[vc_row][vc_column][rev_slider slidertitle="Exploration Header" alias="exploration-header"][vc_empty_space height="120px"][vc_custom_heading text="FUTURES THINKING AND STRATEGY TRANSFORMATION BEYOND 2030" font_container="tag:h2|text_align:center" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_custom_heading text="Learn tools and methods to explore, create and manage alternative futures.
This Course will be presented February 2021, live at the Gold Coast, Australia and at half price for online for international registrants. All workshops include live and online plenary breakout sessions." font_container="tag:p|font_size:22px|text_align:center|color:%239c9c9c" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_empty_space height="120px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="80px"][vc_custom_heading text="Course Presenters" font_container="tag:h2|text_align:center" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_empty_space height="60px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width="stretch_row_content" equal_height="yes" bg_type="image" parallax_style="vcpb-default" bg_image_repeat="no-repeat" bg_img_attach="fixed" bg_override="full" parallax_content="parallax_content_value" seperator_enable="seperator_enable_value" animation_type="h" horizontal_animation="left-animation" vertical_animation="top-animation" disable_on_mobile="disable_on_mobile_value" el_class="team-boxes-style"][vc_column width="1/4" css=".vc_custom_1605196884492{padding-top: 110px !important;padding-bottom: 110px !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}" offset="vc_hidden-xs"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/4" css=".vc_custom_1605228554238{padding-top: 40px !important;padding-right: 40px !important;padding-bottom: 40px !important;padding-left: 40px !important;background-color: #a8a8a8 !important;}"][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text el_class="make-p-small"]
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<h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffffff;">Professor Sohail Inayatullah</span></h3>
<h6 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999;">UNESCO CHAIR OF FUTURES STUDIES</span></h6>
[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text el_class="make-p-small"]Professor Sohail Inayatullah is a world-leading futurist and political scientist.

Professor Inayatullah is the inaugural UNESCO Chair of Futures Studies; winner of the Laurel Award 2010 for all-time best futurist; professor at the Graduate Institute of Futures Studies, Tamkang University, Taiwan; adjunct professor in the Faculty of Arts and Business, the University of the Sunshine Coast; and associate with Melbourne Business School - Mt Eliza Executive Education, University of Melbourne.

Professor Inayatullah has authored and edited 32 books and over 300 journal articles, book chapters, and reviews.

Professor Inayatullah has worked with organisations and governments locally and globally on internal transformation to create their own alternative and desired futures.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_empty_space height="20px"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/4" css=".vc_custom_1605197332838{padding-top: 110px !important;padding-bottom: 110px !important;background-image: url(http://localhost:8888/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Screen-Shot-2020-11-13-at-01.35.29.png?id=245) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}" offset="vc_hidden-xs"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/4" css=".vc_custom_1605197129381{padding-top: 40px !important;padding-right: 40px !important;padding-bottom: 40px !important;padding-left: 40px !important;}"][vc_empty_space height="20px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="80px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width="stretch_row_content" equal_height="yes" bg_type="image" parallax_style="vcpb-default" bg_image_repeat="no-repeat" bg_img_attach="fixed" bg_override="full" parallax_content="parallax_content_value" seperator_enable="seperator_enable_value" animation_type="h" horizontal_animation="left-animation" vertical_animation="top-animation" disable_on_mobile="disable_on_mobile_value" el_class="team-boxes-style"][vc_column width="1/4" css=".vc_custom_1605197068247{padding-top: 110px !important;padding-bottom: 110px !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}" offset="vc_hidden-xs"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/4" css=".vc_custom_1605197660161{padding-top: 110px !important;padding-bottom: 110px !important;background-image: url(http://localhost:8888/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Screen-Shot-2020-11-13-at-01.35.41.png?id=244) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/4" css=".vc_custom_1605228566620{padding-top: 110px !important;padding-bottom: 110px !important;background-color: #000000 !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}" offset="vc_hidden-xs"][vc_column_text el_class="make-p-small"]
<h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffffff;">Dr. Colin Russo</span></h3>
<h6 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999;">MANAGING DIRECTOR, ENGAGING FUTURES</span></h6>
