CONFERENCES AND FUTURE INSIGHTS
By Raphaële Bidault-Waddington
DIGITAL TRANSITION
FUTURE OF ECONOMY, KNOWLEDGE, AI, ART and FORESIGHT
2024: Artistic, prospective and pedagogic exploration of the future of AI, keynote, corporate partners event, ISC Paris.
2024: Future of AI & Intimacy, online masterclass, Otis College, USA.
2024: Why and how to explore the future, keynote, Louvre Lens Valley, Lens.
2024: TAC Future Lab, opening innovative epistemological and pedagogic horizons, Limit/No Limit, Art & Design Research Conference, ENSCI, ENS Saclay and Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne University, Paris.
2023: Exploring the future in a world in deep transitions (digital, environmental and demographic), expert masterclass, GFS (ex-Natixis) Global Operations Strategic Committee, Paris.
2023: Toward Alien Cosmologies, a future world-building approach, 25th World Future Studies Federation Global Conference, Ecole des Ponts, Paris.
2023: Reconnecting with the Future, why and how to design future worlds, expert masterclass, L’Oreal Profession Products Excecutive Comittee, Paris.
2023: Innovating at the crossroads of Artistic Research and Future Research, Innovation & Foresight Master, CNAM.
2023: Giving Meaning to Training in a World in Transitions, inspirational keynote, CNAV (National Pension Fund) learning expedition, Learning Planet Institute, Paris.
2023: Giving Meaning to Training in a World in Transitions, inspirational keynote, SIACI St Honoré learning expedition, School Lab, Paris.
2023: Artistic Research For Future Challenges, roundtable organized by A2RU (Alliance for Artistic Research in Universities, USA), Learning Planet Festival (online).
2022: Plural Futures: Why and How to Explore the Future, keynote, High Level Conference Program, INSEEC Schools Group, Paris.
2022: Science-Fiction & Metaverses, speculative conversation around Ready Player One (Spielberg), Anticipated Worlds Festival, Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie, Paris.
2022: Exploring Time Multi-dimensionality via an Artistic and Polygonal Research Approach, PRIMER 2022 Global Conference, online.
2022: The Future as a Moving Panorama: Introducing a Futurescaping Canvas to Support Pedagogy, Inclusion and Complexity Management, Futures From the Margins, Science-Fiction Research Association International Conference, University of Oslo, Norway.
2022: Toward Alien Cosmologies: Designing Eco-systemic Perspectives for the Anthropocene, in Exploring Next, Association of Professional Futurists Global Virtual Conference.
2022: New Philosophies, New Foresight Perspectives, Ethics and Philosophy of Futures Open Discussion #5, Association of Professional Futurist, USA.
2021: Critical Thinking at the Frontier of Art and Foresight, in “The Openness of Futures”, 24th World Future Studies Federation Conference, Berlin.
2021: New Foresight practices to support Corporate Leadership and Responsability, executive training program, Les Echos group.
2021: Insights at the Crossroads of Art, Innovation and Foresight, Off-Shore School (dir. Paul Devautour) in Shanghai, Artem University, Nancy.
2021: Art of the Future and Design of Future Labs, Artificial Intelligence seminar, Digital Humanities Institute, Paris Cergy University, Paris.
2021: Discussion on post-human futures (co-animated with Nicklas Larsen from the Copenhagen Institute of Future Studies), World Future Day, Millenium Project, USA.
2020: The Strength of Weak Signals, open-lab session with corporate guest (BNP Paribas Risk Innovation, Thales Alenia Space, Malakoff Humanis), co-organized with MJV Innovation, UNESCO Futures Literacy Summit.
2020: Art x Futures: Speculative bubbles and expanding horizons, in Blended Futures: Learning from Art, Design, Urban Design, Science-Fiction & Algorithmics to renew foresight practices”, Foresight Journal panel, UNESCO Future Literacies Summit (virtual).
2020: Beyond Scenarios, Foresight and Future Literacies Innovations, UNESCO Future Literacies Summit.
2020: Designing creative foresight methodologies, Collaborate 2020 virtual conference, Association of Professional Futurists.
