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Dates6-10 July 2026
LocationCardiff University
Sessions39
Day 1Day 2Day 3Day 4Day 5

Day 1

Monday 6 July 2026

11 sessions
08:00 - 09:00
Opening
Glamorgan Reception

Registration

  • Coordinator: Beverly Francis
09:00 - 09:15
Opening
Glamorgan, Room 0.81

Welcome and opening

  • Prof. Bahman Rostami-Tabar: Welcome
  • Harsha Halgamuwe Hewage: General Information
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09:15 - 10:30
Keynote
Glamorgan, Room 0.81

Session 1: Opening Keynote

  • Speaker: Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter
  • Title: The Art of Uncertainty: planning for a future that is hard to imagine
  • Chair: Prof Bahman Rostami-Tabar
Session details
10:30 - 11:00
Break
Glamorgan, Room 1.67

Break

11:00 - 11:30
Activity
Bute, Room 0.15

Session 2: Icebreaker

  • Lead: Prof. Peter Madden
  • Coordinator: Amir Salimi Babamiri
11:30 - 12:30
Workshop
Bute, Room 0.15

Session 3: Workshop

  • Speaker: Prof. Mohammed Amin Mohammed
  • Title: Decision Quality and Uncertainty
  • Coordinator: Fatemeh Monshizadeh
Session details
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
Glamorgan, Room 1.67

Lunch

13:30 - 15:00
Workshop
Bute, Room 0.15

Session 4: Workshop

  • Speaker: Prof. Mohammed Amin Mohammed
  • Title: Decision Quality and Uncertainty
  • Coordinator: Fatemeh Monshizadeh
Session details
15:00 - 15:30
Break
Glamorgan, Room 1.67

Break

15:30 - 17:00
Workshop
Bute, Room 0.15

Session 5: Workshop

  • Speakers: Dr Laura Barritt
  • Dr Theo Humphries
  • Title: Agitate, anticipate, aggregate: Worlding new systems for learning and living through poetic engagement across disciplines
  • Coordinator: Harsha Halgamuwe Hewage
Session details
17:15 - 19:00
Social
Meeting point: Glamorgan Building stairs

Cardiff Tour

  • Group 1: Dr Neil Harris
  • Group 2: Dr Brian Webb
  • Coordinator: Amirhossein Ghadiri

Day 2

Tuesday 7 July 2026

8 sessions
09:00 - 10:15
Keynote
Glamorgan, Room 0.81

Session 6: Keynote 2

  • Speaker: Dr. Bill Sharpe
  • Title: Finding ourselves in the future
  • Chair: Prof. Rachel Ashworth
Session details
10:15 - 10:30
Break
Glamorgan, Room 1.67

Break

10:30 - 12:00
Panel
Glamorgan, Room 0.81

Session 7: Panel 1

  • Title: Uncertainty, the Future, and Better Decision-Making
  • Panelists: Prof. Wendy Larner; Mr. Derek Walker; Dr. Fin Monahan; Dr. David Fluck
  • Chair: Dr. Rachel Minto
Session details
12:00 - 12:30
Activity
Glamorgan, Room 1.68

Session 8: Embracing Uncertainty

  • Lead: Prof. Peter Madden
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
Glamorgan, Room 1.67

Lunch

13:30 - 14:45
Workshop
Glamorgan, Room 1.68

Session 9: Workshop

  • Speaker: Prof. Michelle Lazarus
  • Title: Educating for an Uncertain Future: Pedagogies That Prepare Learners to Adapt
  • Coordinator: Udeshi Salgado
Session details
14:45 - 15:15
Break
Glamorgan, Room 1.67

Break

15:15 - 16:30
Workshop
Glamorgan, Room 1.68

Session 10: Workshop

  • Speaker: Prof. Michelle Lazarus
  • Title: Educating for an Uncertain Future: Pedagogies That Prepare Learners to Adapt
  • Coordinator: Udeshi Salgado
Session details

Day 3

Wednesday 8 July 2026

6 sessions
09:00 - 10:30
Workshop
Glamorgan, Room 1.68

Session 11: Workshop

  • Speaker: Dr Nicola Rennie
  • Title: Communicating and Visualising Future Uncertainty
  • Coordinator: Mustafa Aslan
Session details
10:30 - 11:00
Break
Glamorgan, Room 1.67

