Which present-day cultures will profoundly impact YOUR workday, YOUR disposable time, and YOUR everyday life in the coming years – those of Europe, those of Asia, those of the US, or those of other peoples – and why?

Which present-day lifestyle options will continue to be possible, and what new ones will emerge?  

During the next decade, which peoples and cultures will most influence what YOU value, and why? Which peoples and cultures will have the most pervasive worldwide impact on notions of fulfillment, gratification, and happiness?  

Which peoples and cultures will have the greatest impact on tomorrow’s structuring institutions – the family, the workplace, communities, institutions of governance, educational institutions, religions, etc., or the structuring institutions that follow?  

With increasing interaction among the world’s cultures and peoples, which professions – and personality types – will be most highly valued in YOUR part of the world a decade from now?  

What culture-based hidden assumptions limit your thinking and your notion of personal identity?  

To meet the challenges of the future, what can be learned from various nations, peoples, and cultures of the present and past?  

In what ways do different peoples view “the future”?  

What new countercultures may arise in your part of the world, or elsewhere, and what will they value?  

And, what is the future of cultural diversity itself?

These are among the topics to be explored at “Transnational Roundtable 2010,” a first-ever session of its kind at an annual World Future Society conference. The session will feature five editors of FUTUREtakes, who will share their perspectives on ways in which today’s cultures will shape your everyday life. Attendees will gain insights on which lifestyles and value systems will prevail many years from now and which ones are headed for marginalization or extinction.

World Future 2010, sponsored by the World Future Society, is scheduled for July 8-10 in Boston, Massachusetts, and the Transnational Roundtable is scheduled for July 9 at 9:00 am. Conference registration can be completed on the World Future Society website, www.wfs.org. For further information about the session, write to info@futuretakes.org.