The University of New Brunswick's 2024 Future of Innovation Conference in Fredericton will focus on solutions for problems that are persistent throughout Canada and the world.

The annual conference, hosted by the university's J Herbert Smith Centre for Technology, Management and Entrepreneurship, takes place this Friday, October 11, at UNB’s Wu Centre from 8:30am to 5:00pm. Each session will focus on “the futures of…” in different areas.

This year, there are two keynote speakers. Ramila Khafaji Zadeh will look at Futures Literacy, or the human capacity to imagine the future. Khafaji Zadeh, a trainer and designer in Futures Literacy Learning Processes at Hanze University of Applied Science in the Netherlands, leads projects for governments, industries, higher education institutions, the United Nations, and NGOs. 

Eddy Campbell will look at Change, Leadership and Inspiration. Campbell, a mathematician and former president of UNB among other academic distinctions, specializes in the invariant theory of finite groups; a branch of abstract algebra.

The afternoon will see panel discussions and a fireside chat.

Attendance is free. If you would like to attend, register here.