Programme schedule for 6-10 July 2026.

Dates6-10 July 2026
LocationCardiff University
Sessions39

Day 1

Monday 6 July 2026

11 sessions
08:00 - 09:00
Opening
Glamorgan

Registration

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

Welcome and opening

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

Session 1: Opening Keynote

  • Speaker: Sir David Spiegelhalter
  • Title: The Art of Uncertainty: planning for a future that is hard to imagine
  • Chair: 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: 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: Bill Sharpe
  • Title: Finding ourselves in the future
  • Chair: 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
  • Moderator: Bahman Rostami-Tabar / Tim Edward
Session details
12:00 - 12:30
Activity
Glamorgan Building

Session 8: Session with Peter (TBD) or Group Photo

  • Coordinator: Harsha Halgamuwe Hewage
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

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
09:15 - 10:30
Workshop
Glamorgan, Room 1.68

Session 11: Workshop

  • Speaker: 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 - 12:15
Workshop
Glamorgan, Room 1.68

Session 12: Workshop

  • Speaker: Nicola Rennie
  • Title: Communicating and Visualising Future Uncertainty
  • Coordinator: Mustafa Aslan
Session details
12:15 - 12:45
Lunch
Glamorgan, Room 1.67

Lunch

12:45 - 17:00
Visit
Meeting point: Glamorgan Building entrance

Session 13: Site visit and film screening

  • Coordinator: Thanos Goltsos
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
Workshop
Glamorgan, Room 1.68

Session 14: Workshop

  • Speaker: Bahman Rostami-Tabar
  • Title: Quantifying Future Uncertainty
  • Coordinator: Harsha Halgamuwe Hewage
Session details
10:30 - 11:00
Break
Glamorgan, Room 1.67

Break

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

Session 15: Keynote

  • Speaker: Barbara Adam
  • Title: Future Matters: Action, Knowledge, Ethics
  • Coordinator: 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: Bahman Rostami-Tabar
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 University, UK
  • Elias Mwakilama, University of Malawi, Malawi
  • Patrik Dahl, Cardiff University, UK
  • Matunga Barwell, Cardiff University, UK

Day 5

Friday 10 July 2026

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

Session 18: Research presentation

  • Matthew Bobea, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
  • Charlie Leedham, Cardiff University, UK
  • Amirhossein Ghadiri, Cardiff University, UK
  • Akoeugnigan Idelphonse Sode, Universite d’Abomey-Calavi, Benin
  • Coordinator: Thanos Goltsos
10:30 - 11:00
Break
Glamorgan, Room 1.67

Break

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

Session 19: Workshop

  • Speaker: 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

Lunch

13:30 - 14:15
Closing
Glamorgan

Session 20: Closing remarks and feedback

  • Leads: Bahman Rostami-Tabar
  • Peter Madden
14:30 - 15:45
Keynote
Glamorgan, Committee Room 1 and Committee Room 2

Session 21: Closing Keynote

  • Speaker: Michelle Lazarus
  • Title: Discomfort of uncertainty or absurdity of certainty: navigating uncertainty in an evolving world
  • Chair: Damian Walford Davies
Session details
16:00 - 16:30
Break
Glamorgan, Committee Room 1 and Committee Room 2

Coffee break