Future of Creativity + Compassion
APF x OCAD U
August 15, 16, and 17, 2025
OCAD University – Waterfront Campus
Floor 4R at 130 Queens Quay E, Toronto, ON M5A 0P6
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August 15
Opening Night
| 3pm | Doors Open |
| 4pm | Welcome & Opening Remarks Main Stage |
| Interconnectedness Mocktail by Mohawk Soda Co. | |
| DJ Patti Schmidt | |
| Installations Opening Night Only | |
| Packing for a Future Journey Kelly Okamura Thank you. Orus Mateo Castaño-Suárez Rm 433 | |
| 6:30pm —late | Networking hosted by the Association of Professional Futurists at GBL Great Lakes Brewery 11 Lower Jarvis Street. |
August 16
Saturday
| 9:30am | Doors Open |
| 10—10:20am | Welcome & Opening Remarks |
| 10:30—11am | Inspirational Words Toronto’s Poet Laureate Lillian Allen Main Stage |
| various times | Futures Drinks Mushfiqa Monica Jamaluddin Rm 417 |
| 11am—4pm | Speaker’s Corner Rm 414 |
| 11am—1pm | The Feelings We Can’t Yet Imagine Seth Harrell |
| 2pm—4pm | Signs of Change Angelika Seeschaaf Veres, Koby Barhad, Daniel Daam-Rossi Main Stage |
| 11am—1pm | Activating Prosocial Futures Nicci Orbert, Karessa Torgerson |
| 2pm—4pm | Bodies in Motion Kelly Kornet Weber, Desmond Dickerson Rm 433 |
| 11am—1pm | As Tulips They May Rodney Frederickson |
| 2pm—4pm | Time in the Body Julienne DeVita Rm 434 |
| 11am—1pm | Imagining Beyond Urgency Betty Xie, Kyra Tudlong |
| 2pm—4pm | Nurturing Anticipation & Imagination Allison Campbell-Rogers, Doug Reid Rm 435 |
| 11am—1pm | Futuring with Nature Alexis Tennent, Joanne Renaux, Shaun Alfonso Outside (Meet at Registration Desk) |
| 4—5pm | Reflections and Close Main Stage |
August 17
Sunday
| 9:30am | Doors Open |
| 10—10:30am | Welcome & Opening Remarks |
| various times | Futures Drinks Mushfiqa Monica Jamaluddin Rm 417 |
| 11am—4pm | Speaker’s Corner Rm 414 |
| 11am—1pm | Navigating Grief in the Contextual Environment The Method Collective (Fran Quintero Rawlings, Ziyan Hossain, Calla Lee) Rm 424 |
| 11am—1pm | Improvisation for Creative Connection Chris Leveille |
| 2—4pm | Writing Foresight Fiction Karl Schroeder Main Stage |
| 11am—1pm | Pathwaves Patti Schmidt, Rebecca Black |
| 2—4pm | Performing Compassionate Futures Kathy Porter, Iowyth Hezel Ulthiin Rm 433 |
| 11am—1pm | Rituals of Composting Jillian Harris, Morgan Bath |
| 2—4pm | Sensecraft 2050 Anna Barkhudarova Rm 434 |
| 11am—1pm | Higher Ed. Jennifer Murphy |
| 2—4pm | Designing Beyond Decline Sean Park, Zayna Khayat, Nicole Knibb, Victoria Bui Rm 435 |
| 4—5pm | Reflections and Close Main Stage |
Installations
Throughout
| Where We Stand to Imagine Danny Ghantous and Morgan Bath Rm 401 |
| Signs of Change Angelika Seeschaaf Veres, Koby Barhad, Daniel Daam-Rossi, Bettina Schwalm Rm 401 |
| Echoes of the Unseen Golnoush Mirsalari, Amin Forootan Rm 402 |
| From Me to You Susan Gorbet, Matt Gorbet, Rob Gorbet Rm 413 |
| Futures Room Futures Hub Rm 436 |
| Futures of Toys 2040 Danielle Piere, Sara Blanke, Roxana Cociorba, Paola Pieschacon Rm 439 |
| Reimagined Birth Spaces Sasha Kamkin, Kory McGrath, Zachary Scholtz Rm 428 |
| Mapping out the Foresight Community Canadian Foresight Network Rm 431 |
| Invitations to Better Worlds DIA (Department of Imaginary Affairs) Rm 440 |
| Space for Grief Method Collective (Fran Quintero Rawlings, Ziyan Hossain, Calla Lee) Rm 424 |
| Human Creativity Posters Family of Rebel Members |
August 15, 16, and 17, 2025
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