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H AR TW EL L H OUSE, B UC K ING H AMSH IR E , U K                        #SOIF2018

                                                                                                           6–10 AUGUST 2018
STRATEGIC FORESIGHT
                                                      SU M M E R R E T R E AT PR OG R AM M E
STRATEGIC FORESIGHT - 6-10 AUGUST 2018 - School of International Futures
SUMMER
RETREAT IN
STRATEGIC
FORESIGHT
6–1 0 AUGU ST 201 8
HARTWELL HOUSE, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, UK
STRATEGIC FORESIGHT - 6-10 AUGUST 2018 - School of International Futures
WELCOME TO SOIF2018

It is with great pleasure   This is our seventh flagship retreat and we see each year as a renewal
that we welcome you to      – an opportunity to innovate and to build on the successes of previous
                            retreats. We have created the programme with care: nurturing the different
SOIF’s summer retreat
                            elements around participants’ needs, new issues arising in the foresight
on Strategic foresight.     field, our desire to hear inspiring speakers, to build our personal practice as
                            a community – and a good dose of synchronicity.

                            For 2018, we were encouraged by our guest faculty, Roger Dennis, to add
                            moments of delight into the programme to inspire and boost creativity –
                            including through performances and insights from poet and author Betty
                            Sue Flowers, writer and educator Christian Foley, chorister and musician
                            Reuben Thomas, artist and community story-teller Carlotta Allum and John
                            Furey, a natural philosopher of time.

                            On Wednesday, we are also delighted to host the inaugural Award
                            Ceremony for the Joseph Jaworski Next Generation Foresight Practitioners
                            Award. We celebrate innovative practice from young and new practitioners.

                            We look forward to getting to know you during the week, exploring your
                            motivations, hearing about your experiences, and sharing with you our
                            approach to foresight, both as a theory and as a way of understanding
                            and shaping the future. We design this week and hold the space to help
                            you achieve three results: to become better users and commissioners of
                            foresight; to return to your work ready to build future-ready organisations;
                            and to learn from each other and support each other as part of a global
                            foresight community (see the learning outcomes on page 5).

                            The process, methodology and techniques we’ll introduce – with the help
                            of our guest faculty – are ones we have found achieve results in a range
                            of organisations and countries. But foresight is an art as well as a science,
                            which together make a craft. And it is the practical application of this craft
                            that is a core design feature of our retreats. This year, our live Challenge
                            Client asks you to grapple with exploring the future of a changing China
                            from an African perspective.

                            We will also explore two additional themes: the future of infrastructure
                            and risk, and the links between foresight and Theory U and how to achieve
                            personal and professional transformation.

                            We hope you enjoy the next few days! We’ve left time in the programme
                            for walks in the grounds, chats on the sofa, even early-morning yoga and
                            mindfulness... The whole environment – in and out of the formal sessions
                            – is designed to be a reflective space for learning and debate that is both
                            enjoyable as well as fruitful for your future plans.

                            Thank you for coming to SOIF2018 with an open mind, and heart – we hope
                            the relationships you make this week will be a first step in a long journey in
                            building a better future together.

                            The SOIF Team

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WHO                                                             WHAT
WE ARE                                                          WE DO
SOIF helps policy-makers, business leaders and communities      SOIF exists to help organisations
make strategic choices, manage risk and become future-          use foresight to impact decision-
ready. Our foresight work focuses on the transmission of        making today. Our work focuses on
insights about the future into decisions today. We design for   the transmission of insights about
impact, complexity and participation.                           the future into decisions today.
                                                                Come and learn with us, translate
We have worked to apply foresight and strategy at the           foresight into strategic insights, and
highest levels of government, private and NGO sectors. As       build a future-focused organisation
foresight and strategy experts, we have introduced strategic    through our educational, project
foresight to over 600 senior leaders from over 50 countries     and advisory services
and led projects in countries as varied as Switzerland, South
Korea, Oman, Tunisia, Chile and Russia.                         We help you to think differently –
                                                                and confidently – about the future:
We have advised national governments and United Nations         to position your organisation
on the use of foresight and strategy and have worked with       to take advantage of new
organisations around the world to build their capacity,         opportunities while protecting you
develop insight and support their long-term sustainability.     against shocks and surprises.
We advocate for the use of foresight and the need to put
people at the heart of the future.                              Gain insight about your future
                                                                environment: spot upcoming
                                                                trends and issues, risks and
                                                                opportunities, and the new players
                                                                in your field.

                                                                Build your capability: strengthen
                                                                the skills of your senior decision-
                                                                makers and staff, so they can
                                                                create and lead future-ready
                                                                organizations. These skills can
                                                                be accredited by the ILM, the
                                                                UK’s leading specialist provider
                                                                in leadership and management
                                                                qualifications.

                                                                Access latest expert advice:
                                                                inform your good practice through
                                                                our research, innovation and
                                                                thought leadership.

                                                                Connect and mobilize with
                                                                others: draw upon, and support
                                                                in turn, our wider community of
                                                                practice and networks of change-
                                                                makers to co-create a better future.

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OUR SERVICES
GAIN INSIGHT                                                                       OUR CLIENTS
•   Explore the implications of themes or issues coming up on your radar           SOIF works with industry, public
                                                                                   and third sector organisations from
•   Conduct a strategic review and navigate possibilities, scenarios and options
                                                                                   around the world. We have trained
•   Rapid horizon scans or deep dives                                              and advised more than 600 policy-
                                                                                   makers and leaders.
•   Assess and manage risk – develop mitigation and response plans

•   Projects to drive innovation, build sector vision or engage                    Clients include British Council, BP,
    your community                                                                 IATA, Shell Global, Metropolitan
                                                                                   Education Trust in Nigeria,
                                                                                   Malaysian Industry-Government
                                                                                   Group for High Technology, Mott
BUILD CAPABILITY
                                                                                   MacDonald. NATO, Overseas
•   Foresight audit to understand the ‘future-preparedness’ of your team           Development Institute, Royal
    or organisation                                                                Society, Save the Children UK,
                                                                                   STEPI Korea, Swedish Defence
•   Support integrating foresight into strategy development, policy or risk
                                                                                   University, United Nations
    management, or help to set up or enhance an existing function
                                                                                   Economic Commission for Latin
•   Skills development, mentoring and training for individual, teams and           America and the Caribbean, United
    organisations                                                                  Nations Development Programme,
                                                                                   UNDOCO and UN-Habitat
•   Tailored training programmes and modules to build your capability at
                                                                                   programmes, UK Cabinet Office,
    a strategic, operational or executive level
                                                                                   US Office of the Secretary of
•   Demonstrate your skills as an accredited foresight practitioner                Defence and US State Department.
    through our Strategic Foresight Programme, endorsed by the ILM

•   Custom retreat and events, tincluding agenda design, speaker
    engagements and strategic/senior team facilitation

ACCESS EXPERT ADVICE
•   Full or ½–day strategy sessions for board, C-suite or senior
    management in private companies, industry bodies & NGOs

•   Government experts – championing the growing use of foresight in
    governments including the UK and internationally

•   Promoting an integration and innovation agenda: evidence and
    comparative insights with new global practice in strategic planning,
    open government, democracy and SDGs (especially goal 16 “effective
    accountable and inclusive institutions”).

