Victor V. Motti, USA
Victor Vahidi Motti is a self-taught Foresight Scholar and an International Executive who was granted the USA EB-2 National Interest Waiver (NIW) by the US government for his Exceptional Advanced Ability in Strategic Foresight.
Planetary Foresight; Looking at the Strategic Horizon
Based in Washington, D.C., he works as the Executive Director of the DMS Academy that provides custom-tailored leadership & foresight workshops, seminars, and policy simulations to help world public servants lead their government agencies towards a preferred future for the greater good.
He is a visionary and passionate multicultural leader with a solid history of success in mentoring and leading high-performing teams to achieve shared visions and goals.
He is currently the Executive Director of the World Futures Studies Federation (WFSF) founded in 1973 with 300+ institutional and individual members from 60+ countries and is the Managing Editor of the European Journal of Futures Research (EJFR) published by Springer.
He is also an invited professional speaker at business events and academic conferences. He has been a guest speaker at international conferences in the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia, speaking on key driving forces of change and major transformations at planetary and regional levels for the horizons of 2030, 2050, 2060, 2100, and 3000.
He is the co-founder of the Alternative Planetary Futures Institute in Washington, D.C.
His work focuses on a range of topics related to the future, including scenario planning, foresight, and strategic planning. He has published numerous articles in academic journals and has presented at conferences on futures-related topics.
Recent Publications
- Motti, Victor V. (2022). Futures Studies. In The Palgrave Encyclopedia of the Possible. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98390-5_269-1
- Motti, Victor V. (2021). Richard Slaughter: The master interpreter of alternative planetary futures, Futures, Elsevier. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2021.102796
- Motti, Victor V. (2019). A Transformation Journey to Creative and Alternative Planetary Futures, UK: Newcastle, Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
- Motti, Victor V. (2017). Sources of Futures Studies from Foresight to Anticipation. In Handbook of Anticipation. Cham: Springer. doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31737-3_98-1
Recent Invited Lectures
- Planetary Foresight; Looking at the Strategic Horizon, 27 May 2023, Islamic World Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (ICESCO), Morocco
- Drivers of Change and Lifestyle in 2050: A Decentralized and Autonomous Futurescape, 27 April 2021, Paris Institute for Advanced Study, France
- Drivers of Change and Lifestyle in 2050: A Decentralized and Autonomous Futurescape, 17 March 2021, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd Center for Futuristic Studies, Saudi Arabia
- Drivers of Change and Lifestyle in 2050: A Decentralized and Autonomous Futurescape, 27 February 2021, Classic Planning Institute, USA
- An introduction to the Introduction to the World History, 23 December, 2020, Islamic World Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (ICESCO), Morocco
- Evolving Cultural Identities in a Planetary Era, 4 May 2017, Royal Institute for Strategic Studies (IRES), Morocco
- Strategic Foresight; From theory to practice in the Middle East & North Africa, 18 May 2016, University of Trento, Italy
- Global and Placeless Brains: A Third Culture Perspective, 8 April 2011, Fondazione Intercultura, Italy
- Global Transitions and Asia 2060: Climate, Political-Economy, and Identity, 5 November 2010, Tamkang University, Taiwan
Recent Podcast and Interviews
- Alternative Planetary Futures, by Peter Hayward
- Conversations on the future we want UN AGENDA 2030, by Claire A. Nelson
- Wise Futures of Infinite Time and Space, by Peter Hayward
- Re-Writing the Future, Everywoman, by Rebecca Lewis