[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text el_class="make-p-small"]<span style="color: #ffffff;">Dr. Colin has three decades of experience engaging stakeholders and clients of national, state and local governments. An award-winning futurist author, Colin writes using futures studies methods about topics including futures of cities, health, disabilities, security, technology and climate-change. Colin has facilitated futures workshops for City of Gold Coast's Our Bold Future 2037, and presented Futures Thinking Courses with Professor Inayatullah in 2017, 2018 and 2019. Dr. Russo also presented Futures Courses for the AFP, Brisbane Primary Health, National Disability Services (across Queensland), Uniting Care Queensland, Redland City Council, Bulloo Shire Council and the Queensland Government 2019 Leadership Series. He presented on water futures in Melbourne and futures of cities in Taiwan and USA.</span>[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/4" css=".vc_custom_1605197029939{padding-top: 40px !important;padding-right: 40px !important;padding-bottom: 40px !important;padding-left: 40px !important;}"][vc_empty_space height="20px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="120px"][vc_custom_heading text="Aims Of The Course" font_container="tag:h2|text_align:center" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/6"][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="2/3"][vc_custom_heading text="The Course is intended to enhance your capacity to create alternative and preferred futures. Presenters will use case studies from foresight projects in government, corporate, and community sectors. Tools and methods from the discipline of Futures Studies will help you:" font_container="tag:p|font_size:22px|text_align:center|color:%239c9c9c" use_theme_fonts="yes"][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/6"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width="stretch_row_content" css=".vc_custom_1480792812297{padding-top: 40px !important;padding-bottom: 60px !important;}"][vc_column][vc_row_inner css=".vc_custom_1462898611266{margin-bottom: 40px !important;}"][vc_column_inner width="1/3"][ult_animation_block animation="fadeInUp" animation_duration="0.5" animation_delay="0.5" animation_iteration_count="1" opacity_start_effect="80"][bsf-info-box icon="linearicons-shield-check" icon_size="32" icon_color="#ffffff" icon_style="circle" icon_color_bg="#333333" title="Map the future." pos="square_box" box_border_style="solid" box_border_width="1" box_border_color="#ededed" box_bg_color="#ffffff" title_font="font_family:Lato|font_call:Lato|variant:700" 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animation_delay="0.9" animation_iteration_count="1" opacity_start_effect="80"][bsf-info-box icon="linearicons-crown" icon_size="32" icon_color="#ffffff" icon_style="circle" icon_color_bg="#333333" title="Discuss and analyse which futures are more likely to result." pos="square_box" box_border_style="solid" box_border_width="1" box_border_color="#ededed" box_bg_color="#ffffff" title_font="font_family:Lato|font_call:Lato|variant:700" title_font_style="font-weight:700;" title_font_size="desktop:19px;" desc_font_size="desktop:16px;" desc_font_line_height="desktop:24px;"][/bsf-info-box][/ult_animation_block][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner css=".vc_custom_1462898611266{margin-bottom: 40px !important;}"][vc_column_inner width="1/3"][ult_animation_block animation="fadeInUp" animation_duration="0.5" animation_delay="0.5" animation_iteration_count="1" opacity_start_effect="80"][bsf-info-box icon="Defaults-book" icon_size="32" icon_color="#ffffff" icon_style="circle" 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title_font="font_family:Lato|font_call:Lato|variant:700" title_font_style="font-weight:700;" title_font_size="desktop:19px;" desc_font_size="desktop:16px;" desc_font_line_height="desktop:24px;"][/bsf-info-box][/ult_animation_block][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/3"][ult_animation_block animation="fadeInUp" animation_duration="0.5" animation_delay="0.9" animation_iteration_count="1" opacity_start_effect="80"][bsf-info-box icon="Defaults-user-plus" icon_size="32" icon_color="#ffffff" icon_style="circle" icon_color_bg="#333333" title="Transform self, the organisation, and strategy through visioning and backcasting." pos="square_box" box_border_style="solid" box_border_width="1" box_border_color="#ededed" box_bg_color="#ffffff" title_font="font_family:Lato|font_call:Lato|variant:700" title_font_style="font-weight:700;" title_font_size="desktop:19px;" desc_font_size="desktop:16px;" desc_font_line_height="desktop:24px;"][/bsf-info-box][/ult_animation_block][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row bg_type="image" parallax_style="vcpb-default" bg_image_new="id^9434|url^http://treekode.com/maple/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/negativespace-23.