•   Driving new practice – we innovate with foresight methodology for
    impact, collect case studies, and cross-pollinate practice from different
    domains (e.g. actuary, intelligence, design thinking, ecology)

CONNECT AND MOBILISE
•   Our Foresight retreats – A unique combination of capacity building,
    networking and coalition building, and conference

•   Join our international network of over 600 alumni and 100 collaborators
    and access our online platform (SOIFSpace) to make new contacts

•   Benefit from peer-to-peer mentoring and networking opportunities
    including SOIF Alumni meetings and webinars
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YOUR LEARNING JOURNEY
AND THE SOIF FOUR STAGES
Our retreats are curated and          YOUR LEARNING JOURNEY                    THE FOUR STAGES
designed to ensure that our
                                      Our foresight work focuses on the        For foresight to have impact, it
participants receive the maximum
                                      transmission of insights about the       needs to be conceived from the
benefit of their time at the
                                      future into decisions today. SOIF’s      outset with the decision-maker,
retreat. We design the week as
                                      core values are to design strategic      policy-maker, or other client of
a “Learning Journey” to support
                                      foresight experiences for impact,        the work in mind. SOIF’s practical
your personal development. We
                                      purpose and participation.               four-stage approach – Scoping,
build in opportunities to learn and
                                                                               Ordering uncertainty, Implications
reflect during the week, and teach
                                      The foresight journey is one that        and Integrating Futures – has been
a practical four-stage approach
                                      we take as individuals as well           developed to ensure that our clients
to foresight that provides the
                                      as together in organisations.            as well as new foresight users are
framework for you to learn the
                                      Effective foresight requires us all to   aware of the essential components
principles, art and science of
                                      continually explore the future and       of successful foresight work.
foresight.
                                      to expand our practice, learning
                                      from each other and sharing              The four stages are set out
As you progress through the week
                                      insights across disciplines.             graphically opposite. You will also
there are a core set of Learning
                                                                               learn and practise a number of
Outcomes that we address through
                                      It is a space for participants           tools during the week.
the faculty and live challenge
                                      to build the skills they need to
sessions, and supported by
                                      understand change and disruption
our speakers.
                                      and how to create future-ready
                                      organisations in an uncertain and
Your primer provides additional
                                      increasingly volatile world. We
information on the four-stage
                                      bring together our values, seven
approach and some background
                                      principles, four-stage process, and
to foresight.
                                      three themes to this end.

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LEARNING OUTCOMES                        •   Be able to describe and apply      •   Have regularly reflected
                                             SOIF’s four stage process for          on their personal learning
By the end of the Retreat, with              foresight; principles; and the         journey throughout the week
the aid of faculty sessions, panel           values of designing foresight          and committed to on-going
sessions, personal notes, and other          for participation, purpose and         development actions that
learning resources, participants will:       impact                                 support their current work

                                         •   Through panel discussions          •   Have developed their own
•   Have learned about the theory
                                             and debates with expert                foresight practice, and know
    and application of strategic
                                             practitioners and exploration of       how to build their capability
    foresight
                                             case-studies, better understand        over time, including through
•   Be confident in the design and           the art of foresight, and have         engagement with the wider
    tailoring of their approach,             critically evaluated how the           community of interest
    selecting and applying                   experiences of others can be
                                                                                •   Have identified and committed
    appropriate tools, to ensure             applied to their organisation’s
                                                                                    to a personal foresight project,
    the impact of their work and             and their personal practice of
                                                                                    designed to apply Retreat
    make a real difference to their          foresight
                                                                                    learning to practice and to
    organisations
                                         •   Through the live policy                influence wider practice within
•   Have the vocabulary and                  challenge, have built critical         their organisation.
    understanding to design and              understanding, confidence
    facilitate effective conversations       and practical experience in the
    about the future                         foresight craft

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OUR PRINCIPLES                                3. Foresight as art,
                                                 science and craft
SOIF sits at the place where
                                                 Foresight is both art and
theory and practice meet. Our
                                                 science and together these
principles are informed by our
                                                 make the craft of foresight.
experience implementing and
                                                 To achieve impact requires
researching foresight practice in
                                                 both a good understanding
over fifty countries. We also draw
                                                 of tools and techniques and
on insights from our network and
                                                 the judgement to use them
from conversations with ministers,
                                                 effectively.
policy-makers, civil servants,
front-line staff, foresight experts           4. Design foresight as a
and consultants.                                 four-stage journey
                                                 This journey acts as a scaffold
These principles shape the                       for our work, moving from
design of our retreats and form                  Scoping through Ordering
the foundation of our training,                  and Implications to
advisory, project and advocacy                   Integrating Futures.
work. They reflect our belief in
                                              5. Understand the context first,
foresight as a holistic approach
                                                 then choose the tools and
to empower people to create a
                                                 methods for impact.
better world for this and future
                                                 Tools and method are
generations.
                                                 important, but are influenced
                                                 and guided by culture, time,
1. Collective reflection on the
                                                 topic resources, and purpose.
   future enables resilience and
                                                 The tools used within the four-
   empowerment
                                                 stage journey maximise impact
    The act of reflecting on the
                                                 around the purpose, while
    future collectively – and the
                                                 staying within resource and
    capability to do so – is valuable
                                                 other constraints.
    for all communities and countries
    at all times. It is not a luxury; it is   6. Mobilise left-brain and
    a necessity. It helps build vision,          right-brain approaches
    resilience and empowerment in                in our personal and
    an uncertain world.                          organizational journey
                                                 Engaging with the future
2. Focus on the decision and
                                                 involves left-brain and right-
   decision-maker, but unlock
                                                 brain approaches. We need
   transformation with wide
                                                 to be mindful of our own
   participation
                                                 personal practice when doing
    Any effective foresight process
                                                 so, striving to make sense of
    must be designed to benefit
                                                 things in an uncertain world
    the decision and decision-
                                                 and paying attention to our
    maker and use insights
                                                 cognitive biases. What we learn
    about the future to create
                                                 inspires us to build future-alert
    change in the world today.
                                                 organisations and communities.
    But it is essential to confront
    different views, engage the               7. We are part of a wider
    periphery and ensure broad                   community of interest
    participation, particularly by               and advocacy
    those not usually listened to.               We learn from each other
    This is the key to unlocking                 and support each other with
    the transformative potential                 examples of what we have
    of tomorrow, empowering                      achieved.
    citizens, and holding today’s
    decision-makers accountable
    to future generations.

