IFTF Ten-Year Forecast 2025-2035: Event Schedule & Key Takeaways
What is the actual experience?
The IFTF Yen-Year Forecast 2025-2035 runs from 10:00am to 5:00pm ET at the Centennial Memorial Theater in Manhattan on March 18.
| 9:30 – 10:00 | Registration |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | Welcome Remarks Art Taylor, President and CEO, BBB Wise Giving Alliance Colonel James Betts, National Chief Secretary, The Salvation Army Marina Gorbis, Executive Director, Institute for the Future |
| 10:15 – 12:00 | A Journey Through the Uncanny Valley of AI (Auditorium) Dylan Hendricks, Director of the Ten-Year Forecast, Institute for the Future Toshi Hoo, Director, Emerging Media Lab, Institute for the Future Nathalie Lopez, Community Research Manager, Institute for the Future Daniel Berkman, Musician |
| 12:00 – 12:40 | Reflections Panel (Auditorium) Moderator: Rachel Hatch, Chief Impact Officer, Institute for the Future Colonel James Betts, National Chief Secretary, The Salvation Army Amir Pasic, Eugene R. Tempel Dean and Professor of Philanthropic Studies, Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy Margaret Richardson, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, GoFundMe Jane Wales, Vice President, Aspen Institute |
| 12:40 – 1:00 | The Uncanny Valley Revealed (Auditorium) Dylan Hendricks, Director of the Ten-Year Forecast, Institute for the Future Toshi Hoo, Director, Emerging Media Lab, Institute for the Future Nathalie Lopez, Community Research Manager, Institute for the Future Daniel Berkman, Musician |
| 1:00 – 2:00 | Lunch |
| 2:00 – 3:00 | Strategic Foresight for Equitable Futures (Auditorium) Moderator: Rachel Hatch, Chief Impact Officer, Institute for the Future Jean Accius, President and CEO, CHC: Creating Healthier Communities Don Ragona, Director of Development and House Counsel, Native American Rights Fund Pratichi Shah, President & CEO, Flourish Talent Management Solutions |
| 3:15 – 4: 14 | Session A: The Future of Engagement Across Generations (Auditorium) Moderator: Dylan Hendricks, Director of the Ten-Year Forecast, Institute for the Future Asha Curran, Chief Executive Officer, GivingTuesday Lysa Ratliff, Chief Executive Officer, KABOOM! Trent Stamp, Chief Executive Officer, The Eisner Foundation |
| Session B: The Future of Leadership in a Polarized World (Railton Hall) Moderator: Rachel Hatch, Chief Impact Officer, Institute for the Future Robert Fersh, Founder and Senior Advisor, Convergence Bob Johansen, Distinguished fellow, Institute for the Future Robin Koval, Former President and CEO, Truth Initiative Akilah Watkins, President and CEO, Independent Sector |
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| Session C: The Future of AI in the Charitable Sector (Mumford Hall) Moderator: Toshi Hoo, Director, Emerging Media Lab, Institute for the Future Dave Hollander, Data Science Manager, Candid Ezra Vázquez-D’Amico, Director of Digital Partnerships & Strategy, BBB Wise Giving Alliance |
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| 4:30 – 5:00 | Closing Remarks Marina Gorbis, Executive Director, Institute for the Future Art Taylor, President and CEO, BBB Wise Giving Alliance |
What can I expect to take away from the IFTF Ten-Year Forecast 2025-2035 experience?
This event will challenge you to imagine new possibilities, address emerging challenges, and shape your professional and organizational path over the next ten years. Our goal is to provoke thoughtful discussions and provide actionable tools to help you as a nonprofit or philanthropic professional navigate the future. You’ll leave with both inspiration and practical insights to guide your strategic planning and community engagement efforts.
- Participants will learn the goals and essential methodologies of strategic foresight, a discipline for helping organizations and communities think more systematically and imaginatively about the
- Participants will learn about generative AI’s emerging impacts on communities and organizations from a wide diversity of perspectives and mediums , including insights on how our organizations and communities can creatively adopt these technologies to amplify their efforts and empower individuals (including a personal toolkit and custom AI forecast built on research from the Institute for the Future).
- Participants will engage with diverse perspectives from leaders and peers working across social good organizations, on how they’re navigating the new behaviors and social patterns of younger generations, changing patterns of fundraising and community engagement, and pursuing equitable access to emerging technologies.
This is a free, but ticketed event.
Mar 18, 2025 | 10:00am – 5:00pm
Centennial Memorial Temple
120 W 14th St, New York, NY 10011
In collaboration with:
- American Institute for Graphic Arts
- Columbia University
- Creating Healthier Communities*
- Flourish Talent Management Solutions, LLC*
- GlobalGiving
- GoFundMe*
- Independent Sector*
- Institute for the Future*
- Lilly Family School of Philanthropy
- National Human Services Assembly
- Salvation Army*
- Women Building Up
- YMCA*
* Denotes Steering Committe