2020: Prototyping a future conceptual canvas of the AI era (V4 – with conceptual diagram, Prototyping Futures Winter Symposium, Cybiosis: Shaping Human-Technology Futures study circle, Nordic Summer University, Diffrakt – Centre for Theoretical Periphery, Berlin.
2019: Exploring the Future in a Transition Era, masterclass, France Television University, Paris.
2019: Future of Work, conference and open-lab, Food for Thought Session, NUMA Paris.
2018: AI x Feminism, a Mixed Feeling Thought Experiment Keynote, Disputaziune #2 “Do They Dream of Electronic Sheeps” (Curator: Mareike Dittmer), Muzeum Susch, Switzerland.
2018: Machination #4: A Story of Raphaële Bidault-Waddington between Science and Fiction, in Science & Fiction seminar (dir. philosopher Manuela de Barros), Department of Visual Arts, Paris 8 University.
2018: Digital Transition Impact on Identities and the Rise of New Afro Imaginaries, Adicom Days, French Institute, Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
2017: Art-Based Future Research, aesthetic intelligence and other fringe theories from LIID Future Lab, 12th International Conference on the Arts in Society, American University of Paris, Common Ground Research Networks, and ACTE (Art, Creation, Theory, AEsthetics) Institute, Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne University.
2017: Paris Ars Universalis and the Future of Digital Humanities, discussion with philosopher Manuela de Barros, Agnès B gallery, Paris.
2017: Aesthetic Intelligence Experiments and New Frontiers, Design for Next 2017 conference, European Academy of Design, Architecture Faculty, Sapienza University, Roma.
2016: Machination 2, in “Secondary Fictions” International symposium, Fiction-Interaction laboratory, ACTE Institute, Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne University.
2015: Machination, or the Invisible Hand’s Spectrum, interactive conference, Corner College, Zurich.
2014: Artistic Figures and Metaphors, REWU round-table, Gaité Lyrique, Paris
2013: Transformation of Art, Transformation of the World, New Worlds Forum, France Business School.
2011: Can Art Change the World? Keynote and round-table, Remaking Society Forum, Republic of Ideas, Maison de la Culture, Grenoble, France.
2011: From bio models to the design of living models, Art as an in vivo laboratory, Art & Biodiversity International Conference, Perspectives and Prospective, Montparnasse Museum, Paris.
2011: Introduction to Art-based Research and Innovation, keynote, Collège des Hautes Etudes en Développement Durable (Sustainable Development institute), Ecole Centrale / ESCP, Paris.
2011: Introduction to Art-based Research and Innovation, 6th World Conference on Intellectual Capital for Cities, Regions and Communities, World Bank and Paris South University, Paris.
2010: Goodwill, Artistic, Urban and Economic Research Ecosystem, Off-Shore Art School (led by artist Paul Devautour), Shanghai, China.
2010: Artists’ News Economic Models, round-table, Le 100, Paris, France.
2009: The Value of Art-based Research in Territorial Innovation, in Creative Territories seminar, Science-Po School, DATAR, Paris, France.
2009: Learning from Art to Manage Creativity, in Human Resources Management World Conference, Etisalat Academy, Dubai.
2009: Designing companies dedicated to Art, New-York University Paris, in partnership with Art & Flux research chair, ACTE Institute, Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne University, France.
2009: Art and corporate purpose, Alternative Management Dept., HEC Business School, Paris, France.
2009: Prototyping artful companies, innovation and prospective Master, CNAM, Paris, France.
2006: Design of a Future Vision and Strategy Keynote, CMM Day, Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
ENVIRONNEMENTAL TRANSITION
FUTURE OF CITIES, TERRITORIES AND LIFE MILIEUS
2025: New Frontier of Experiential and Sustainable Tourism, Tourism Lab – Interreg (Fr-Bel), Tournai.
2024: Designing Future Worlds, Red Latinoamericana de Futuro Conference, online.
2024: Artistic, territorial and foresight innovation, keynote, Louvre Lens Valley, Lens.
2024: Future speculations, between terrain realities and fiction, Vision(s) symposium, Strate Design Research, Paris.
2024: Panorama of Transitions (environnemental, digital & demographic), keynote, Louvre Lens Valley, Lens.
