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Futures Thinking Aotearoa (NZ Futures Trust) Public Seminars

(Held in Wellington unless indicated otherwise)

 

Sept 2008      Ngā Kaihanga Hou -FutureMakers
   
                  Māori role in the future of the
                      Zealand economy
     
                 Hillmaré Schulze

 

Aug 2008      Towards a more generous society –
                     Trends, issues and the future of
giving
                      in New Zealand
                      Robyn Scott 

 

July 2008       Life-long Learning Panel discussion
                      Chair: Noel Cheer – Panelists: Jan
                      Coleman, Laurence Zwimpfer,
                      Nicola Meek


June 2008     Genuine Progress Indicators
                      Marilyn Waring


 May 2008      State of New Zealand’s Future:2008
                       Report
                       Mike Gould

 

 March 2008    Is there a future for Men?
                        Robin Gunston

 

 Feb 2008      Project 2058: Helping build a sustainable
                      future
                      Wendy McGuinness and members of the
                      Sustainable Future team.

 

 Nov 2007      Future Challenges Posed by a Changing
                      New Zealand Demography
                      Len Cook 

 

 Sept 2007     Natural Capital Futures;
                      Systems, Metrics & Leadership
                      Morgan Williams

 

 August 2007 Telling the climate change story and
                       motivating sustainable behaviour.A
                       Alex Hannant.
                       (pdf of paper)

 

  July 2007     Art to inform our future
                      Sophie Jerram

 

 May 2007     Towards 2030 - Mega-Change
                      Driver Social inequalities
                      Charles Waldegrave
                      (Power Point presentation 1.0 MB)  
                
 April 2007     Societal Progress Wellbeing
                      and Sustainability
                      Indicators Recent
                      Developments Overseas
                      and opportunities in
                      New Zealand
                      Professor Mike Salvaris,
                      Australia
                       (co-hosted with AnewNZ)

  Feb 2007      Towards 2030, Mega-change
                       drivers
                       Mike Gould


 Oct 2006         Lunch Seminar- Is New
                        Zealand’s Balance of
                        Payments and International
                        Debt aTicking Time Bomb?
                        What will be theimpact of an
                        oil price rise?
                        Panel: Petrus Simons, John
                        Robinson

Aug 2006         Lunch Seminar- “The housing
                        market, the balance of
                        payments and New Zealand's
                        foreign debt - exploring the
                        linkages”
                        David Tripe
 

July 2006         Lunch Seminar –“Harnessing
                        the Monster - Capturing Cook
                        Strait marine currents for
                        electricity generation”
                        Craig Stevens


May 2006         Lunch Seminar – “Creating
                         the Future
                         AgResearch's 2020 Science
                         Strategy”
                         Dr Stephen Goldson

March 2006     Lunch Seminar – “Work in Progress
                         Four Futures for New Zealand”
                         Bob Frame

 

Feb 2006         Lunch Seminar – “Can science and
                        technology help us with our future
                        infrastructure needs?”    
                        Panel: H Newell, R Peren, J Robinson,
                        P Simons.

 

Nov 2005         AGM Seminar  - “Wellington Regional
                        Strategy”
                        Murray McCaw

 

Sep 2005          Lunch Seminar - “The Bioethics 
                         Council Dialogues with the Public”
                         Prof Chris Cunningham

 

Aug 2005          Lunch Seminar - "Our Energy Legacy  -
                         a Dream or Reality?"
                         Professor Ralph Sims

 

July 2005         Seminar - "Future Electricity Generation:
                        What are the Options”
                        Bryan Leyland

 

June 2005      Seminar -"Is humankind now its own worst
                       enemy? Can we avoid extinction?"
                       Prof Richard Whitfield, UK

 

May 2005        Lunch Seminar “Geoscientific research
                       supporting the hunt for oil and gas in
                       New Zealand”
                       Dr Peter King

 

Apr 2005         Lunch Seminar “Peak Oil -
                       Implications for a
                       Future New Zealand”
                       Steve McKinlay

 

Feb 2005        Lunch Seminar “Sustainable Energy -
                       is sustainable attainable?”
                       Dr John Peet

 

