Friday, April 30, 2010

Energy, Environment, Education and Economics: Imagineering South Africa’s Future to 2030

Need an excuse to go to Cape Town? The World Future Society, South Africa, is hosting a 2-day conference with a line-up of futurists, professors and top experts considering the 20-year future on May 6-7. The event will be introduced by Nobel laureate Bishop Desmond Tutu, and hosted by journalist Debora Patta.

For more information and registrations: http://www.wfs-sa.com/

Items on the agenda include:

  • “Generating Quality Industry and Policy Foresight in Emerging Markets"
  • "The Futurist’s Toolbox”, “South Africa to 2030: Reasons to Believe”
  • “Critical Complexity:  Facing the future responsibly”
  • "Trends in emigration from, and immigration to South Africa"
  • “Key population trends for SA to 2030”
  • “South African Economic Scenarios to 2030”
  • “Factoring sustainability into South Africa’s future”
  • “Future Security of SA”
  • “The Role of the Ideal Future and How to Get There”,
  • “The Future of Education in South Africa”,
  • “Globalisation, Energy and South Africa’s Green Future”
  • "Future Energy Needs and Challenges for South Africa: An Overview"
  • “The15 Global Millennium Challenges and Introducing the SA State of the Future Index (SA-SOFI) initiative”
  • “Walking Together to create a country that works for all”
  • “Africa’s potential to be a world foodbasket”

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