2023: Art & Future Labs, with benefits for companies, cities, schools, inclusion, sustainability and the future, masterclass, ISC Paris.
2023: An evolutionary view on the future of urban life: The search for resilient future utopias, 25th WFSF Global Conference, Ecole des Ponts, Paris.
2023: Mesopolis Lab, fostering urban resilience via creative ecosystems, keynote, Architecture and Urbanism Faculty, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
2023: The Creative Footprints, Culture at the crossroad of transitions and innovation, one day symposium co-curation and moderation (incl. 5 panels / 25 experts) organised by the City of Geneva.
2023: In search of a temporal resilience (for organizations and for the city), inspirational keynote for CDC Habitat, Learning Planet Insitute, Paris.
2023: Mesopolis, designing urban, artistic and resilient utopias, performative conference, in session “Should we trust artist to be world-builders?”, Change Now Forum, Grand Palais Ephémère, Paris.
2023: From Chanel to the Greater Paris: Researching the Future through Art, Foresight Talks webinar series, IFTF (Institute For The Future), Palo Alto, USA.
2023: Art and Cities, roundtable, Atelier Martel Architecture, Paris.
2023: Designing Art-Based Future Labs (incl. urban labs), keynote, Labour Digital conference, ZhDK (Academy of the Arts), Zurich.
2022: Introducing an Art-Based and Future Research Ecosystem (incl. urban labs), Webinar Series, Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities (A2RU), University of Michigan, USA.
2022: The Contribution of Artistic Ecosystems to Urban Resilience, keynote, Transforming Territories Conference, HiFlow, Geneva.
2022: Future of Cities: conceptual models, imaginaries and methods, Speculative Design Paris conference, Leonard (Vinci Group), Paris.
2022: Panorama of Environmental, Demographic and Digital Transitions, and Museums’ Future Challenges, masterclass, Musée d’Art et d’Histoire (MAH), Geneva.
2022: Art Labs & Future Labs as powerful Learning Experience (incl. territorial benefits), online Masterclass, Learning Planet Festival #2.
2021: Fostering Resilient Co-Learning and Creative Ecosystems in the City, in Re-imagining Cities in the Anthropocene online panel, Knowledge Cities World Summit #8.
2021: Mesopolis Lab, designing new future imaginaries of urban and territorial resilience, Megalopolises, metropolises, towns in the countryside, shrinking towns: what “imaginary world” for the city of tomorrow? 4th international Symposium ICHT (Imaginer: Construire et Habiter la Terre), ENSA (Architecture School), St Etienne, France.
2021: How foresight can support innovation and territorial resilience: 3 perspectives, Transitions Day, HiFlow, Geneva.
2021: The Art of Designing Future Labs (incl. for cities), Foresight and Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Symposium, XXII April International Conference on Economic & Social Development, HSE University, Moscow.
2021: Designing Future Labs and Innovative Foresight Methodologies, masterclass, Innovation and Foresight Master, CNAM, Paris.
2020: Rebuilding our Relation to the Future (and the role of third spaces) via Art, Design, Foresight, Innovation, Foresight and Science-Fiction, inaugural keynote, HiFlow, Geneva.
2020: Designing a Covid-19 Resilience Strategy and other Future Research Experiments, UNESCO webinar Transforming Future # 8 “Futurists on the Covid19 pandemic shock”.
2020: Covid-19: an EU Resilience Strategy and Marshall Plan, keynote, webinar Disruptors Talk #2, EU Joint Research Center, Brussels.
2020: Designing Creative Foresight Methodologies for the Greater Paris Metropolis, masterclass, Foresight and Innovation Master, CNAM, Paris.
2020: Paris Ars Universalis, prototyping a sustainable World Expo through fiction, keynote in “The perennial and temporary in the urban fabric. The role of major contemporary sporting and cultural events”, Urban Contradictions #2 symposium, LAVUE Laboratory, Paris la Villette Architecture School.
2019: Creative Ecosystems and New Tourism Approaches in the Greater Paris Metropolis, Expert Conference, IREST, Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne University.