 Oct 2004       AGM seminar “New attitudes
                      for the New Millennium”.
                      “Growth Culture Research –
                      New Zealanders’attitudes to
                      growth and innovation”
                      Rick Christie,

        “Rethinking disease
         surveillance in a world
         of emerging threats”
         Chris Skelly

 

Aug 2004       Lunch Seminar “Family and work -
                      the changing pattern”,
                      John Robinson (article in Future Times
                      2004/  Vol 3)

 

 July 2004     Seminar-workshop–
                     E-Democracy
                    “Can it really make a
                     difference?”
                     Steven Clift, Minnesota, USA &
                     presentations by Robin
                     Gunston
                     & Patrick Rottiers (Auckland)
                     (Three seminars papers,
                     available)

 

June 2004     Lunch Seminar - Carrying
                     Capacity of NZ,
                     Robin Gunston, Roger Peren,
                     John Robinson,
                     New Zealand Futures Trust
                     board members

 

 April 2004    Lunch Seminar – Learning
                     From Womb to Tomb,
                     Professor Richard Whitfield,
                     UK (Article in Future Times
                     2004/Vol 2)

 

March 2004   Lunch Seminar - Future
                      Problem Solving,
                       Upper Hutt College Future
                      Problem Solving Team
                       (article in Future Times 2004/
                      Vol 3)

 

Feb 2004        Lunch Seminar – Community Visioning in
                        Practice,
                        Cindy Munn

 

Nov 2003         Lunch Seminar - Reconciling
                        Biculturalism and
                        Multiculturalism in NZ,
                        Panel: Dr Richard Hill,
                        Anthony Haas,

 

Oct 2003          AGM Talk - Future, Tense?
                         Peter Biggs (copies of PP presentation
                         (e- & hard) available)

 

Oct 2003          Lunch Seminar – The Future
                        of Research and
                        development in NZ,
                        Dr Steve Thompson,

 

August 2003    Lunch Seminar - How NZ
                       Reflects Major World Value
                       Changes and Consistencies,
                       Dr Alan Webster,
                       (paper available)

 

 June 2003     Lunch Seminar - Preparing for
                       the Agequake: Looking to the
                       Future in an Ageing
                       New Zealand,
                       Dr Judith Davey     

 

April 2003      Lunch Seminar -The Future Now as
                      Foreshocks Precede Forecast Events,
                      Dr John Robinson

 

March 2003    Lunch Seminar - New Zealand
                       and the Other Pacific Island
                       Aspects, Potentials and
                       Possibilities,
                       Ron Crocombe Cook Is
                       (article in Future Times
                       2003/ Vol 3)

 

 Oct 2002       The Matrix Game
                       Kate Delaney, Australia  

 

Sept 2002     The Community Engagement
                      Workshop - For local
                      authorities,
                      Steve Ames USA, Robin
                      Gunston et al
                      (Auckland)

    

Sept 2002      The Community Engagement
                      Workshop - For local
                      authorities,
                      Steve Ames USA, Robin
                      Gunston et al
                       (Christchurch)

 

Sept 2002      Lunch Seminar Envisioning
                      Portlandia:    The Evolution of
                      Civic Vision and Urban
                      Redevelopment in Portland,
                      Oregon.
                      Steven Ames, USA

 

August 2002    Lunch Seminar - Showing the
                       Way - Curitiba:Citizen City
                       Dr Morgan Williams,

 

June, 2002     Lunch Seminar - Changing
                      Lives and Demographic
                      Timebombs
                      Professor Ian Pool, (resource
                      material available)
 

June, 2002     Futures Forum - Future of
                      Work Project Bettina Schaer
                      (resource material available)

 

May 2002      Futures Forum -Values
                      Analysis Framework
                     -Values - What are they and
                      what do New Zealand values
                      look like?
                      Robin Gunston, Malcolm
                      Menzies
                      (resource material available)

 

April 2002       Futures Forum - Futures of
                       Refugees and Refugee
                       Resettlement
                       Peter Cotton,
                       (resource material available)

 

March 2002    Futures Forum -Introducing
                       Futures Thinking to Informal
                       groups.
                       Yvonne Curtis

 

Feb 2002       Futures Forum -Scanning
                     -Environmental
                      (or Futures)
                      Jennifer Coote