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JOSEPH JAWORSKI NEXT                  new geographies, with a growing       In total we awarded 13 special
GENERATION FORESIGHT                  foresight practice in Africa and      awards to recognise amazing
PRACTITIONERS AWARD                   Asia. As well as second and third     contributions to particular sectors
                                      career practitioners entering the     or geographies. All special
We are delighted to be holding
                                      field from other domains, with        awardees will be supported
the first awards ceremony
                                      fresh ideas and approaches from       personally and professionally
for the Joseph Jaworski
                                      across civil society, business and    including mentoring with top
Next Generation Foresight
                                      creative industries.                  international foresight thinkers
Practitioners Award on
                                                                            and practitioners, meetups, and
Wednesday night.
                                      The Award aims to identify these      training webinars.
                                      innovators and support them in
The award is a new annual award
                                      their endeavours and support them     What next… a first step in
recognising the next generation’s
                                      both personally and professionally.   establishing a new Sensing
endeavours in shaping the future.
                                                                            Network. Our long-term vision
We received 76 applications
                                      The winners: we are delighted to      for the award is to create a global
for the award from over 40
                                      welcome three of our awardees         sensing-network of future-alert
nationalities from Azerbaijan to
                                      to to this years’ retreat: Pupul      activists and connect them to form
Zambia and from all six continents.
                                      Bisht (Main Award), Bunmi Alijore     a Sensing Network.
                                      (Runner up and Africa Special
Why is the award needed? The
                                      Award) and Elliot Brennan             This will provide a platform to
world is changing and as it does
                                      (Oceania Special Award).              showcase innovative practice
we need new sources of inspiration
                                                                            from around the world.
and innovation. Change will come
                                      As the Main Award winner Pupul
from many arenas and peoples. It
                                      will receive $25k funding to
will come from a new generation,
                                      develop a new foresight initiative
millennials, with new aspirations
                                      as well as other support to realise
and values. But equally from
                                      the endeavour.

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THEMES AND
LIVE CHALLENGE
At SOIF2018 we explore three themes: a policy issue,
a methodological question, and a geographic “Live
challenge” focused on the Future of China.

Policy Issue: Infrastructure and risk The
infrastructure that surrounds us links our past,
present and future. Whether transportation, energy
or telecommunications, our legacy infrastructure
shapes our life in the present and, through the choices
we make now, may also constrain our futures. New
infrastructure can be built to help us adapt in the
face of uncertainty, emerging technology and a
disruptive environment – or it can lock us in and leave
us vulnerable to risk. Major infrastructure projects
often span borders and decades, with both private
and public benefits. Faced with the need to transform
our infrastructure to meet the challenges of the Global
Goals, this is a fascinating lens through which to
understand resilience and long-term decision-making.

Methodological Question: How to use Theory U to
unleash the transformative potential of Strategic
Foresight We will take a look at how Synchronicity
and Theory U can be harnessed to help drive personal
and organisational transformation. With the help of
our speakers we will explore different aspects of this
issue, including: how do we lead from the future as it
emerges; how can we presence into the future; what
leadership capacities are needed?

The Future of China We will be joined by Moeletsi
Mbeki Deputy Chairperson of The South African
Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA); who will set
participants a foresight challenge looking at the future
of a changing China and the relationship between
China and Africa.

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PROGRAMME

DAY 1 MONDAY 6 AUGUST
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS
Getting to know each other, our projects and the programme

1300 – 1430     Participants arrive, check-in and buffet lunch available

1500 – 1600     1. Welcome and introductions – “Check in”
                Cat Tully Founder and Managing Director, School of International Futures

1600 – 1700     2. Video Keynote “Synchronicity and using Theory U to unleash the transformative
                potential of Strategic Foresight”
                Joseph Jaworski Chairman of Generon International In conversation with Susan Taylor CEO,
                Generon International
                Respondent: Betty Sue Flowers Author “The Power of Myth” and former editor for Global
                Scenarios for Shell International (1992 to 2013)
                Chair: Peter Glenday Director – Programmes and Research, School of International Futures

1700            Tea/Coffee

1730 – 1800     3. Faculty Session – Introduction to the Programme, our learning objectives and design
                principles for learning about strategic foresight
                Cat Tully in conversation with Betty Sue Flowers

1800 – 1900     4. Live Challenge Exercise Introduction to the Live Challenge.
                Our policy client introduces our challenge for the week
                Moeletsi Mbeki Deputy Chairperson of The South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)
                Respondent: Kerry Brown Professor of Chinese Studies and Director of the Lau China
                Institute, King’s College, London
                Chair: Peter Glenday

1900 – 1910     5. Closing session – “Check out” Cat Tully

1930            Reception drinks followed by dinner at 8pm
                Moment of Delight: “The art of the storyteller.” Lifelong writer and poet Betty-Sue casts
                some light into the creative corners of our mind, and the role of narrative in foresight
                Betty Sue Flowers

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PROGRAMME

DAY 2 TUESDAY 7 AUGUST
STAGES I TO II – SCOPING TO ORDERING
Starting the Live Challenge together – What the policy maker needs and how foresight can meet
that need – principles of futures thinking and drivers of change – participants’ experiences

0700 – 0745     Yoga session (Garden or James Wyatt room)

0730 – 0900     Breakfast

0900 – 0915     6. Opening Session “Check in” – Starting the Learning journey Cat Tully

0915 – 0945     7. Faculty Session Thinking like a futurist: an introduction to some foundational foresight
                concepts and approaches. Introduction to the SOIF Learning Journey
                Cat Tully and Roger Dennis SOIF Guest faculty: Innovation consultant and serendipity architect

0945 – 1045     8. Panel Discussion The policy client’s perspective. Decision-makers and senior researchers
                from government, civil society and the private sector discuss the relationship between strategic
                foresight and policy, their experience of commissioning futures work and promoting long-term
                decision-making
                Hajo Junge Team Leader Future Development Policy, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale
                Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
                Jane Davidson Pro Vice Chancellor – External Engagement and Sustainability, University of
                Wales Trinity Saint David. Former Welsh Minister and architect of the Future Generations Act
                Moutaz Al Riyami Upstream Joint Venture Leadership Team, Royal Dutch Shell
                Chair: Cat Tully

1045            Tea/Coffee

1115 – 1145     9. Faculty Session Introduction to scoping. Outlining the purpose of the scoping stage
                Cat Tully and Roger Dennis

