Bring the Future to Your Community
Powered by young people. Backed by schools, community and business.
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The Future of... Festival is Australia’s boldest futures innovation tour — reimagining how young people engage with the future of their region, and what we do with their ideas.
This is not your average workshop. It’s a lightning-fast, high-impact, travelling innovation engine — designed to unleash future thinkers, connect community, and turn bold ideas into visible action.
What is the Future Of Festival?
The Future Of…Festival (FoF) is a national event series where young people, communities, schools and industries come together to explore bold questions, generate new ideas and co-create visions of thriving futures.
The role of a host
As a corporate host, you'll get the chance to:
- Host the event at your office or a location that showcases your brand, people and work.
- Welcome young people into your workplace and world.
- Provide your team with opportunities to be speakers, coaches, and collaborators who support participating young people to refine ideas and extend insights.
- Co-design the day to align with your goals and impact objectives.
- Be featured in storytelling and media connected to the event and national series.
Why you'll love it
⭐️ Drives Local Prosperity
- Unleashes local talent and leadership
- Sparks place-based innovation led by young people
- Helps communities think boldly about their future
💪 Strengthens Civic Connection
- Brings together young people, industry, education & community
- Deepens community pride, participation and possibility
⚡️ Creates Visibility & Momentum
- Fast, visible wins for council and community
- Delivers powerful media, storytelling and follow-on value
- Leaves a legacy of energy, ideas and engagement
🎯 Aligns with Your Strategic Goals
- Attracting, engaging, and retaining young people
- Local economic development
- Placemaking & liveability
- Community wellbeing & resilience
- Early access to emerging talent (Years 9–11 students) with new perspectives.
- Gain new ideas and insights that can feed into your team’s projects, innovation pipeline, or future partnerships.
- Engage your people with opportunities to speak, coach, and collaborate, boosting morale, leadership skills, and purpose.
- Enhance brand visibility and reputation through national media exposure and be recognised as a forward-thinking, community-focused organisation
Investment & Inclusions
Hosting and funding contributions start at $5,000 (ex GST) and include:
- Tailored, Future-Focused Workshop – One-day immersive design session led by CIC facilitators and customised to your region
- Young People x Community Collaboration – Young people co-create with local leaders, businesses, and changemakers
- Idea Generation & Prototyping – Teams develop bold ideas and practical experiments
- Festival Showcase Moment – Your region’s work contributes to a national story of innovation led by young people
- Media Assets & Comms Support – Tools to spotlight your region’s participation and leadership
- Legacy Report – A summary of local insights, big ideas, and opportunities for follow-up action
- Access to CIC’s Creative Tools & Network – Join a national movement of future-focused communities
CIC does the heavy lifting. We bring the tools, team and energy to make it easy for you to host something potent, high impact and lots of fun!