Foresight Improv SXSW 2026

The Future is unscripted and so is Foresight Improv

When expert futurism meets live improvisation. Submit your topics and watch us construct the future in 3 minutes or less.

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What is Foresight Improv?

Do you wish you could predict the future? Come challenge our panel of futurists as they try to do it themselves! Foresight Improv puts our experts' knowledge to the ultimate test by challenging them to audit what they know and improvise a cohesive view of the future based entirely on audience-selected topics.


Attendees submit their ideas and burning future-of questions into a fishbowl. Once drawn, our panel has 4 minutes or less to spur a constructive, insightful, and entertaining view of where that topic is heading. Expect a rousing, dynamic, fun-filled adventure into the future and beyond!

Events

Casa Minas

Join us at Casa Minas for an preview of our main SXSW session. Bring your boldest predictions!

March 15, 2026
11:00 AM
Casa Minas

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SXSW 2026

Join us in Austin for our flagship interactive panel. Drop your topics in the fishbowl and watch the founders build the future in real-time.

March 16, 2026
4:00 PM CT
JW Marriott - Salon E

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See the 2025 Performance

Missed last year's panel? Check out the highlight reel to see Foresight Improv in action.

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The Founding Futurists

The Foresight Horsemen of the Awakening

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Matt Carmichael

Editor, What the Future (Ipsos)

Matt is a futurist at Ipsos and the founding editor of the award-winning "What the Future," a lead author for Ipsos Global Trends and former editor at Advertising Age, Matt explores demographics and foresight through expert interviews and consumer research.

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Annie Hardy

Global AI Architect & Futurist, Cisco

Annie is an inventor, entrepreneur, and trained qualitative futurist. At Cisco, she reverse-engineers the future into actionable steps for AI implementation. She is a member of the NIST US AI Consortium and sits on Cisco’s Responsible AI Champs team.

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Ian Beacraft

CEO, Signal And Cipher

Ian is a "Gonzo Futurist" and the CEO of Signal and Cipher. He helps companies prepare for a future powered by people and enabled by AI, leading innovation strategies for brands like Nike, Samsung, and Microsoft by experimenting with emerging tech before it leaves the lab.

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Alexandra Whittington

Futurist, TATA Consultancy Services

Alexandra is a visionary strategist exploring the intersections of emerging technologies and social change. She holds a master's in strategic foresight from the University of Houston, where she taught for over a decade before joining the Future of Business team at TCS.

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Friends

Foresight Improv Guest Stars

We're honored to have had fellow futurist friends join us on stage including:

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Henry Coutinho-Mason

Author, Future Normal

Henry is an award-winning social entrepreneur and author of "The Future Normal" and "Trend-Driven Innovation." Having delivered over 200 keynotes in 30 countries, Henry brings global consumer trends to the improv stage.

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Faith Popcorn

Founder & CEO, BrainReserve

Known as the "Nostradamus of Marketing," Faith is a legendary futurist and bestselling author. With a documented 95% accuracy rate in her predictions, she is famous for identifying massive cultural macro-trends like "Cocooning."

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Neil Redding

Founder & CEO, Redding Futures

Neil is an architect of near-future experiences. Specializing in spatial computing and the future of retail, he helps brands build ecosystems that seamlessly blend physical and digital environments into engaging human-centric realities.

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Rohit Bhargava

Founder, Non-Obvious Company

Rohit is an innovation and marketing expert, trend curator, and a three-time Wall Street Journal bestselling author. He specializes in helping brands see what others miss by identifying the non-obvious trends shaping the future of business and culture.

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