presentation | Paige Furlan, Allison Ren

12:40 PM -12:55 PM | Invisible Chains: Innovation in a Society that Punishes Thinking | Pranav Miglani

Break

1:30 PM - 1:45 PM  | Deconstructing and Transforming the Narrative of "Good Woman" in Hazara Afghan communities in Canada | Mursal Ashrafi

 1:50 PM -2:05 PM  | Do people need AI Companionship：The Struggles and Prospects of AI Pets | Yining Wang

2:10 PM - 2:25 PM | Evaluating How Social Media Influence Operations are Reshaping User Perceptions | Giuliana Stephanie Trenas

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM | Co-Designing Towards Community Health Outcomes | Zoya Jiwa

2:50 PM - 3:10 PM | Enabling Foresight Readiness: Exploring the Role of the Practitioner Through Multiple Lenses | Sabrina Ash, Mariel Mading, Hailey Appel

3:10PM  | THANK YOU AND CONCLUDING REMARKS

DAY 3: FRIDAY, MAY 16TH - TEDx OCADU

9:00 AM - 9:45 AM  | Registration

9:45 AM - 10:00 AM  | Welcome and Opening Remarks

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM  | Presentation

Break

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM  | Presentation

Lunch Break

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM  | Presentation

Break

2:45 PM - 3:45 PM  | Presentation

3:45 PM - 4:00 PM  | Closing Remarks

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM  | After Party