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^negativespace-23|description^null" bg_override="ex-full"][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text="Critical Questions" font_container="tag:h2|text_align:center" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/6"][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="2/3"][vc_custom_heading text="Specifically, the Course will explore critical questions, such as:" font_container="tag:p|font_size:22px|text_align:center|color:%239c9c9c" use_theme_fonts="yes"][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/6"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][ultimate_spacer height="120" height_on_mob_landscape="40" height_on_mob="40"][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/4"][icon_counter border_size="1" 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desc_font="font_family:Open Sans|font_call:Open+Sans" desc_font_style="font-weight:500;" title_font_size="desktop:11px;" desc_font_size="desktop:12px;" desc_font_line_height="desktop:20px;"][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/4"][icon_counter border_size="1" border_color="rgba(255,255,255,0.5)" icon="Defaults-subway" icon_size="38" icon_color="#101010" text_color="" bg_color="#ffffff" block_title_front="How different will public and private transport be, by 2030?" block_title_back="Will electric vehicles be subsidised and required by law by 2050?" cont_align="on" title_font="font_family:Montserrat|font_call:Montserrat|variant:700" title_font_style="font-weight:700;" desc_font="font_family:Open Sans|font_call:Open+Sans" desc_font_style="font-weight:500;" title_font_size="desktop:11px;" desc_font_size="desktop:12px;" desc_font_line_height="desktop:20px;" title_font_line_height="desktop:12px;"][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/4"][icon_counter border_size="1" border_color="rgba(255,255,255,0.5)" icon="Defaults-bolt flash" icon_size="38" icon_color="#101010" text_color="" bg_color="#ffffff" block_title_front="Will fossil fuels be phased out by 2030?" block_title_back="How soon will a renewables pathway be a viable alternative?" cont_align="on" title_font="font_family:Montserrat|font_call:Montserrat|variant:700" title_font_style="font-weight:700;" desc_font="font_family:Open Sans|font_call:Open+Sans" desc_font_style="font-weight:500;" title_font_size="desktop:11px;" desc_font_size="desktop:12px;" desc_font_line_height="desktop:20px;"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_empty_space height="80px"][vc_custom_heading text="FAQs" font_container="tag:h2|text_align:center" use_theme_fonts="yes"][vc_empty_space height="40px"][vc_tta_accordion active_section="1"][vc_tta_section title="Course resources" tab_id="1462039446254-a71612d9-2b19"][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]Reading material will be provided prior to the Course. Participants will receive 4-5 articles written by Professor Sohail Inayatullah, and Dr. Colin Russo. For example, Dr. Russo encourages you to read <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XuOoz35o1Uy3dKkd1_nkxzVFUtfG5gH8/view?usp=sharing">Creating Preferred Futures Of Australian Healthcare.</a> This article includes emerging issues gained from workshopping Australian healthcare futures to 2030, with medical health practitioners. The workshop and article applied the futures method, The Futures Triangle.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title="Course locations" tab_id="1462039446331-e7bbf359-6158"][vc_column_text]This Course is offered in a hotel venue in Surfers Paradise, on the Gold Coast, and online.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title="Registration" tab_id="1463610695891-082b0cba-747b"][vc_column_text]
<p class="font_8">This Course is offered by Professor Inayatullah, and Dr. Russo, in February, 2021.</p>
On this website is a registration form for scheduling seats and asking questions, and a separate Paypal payment system. Paypal allows you to use a corporate or personal credit card to make payment of Course fees.
<p class="font_8">The Course cost for your in-person attendance, is $1100 per person.  Up to 30 participants can attend Futures Thinking and Strategy Transformation 2030 in-person.</p>
The Course uses the powr.io link to Paypal system - powr.io is the means of linking the Paypal options. This system has been used by Engaging Futures in helping participants to make Course fee payments, since 2017.  If you require verification of this link, please ask Dr. Russo to email it to your business email address. <a href="https://www.powr.io/checkout_screen?app_id=12252613">www.powr.io/checkout_screen?app_id=12252613</a>
<p class="font_8">The Online only participation fee is $600. All online sessions include plenary breakout rooms, facilitated by Course presenters.</p>
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<p class="font_8">The Futures Thinking and Strategy Transformation 2030 And Beyond Course brochure is now available upon request. Email a course administrator via the single email address colinrusso@engagingfutures.com</p>
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<p class="font_8">Strategy leaders of government, councillors, corporate and industry leaders and officers, consultants and community sector strategists and practitioners, students and other individuals are all encouraged to attend.</p>
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<h5 class="font_5">Contact details</h5>
<p class="font_7">If you have any questions about the Course or about the registration systems, please contact Dr. Colin Russo, Managing Director, Engaging Futures.</p>

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<p class="font_7">Email <a href="mailto:colinrusso@engagingfutures.com" target="_self" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-content="colinrusso@engagingfutures.com" data-type="mail">colinrusso@engagingfutures.com</a></p>
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