IFTF Ten-Year Forecast 2025-2035:

Event Schedule & Key Takeaways

10-year Forecast Event Invitation

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 – 4:15

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

 

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

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 long-term future. 

  • 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.

Register Now!

Mar 18, 2025 | 10:00am - 5:00pm
Centennial Memorial Temple
120 W 14th St, New York, NY 10011

BBB WGA, Salvation Army, IFTF, GoFundMeIn 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