The founding conference which created the Federation was held in Paris, France, 26 May 1973. The first General Assembly of the Federation was convened in Paris with UNESCO assistance in March 1974.
Since that time, the WFSF has held over 20 conferences in over a dozen countries, reflecting the flexibility, strength, diversity and resilience of the organisation, its members, and the field which it supports.
The World Futures Studies Federation XXth World Conference, "Transitions: Encouraging Emerging Worlds" was held June 30-July 3,
The work continues with the preparation of the XXIst World Conference for 2011. The institutional members who would wish to host the next conference are kindly asked to follow this process:
- after the reading of the document "Guidelines for a WFSF World Conference,"
- fill in the application form below and send it to the Secretariat,
- The Executive Board of the WFSF will then be in touch with you to examine the details of your proposal. The decision will be taken by the end of 2009.
 Application form to host a WFSF conference | [Form to fill and submit to the Secretariat to propose the hosting/organisation of a WFSF World Conf.] | 60 Kb |
 WFSF_World Conferences_Guidelines | [Guidelines to follow for the preparation of a WFSF World Conference] | 57 Kb |
