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All World Future Society members receive: Outlook. An annual report offering members selected forecasts that can help them anticipate events of the future. Conferences. The Society organizes one major conference each year plus occasional smaller meetings. Both large and small conferences provide members with opportunities for face-to-face meetings with distinguished scholars, leaders, and experts from around the world. Meetings held in Toronto, Chicago, San Francisco, and Washington, and elsewhere have drawn thousands of participants to discuss a wide range of questions and hear proposals for solutions to the problems the world faces. Members receive special notices about upcoming conferences, as well as discounts on registration costs. Special New-Member Benefits. In addition to regular member benefits, new World Future Society members will receive four FREE reports on trends shaping our world and how to think about them. New members also receive "The Art of Foresight," an eight-page guide on how to study the future, and Futurist Update, a monthly e-mail newsletter. Dues for regular membership are $49 per year.
Student Membership All full-time students under the age of 25
are now eligible to receive full regular membership benefits for just $20 per year. Professional Membership The Professional Membership program was established by the World Future Society to meet the special needs of Society members who are professionally involved in futures-related activities. Its purpose includes:
Professional Membership is a special program for members who are involved in futures research, forecasting, corporate or institutional planning, issues management, technology assessment, policy analysis, urban and regional planning, and related areas. Professional Members include educators, government and business leaders, researchers, think-tank members, corporate planners, and others involved in the study of the future. Each year, Professional Members' Forums are held to bring together those actively working on future-oriented research or projects. These forums feature some of the top thinkers in futures studies, presented in a small-group setting that allows for plenty of interaction. Attendance is limited to Professional Members. Recent forums have been held in Toronto, Chicago, Washington, San Francisco, Philadelphia, and Minneapolis. All Professional Members of the World Future Society receive:
Dues for Professional Membership are $135 per year.
Comprehensive Professional MembershipComprehensive Professional Membership is designed for
Professional Members who would like their membership to include all publications of the
World Future Society.
Dues for Comprehensive Professional Membership are $245 per
year. Life MembershipThe World Future Society's Life Membership program allows individual members to make a one-time dues payment of $750, and thereafter receive all privileges of regular membership in the Society without paying annual dues. A life membership will express your personal confidence in the future. Your special support of the World Future Society will also help to build a better future for everyone. As a life member you will avoid future increases in annual dues, whether caused by inflation or by improved membership benefits. You will also help the Society to establish a working capital fund to improve its programs. Dues for a regular life membership are $750. For a life
professional membership, the cost is $1,950, and for a comprehensive professional life
membership it is $2,950.
Institutional MembershipThe World Future Society's Institutional Membership program helps business firms, educational institutions, government agencies, associations, and other groups to participate in the Society's activities to a greater extent than would be possible with an individual membership alone. It is a program for organizations that would like to stay current with future-oriented literature and maintain a source for special information and contacts in the futures field. Equally important, institutional members, through their dues, support the work of the World Future Society and thereby contribute to a reasoned awareness of the future and the importance of its study. Institutional members play a crucial role in making sure that the Society can continue to support futurism and the study of the future. Institutional Members receive:
Dues for Institutional Members are $325 per year for
nonprofit organizations and $500 per year for businesses.
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