

DAY ONE - FRIDAY 9th NOVEMBER
Welcome and Keynote Conversation by Richard Hames
Opening ritual – Peter Hayward
What’s Happening Out There?
Conversations with other participants of what they are doing in engaging creatively with the future; and where they feel they are actively learning and growing as a futures professional.
What’s Happening in Our Own Lives?
Examining how we are changing our own lives offers many opportunities to learn about the processes whereby individuals change behaviour in response to futures studies.
Reflections on the Morning
Integrating the Learning: Extending the Futures Community
Open Space methodology will be used to enable participants to bid for audience attention and involvement in exploring questions; developing ideas, methodologies and action and taking them forward after the conference:
Australia’s Alternative Futures – Oliver Freeman
Introducing and Framing the Open Communiqué to Government
The idea of the “Open Communiqué” to Government is introduced and what the group will need to think about in preparation for the Saturday afternoon workshop is discussed.
Futures Dinner and Party
A social and culinary extravaganza where we continue our networking in a less formal way
DAY 2 - SATURDAY 10th NOVEMBER
Morning Streamed Sessions
There will be three streamed sessions in the morning that allow groups of futurists to outline and share their work or ideas.
Workshop - Exploring Australia’s Alternative Futures
“A Communiqué to Government”
Working Towards Our Preferred Future
Closing Comments
Closing Ritual
Cocktail Snacks and Drinks