Future Festival Chicago - Our Best Chicago Innovation Conference

Innovation Keynote Seaker Jeremy Gutsche

"Our Chicago Innovation Conference is a 1 Day Accelerated Program that brings Chicago innovators the best of our epic Future Festival - Trend Hunter's multi-day trends, insight and innovation mega-event. This is our fourth year bringing the accelerated trends & innovation conference to Chicago, so it's a great opportunity to experience next year's trends from the #1 trend firm while prototyping your future."

– Jeremy Gutsche, CEO & NY Times Bestselling Author

Small, In-Person 1-Day Events w/ ~100 People

In-Person 3-Day Festivals

Custom Training

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Our EPIC Event
Toronto - Sep 27-29

What's different?
Our 1-day innovation conferences are immersive, takeaway-focused training events

Safe Smaller Gathering

vs. Large Crowds

Cost-Effective 1-Day

vs. Days Away from Work

100+ Data-Driven Insights

vs. Outdated Material

Downloadable Presentations

vs. Take-Your-Own Notes

Individual Assessments

vs. Generic Content

One-on-One Advisor Time

vs. Lack of Follow-Up

Energetic & Actionable

vs. Random & Outdated

Our Chicago Innovation Conference

Our Chicago Innovation Conference offers key insight into the forefront of the future. Hear from our roster of innovation speakers as they speak to shifts in consumer preferences and present key innovation tactics to help you stay ahead of the competition. Learn how industry shifts have changed culture, how a preference for authenticity has inspired new approaches to innovation, and see how industry trends can be broken down with Trend Hunter’s 18 Megatrends to shed insight into evolving consumer needs. Plus, much more!

This 1 Day event will feature keynotes where Trend Hunter Futurists will present real-world examples of how to reemerge to innovate from chaos with sessions that will provide actionable takeaways to accelerate the pursuit of your next big idea. Our Future Festival experience will help to spark inspiration, allowing you to network with fellow industry leaders as you explore globally-shifting ideas and experiences firsthand. Plus, all conference attendees will walk away with $4000 in takeaways, making it easier than ever to share your Innovation Conference experience with your colleagues following the event.

We are making up for lost time by hosting Future Festival on two different dates in Chicago! Join us on November 2nd, 2021 OR May 16th, 2022.

More Info by Profession: Innovation, Insights, Marketing, Strategy, Trends

Create The Future + The Innovation Handbook: Tactics for Disruptive Thinking

Learn to navigate chaos with our tactical guidebook for disruptive thinking, innovation, and change. The new double-book includes The Innovation Handbook, an updated version of the award-winning bestseller: Exploiting Chaos.

In our era of rapid change, disruption and possibility, there are endless opportunities within your grasp. Everyone wants innovation, but most people don’t know how to make it happen, frequently falling into common neurological traps that lead to missed potential. How does one avoid these traps in order to attain true success?

Why visit? We’ll suggest more than a dozen innovation hotspots for you to explore following Future Festival Chicago.

There are plenty of sights to see while visiting Chicago for our CPG Innovation Conference. Following the conference, check out cultural hotspots such as the Design Museum of Chicago or the American Writers Museum. Considered a piece of “Real Chicago” since 1952, the Club Lago team will make you feel right at home with a variety of lunch and dinner options. If you’re looking for something more adventurous, experience flavor innovation at Alinea Restaurant, whose menu focuses on molecular gastronomy with a variety of traditional foods that are deconstructed into new shapes, colors and textures.

Plus, explore a dozen more unique hotspots in Chicago with our exclusive Future Festival workbook!