You’re building a futures & foresight practice in Europe. But you don't have to do it all alone.
Join a community for independent futures and foresight practitioners based in Europe.
What's this all about?
Futures Practitioners Europe is a community for independent futures and foresight practitioners based in Europe. We focus primarily on the "business-side" of futures and foresight, rather than the research. Think marketing, pricing, scoping, contracts, and staying relevant in an age of AGI.
Why? Because selling futures, foresight, and the facilitating of this work isn't always easy. And to run sustainable practices, where we earn enough money to support ourselves, we need to talk about more than methods.
Other networks and communities exist (and they are valuable!), but few are talking to the person trying to price a futures workshop or find their next client. And none focus exclusively on this challenge, for Futures & Foresight practitioners in Europe.
This community fills that gap.
And who is this for?
This network is for you if you are an independent futures and foresight practitioner based in Europe, and you are either already working with clients, or actively building toward doing so.
You're probably responsible for everything in your practice, from positioning and branding, to sales and marketing, to delivery and follow-up. A one-person operation, most likely.
For example:
- Freelancers & sole traders
- Solopreneurs
- "Tiny business" owners (practices of 1-5 people)
- Artists and creatives
- And so on
If you're curious about starting, building, and growing your practice, this is the right place for you.
(Want to know who is behind this? Here you go →)
Join us - it's free!
As long as you're aware that this is a pilot, and there may be some niggles that need to be ironed out, you are welcome!
Next member events
Being a futures and/or foresight practitioner in Europe today (#001)
Making your futures & foresight work understood (#002)
Let’s talk about pricing futures & foresight work in Europe (#003)
Join us - it's free
Pop your email in the space provided and you'll become an instant "member" (after you confirm your email address - European data laws etc.)
We'll send you a note when new events are posted: it will be as brief and as simple as possible.
By completing this form, you'll be added to the Futures Practitioners Europe Network mailing list. Yes, you can subscribe any time. No, we won't sell your details. Promise.
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Plans for the future: what we're hoping this will become
This is a work in progress. We're starting with monthly-ish calls and an events calendar, but in the future, we hope to have a membership area with an opportunities board and directory of European futures and foresight practitioners. Watch this space!
Monthly-ish live calls
Covering what it actually takes to run a futures practice: pricing, clients, AI, resilience, and everything the methodology textbooks skip.
This won't be recorded. To participate, you need to be present.
Futures & foresight events
We scout the internet for interesting futures and foresight events across Europe and beyond. From conferences and meetings, to skills sessions, to training programmes, to gamified experiences, we'll share everything we find.
An opportunities board (future)
Within the members' area, we're building a resource full of futures and foresight opportunities in Europe and beyond. Think jobs, tenders, and open calls.
Practitioner directory (future)
As a member, you can create a profile that we feature on the Futures Practitioners Europe website to give you more visibility and make you "findable" in our searchable directory.
Curious? Questions? Ideas? Get in touch
Send a note using the form, or via email at hi@futurespractitioners.eu.
Who is behind this network?
I'm Suzanne Whitby, a futurer, facilitator, futures researcher, and the founder of Futures Fit, a futures and strategic foresight... what? Consultancy? Agency? Business? Probably all of these things.
In my conversations with fellow futures & foresight practitioners, there is a question that comes up time and again:
You can learn the skills to facilitate futures, and guide futures and foresight processes, but how do you create and build a thriving tiny practice in uncertain times?
In April 2026, I thought it might be useful to create a network to address this.
Currently, I am piloting the network as an idea. It is imperfect and still being tweaked - guinea pigs are welcome 🙂 Pop your details in the form above and I'll let you know when new meetings take place.
You can learn more my strategic foresight and experiential futures work, and the futures & foresight training I offer at Futures Fit. Or you can learn more about my constellation of work at the intersection of science, society, storytelling, and sustainability at suzannewhitby.com.
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