Speculative Futures, a forum for consequential imagination
November 17, Soho House Tokyo
Speculative Futures, a forum for consequential imagination
One day.
A shared room.
Where futures are tested, not imagined.
Speculative Futures brings together builders across disciplines to examine what comes next, through Ground Truth, The Human Layer, What Moves Culture First, and Physical Proof.
Not prediction.
Consequence.
Schedule
Speculative Futures unfolds through a series of conversations moving from the systems that shape daily life to the intelligence, culture, and physical forms through which the future becomes real.
OPENING: BUILDING THE FUTURE
A conversation on experimentation, invention, and the creative technologies that help shape what comes next.
GROUND TRUTH
How do environments, cities, infrastructures, and atmospheres shape the way people live, gather, move, and imagine the future?
THE HUMAN LAYER
As intelligence becomes more capable and more embedded, what happens to human agency, trust, emotion, and decision-making?
WHAT MOVES CULTURE FIRST
Before futures become mainstream, they often appear as signals: in aesthetics, media, subculture, taste, desire, and creative practice.
PHYSICAL PROOF
The future becomes believable when it becomes tangible: through objects, tools, materials, machines, bodies, homes, and designed systems.
CLOSING REFLECTION
A final synthesis on consequence, responsibility, and what is worth building.
Explore the latest schedule & speakers for Speculative Futures: semipermanent.com/sf-schedule
Patron
Very limited availability
$1,890 USD, plus Japan Consumption Tax (10%)
For those who choose to support what is being built.
The Patron Passport is for individuals who believe in the importance of long-term cultural infrastructure and wish to help sustain the platform while enjoying deeper proximity to the community.
Patron Passport includes
November 17, general seating access to Speculative Futures
Access to the room, the full day at Soho House Tokyo.
A day of signals, many arches, curated throughlines
The future is not abstract. It is built through environments, ideas, tools, stories, systems, and choices.
Across architecture, intelligence, culture, design, science, and society, we gather to examine what is already emerging, and what kind of future is worth building together.
Daily lunch, “The Bento,” curated by Nourish chefs
Seasonal autumn menus. Dietary requirements can be shared at checkout.
Structured networking and hospitality moments
Designed opportunities to meet peers, speakers, and collaborators.
Included experiences
Welcome kit
A bespoke, curated offering created specifically for those in the room.
Tokyo Commons
Access to the Tokyo Commons, our growing network of restaurants, cafés, shops, and experiences across Japan, where participating community partners offer thoughtful gestures of welcome and gratitude to fellow travelers along the journey.
Access to our concierge network
Support in shaping your time in Japan, from local recommendations to harder-to-access experiences.
Recognition as a Patron of Tokyo Salone*
Your support directly contributes to community access and emerging participation.
Priority communication and updates*
Early visibility into program developments and future gatherings.
Invitations to select Patron moments throughout the constellation.
A meaningful way to support the platform while helping ensure future generations have a place within it.
*Invoices available for workplace reimbursement upon request.
Steward
$5,500 USD, plus Japan Consumption Tax (10%)
*limited in number
Steward Passport holders are early custodians of Tokyo Salone, working in close proximity with semi permanent, teenage engineering, and the broader curation community as the platform takes shape over time.
Designed for those who believe cultural infrastructure is built through participation, generosity, and long-horizon commitment.
Steward Passport includes
Full access across Tokyo Salone, Nightshift Shakedown, Nourish, and Speculative Futures, spanning five days across Tokyo American Club and Soho House Tokyo.
It also includes everything within the Patron Passport.
Steward-level access
Invitations to Steward-only gatherings and select closed-door experiences
Intimate moments across November, designed for deeper exchange with speakers, partners, and cultural leaders.
Early access to limited and special ticketed experiences
Priority booking for additional programs released across the constellation.
Priority proximity to those who shaped our keynotes
Access to select hosted gatherings designed for direct conversation and connection.
Week-long access to Tokyo American Club facilities
A private base for informal meetings, conversations, and hosting throughout the week for seven days.
Priority proximity across key gatherings
Reserved or prioritized positioning within select moments across the November programming, seating, invitations, and other access.
Invitations to Steward-specific gatherings
Smaller, closed-door moments with partners, contributors, and selected participants.
Steward relationship
Ongoing engagement beyond the event
Access to Steward-specific curation, editorial updates, and early perspectives from our Future Of initiatives.
Direct alignment with the platform’s evolution
Participation as part of the early group shaping Tokyo Salone’s growth and constellation.
Connection to future programs and collaborations
Ongoing access to future moments, partnerships, and platform development.
Recognition as a Steward of Tokyo Salone
Included in public recognitions, with the option to remain private if preferred.
A unique opportunity to help shape the future of the platform while participating in the relationships, conversations, and experiments that emerge around it.
*Invoices available for workplace reimbursement upon request.
Community
$390 USD, plus Japan Consumption Tax (10%)
For students, educators, early-career practitioners, and those working across academia, government, and nonprofit organizations.
We believe meaningful cultural exchange should remain accessible to future generations and those working in service of the public good.
Includes
All Patron Passport experiences and access, excluding items marked with.*
Eligibility
A valid institutional email and photo ID are required. Our team will follow up after registration to confirm eligibility
*Invoices available for workplace reimbursement upon request.
Venue
Soho House Tokyo
Founded in London in 1995 as a discreet refuge for creative minds, Soho House has grown into a global network grounded in culture and connection. Since April 2026, Soho House Tokyo continues this tradition from its home in Aoyama, one of the city’s most vital design districts.
Designed for connection and discretion, the House offers an environment where dialogue unfolds naturally, and relationships deepen over time.
Not a stage.
A room where velocity becomes conversation.
Tokyo Salone, Nourish, SF, Shibuya
Schedule, speakers, tickets, release in waves.
Book your flights.
Tokyo awaits.
Constellation
Speculative Futures is part of Tokyo Salone, a city-wide cultural platform unfolding across Tokyo, these sessions bring together artists, designers, technologists, chefs, and future generations to exchange ideas, build relationships, and shape what comes next through conversation, community, and care.
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Commercial Disclosure,
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Partnering with Tokyo Salone
Tokyo Salone is designed as a long-term cultural infrastructure rather than a single event, allowing partners to participate in an evolving platform that connects global creative communities with Japan’s cultural ecosystem.
Founding partner conversations for 2026 are now underway.