As much as our profession focuses on anticipating future behavior, actually telling the future is still a bit out of our reach. But why worry about predicting the future, when you can be a part of shaping it?
Calls for submissions just closed for the upcoming NewMR Festival – a virtual event dedicated to shaping the future of the Market Research industry. Organized by Ray Poynter (of The Future Place Blog), with the help of Sue York, Andrew Jeavons, Greg Coops, and Pravin Shekar, the NewMR Festival aims to create a collaborative environment for the co-creation of the future of market research (talk about grabbing the lion by the tail!)
You can read through the list of synopsis already proposed for the event. Proposals will be included in an open ballot later this month, upon which the community at large can vote for the inclusion of their favorite topics. The Festival itself will take place online from October 31 – November 4, 2011. Stay tuned for details.
If the anticipation is just killing you, you can get your fix by browsing through all of last year’s presentations. It may be fun if only to see who has been right so far!
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