1145 – 1300     10. Live Challenge Exercise Scoping the Live Challenge Peter Glenday and Roger Dennis

1300            Lunch

1445 – 1515     11. Faculty Session Ordering Uncertainty Roger Dennis

1515 – 1615     12. Live Challenge Exercise Ordering Uncertainty Peter Glenday and Roger Dennis

1615            Tea/coffee

1645– 1800      13. Plenary Session Participants’ experience of foresight. Participants share their experience of
                foresight work, giving examples of projects they have been involved in
                Chair: Cat Tully

1800 – 1810     14. Closing Session – “Check out” Cat Tully

1930            Barbecue and Croquet
                Moment of Delight: “An evocation of the wonder of being alone in the vastness of the desert
                night “An after diner performance of texts from Antoine de St-Exupéry’s Wind, Sand and
                Stars and The Little Prince and some improvised song
                Reuben Thomas Baritone, writer and programmer

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DAY 3 WEDNESDAY 8 AUGUST
STAGES II TO III – ORDERING
Introduction to scenarios – global trends – scenario development

0700 – 0745      Mindfulness (Garden or James Wyatt room)

0730 – 0900      Breakfast

0900 – 0915      15. Opening Session “Check In” – Continuing the Learning Journey Cat Tully

0915 – 1015      16. Faculty Session Ordering uncertainty. Generating alternative images of the future
                 Roger Dennis and Cat Tully

1015             Tea/coffee

1030 – 1100      Optional session: Overview of the Strategic Foresight Programme endorsed by ILM
                 Karen West SOIF Internal Verifier; and Paul Burgess External Verifier for ILM

1100 – 1200      17. Panel Discussion An international panel explains how they order the futures,
                 develop scenarios and apply them to policy
                 Mathew Burrows Director, Strategic Foresight Initiative, Atlantic Council
                 Eugene Boadu Director, Corporate Affairs, mPedigree
                 (Special Guest) Pupul Bisht, Design Researcher, OCAD University
                 Chair: Peter Glenday

1200 – 1300      18. Live Challenge Exercise Scenario development. Plenary followed by group work
                 Peter Glenday and Roger Dennis

1300             Lunch followed by conference photo and Learning walk

1445 – 1600      19. Live Challenge Exercise Continue Scenario Development (continued)

1600 – 1650      20. Report back . Peter Glenday and Roger Dennis

1650 – 1700      21. Closing Session – “Check out” Cat Tully

1700             Tea/coffee and activities. Available for your enjoyment during afternoon activities:
                 walk, croquet, spa, time at leisure

1900             Reception Joseph Jaworski Next Generation Foresight Practitioners Award –
                 join our guests in the library

1930             Dinner followed by awards ceremony at 2030
                 Including: Keynote Rebeca Grynspan Iberoamerican Secretary General, SEGIB; Vice-President
                 of Costa Rica (1994–98); Former Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations
                 Moment of Delight: “Speaking in Flow and Rhythm” Christian speaks in flow and rhythm,
                 celebrating the winners of the Next Generation Foresight Practitioners Award and the futures
                 projects they are pioneering
                 Christian Foley Spoken Word Educator, T.S Eliot Foundation and The Complete Works Charity

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PROGRAMME

DAY 4 THURSDAY 9 AUGUST
STAGES III TO IV – IMPLICATIONS TO INTEGRATING FUTURES
Building on our scenarios to identify implications – application of foresight to policy and strategy

0700 – 0745      Yoga session (Garden or James Wyatt room)

0730 – 0900      Breakfast

0900 – 0915      22. Opening Session “Check In” – Continuing the Learning Journey Cat Tully

0915 – 0945      23. Faculty Session Implications. Making the bridge from futures to policy
                 Cat Tully and Roger Dennis

0945 – 1045      24. Live Challenge Exercise Visioning and Backcasting
                 Peter Glenday and Roger Dennis

1045             Tea/Coffee

1115 – 1300      25. Live Challenge Exercise Wind-tunnelling and Policy portfolios
                 Peter Glenday and Roger Dennis

1300             Lunch
                 Moment of Delight: “Understanding ourselves as thinking, creating human beings”. In search
                 of a universal language to help people understand people and the lifelong benefit of knowing
                 yourself and others better
                 John Furey, Natural philosopher of time, Author, Technologist
                 Followed by optional Garden tour at 1400

1430 – 1545      26. Panel Discussion How to think through the implications of foresight work and develop the
                 strategic capability of organisations to harness foresight in policy and decision-making processes
                 Danièle Réchard, Head of Global Trends Unit and Member of ESPAS, European Parliamentary
                 Research Service
                 Gordon Woo Catastrophist, Risk Management Solutions (RMS)
                 Nicholas Colloff, Director, Argidius Foundation and former Director of Innovation, Oxfam GB
                 Rosemarie Forsythe, Former Director, International Political Strategy at ExxonMobil and former
                 White House National Security Council Director for Russian, Ukrainian and Eurasian Affairs
                 Chair: Cat Tully

1545 – 1745      27. Live Challenge Exercise Completing the Live Challenge. Participants prepare their advice
                 to the client on how to respond to the Live Challenge
                 Tea/coffee available

1745 – 1845      28. Faculty Session Integrating the futures approach Embedding and communicating insights
                 Roger Dennis

1845 – 1855      29. Closing Session – “Check out” Cat Tully

2000             Gala dinner

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DAY 5 FRIDAY 10 AUGUST
STAGE IV – INTEGRATING FUTURES AND LESSONS FROM THE WEEK
Integrating the foresight approach: Presenting back to the client – bringing foresight back to the
office and planning our projects – lessons from the whole week as we wrap-up the journey for
this year. Goodbyes
0700 – 0745      Mindfulness (Garden or James Wyatt room)

0730 – 0900      Breakfast and checkout of rooms. Please return your key to Hartwell House by 0900.
                 You can leave your luggage at reception

0900 – 0915      30. Opening Session “Check in” – Continuing the Learning journey Cat Tully

0915 – 1000      31. Live Challenge Exercise Groups present their recommendations to our policy client
                 Moeletsi Mbeki Deputy Chairperson of The South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)
                 Chair: Peter Glenday

1000 – 1045      32. Faculty Session Integrating the futures approach. Building strategic capability and
                 stimulating a forward-looking organisation Cat Tully and Roger Dennis

1045             Tea/coffee
                 Moment of Delight: “The Power of the Arts to change lives” Carlotta brings us her story of
                 voice and empowerment, transformation and agency. Inspiration from a personal mission
                 Carlotta Allum Founder, Stretch

1130 – 1200      33. Integrating Futures Exercise Integrating Futures in your organisation – your project
                 Cat Tully

