The Facing The Future Conference, organized by the University of Dundee will take place from 31st May to the 1st June 2016 at the University of Dundee in Dundee, United Kingdom. Today’s researchers faced with the challenge of addressing these problems still specialise in one area or methodology, stand to greatly benefit from learning how to develop interdisciplinary thinking and collaborations that are so vital to addressing these complex problems. These events will directly engage researchers in sciences, social sciences and humanities in tackling research problems from interdisciplinary perspectives. Participants will come away with highly applicable new skills envision, design, and implement problem-focussed interdisciplinary research.