Futures, foresight & uncertainty
Strategic foresight, Futures Literacy, scenario thinking and the capabilities institutions need to navigate alternative futures.
Speaking · Media · Public scholarship
Speaking and Media
Keynotes, panels and public conversations on strategic foresight, Futures Literacy, responsible AI, future-ready education and Pakistan-focused futures, alongside independently published media coverage.
Speaking topics
Selected themes for keynotes, panels, executive conversations and academic forums.
AI, judgment & society
Responsible AI, AI literacy and the human judgment required to make consequential choices in an AI-shaped world.
Future-ready education
How universities, schools and learning organizations can prepare people for technological and social change without reducing readiness to tool training.
Pakistan & Global South futures
Future-making grounded in local histories, institutions and lived realities, while connecting Pakistan and South Asia to global foresight conversations.
Speaking enquiries
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Externally hosted futures sessions
Official third-party event and video records that document facilitation and public futures practice.
World Futures Day 2026 · Teach the Future
AI Futures for Social Good: Building Ethical Intelligence for Tomorrow’s Leaders
Teach the Future’s official World Futures Day schedule lists Salman Khatani as co-facilitator of Session 8a with youth facilitator Rabia Memon. The recorded 53-minute session uses horizon scanning, scenario cards and ethical-dilemma sprints to explore humane and inclusive AI futures and culminates in an AI Social Good Charter.
Published media coverage
Independent newspaper reports and interviews are listed separately from the author's research and original essays.
Dawn · November 2025
AI's economic promise and social risks at Adab Festival
Reporting on an Adab Festival Karachi discussion about artificial intelligence, economic consequences and ethics involving Dr. Khatani.
Read newspaper coverage →Dawn · November 2025
Adab Festival reporting
Further reporting related to the event and conversations about education and artificial intelligence.
Read coverage →The News · 2025
Where Stories Come Alive
Published festival coverage containing a discussion relevant to Dr. Khatani's public engagement.
Read coverage →Additional verified public coverage and profiles
Pak Bulletins · 2025
AI, education and future insight in Pakistan
Coverage of a Writers and Readers Cafe session at Arts Council Karachi discussing AI, education, human values and the role of future insight.
Read coverage →Iqra University · Public scholarship
Futures Literacy + AI Literacy at Iqra University: Designing Tomorrow Together
An Iqra University article by Dr. Khatani on combining Futures Literacy and AI Literacy in higher education.
Read article →Lifeboat Foundation · Professional profile
Dr. Salman Khatani advisory board biography
Independent professional profile summarizing futures, research and education work and referencing Futures Talks.
View profile →LinkedIn · Recorded public video
AI Revolution: Risks, Rewards & Future of Humanity
A public video post discussing AI risks, opportunity, creativity and the future of human decision-making.
Watch / view post →Television and recorded interviews
Dr. Khatani's professional record includes work as a researcher and associate producer of Futures Talks, a video series exploring future trends, sustainability and expert perspectives in English and Urdu. A public professional profile also references “The Theory of Imagination” within the series.
AI and the future of Pakistan’s education
Newspaper coverage of a Writers and Readers Cafe discussion at the Arts Council of Pakistan, Karachi.
Read The Spokesman newspaper PDF ↗Source availability: this original newspaper PDF returned 404 on 26 September 2026. A replacement publisher link has not been verified.