1200 – 1245      34. Advisory Session Developing future project plans with SOIF advisers and coaches

1245 – 1315      35. Concluding the Learning Journey Next steps and goodbyes. Final “Check Out”
                 Cat Tully and the SOIF Team

1315             Lunch

1400             Participants depart

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PROGRAMME FOR                            •   Continue to practice and
STRATEGIC FORESIGHT                          deepen your skills as a Strategic
PRACTITIONERS                                Foresight practitioner
School of International Futures
                                         •   Maximise the benefits of your
(SOIF) is pleased to offer
                                             learning for you and your
attendees at our SOIF2018 retreat
                                             organisation
the option to achieve professional
certification to our Strategic           •   Benefit from support from SOIF
Foresight Programme endorsed                 faculty and advisers
by ILM, the UK’s leading specialist
                                         •   Receive external validation for
provider in leadership, coaching
                                             your work and enhancement of
and management qualifications
                                             your personal CV

•    Apply and maximise learning         •   Access amazing resources as a
     from the Retreat in a practical         student ILM member
     way for the immediate benefit
                                         For further information on the
     of you and your organisation
                                         Strategic Foresight Programme,
•    Commit to precious space in         ask of the SOIF team or attend
     busy work diaries to continue to    the Overview of the Strategic
     reflect and learn in a structured   Foresight Programme on
     and supported way                   Wednesday at 10.30.

•    Gain the award of a certificate
                                         We are also developing an
     from the world’s largest
                                         alternative accreditation route
     professional institute for
                                         for those either can’t attend the
     management and leadership
                                         Retreat (or don’t want to wait for
•    Contribute to your organisation     it) based on a 2-day workshop
     or community through the            with additional distance learning.
     process and outcomes of             Speak to Paul Davies for more
     your project                        information.

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At this year’s retreat you will be
supported by different members of the
SOIF team, who will be helping you at
different stages of your journey.

CORE RETREAT TEAM
•   Cat Tully (Retreat host and Faculty)

•   Peter Glenday (Retreat host and Live Challenge lead)

•   Sophie Gardner (Retreat Co-ordinator)

GUEST FACULTY
•   Roger Dennis (Guest Faculty)

FACILITATION TEAM
•   Guy Yeomans

•   Johann Schutte

•   Nerea Cuadra

•   Paul Davies (Lead Facilitator)

AWARDS HOSTS AND ORGANISERS
•   Debbie Cooper

•   Sarah Spencer

SPECIAL GUESTS
•   Karen West (ILM and accreditation)

•   Brian Chandler

•   Betty Sue Flowers

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TEAM BIOS

BRIAN CHANDLER                          CAT TULLY                               DEBBIE COOPER
Between 1980 and 1990 Brian was         Cat Tully is the founder of the         Debbie is a Coordinator for
the main change agent at Arthur         School of International Futures         SOIF, leading the Finance and
Young (now Ernst & Young). He           (SOIF). SOIF helps leaders,             Community/L&D workstreams and
turned the training department          communities and organisations           engaging with participants who
into a profit centre and built a team   engage with the future, to make         are undertaking the ILM endorsed
which moved from ‘classroom’            better decisions today.                 Strategic Foresight Programme.
teaching to working with business                                               She also supports SOIF projects
leaders on their problems. He           SOIF runs projects and foresight        utilising her organisational,
drew on Gallwey’s ‘Inner Game’          retreats across the world and has       communication and delivery skills.
Huthwaite’s behavioural research,       600 alumni in 50 countries. Cat
Porter’s theories, and much else        advises on and teaches strategic        She is an APMP qualified Project
to underpin this. Along with Mairi      foresight, emergent strategy and        Manager with over 10 years
Eastwood, who used to head              system stewardship internationally,     experience – delivering complex
Praesta, global leaders in coaching     including at the UN and as a Visiting   research and development projects
he opened up the UK market              Professor in Malaysia and Russia.       (including trials, international
for MBAs.                                                                       collaboration and support to
                                        Previously, Cat was Strategy            military operations) for the
What he learned and created in          Project Director at the UK FCO          Defence Science and Technology
this period (he transformed the         and Senior Policy Adviser in the        Laboratory (DSTL), an executive
training programme for 4000             Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit.         agency of the UK Ministry of
people) enabled him to build his        Before working in government,           Defence.
own consulting practice. With many      she worked in strategy and
of his clients now retired, he has      international relations across the      As a Clear Mind Institute Level
moved into ‘Angel Investing’ with,      not-for-profit and business sectors,    2 Mindfulness Practitioner she
amongst others: a headhunter            including Christian Aid, Technoserve    enjoys sharing the many benefits
who leads in placing women in           and Procter and Gamble.                 of practising mindfulness and
engineering management; and                                                     engages with professionals
a project to provide postcode           Cat has degrees from Cambridge          and individuals either through
addresses in Africa. He lives in a      and Princeton Universities. She         providing sessions in workplaces,
tiny village in Norfolk.                is a trustee for Involve, a public      public spaces or 1-to-1.
                                        participation Think Tank; the
Publications: Consultant Editor         Foundation for Democracy
on The Manager’s Handbook               and Sustainable Development
(’86–’92). Sold 500,000 copies          (FDSD); a Global board member
in 15 languages. With Tony Scott,       of Academics Stand Against
occasional articles in management       Poverty (ASAP); and a member of
journals. ‘Executive Producer’ on       the Advisory Group of the British
his late wife’s The Lore of Scotland    Foreign Policy Group (BFPG).
(October 2009), and The Fabled
Coast (July 2012).

