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Welcome to our series of 12 forums designed to delve into different aspects of our rapidly changing world. The purpose behind these forums is to assemble perspectives and expertise across different fields to address challenges and grasp the opportunities of our time. 

From governance and education to energy and transportation, each forum focuses on a unique area of interest, encouraging discussion, promoting innovation, and facilitating participant collaboration.

These forums are structured to provide an overview and actionable insights into:

NEXT Iceland - Ideas worth exploring


Conceptual Design celebrates the projects that are yet to be realised. They are may be creative ideas, imagined future states or thought pieces intended to start a conversation. This category rewards the blue sky thinking that is needed to drive design forward.

All systems are designed to serve a purpose – and that purpose is to serve people. Systems design optimises systems performance by systematically focusing on the human component - human capacities, abilities, limitations and aspirations.