fuller futures festival

Fuller Futures Festival 2026

“making the world work for 100% of humanity” - Bucky

In 2025, the 90th Day on the Meridian at SIU Edwardsville brought together artists, architects, educators, and systems thinkers to explore Buckminster Fuller's legacy through the World Game, the SimCenter, panels, performances, and community.

The auditoriums were full. The conversations were real. The energy in the room reminded everyone why this work matters.

Next week, that same spirit is coming to Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

 As a university rooted in innovation and sustainability, this festival creates space for new ideas and student-driven engagement with Fuller’s vision.

Join us for five days of hands-on programming, immersive experiences, and problem-solving designed for SIU students, faculty, and the broader Fuller community. 

The legacy is alive, and it's happening here. Come see what's next!

Register Here: buckminsterfuller.com/event-registration

Fuller Futures Festival 2026 • Call for Proposals

As a continuation of the initiative launched in cooperation with the Buckminster Fuller Institute, Southern Illinois University and the Bucky Fuller Dome Home on the 90th Day of 2025 in the Fuller Dome miniature-earth Geoscope at SIUE, we are now headed to Carbondale in the Spring of 2026. Earlier this year we were able to reactivate several of Buckminster Fuller’s key concepts including the World Resource Simulation Center, The World Peace Game and the Geoscope as a package of programs that can be replicated on campuses across the world. Southern Illinois University at Carbondale is the first destination for this package of transformative programs reactivating Bucky’s legacy on University campuses. The call is open for proposals for the 2026 Fuller Futures Festival at Carbondale around the Earth Day holiday 2026. We will see you there.