The Moroccan Parliament, with its two Houses, the House of Representatives and the House of Councilors, organizes, in cooperation with the “Future Encounters Foundation,” the Chamber of Deputies, and the Senate of the Republic of Chile, the next edition of the “Congress of the Future,” on December 17-18, 2024, at the Seat of the Moroccan Parliament.
The event will serve as an opportunity to exchange views between parliamentarians, government officials, scientists, researchers, and stakeholders on questions that impact the future of humanity. The gathering will feature the participation of parliamentarians, ministers, officials, and specialists from Morocco and Chile, in addition to academics and experts from Europe, Africa, and Latin America.
This edition of the Congress will cover several timely vital questions, such as the challenges that face the future world, climate change, international migration, the reinforcement of peace and security in the world, food security, North-South cooperation, facing the global health challenges, the energy transition and its prospects, the transformations marking human relations and social links in the 21st century, the impacts of artificial intelligence on society and economy, the reinforcement of tolerance, gender equality, and Africa as the continent of the future.
The organization of this edition in the Kingdom of Morocco, for the first time in an African country, comes to anchor the position of the Kingdom as a hub of solid scientific thinking on the questions of the countries and peoples of Africa and the Arab world, and a pillar of South-South cooperation. The event also confirms the distinguished position of the Kingdom of Morocco in Africa and within Latin American political, parliamentary, and economic blocs and unions.
It should be noted that the National Congress of the Republic of Chile has been organizing the “Congress of the Future” since 2011 in cooperation with the Chilean Government through the Ministry General Secretariat of the Presidency, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Chilean Academy of Sciences, and around 20 universities, in addition to several think tanks and research centers, non-governmental institutions and organizations, and public and private institutions. The event is one of the most prominent scientific gatherings in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The various editions of the Congress featured the participation of numerous thinkers, scientists, researchers, artists, and influencers from across the globe. The Congress also attracts the attention of the international science community, given the participation of several Nobel Prize laureates.
The Congress constitutes a space to debate the challenges and problems inscribed on the international agenda and the future of humanity. It has become a platform for elaborating ideas that can support future decisions and developing practical solutions to address the major transformations that the world’s societies will witness.