Foresight 2050

MOD. at the University of South Australia is Australia’s leading future-focused museum, provoking new ideas at the intersection of science, art and innovation. MOD. aims to inspire young adults aged 15+ about science and technology with dynamic, changing exhibition programs, showcasing how research shapes our understanding of the world to inform future possibilities.For visitors it is a science experience like no other, a tourist icon bringing together the general public, researchers, students and industry to interact, learn and be inspired - creating what is Australia’s boldest, and South Australia’s only, interactive public science and creativity space.

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Craft a shared future at Foresight 2050.
 
Foresight 2050 is an opportunity to investigate scenarios that will likely challenge Australians in the future. Over three half-day workshops, you have a chance to deepen the conversation about Australia’s future. You will identify personal and organisational actions that enable economically prosperous, environmentally sustainable and socially equitable futures. And you will do this with a diverse group of experts and non-experts, exploring scenarios of growth, restraint, catastrophe and transformation.
 
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Expert facilitators for the event include José Ramos, Action Foresight and Victoria University (VIC), designer Bridgette Engeler of Swinburne University (VIC), social-ecological systems researcher Dr Nicky Grigg from CSIRO (ACT), Dr Steve Cork from the Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU (ACT) and Dr Kristin Alford, futurist and director of SciCEd, UniSA.
The foresight conversations during the event will be recored and interpreted by visual artists <A HREF="https://www.facebook.com/ThomBuchananArt/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Thom Buchanan</A>, <A HREF="https://www.unisa.edu.au/Business-community/Samstag-Museum/Samstag-Scholarships/Samstag-scholars/The-Samstag-alumni/2013/Christian-Lock/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Christian Lock</A> and <A HREF="http://people.unisa.edu.au/gregory.donovan" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Greg Donovan</A>, working with a small team of UniSA students to create a street mural that will be installed on the CityWest campus after the event. Registered participants will have first option at purchasing one of the 16 panels that will comprise this work. Pictured is Thom <A HREF="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrMwcyUthA4" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">producing work for the Centenary of Canberra</A> (Photo source: Thom Buchanan Art, Facebook). 
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Foresight 2050 is part of <A HREF="https://openstate.com.au/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Open State" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Open State: ten days of collaboration, innovation, ideas and enterprise</A>. 
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Attending all three workshops will bring the most benefit for yourself and optimise the experience for your fellow participants. The workshops times are:
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Monday 24 October 1:00pm – 5:30pm followed by drinks & nibbles until 7pm
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Tuesday 25 October 8:30am – 12:30pm
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Wednesday 26 October 3:00pm – 5:00pm
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By participating in these 3 half-day workshops, you will:
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Build cross-sectorial insights and relationships
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Inspire yourself and others to create a prosperous future
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Learn how scenarios can be used for generating innovation
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Foresight 2050 is presented by SciCEd and is an extension of the <A HREF="https://futureconversations.net.au/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">future conversations project - Australia 2050</A> developed by the Australian Academy of Science, exploring how science informs the future. Foresight 2050 is supported by YouLegal and KPMG.
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