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GUY YEOMANS                              JOHANN SCHUTTE                         KAREN WEST
Guy is a Foresight Consultant at         Johann Schutte developed his           Enabling others to be the best
SOIF. Prior to moving into the futures   foresight-policy expertise at          that they can be – whether that’s
field Guy spent over a decade            UNICEF’s Data, Research and Policy     as a leader, manager, professional,
working in the online and internet       Unit in New York where he advised      or even simply as a fellow human
sector across a variety of enterprises   national committees and country        being(!) – is the common thread
from small scale start-ups, through      offices and penned guidance notes      throughout Karen’s working
professional service firms to            on using megatrends and scenario       life. A facilitator, mentor, people
international investment banks.          planning for country analysis and      developer and coach for more than
                                         programming.                           the past 20+ years, Karen’s work
Guy then initially trained as a                                                 has been mainly in the public and
strategic scenario practitioner          After graduating with an M.Sc.         not for profit sectors but has also
under the tuition of Kees van            in Strategic Foresight at the          worked in the private sector. She
der Heijden (ex-Global Business          University of Houston, he worked       is proud to be a life-long learner
Network / Shell and author of            in the automobile industry on          and following undergraduate
“The Art of the Strategic                technology forecasting, the future     studies, built a strong foundation
Conversation”) and Dr. George            of automobile user experience (UX),    of knowledge from postgraduate
Burt at the Centre for Scenario          user interfaces (UI) and Mobility as   studies in vocational guidance
Planning and Future Studies at the       a Service (MaaS). His work includes    and Masters programmes in both
University of Strathclyde Business       identifying emerging biotechnology     learning/training and international
School, Glasgow, Scotland.               opportunities and risks in of          development.
                                         neurology, immunology and bone
Since 2009 Guy has worked as an          disease, backcasting scenarios for     Karen practises in the UK and in
independent futures and strategic        the US Forestry Service and the        40+ countries around the globe.
foresight consultant using a range       future of fresh produce in urban       Whilst in the Civil Service she was
of processes and techniques to help      areas including Cape Town. At          quickly ‘bitten by the overseas bug’
clients – via proposition, project       the 2016 World Future Society          and had amazing opportunities
and strategy development – to            conference he presented on space       to work on short and longer-
identify, assess and engage with         exploration and the scientific         term projects and assignments
future change. Previous clients          search for extraterrestrial life. He   in countries from South Africa to
include British Red Cross, Kantar        is a member of the Association         Bermuda and the Caribbean; from
Futures, UK Ministry of Defence’s        of Professional Futurists and          Ethiopia to Beijing, via much time
Development, Concepts and                organized their 2016 and 2017          in the Balkans and Eastern Europe.
Doctrine Centre, Institute for Risk &;   online Global Futures Festivals.       Her work in the not for profit
Disaster Reduction, UCL, and Royal                                              sector was at Lambeth Palace,
United Services Institute (RUSI).        Johann holds an M.Div. from the        supporting the on-going CPD of
                                         University of Stellenbosch and was     Archbishops and Bishops of the
Guy previously studied                   a reverend for twelve years in Cape    Church of England. More recently
International Studies at the             Town responsible for leading and       she worked in the private sector
University of Leeds and has              managing a 5000-member, local          in assessment work for selection
particular interests in futures          faith organization through national    and development and applying
research in relation to disasters        socio-political change, local          facilitation skills in a range of
studies and disaster risk reduction      demographic shifts and a period of     different settings.
and the Arctic.                          economic uncertainty.

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NEREA CUADRA                           PAUL DAVIES                             PETER GLENDAY
I joined the School of International   Paul helps people in organisations      Peter Glenday is Programme &
Futures in October 2017 as a           think and converse better, whether      Research Director at the School
Project Manager. The field of          working strategically at Board level,   of International Futures. He has
strategic foresight and all the        engaging the wider organisation or      seven years’ experience delivering
possibilities it can bring to you      coaching on a one-to-one basis.         consultancy and research projects
personally and to society in general                                           including horizon scanning and
really attracted me. During this       He is hard to beat at helping           foresight projects for governments,
time I have managed projects           executives maintain rigour whilst       consulting in the non-profit sector,
based on futures approach for          engaging in the complex social          and academic research.
several clients, including the Royal   dynamics of any significant
Society and Cancer Research UK.        personal or organisational              He has led and worked on horizon
I also support project teams as an     development. His analytical skills      scanning projects for School of
analyst, carrying out desk research,   from McKinsey & Company and             International Futures for clients
horizon scanning and interviews        Accenture support the relational        including BOND Development
as well as assisting the project       approaches he developed at              Futures, Cancer Research UK,
lead with scenario planning and        Ashridge Business School.               UK Government, Arts Council
organising participative scenario      Serving Ambassadors, Directors,         England, IATA the Royal Society
workshops.                             Partners and Senior Civil Servants,     and a refresh of the Technology
                                       he is often a ‘consultant to the        and Innovation Futures project
I have a Prince 2 foundation           consultants.’                           commissioned by Government
qualification and over 10 years’                                               Office for Science, as well as
experience managing projects that      His work is grounded in his             facilitating scenario planning and
aim to bring innovation to industry    experience of Founding CXO roles        foresight workshops. He previously
in the private sector, as I am a       at charities such as Teach First. His   worked at the Horizon Scanning
chartered engineer by degree.          perspective is enriched by recent       Center, Government Office for
Past experience at Tate.               years studying at Taoist kung fu        Science as a lead researcher on the
                                       schools in China and Buddhist           2010 Technology and Innovation
Personally, I enjoy volunteering in    temples in SE Asia, as well as          Futures and ‘Dimensions of
different fields to get to know new    teaching on international MBA           Uncertainty’ projects, and
people and live new experiences.       and MPP programmes.                     subsequently for Horizon Scanning
For example, I volunteered and                                                 Ltd on the 2012 refresh.
trained as a qualified first aider     In addition to being a SOIF
with St. John’s Ambulance and          Companion, Paul is a Director at        Peter has a doctorate in Zoology
often participate through different    Talik & Company, a consultancy          (Genetics) from University of
associations in initiatives to         that helps organizations find new       Oxford and a BA in Natural Sciences
promote STEM learning to girls         ways of organising to address           from University of Cambridge.
and women to combat gender             complex global challenges by
stereotypes and inequality.            designing for “relevance and
                                       resilience”. He also works with
                                       Mindfulness Connected.

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ROGER DENNIS                           SARAH SPENCER                        SOPHIE GARDNER
Roger Dennis works in the              Sarah Spencer is coordinating        Sophie Gardner is events
continuum between foresight,           the Next Generation Foresight        coordinator for the SOIF 2018
strategy and innovation. In 2006       Practitioner Award and the           summer Retreat. She is passionate
he co-led the Shell Technology         ceremony at the retreat. Prior to    about supporting change-making
Futures programme for the              joining SOIF, Sarah spent 10 years   people and organisations and
GameChanger team in The Hague,         in the Prime Minister’s Strategy     has worked in many third sector
is a member of the team for Future     Unit, Cabinet Office leading         environments including charities,
Agenda – the world’s largest           on their events programme,           networks, development and
foresight programme – and has          managing their core team and         community projects.
worked across a range of industries.   HR, she also spent 2 years in
Roger was one of the drivers           Sure Start and Early Intervention     Sophie has made hundreds
of the Canterbury DHB change           Unit, Department for Education       of events, co-producing and
programme in New Zealand. His          contributing to the Sure Start       managing educational and
thinking has been referenced in        programme. Sarah’s passions are      entertainment gatherings, festival
numerous publications in including     family and happiness.                areas, music events, workshops,
the FT and Scientific American.                                             and high level meetings in UK
                                                                            and Africa in aid of causes which
Roger is a frequent speaker at                                              include sustainable development,
events around the world, and                                                Calais refugees, banking fraud,
presented on cities, data and                                               indigenous people’s rights.
climate change at the 2015 Nobel
Laureate Symposium in Hong Kong.                                            She has helped to produce
                                                                            conferences within Africa Utopia
                                                                            at Southbank Centre, at the
                                                                            Sierra Leone Embassy UK, and in
                                                                            Gambia, with a focus on raising
                                                                            collaboration and participation
                                                                            between government depts, third
                                                                            sector organisations and grassroots
                                                                            community for the protection of
                                                                            both people and their environment.

