Among the themes that might be discussed in twenty-minute long presentations are the following (the list is by no means exhaustive):
conceptualisations/images of the future and their dynamics
the futurists and future(s) studies
functions of the future
the future shaping processes (trendsetting, simulation, modelling, forecasting, planning)
the politics of time / the temporality of politics
the relationships between the present, the past and the future (Zeitgeist and the future, the future as an active aspect of the present, the future borrowed from the past)
the future and the narrative (narratives and metaphors of the future, science and speculative fiction as catalysts in future studies, future history)
the future as a promise, the future as a threat (dystopia, utopia and anti-utopia)
indefinite and uncertain versus definite and certain futures
normative, preferred, alternative futures