2019: Future of the Greater Paris in 4 Methodological Experiments, keynote, Prospective Lab, Futuribles International, Paris.
2019: Future of Social Center as Creative and Inclusive Hubs, foresight seminar, Centers National Federation, Paris.
2019: Occupy the Sky, some design fiction experiments, in Garden The Sky Water International Symposium, Art-Science Chair, Ecole Polytechnique, and Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.
2018: Anthropocene, Territorial Resilience, Transitions, Urban Innovation… and If All These Challenges were a Matter of Hospitality, Keynote, Soferim seminar, Palais de Tokyo, Paris.
2018: The City as a Creative Open-Lab, keynote, Soferim seminar, Palais de Tokyo, Paris.
2018: A Resilient Urban Future between the 3rd and 4th Industrial Revolutions, FabCity Summit, Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris.
2018: Opening the City: The Power of Networks, curation, casting of guest experts and moderation of a round-table, for the City Observatory, Toguna, Palais de Tokyo, Paris.
2018: Hospitality and Resilience: Four Future Scenarios for the Trans-Region of Arles, Keynote, Luma Days #2, Luma Arles Foundation, France.
2018: The Soft-Power of Creative Labs on the Public Space, Future of Public Space conference, GDI Future think-tank, Zurich.
2017: Five Future Scenarios for the Bioregion of Arles put into Perspective Keynote, LUMA Days #1, LUMA Foundation, Arles, France.
2017: Paris Galaxies, Paris Ars Universalis, Possible Futures for the Greater Paris Metropolis, Mobility History seminar (dir. Mathieu Flonneau), Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne University.
2017: Paris Ars Universalis from a digital humanities perspective, discussion with philosopher Manuela des Barros, Agnès B gallery, Paris.
2015: Paris Galaxies, a Future of the Greater Paris Metropolis by its Creative Constellations (places and communities), in New Local Frameworks for Global Cities seminar, Scientific Committee, Atelier International du Grand Paris, Palais de Tokyo, Paris.
2014: Paris Galaxies: The Role of Creative Constellations in Sustainable Urban Development, Green Cities Summit, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris Marne-La-Vallée.
2014: Paris Galaxies: The Making of a New Metropolitan Imaginary, in the 3I’s (Institution, Identity, Imaginary) of the Greater Paris Conference, Institut d’Aménagement et d’Urbanisme de Paris.
2014: Montevideo Experimental Lab, a Critical Analysis, World Conference on Intellectual Capital for Communities, Paris Sud University, Paris.
2014: Paris Galaxies in Perspective, Aesthetic Audit Critical Report, 3rd International Conference on Cultural and Creative Industries, Urban Development and Knowledge Institutions, Antwerp University and Utrecht Universities, Antwerp Belgium.
2014: Waiting for the Station, waiting for the Greater Paris, in Stations Mirroring the Urban seminar, LATTS (LAboratory Technics, Territories and Society) – LVMT (Laboratory Ville/City, Mobility and Territories), Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées, Gare & Connection, Paris.
2013: Paris Galaxies, a Future Lab for the Greater Paris, in Art, Design and Imaginaries research day (with guest philosopher: Jean-Jacques Wunenburger), Paris College of Art, Paris.
2013: Paris Galaxies, a New Approach to the Creative City, 8th World Conference on Intellectual Capital for Cities, Regions and Communities, World Bank, Paris.
2012: Paris Galaxies, a Vision for the Greater Paris, in Scaling Up symposium (Art, Design et Economy), Designers Days, Paris College of Art (ex-Parsons School Paris), and ACTE (Art, Creation, Theory, AEsthetics) Institute, Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne University.
2010: Toward Creative Urban Strategies, 5th World Conference on Intellectual Capital for Cities, Regions and Communities, World Bank, Paris.
2009: Designing Cities and the Creative Class, 4th World Conference on Intellectual Capital for Cities, Regions and Communities, World Bank, Paris
2007: The Creative Class Contribution to Knowledge-Based Urban Development, World Global Knowledge Economy Week, International Forum of Cultures, Monterrey, Mexico.
2007: Photographic vs Organizational Approach to the Urban Space, Aarhus Architecture School, Denmark.