Break

11:00 - 12:00
Workshop
Glamorgan, Room 1.68

Session 12: Workshop

  • Speaker: Dr Nicola Rennie
  • Title: Communicating and Visualising Future Uncertainty
  • Coordinator: Mustafa Aslan
Session details
12:00 - 16:00
Visit
Departure point: Glamorgan Building entrance

Session 13: Site visit

  • Destination: The Real Underground Experience, Big Pit National Coal Museum
  • Packed lunches will be provided as participants board the coach at 12:00.
  • Departure: 12:00
  • Return to Cardiff: 16:00
  • The visit introduces Wales’s coal-mining history and its lasting social, economic, and environmental significance. The underground experience will frame discussion on industrial change, regional identity, and fairer futures after carbon-intensive economies.
  • Coordinator: Dr. Thanos Goltsos
Visit details
17:00 - 19:00
Film
2.06 Sir Stanley Thomas Lecture Theatre, Centre for Student Life

Film screening

  • Film starts at 17:00.
  • Film: The Coal Beneath Our Feet, The Wind Above Our Heads
  • The documentary connects the memory of coal mining with debates about renewable energy, community ownership, regional renewal, social justice, sustainability, and who shapes the transitions ahead.
19:00 - 22:00
Social
Glamorgan, Committee Room 1 and Committee Room 2

Gala dinner

Day 4

Thursday 9 July 2026

7 sessions
09:00 - 10:30
Talk
Glamorgan, Room 0.81

Session 14: Research presentation

  • Matthew Ray Bobea, Institute of Service Science at National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
  • Charlie Leedham, Cardiff University, UK
  • Amirhossein Ghadiri, DL4SG Research Group, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, UK
  • Sode Idelphonse, University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin
  • Coordinator: Udeshi Salgado
10:30 - 11:00
Break
Glamorgan, Room 1.67

Break

11:00 - 12:15
Keynote
Glamorgan, Room 0.81

Session 15: Keynote

  • Speaker: Prof. Barbara Adam
  • Title: Future Matters: Action, Knowledge, Ethics
  • Coordinator: Prof. Peter Madden
Session details
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
Glamorgan, Room 1.67

Lunch

13:30 - 14:45
Panel
Glamorgan, Room 0.81

Session 16: Panel 2

  • Title: Advancing Uncertainty and Futures Research: What Editors Look For
  • Panelists: Prof. Pierre Pinson; Dr. Christopher Groves; Prof. Aris Syntetos
  • Chair: Dr. Thanos Goltsos
Session details
14:45 - 15:15
Break
Glamorgan, Room 1.67

Break

15:15 - 16:45
Talk
Glamorgan, Room 0.81

Session 17: Research presentations

  • Steffan James, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, UK
  • Elias Peter Mwakilama, University of Malawi, Malawi
  • Patrik Dahl, Cardiff University, UK
  • Matunga (Mattie) Barwell, School of Law and Politics, Cardiff University, UK
  • Coordinator: Dr. Xiaoqian Wang

Day 5

Friday 10 July 2026

7 sessions
09:00 - 10:30
Workshop
Bute, Room 0.15

Session 18: Workshop

  • Speaker: Prof. Galit Shmueli
  • Title: Predictive Inconsistency in Algorithmic Risk Assessment Tools
  • Coordinator: Rui Xu
Session details
10:30 - 11:00
Break
Glamorgan, Room 1.67

Break

11:00 - 12:30
Workshop
Bute, Room 0.15

Session 19: Workshop

  • Speaker: Prof. Peter Madden
  • Title: Planning and Building for the Long-term When the Future Is Uncertain
  • Coordinator: Rui Xu
Session details
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
Glamorgan, Committee Room 1 and Committee Room 2

Lunch

13:30 - 14:15
Closing
Glamorgan, Committee Room 1

Session 20: Closing remarks and feedback

  • Leads: Prof. Bahman Rostami-Tabar
  • Dr Laura Barritt
14:30 - 15:45
Keynote
Glamorgan Council Chamber

Session 21: Closing Keynote

  • Speaker: Prof. Michelle Lazarus
  • Title: Discomfort of uncertainty or absurdity of certainty: navigating uncertainty in an evolving world
  • Chair: Prof. Sara Macbride-Stewart
Session details
16:00 - 16:30
Break
Glamorgan, Room 1.67

Coffee break