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The World Future Society (WFS) is the largest membership organization in the futures field. The society is a nonprofit educational and scientific organization in Bethesda, Maryland, US, founded in 1966.〔(Frequently Asked Questions About WFS )〕 It investigates how social, economic, and technological developments are shaping the future. It seeks to help individuals, organizations, and communities observe, understand and respond to social change appropriately and investigates the effects of applying anticipatory thinking to society. Through its magazine, ''The Futurist'', media, meetings, and dialogue among its members, it endeavors to raise awareness of change and encourage development of creative solutions. The society takes no official position on what the future may or should be like. Instead it seeks to provide a neutral forum for exploring possible, probable, and preferable futures. The Society has members in more than 80 countries, and has active chapters in cities around the world. The Society holds an annual conference during July, which usually features keynote speakers and one-or two-day courses dealing with the future. Membership is open to anyone who wishes to join and can afford it. The society claims that its membership includes sociologists, scientists, corporate planners, educators, students and retirees. Annually, the Society reviews the past year in order to make predictions about the future.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Back to the Future : Trends: After examining its 1989 forecasts, the World Future Society looks to the '90s and beyond to envision major changes at home, on the road and at work. )〕 Many members are not professional futurists. Membership includes CEOs, ambassadors, teachers, marketers and fashion designers.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Defining 'futurist' )〕 ==Web site== The society's web site features digital library resources about futurism and content from the society's various publications. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「World Future Society」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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