The fifth Future Potentials Observatory (FPO) international workshop will explore key topics such as geopolitical boundaries, future potentials, digital futures, innovation horizons, and the future of design. The event will be moderated by Péter Szabadhegy and feature presentations by leading experts and FPO researchers, including senior lecturer at the Department of Sociology, Corvinus University of Budapest, and researcher at the Corvinus Institute for Advanced Studies Federico Pachetti, Japanese international political scientist  and security studies scholar Takashi Hosoda, lecturer at the Institute of Sustainable Development, Department of Geography and Planning, Corvinus University of Budapest Nuno Morgado, design theorist and researcher Karina Vissonova, Ákos Schneider and Dávid Csűrös. Participation is available both in person and online and requires prior registration.   

Date and time: Thursday, 28 April 2024, 1:00 p.m.  

Venue:  MOME – T_014  

Event schedule: 

Moderator: Péter Szabadhegy 

13.00-13.05: Welcome by Zoltán Oszkár Szántó 

section 1 Geopolitical Frontiers 

13.05-13.20: Federico Pachetti 

Economic Crises and China's State Capitalism 

13.20-13.35: Nuno Morgado – Takashi Hosoda 

Measuring Taiwan’s Power and Resilience: Capabilities, Strategic Culture, and Geopolitical Agents 

13.35-13.50: Esztella Varga 

Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States (AUKUS): An Evolving Partnership? 

13.50-14.00: Q&A 

section 2 Future Potentials 

14.00-14.15: Zoltán Ábrahám 

Family through the lenses of philosophy: normative considerations 

14.15-14.25: Q&A 

14.25-14.45: Coffee Break 

section 3 Digital Futures  

14.45-15.00: László Nádai 

Kohonen self-organizing maps in the analysis of innovation capabilities 

15.00-15.15: Sylvia Graczka 

Future potential assessment of measurement systems 

15.15-15.25: Q&A 

section 4 Innovation Horizons  

15.25-15.40: Sára Koczkás 

Eco-innovation networks in the case of green cities in Eastern and Western context 

15.40-15.55: Zoltán Csedő – Máté Zavarkó 

Exploring international collaborations and emerging research topics in ecological and energy innovation 

15.55-16.05: Q&A 

16.05-16.25: Coffee Break 

section 5 Design Futures  

16.25-16.40: Karina Vissonova 

Future Material Wellbeing: speculative model 

16.40-16.55: Ákos Schneider – Dávid Csűrös 

Distributed Agency in Algorithmic Design Culture 

16.55-17.05: Q&A 

17.05-17.25: Conclusions & future directions 

17.25-18.00: Networking 

To register, please confirm your attendance by emailing fpo@future.potentials.hu.