Maggie Duval serves as co-founder and Director of Learning Innovations in Future Education (LIFE), established in 2012 as a 501(c)3 non-profit primarily focused on research and development of participative approaches to the changing needs of education. Additionally, since 2006, she has also headed up The Future Entertainment and Events Lab (FEEL, formerly Plutopia Productions), creators and producers of signature “Living the Future” sense events.

Both organizations are umbrellaed under the international foresight consultancy, The Futures Lab, Inc. (TFL). Over the last decade, TFL has been working continuously on the intersection of future multimedia technologies and learning, which informs, augments, and provides research and content for both LIFE and FEEL.

Since its formation, LIFE has successfully undertaken a number of major innovative, experiential learning projects both for academia and other learning related organizations. Its flagship product is STEAM3: The Future of Learning and Education, a successful, proven (UT, Austin 2014 and Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 2015) interactive "living the future" event and conference exploring the future of experiential education.

FEEL productions include the SXSW Interactive related Plutopia extravaganzas (The Science of Music, Living Systems, The Future of Play, The Future of Imagination), and the FutureMusic Summit 2012. Outside of FEEL, Maggie has also produced the successful Austin Nonprofit Bar Camp (“unconference”), The 20th Anniversary of the Raid on Steve Jackson Games, WhuffieFest: Cory Doctorow in Austin, and Next eCon: Exploring the Emerging Economy.

She has also created and produced engaging and immersive thematic living history educational events (Showdown at Unobtainium: Tesla vs. Edison, EFF@SXSW 2014: A Cyberpunk Retrofest, The Spectral Panopticon, with Red Mars and BoffinFest: A Mind Travel Adventure, currently in development).