Future

Non-profit organization supporting research, conferences, education, training, and policy initiatives for environmental stewardship and sustainable development; resources available online include essays, research reports, and powerpoint presentations.

The non-profit Foresight Institute focuses its efforts on nanotechnology, the coming ability to build materials and products with atomic precision, and systems that will enhance knowledge exchange and critical discussion, thus improving public and private policy decisions.

A membership organization specializing in scenario thinking and collaborative learning about the future. Their worldwide network includes strategists from more than 50 leading companies, as well as experts from the arts, sciences, business, and academia.

Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS)One of the eight Research Institutes of the European Commission (EC), the IPTS organizes regional foresight studies on science and technology to inform political and economic decision-makers.

Based in Palo Alto California, this non-profit research center specializes in long-term forecasting, and quantitative futures research methods.

International think tank composed of prominent intellectuals and decision-makers analyzing global, interlinked, long-term problems challenging the future of humanity and the planet using systems analysis and futures research; site offers reports, upcoming events, a forum, and links to further resources.

A project of computer pioneer Daniel Hillis and Whole Earth founder Stewart Brand to develop a 10,000 year clock. This is long-term project that gets people thinking past the mental barrier of the Millennium.

For people interested in how social and technological developments are shaping the future. Futurist forecasts, interviews, publications, upcoming events, and organization information.

User-supported 21st century timeline plus predictions for the future.

A community of professional futurists committed to leadership and excellence in the futures field.

Battelle Institute predicts technology. Includes top ten technologies, top ten breakthroughs for household products, and other top ten lists.

News, articles, and links related to scientific advances in human improvement.

Advanced topics in transhumanism with informative material in analytic philosophy and computational neuroscience.

News articles, scholarly research and other information from The Center for Millennial Studies (CMS) at Boston University, a project that is documenting the current millennium change and comparing it to previous ones in history.

Assembled since 1985 by researchers at the Geological Survey of Canada (a division of Natural Resources Canada), this site also includes an article on impact cratering, a FAQ, and images.