Welcome to the 2009 Future Trends Conference.

Lead Confidently. Navigate Now to Next. Regain Control.

FT'09 is your opportunity to join industry experts, corporate visionaries, trendsetters and other revolutionaries to uncover and action the trends that matter most to your business, brand and service. Look not only into the immediate future and way ahead- where will we be in 50 years or more? And focus on making it relevant for your business - before others do. Lead your team to relate trends to make decisions, engage in real conversations, and create meaningful change.

New for 2009:

All new speakers sharing revolutionary case studies that moved their
brand forward
Instant Innovation: A three part series of interactive sessions that show you how to create ideas on the spot
Extended interactive sessions on “Using Social Media & Co-Creation” and “Conquering Energy Challenges”
All new symposium on the global & technology trends affecting you most
Two targeted tracks with more emphasis on tools to identify and apply trends

FT'09 is where the action is:

Download the Complete 2009 Brochure

BEYOND SUSTAINABILITY

Colin Beavan
Author, Blogger, Activist,
NO IMPACT MAN

THE VIRTUALIZATION
OF AMERICA

Michael Rogers
Author and Columnist,
MSNBC

THE FUTURE
GENERATIONS

Jane Buckingham
Founder,
TRENDERA

WILD CARD TRENDS

Dean Harris
Former CMO,
KAYAK

CRASHING SOCIAL
NETWORKS

Kelley Styring
CMO,
THE PINK SPIDERS

HAPPINESS

Tom LaForge
Global Director of Insights, Ideas & Creativity
COCA COLA

Are you ready to look
at things through a different lens?

Apply trends to create something fresh and valuable
Gather insights with less time
and money
Embrace trends and incorporate them into your business plan
Track the top trends that will affect
us most
Turn information into actionable insight
Measure the impact of trends at
your organization
Make trends actionable for your entire organization- from strategy to design to product development