Claire Nelson

Dr. Claire Nelson is the Founder and Chief Ideation Leader of The Futures Forum, a thought leadership practice which promotes and conducts strategic foresight and integral development consulting, with a particular interest in global challenges. She is also Ideation Leader and President of the Board for Caribbean Development Foresight Institute, a think-do tank based in the Caribbean.

Since joining the World Futues Society in 2005, she has convened/facilitated several public fora on strategic foresight including Caribbean Vision 2020; the inaugural Youth Forum of the World Future Society; the African Futures Program of the African American Unity Caucus (AAUC), and a Special Youth Dialogue on the Future at the Inter-American Development Bank. A Member of the International Editorial Board of the World Future Society and Journal of Futures Studies, she has also served as a Member of the Board of the Sustainability Division of the Institute of Industrial Engineers.

Professional affiliations

The Futures Forum