The World Future Society (WFS), founded in 1966, is an international community of

futurist Futurists (also known as futurologists, prospectivists, foresight practitioners and horizon scanners) are people whose specialty or interest is futurology or the attempt to systematically explore predictions and possibilities abo ...

s and future thinkers.

History

Prominent members and contributors have included

Ray Kurzweil Raymond Kurzweil ( ; born February 12, 1948) is an American computer scientist, author, inventor, and futurist. He is involved in fields such as optical character recognition (OCR), text-to-speech synthesis, speech recognition technology, and e ...

Peter Drucker Peter Ferdinand Drucker (; ; November 19, 1909 – November 11, 2005) was an Austrian-American management consultant, educator, and author, whose writings contributed to the philosophical and practical foundations of the modern business co ...

Carl Sagan Carl Edward Sagan (; ; November 9, 1934December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, planetary scientist, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, and science communicator. His best known scientific contribution is research on ex ...

, and

Neil deGrasse Tyson Neil deGrasse Tyson ( or ; born October 5, 1958) is an American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator. Tyson studied at Harvard University, the University of Texas at Austin, and Columbia University. From 1991 to 1994, he was a p ...

Leadership

Current board chair & CEO

Julie Friedman Steele: 2016–Present

Past presidents and executive directors

Amy Zalman: 2014–2016 Timothy Mack, Esq.: 2004–2014 Edward Cornish: 1966–2004

Publications

''The Futurist'' magazine

''The Futurist'' magazine was established in 1967, with Edward Cornish serving as the founding editor. From 1967 to 2015, it was a full-color bi-monthly magazine. Today, it is an online publication that reports on technological, societal, and public policy trends, along with topics related to the future of human purpose. ''The Futurist'' was nominated for a 2007 Utne Independent Press Award for Best Science and Technology Coverage.

''World Future Review'' academic journal

The World Future Society previously published the academic journal ''World Future Review''. This journal was published independent from the World Future Society starting with Volume 8.

References

External links

World Future Society
(WFS) official website
''The Futurist'' magazine archives
{{Authority control Futures studies organizations International organizations based in the United States International scientific organizations Magazines established in 1967 Magazines published in Maryland Organizations established in 1966