Every March, we celebrate World Future Day at Epicenter. On this special day we delve into the intriguing possibilities at the crossroads of technology and humanity. We come together for a sneak peek into the promising future ahead and encourage everyone to explore it with us.
By the way, our moderator Eirik Norman Hansen is hosting a Breakfast Inspo Session the same morning. Join him for short talks and a digital safari, and get a free club card to work from Epicenter until World Future Day begins.
๐ Sign up here: https://beyondtheobvious.no/outlook2026
Eirik Norman Hansen is an award-winning futurist, speaker, and author who has spent over 20 years at the forefront of technology and digitalization. Having held leadership roles in several major digital agencies, Eirik now runs his own consultancy dedicated to helping organizations navigate the future. His work focuses on the intersection of technology and humanity, exploring how digital evolution reshapes our lives, organizations, and society.
A frequent media commentator and host of multiple podcastsโincluding 30 Minutes into the Future and A Walk in the ParkโEirik is a recognized "digital expert" on national TV and radio. He was named Speaker of the Year in 2018 and has received nominations for the award every year since. Whether through his TEDx talk on "Hyperadoption" or his co-authorship of books on AI and law, Eirikโs mission is to move audiences from skepticism to curiosity, inspiring them to embrace the possibilities of tomorrow.
Imac is an Associate Professor in Cognitive Psychology and a cognitive developmentalist. Her work focuses on human cognitive development, communication and collaboration, with a particular attention to factors influencing these processes, including human-technology interactions.
Adrian is an experienced company builder with a passion for automation, data and tech.
He's been involved in developing new business models and emerging tech products in many countries - such as ๐๐๐๐ง๐ค๐จ๐ค๐๐ฉ ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ (Europe's fastest growing tech company, 2014), ๐๐๐จ๐ช๐ก๐ฉ, ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ง and ๐ผ๐๐ฌ๐๐ฎ.
This allowed him to coach many Founders + CEOโs of some of the most exciting tech scaleups in the Nordics and also follow through with some tech investments from Stockholm to Silicon Valley.
As the CEO of Epicenter Group, he's now fully-focused on connecting innovation cities around the world, by empowering and bringing together the next-generation of leaders so, together, we can solve the world's largest problems with technology.
Vojta is a medical doctor and PhD student at the Department of Ophthalmology at OUS, working in the EYETEC lab as part of the PUMA study. His research focuses on uveal melanoma, where he uses single-cell and spatial transcriptomics to understand tumor cellular composition and the role of immune system in disease development. He is also interested in developing reliable biomarkers for monitoring disease progression and improving clinical management.
Jan Dyre is fascinated by how intelligence emergesโfrom bacteria banding together for survival to robots learning to cooperate without leaders. With a background in philosophy and a PhD in swarm robotics, his work explores the deep connections between biology, software, and collective behaviour. Heโs driven by a passion for resilient, decentralised systems and the strange beauty of coordination without central command. Jan Dyre has supervised more than 250 engineering students in Norway, written extensively on swarm theory, and gives regular talks on the intersection of ethics, technology, and autonomy.
World Future Day is hosted at Epicenter Oslo, right next to Holbergs plass, with easy access via public transportation. Want to walk? The address is Edvard Storms gate 2.
In true World Future Day style, we also encourage any form of drones or flying carpets.
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