See how to prepare at the end of this page.
The course focuses on how foresight itself is evolving in a world where AI increasingly shapes how we imagine and plan for the future. It is not about learning to prompt efficiently, but about understanding this transformation and preparing for it.
Read more about the course here: cifs.dk/services/courses/futures-and-foresight-with-ai
The course takes place at the Danish Architecture Center (DAC), Bryghusgade 10, 1473 Copenhagen, located in the BLOX building in central Copenhagen, which also houses the CIFS headquarters.
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No. The program is designed for mixed experience levels. We will guide you through both foresight methods and AI tools in a way that is accessible to all. No technical AI background is required, but we do expect that you have access to a chatbot of your choice.
Yes, but not in a very technical way. At the course we will discuss different AI-mediated foresight tools and you will get hands-on experience with vibecoding (the tool we will use for this is Lovable). We will provide access closer to the course.
During the course, you will be encouraged to challenge both your own assumptions and those embedded in your organisation. The issues we discuss will be continuously related to your organisational context, as well as to the personal dilemmas you may face as a foresight practitioner. The course also introduces foresight tools designed to help translate insights into organisational settings and decisions.
The Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies has more than 50 years of experience in applied foresight. The course is facilitated by Senior Futurists Sofie Hvitved and Bugge Holm Hansen and draws on CIFS’ foresight DNA and our newly established Horizon 3 AI Lab (H3 AI Lab).
Yes! It's essential that you bring your laptop and will be able to work with AI tools on it. Sometimes there can be company restrictions, so please check before joining the course. We will be working hands-on with AI tools during the course, so please bring your own laptop.
Yes and no. The course does not require paid AI tools, but we do recommend you to have access to at least one chatbot service with a paid subscription to get the most out of the course. CIFS are platform-agnostic, and we experiment with different software in each edition of the course, depending on what is most top of mind. In this edition we will be vibecoding with Lovable. We will provide you with access as part of the course. It can also be beneficial to have experimented with Google Notebook LM in order to understand the more multimodal examples of Generative AI.
Yes! In addition to breaks and meals during the course, we host an optional self-paid networking dinner on Day 1. This is a chance to continue the conversations from the day in a relaxed setting and connect with fellow participants and facilitators.
We will have four courses and some bottles of wine included as part of your prepaid dinner. Any additional food or drinks beyond what is served at the table will be at your own expense.
The dinner will take place on the first day of the course on the 5nd of February from 19:00–21:30 at Marv & Ben, Snaregade 4 in central Copenhagen (approx. a 10-minute walk from the venue at BLOX).
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Yes. Breakfast, lunch and snacks will be provided on both days. If you have any dietary preferences that you haven't already noted during sign-up, please let us know at courses@cifs.dk.
This course is not about efficiency or productivity hacks. It is about rethinking foresight itself – how organisations imagine, sense, and prepare for long-term futures in an AI-mediated context. It combines CIFS’ foresight leadership with experimental AI practices to create something uniquely positioned between strategy, imagination, and critical reflection.
You will not leave with “10 AI prompts for better foresight slides”. The aim is that you will leave with a reframed mindset, understanding of possible directions of AI, and a community to support you in navigating the next era of foresight.
Below is a set of recommended reads (download link in top of page) - including one mandatory read. We don’t expect you to master neither foresight theory nor advanced AI tools in advance, but it will be good to have an idea of the landscape. Feel free to liquify it into output you prefer - short resumé style, infographic, podcast... your choice 💧
Last year we released the article “Liquid Foresight in an AI-Mediated World” in one of our publications, where we explore the ideas behind Liquid Foresight that is part of the foundation of the course.
It is advised to have a basic knowledge of foresight practice. If you are new to the field, we recommend the following short introductions:
We will not spend course time going through current AI tools for foresight, as these often lock thinking in the present. Still, we encourage you to have experimented with AI tools beforehand, and recommend these perspectives on AI and in particular Generative AI in more long-term implications:
Apart from the course material, we've got a small podcast recomendation in case you need an alternative look into the future of AI Agents in your workforce. "Shell Game" is a podcast about things that are not quite what they seem, hosted by investigative tech journalist Evan Ratliff, whom we previously had the pleasure of hosting at one of our events in Copenhagen. In the newly released second season, Ratliff sets out to build a company run by AI agents and documents the process from the inside. It is both genuinely funny and surprisingly insightful, offering a sense of what an agentic workplace might actually feel like in practice!
You can listen to Shell Game podcast here: https://www.shellgame.co/
