About Futuro

The Practice of Project Authorship

Futuro is BeNeXT Global’s operational expression in the domain of experiential formation— convening social impact project authors for intensive 10-day immersions where living projects are designed, incubated, and deployed.

A BeNeXT Initiative

Futuro is the operational expression of BeNeXT Global, the hemispheric leadership institution founded by Héctor H. López. While BeNeXT provides the institutional infrastructure, strategic partnerships, and operational support, Futuro delivers the immersive convenings where project authors transform ideas into deployable initiatives.

This model allows Futuro to operate with the agility of a focused organization while accessing the institutional relationships that BeNeXT has cultivated with organizations including the Organization of American States, Smithsonian Institution, Library of Congress, Earthjustice, and the G20.

Our Model

How Futuro Works

Immersive Convenings

Intensive 10-day experiences designed around project development—not lectures or workshops, but structured time for authors to build.

Project-First Selection

We select for project clarity and ambition. Authors arrive with defined initiatives ready for refinement, resourcing, and deployment.

Institutional Access

Direct pathways to implement projects through BeNeXT’s partnerships with OAS, Smithsonian, Library of Congress, and others.

Alumni Continuum

Post-convening support through the Alumni Continuum—ongoing resources, connections, and collaboration opportunities.

Focus Areas

Where Projects Take Shape

Education Reform

Reimagining learning systems across the Americas

Civic Innovation

Strengthening democratic institutions and participation

Environmental Stewardship

Protecting and restoring natural ecosystems

Social Enterprise

Building sustainable models for community impact

Leadership

Institutional Direction

Héctor H. López

Founder

Héctor H. López founded BeNeXT Global in 2012 and designed the Futuro convening model. Under his institutional direction, Futuro has convened project authors from 30+ countries and mobilized $28M+ in project capital through partnerships with the OAS, Smithsonian, Georgetown University, and diplomatic missions across the Americas.

Luis Lopez Garcia

Executive Director

Luis Lopez Garcia is a former Futuro project author who now serves as Executive Director. His trajectory from project author to institutional leadership reflects the generational pipeline that Futuro was designed to build.
Origin

From Premise to Practice

The organization began in 2012 with a traditional scholarship model — selecting individuals for university placement. Within two years, practice revealed what theory could not: individual credentials alone would not generate the critical mass of deployable outcomes the hemisphere required.

The pivot was structural. Instead of funding individuals through institutions, the model shifted to incubating specific projects through intensive convenings. Authors arrive with initiatives; they leave with deployable projects resourced through institutional partnerships.

Since that pivot, Futuro authors have mobilized $28M in resources and deployed projects across education, civic innovation, environmental stewardship, and social enterprise — all through the institutional partnerships that BeNeXT provides.

2012 Organization founded; traditional scholarship model established
2014 Pivot from scholarships to project-based development; first gatherings hosted
2016 Institutional partnerships established with NGOs and universities across the Americas
2018 First full convening at Georgetown University — the modern Futuro format launched