The Radical Future(s) Summit is a one-day gathering designed for bold, future-focused thinkers, builders, and doers working at the intersection of impact, innovation, and design. We recognize that the future must be radically different from where we are now—and shaping that future will require courage, resilience, creativity, and deep collaboration.

This summit is about grappling with real tensions, particularly around the imperative to “design with, not for” in various contexts. By embracing complexity, challenging traditional power structures, and committing to co-creation, we can design better futures—futures that are just, inclusive, and sustainable.

We use the term futures (plural) intentionally, because there is no one path forward. There are multiple possibilities for what comes next—and even more choices in how we get there.

This event is not just a conference. It’s a incubating space for changemakers to:

✨ Challenge assumptions

✨ Engage in deep, critical conversations

✨ Explore innovative, inclusive solutions

✨ Build relationships that lead to durable community and real action

📅 Friday, May 2nd, 9 AM - 4 PM

📍 Portland Oregon

💗 Who should attend? Changemakers from nonprofits, government, philanthropic and private sectors, including cross-sector leaders, entrepreneurs and funders

Join us for a one-day, high-impact gathering reimagining what’s possible in social impact, innovation, and equity-driven design

🎟 Click here to register🎟

Early Bird Pricing Available Until Friday, 4/11

Why Now? Why Radical Future(s)?

Across industries and movements, we are seeing the need for a type of audacity, radical collaboration:

🚀 A Call for Bold Action → We know that incremental change is no longer enough. We need new ways of thinking, being, and doing that can help accelerate the futures that are justice-oriented.

🚀 A Shift in Power & Design → Communities and historically excluded groups are reclaiming space and agency. The futures will be co-created.

🚀 The Rise of Radical Collaboration → We know that the most durable solutions will not be siloed. This requires cross-sector partnerships between business, community organizations, government, and philanthropy. We will make it better, together.

🚀 A Demand for Hyper-Local → It’s easy to feel powerless but this summit is about making real connection, building community, and getting more deeply invested in the place where we live, work, and play.

💫 The Radical Futures Summit is designed to convene conversations, connections, and collaborations that will push us towards the futures we have imagined for ourselves. A future where systems that are broken are re-examined – by and with those who are the most impacted.

It’s time to join the redesign. Let’s make the futures radical.