                                                                            She has worked on broad range of
                                                                            environmental and social justice
                                                                            causes for the past twenty years.
                                                                            She has also produced and run
                                                                            arts-based community projects
                                                                            throughout London, UK.

                                                                            In 2008 she founded community
                                                                            organisation Welkin Earth www.
                                                                            welkinearth.org which voluntarily
                                                                            support multiple projects and
                                                                            organisations to do their good work.

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SPEAKERS

SPEAKERS DAY 1

JOSEPH JAWORSKI                           SUSAN TAYLOR                             BETTY SUE FLOWERS
Joseph Jaworski has devoted               Susan Taylor has devoted much            Betty Sue Flowers, Ph.D. (University
much of his life to exploring             of her life to exploring the deeper      of London), and Distinguished
the deeper dimensions of                  dimensions of human potential.           Alumnus of the University of
transformational leadership. As           As CEO of Generon International,         Texas, is a writer, editor, and
founder and Chairman of Generon           Susan collaborates with leaders,         international business consultant,
International, Joseph advises CEOs        teams and organizations to               with publications ranging from
and senior executives in Fortune          create more effective, advanced,         poetry therapy to human rights.
500 companies. He specializes in          conscious contributions to business      She has served as a moderator for
the design and execution of large         and society.                             executive seminars at the Aspen
scale organizational change as                                                     Institute, consultant for NASA
well as strategy formation and            Susan is a certified group facilitator   and CIA, Visiting Advisor to the
implementation. He is a pioneer           through Interaction Associates and       Secretary of the Navy, Public
and prominent thought leader in           a certified coach through CTA; she       Director of the American Institute of
the discipline “Strategic Foresight”;     is ICF certified. Her expertise in       Architects, and editor of scenarios
enabling leaders to deepen their          Generative Dialogue and executive        for Shell International in London
capacity for tactical and strategic       coaching are routinely applied as        and the Hague, and the World
insight.                                  she works with executives to build       Business Council for Sustainable
                                          organizational cultures that are         Development in Geneva. She was
In 1980, Joseph founded the               values-based and purpose-driven.         the series consultant for the PBS
American Leadership Forum, a                                                       television series, “Joseph Campbell
non-governmental organization             Susan has two daughters,                 and the Power of Myth”and on-
dedicated to strengthening                Carolanne (24) and Erin (21) and         air consultant for the nationally
collaborative civic leadership in the     resides in Hilton Head Island, SC.       broadcast “The Mystery of Love.”
United States. Ten years later, he                                                 Flowers served as Director of the
joined the Royal Dutch/Shell Group                                                 Johnson Presidential Library and
of companies in London to head                                                     Museum and as a professor, Director
Shell’s renowned team of scenario                                                  of Creative Writing in the English
planners. Under his leadership, the                                                Department, and Associate Dean of
Shell team made a fundamental shift                                                Graduate Studies at the University
in the way the company framed and                                                  of Texas at Austin. Publications
used scenarios as a tool for strategy                                              include (with Peter Senge, Otto
formation. Joseph encouraged the                                                   Scharmer, and Joseph Jaworski):
company to use scenarios not merely                                                Presence: Human Purpose and the
to adapt to different possible futures,                                            Field of the Future, “Leadership in
but to generate—to participate in                                                  Action: Three Essential Energies,”
bringing forth—better futures.                                                     in The Transforming Leader: New
                                                                                   Approaches to Leadership for the
Jaworski is the author of the                                                      Twenty-First Century, “The Shield
critically acclaimed international                                                 of Athena: Archetypal Images and
best-seller, Synchronicity: The Inner                                              Women as Political Leaders,” and
Path of Leadership. He currently                                                   (co-edited with Angela Wilkinson)
resides in Austin, TX.                                                             Realistic Hope: Facing Global
                                                                                   Challenges (forthcoming).

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                                                                                   DAY 2

MOELETSI MBEKI                           KERRY BROWN                               HAJO JUNGE
Moeletsi Mbeki is a political analyst,   Kerry Brown is Professor of Chinese       After completing my studies of
author and entrepreneur. He is           Studies and Director of the Lau China     human geography, social and
a director of several companies,         Institute at King’s College, London.      political sciences, and international
Chairman of KMM Investments,             From 2012 to 2015 he was Professor        development in Berlin and
KMM Review Publishing, MGM               of Chinese Politics and Director of the   Durban I worked in South Africa
Capital Investments and Executive        China Studies Centre at the University    and the Philippines for several
Chairman of Pomegranate Media.           of Sydney, Australia. Prior to this he    years. In South Africa my work
                                         worked at Chatham House from 2006         focused on public sector reform,
Moeletsi is the author of Architects     to 2012, as Senior Fellow and then        intergovernmental relations and
of Poverty: Why African Capitalism       Head of the Asia Programme. From          municipal development. Using
Needs Changing. He edited                1998 to 2005 he worked at the British     Manila in the Philippines as a base
Advocates for Change: How to             Foreign and Commonwealth Office, as       I worked on urban development
Overcome Africa’s Challenges.            First Secretary at the British Embassy    issues in the context of climate
Both books have been translated          in Beijing, and then as Head of the       change at city level in South
into Chinese. He has recently co-        Indonesia, Philippine and East Timor      East Asia (Philippines, Vietnam,
authored A Manifesto for Social          Section. He lived in the Inner Mongolia   Singapore) and South Asia
Change: How to Save South Africa,        region of China from 1994 to 1996.        (Bangladesh, India).
with his niece Dr Nobantu Mbeki.
                                         Professor Brown directed the              My assignments in Johannesburg
He is Deputy Chairman of the South       Europe China Research and Advice          and Manila were followed by
African Institute for International      Network (ECRAN) giving policy             a coordination position at the
Affairs (SAIIA); an independent          advice to the European External           German Agency for International
think tank based at the University of    Action Service between 2011 and           Cooperation’s (GIZ) head office in
the Witwatersrand and is a member        2014. He is the author of over            Frankfurt for GIZ’s development
of the council of the International      ten books on modern Chinese               cooperation portfolio (governance
Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)   politics, history and language,           and democracy) in Sub-Saharan
based in London.                         the most recent of which are The          Africa, North Africa and the
                                         New Emperors: Power and the               Middle East.
After returning to South Africa from     Princelings in China (2014),What’;s
exile in 1990, he was appointed Head     Wrong with Diplomacy: The Case            I am currently heading a team at
of Communications for the Congress       of the UK and China (2015) and the        GIZ’s Berlin office focusing on
of South Africa Trade Unions,            Berkshire Dictionary of Chinese           the analysis of global trends and
(Cosatu) and Media Consultant to         Biography (in Four Volumes- 2014–         scenarios and developing policy
the African National Congress.           2015). His ‘China’s CEO: Xi Jinping’;     recommendations for Germany’s
                                         was published in 2016. ‘China’s           future development policy and
During most of the 1980s he was a        World: What Does China Want was           its international development
Senior Journalist for the Zimbabwe       published in August 2017, and `The        cooperation going forward.
Newspapers in Harare. Mbeki began        World According to Xi Jinping’ in
his journalism career in London in       2018. `China’s Dreams: The Culture
1979 as a contributor to Africa, New     of the Communist Party and the
African, Africa Now magazines and        Secret Sources of its Power’ will be
to the BBC Africa Service.               published by Polity Press, Cambridge
                                         in September 2018.

