Generous Futures, Woven Together

Name: Generous Futures, Woven Together
Start: 2025-11-15T11:00:00+08:00
End: 2025-11-15T18:45:00+08:00
Location: ArtScience Museum

Schedule

Sat Nov 15 2025 at 11:00 am to 06:45 pm

UTC+08:00

Location

ArtScience Museum | Singapore, SG

𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀, 𝗪𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗧𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿
𝗔 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹: 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴
📅 𝟭𝟱 𝗡𝗼𝘃 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 (𝗦𝗮𝘁), 𝟭𝟭𝗮𝗺 – 𝟲.𝟰𝟱𝗽𝗺
📍 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺
🎟️ 𝗧𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻: $𝟭𝟱
What might it mean to imagine the future generously? Who is generosity for, and how is it practised? What does it ask us to give up, or give back?
Generous Futures, Woven Together brings together architects, scientists, artists, writers, foresight practitioners, policymakers and youth in a plural conversation about how we shape what comes next. Each voice offers a distinct way of thinking with and through the future: from speculative fiction to strategic foresight, regenerative design to ecological care. The programme invites reflection on how generosity might be expressed through imagination, infrastructure, the stories we tell, and the systems we build.
Anchored in Singapore’s social and cultural landscape, yet attuned to global urgencies, this symposium invites us to hold the future open — radically and together.
Presented as part of Futures Festival, a programme celebrating generous and relational futures through conversations, sound, cinema and participatory experiences.

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄
11am – 11.40am
𝗞𝗲𝘆𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲: 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱
Speaker: 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗼 (Senior Advisor to the Centre for Strategic Futures and Senior Fellow in Civil Service College)
Opening the symposium, this keynote will ground the concept of generous futures in practice. Peter Ho will explore how strategic imagination and futures literacy can inform long-term, inclusive approaches to governance, particularly in Singapore’s context. The talk will reflect on the practical stakes, responsibilities and possibilities of shaping the public good for the future, inviting reflection on the challenges and opportunities of state-led futures-making in a rapidly changing world.
11.40am – 12.55pm
𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟭: 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲 — 𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗰 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽
Speakers: 𝗝𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲 𝗞𝘄𝗲𝗸 (Head of the Centre for Strategic Futures and Director of Futures at PMO Strategy Group), 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗹 𝗖𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗴 (CEO of Tent Futures), 𝗭𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗞𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗮 (AI ethics youth advocate)
How can civic frameworks meaningfully engage with plural, uncertain, and generous futures? At the scale of governance and policy, generosity can be difficult to practise, yet it is crucial for addressing long-term and systemic challenges. This session explores how foresight, civic stewardship and regenerative frameworks can reshape how institutions think about futures. It also probes how emerging technologies such as AI raise urgent ethical questions for intergenerational justice, and how youth perspectives might expand the possibilities of futures-making.
2pm – 3pm
𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟮: 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗼𝗽𝗲 — 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
Speakers: 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗿 (Vice President of Attractions and ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands), 𝗞𝗲𝗿𝗶 𝗘𝗹𝗺𝘀𝗹𝘆 (curatorial leader), 𝗔𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗺 (poet/futurist)
What does it mean to imagine the future generously — not as prediction, but as a practice of care and hope? This session explores generosity as both ethos and method, and how it might be translated into cultural practice that invites participation and shared meaning. It also considers hope as a disciplined form of imagination that moves us from vision to action. Together, the talks in the session reflect on how these principles can guide more humane, interconnected and imaginative futures.
3pm – 4.20pm
𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟯: 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺 — 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲, 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗨𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗻 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆
Speakers: 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗛𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗹 (architect and founding director of WOHA), 𝗦𝗿𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗮 𝗚𝗼𝗽𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗸𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗻𝗮𝗻 (Associate Director Research at Future Cities Laboratory Global), 𝗖𝗵𝘂𝗺 𝗝𝗶𝗮𝘅𝗶𝗻 (Regional Director for Landscape, Henning Larsen APAC), 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗻 𝗞𝗮𝗶 𝗟𝗶𝗻 (architect, urban designer and illustrator)
What might generosity look like in our built environments? This session considers how architecture and infrastructure can nurture belonging, equity and ecological care, and how buildings, public spaces and urban systems might foster openness, care and reciprocity instead of exclusion. Reflections will explore how long-term, plural futures can be translated into tangible forms that give back socially and ecologically, particularly in resource-sensitive contexts such as Singapore.
4.20pm – 5.40pm
𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟰: 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲-𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻-𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 — 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻
Speakers: 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗚𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻 (Director of the MIT Museum), 𝗗𝗶𝗲𝗴𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗻 (transdisciplinary artist and educator), 𝗔𝗻𝘂𝗷 𝗝𝗮𝗶𝗻 (Founding Director and Principal Ecologist at bioSEA), 𝗢𝗻𝗴 𝗞𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗲𝗻𝗴 (media artist)
Generosity is often framed in human terms, but what might it mean to extend it beyond ourselves? This session invites exploration of futures that centre ecological interdependence, multispecies justice and the worlds we might co-create with emerging technologies. The conversation will consider what it means to give back to ecosystems, design practices that acknowledge interdependence with other species and emerging intelligences, and enact justice across biological and technological futures. Curiosity, wonder, empathy and embodied practice will be explored as powerful forms of ecological and technological generosity.
5.40pm – 6.40pm
𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟱: 𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗲 — 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲, 𝗙𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
Speakers: 𝗞𝗲𝗻 𝗟𝗶𝘂 (writer), 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗴𝗶𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝘆𝘀𝗼𝗻 (Chief Futurist and CEO of Futures Present), 𝗗𝗲𝗯𝗯𝗶𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝗻𝗴 (artist)
How can creative and cultural practices resist singular futures and open possibilities for plural, situated imaginaries? This session treats storytelling and artistic practice as forms of generosity capable of fostering justice, repair and foresight. It explores how speculative fiction, worldbuilding and artistic experimentation can prototype alternative realities, cultivate empathy, and provoke reflection on the responsibilities of imagining futures on behalf of communities.

𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹: 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 (𝟭𝟯–𝟭𝟱 𝗡𝗼𝘃 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱)
Futures Festival: Worlds in the Making is an invitation to hold the future open. It brings together the community in a shared exploration of plural worlds emerging from the equator — worlds that are generous, resilient and already in the making.
Against the grain of dystopian imaginaries, the festival celebrates futures that are relational and cautiously hopeful. Drawing from the themes of Another World Is Possible exhibition, it foregrounds imagination as a form of care, generosity as a guiding practice, and attentive co-creation as a foundation for how we shape worlds together.
Through conversations, art and participatory experiences, the festival becomes a living constellation of ideas and experiences: a space to experiment with new ways of thinking, sensing and making together. World-making is tangible, fragile and powerful, unfolding through the collective curiosity and care of everyone present.
Futures Festival unfolds across interconnected streams, each offering a unique way to explore, imagine and shape the futures we inhabit. Whether through dialogue, sound, cinema or participation, there is a path for every curiosity.