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DAY 2

JANE DAVIDSON                           MOUTAZ AL RIYAMI                    REUBEN THOMAS
Dr Jane Davidson is Pro Vice-           Moutaz Al Riyami joined Shell in    Reuben Thomas began his
Chancellor for Sustainability           2015 as a member of the Group       singing career at the age of
and Engagement and Director             Strategy Business Environment       eight in the choir of St John’s
of INSPIRE at the University of         leadership team (Shell’s Scenario   College, Cambridge, where
Wales Trinity Saint David which         Team) and was responsible for       he returned to take a BA and
is embedding sustainability             managing the Energy Transition      PhD in computer science, and
throughout the university’s culture,    Programme. In November of 2017      won both academic and choral
campus and curriculum. Jane has         he assumed his current role as a    scholarships. A London-based
won a number of UK wide awards          member of the Upstream Joint        baritone, writer and programmer
for this work.                          Venture leadership team. Moutaz     since 2005, Reuben is a lay clerk at
                                        joined Shell from Petroleum         Westminster Cathedral, and sings
From 2007- 2011, Jane was Minister      Development Oman (PDO), a Shell     regularly with groups such as the
for Environment, Sustainability         Joint Venture, having taken on      Academy of Ancient Music, the
and Housing in Wales where she          numerous technical and corporate    Hanover Band and Philharmonia
proposed legislation to make            roles in the upstream business.     Voices. Recent projects include
sustainable development its             Moutaz studied engineering and      a recording of Buxtehude’s Jesu
central organising principle – the      holds a degree in mechanical        membra nostri with the choir of
Wellbeing of Future Generations         engineering.                        Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and the
Act came into law in April 2015. She                                        first performance of the choral
created a Welsh Climate Change                                              cycle To Every Thing…, for which
Commission and Future Generations                                           he wrote the lyrics and Jamie Hall
Commissioner, legislated on waste                                           the music. In September he will join
which has seen Wales become the                                             the men of Westminster Cathedral
lead recycling country in Britain and                                       Choir in singing 24 hours of the
introduced the Welsh charge on                                              Divine Offices in Oxford. Books
carrier bags.                                                               include a mock-epic in verse, The
                                                                            Youth Hostel; a 100-year diary,
From 2000–2007, Jane was Minister                                           The Life Book, and most recently
of Education, Lifelong Learning and                                         a collection of poetry in English,
Skills in Wales.                                                            French, and Perl, Recalled Home.

Jane says “Sustainability needs
to be at the heart of how we do
business. We cannot continue to
use more resources than our one
planet can support”.

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DAY 3

MATHEW J. BURROWS                      EUGENE KWEKU BOADU                      REBECA GRYNSPAN
Mathew Burrows serves as director      Eugene Boadu has more than              Rebeca Grynspan is the Secretary
of the Atlantic Council’s Foresight,   a decade’s experience working           General of the Ibero American
Strategy and Risks Initiative (FSR)    across academia, entrepreneurship,      Conference, an international
working with a broad range of          corporate intrapreneurship, and at      multlateral institution which brings
partners, analysing trends and         the interfaces of private enterprise    together Latin America plus Spain,
possible scenarios and their broad     and public administration.              Andorra and Portugal.
implications. Burrows recently
authored sreports on “Reducing         He is currently a leader in the         Prior to this appointment she held
the Risks From Rapid Demographic       operations design and strategy          the post of Assistant Secretary
Change,” and the “Global System        formulation groups in mPedigree         General of the United Nationsand
on the Brink: Pathways Toward a        Network, a social enterprise            Associate Administrator of the
New Normal.” and a book “The           building and deploying many             United Nations Development
Future Declassified: Megatrends        innovative technologies for human       Program (UNDP) since February
that Will Undo the World Unless        security, trade standards, and          2010. As a recognized leader in
We Take Action” (Palgrave/             market exchange facilitation,           promoting human development,
Macmillan 2014). In August 2013        with particular emphasis on             she has focused on critical issues
he retired from a 28-year career       anticounterfeiting, supply chain        such as the reduction of inequality
in the CIA and State Department,       transformation, predictive analytics,   and poverty, gender equity, South-
the last ten being spent at the        infra-sensors, and brand equity.        South cooperation as tool for
National Intelligence Council (NIC),                                           development, among others. She is
the premier analytic unit in the US    Boadu is a prolific speaker and         one of the 50 leading intellectuals
Intelligence Community. In 2007,       trainer, and has headlined multiple     of Latin America.
he was appointed Counselor which       global and regional conferences
is the number three position in the    and workshops on four                   Before joining the United Nations,
NIC guiding and shepherding all        continents, including the Global        she served as Vice President of
NIC products from inception to         Entrepreneurship Summit under           Costa Rica from 1994 to 1998. She
dissemination. He was the principal    the auspices of President Barack        was Minister of Housing, Minister
drafter for the NIC publication        Obama and The 2016 Ashoka               Coordinator of Economic and Social
Global Trends 2030: Alternative        Changemaker Summit.                     Affairs of her country and Deputy
Worlds, which received widespread                                              Minister of Finance; also, she was
praise in the international media.     Boadu is an Expert facilitator of the   a member of the High Level Panel
                                       Africa Union’s Trade Commission’s       on Financing for Development
                                       consultative group playing a            convened by the UN Secretary
                                       highlevel advisory function in the      General Kofi Annan in 2001.
                                       Commission’s quest to promote
                                       a new regulatory harmonisation
                                       agenda and accelerate the
                                       integration of trade standards
                                       across the African continent.

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