 

Oct 2001       Futures Forum - System 3D
                     Futures Analysis
                    Jeremy Holmes

 

Sep 2001       Community Visioning -
                      hands-on workshop
                      for NZ communities
                      Steve Ames, Oregon, USA
                      with Robin Gunston
                      (Auckland)

 

Sep 2001      Community Visioning -
                     hands-on workshop
                     for NZ communities.
                     Steve Ames, Oregon, USA
                     with Robin Gunston
                     (Palmerston North)

 

Sep 2001       Community Visioning -
                      hands-on workshop
                      for NZ communities
                      Steve Ames, Oregon, USA
                      with Robin Gunston
                      (Christchurch)

 

Sep 2001      Community Visioning -
                      hands-on workshop
                      for NZ communities
                      Steve Ames, Oregon, USA
                      with Robin Gunston 
                      (Dunedin)


Sep 2001      Community Visioning -hands-on
                     workshop for NZ communities
                     Steve Ames, Oregon, USA
                     with Robin Gunston


August 2001  Futures Forum - System
                     Dynamics Simulation
                     Modelling
                     Dr George Stuart

 

June 2001      Futures Forum - “From
                      Scenarios to Strategies” –
                      Panel:Robin Gunston Diane
                      Campbell-Hunt
                      (copies of hand-outs available)


April 2001       Futures Forum - “Scenario
                      Planning” –
                      Panel:David Carew,
                      Harvey McQueen


Nov 2000        “Shaping a sustainable future
                     - the need for fundamental
                       change”,
                       Prof Ian Lowe, Griffith Uni,
                       Brisbane
                       (Christchurch)


Nov 2000        “Shaping a sustainable future
                        - the need
                        for fundamental change”,
                        Prof Ian Lowe, Australia


Nov  2000        “Thinking Like a Mountain”,
                        Prof Ian Lowe,
                        Australia and eco2000
                        Summit workshop
                      . (Gisborne)


Nov 2000         “Pampering the Palettes of
                         the Prosperous”,
                        Dr Morgan Williams, And
                        eco2000 Summit
                        workshop (Gisborne)


Nov 2000         “Shaping a sustainable future
                        - the need
                        for fundamental change”,
                        Prof Ian Lowe, Australia
                        (Auckland)

Sep 2000         “Developing Strategic
                        Foresight for Organisations”,
                        Dr Grant Wardlaw, Australia
                        a full day workshop
                        (Resource material available)


Sep 2000         “Pathways to the Knowledge
                        Society”
                        Dr Grant Wardlaw, Australia
                        (Copy available)


Feb 2000         “A Futures Perspective on
                        Strategy in New Zealand”
                        Jim Dator, Hawaii
                         (Report in Future Times
                        2000/Vol 2)


Sep 1999         “Futures for Universities”
                         Dr Sohail Inayatullah,
                         Australia.
                         (Copy vailable)


August 1999    National Radio Te Papa
                       debate. Being there in
                        2021 - What will it be like?
                        Part 6 - Health  (Auckland)
                       (Replay Radio tape available)


August 1999    National Radio Te Papa
                       debate Being there in
                       2021 - What will it be like?
                       Part 5 - The Economy
                      (Replay Radio tape available)


August 1999    National Radio Te Papa
                       debate Being there in
                       2021 - What will it be like?
                       Part 4 - Urban New Zealand
                       (Replay Radio tape available)


 August 1999    National Radio Te Papa
                        debate Being there
                        in 2021 - What will it be like?
                        Part 3 - Rural New Zealand
                       (Replay Radio  tape available)


August 1999    National Radio Te Papa
                       debate Being there in
                       2021 - What will it be like?
                       Part 2 - Education
                       (Replay Radio tape available)


August 1999    National Radio Te Papa
                       debate Being there in
                       2021 - What will it be like?
                       Part 1 - Culture and Identity
                       (Replay Radio tape available)

Nov 1998        “Globalisation”. 
                       Panel Rick Christie, Terence
                       O’Brien and Marion Wood
                       (copies of addresses
                       available,
                       report in Future Times
                       1999/Vol 1)


May 1998      “Future views”. Speakers at a
                       joint UNANZ, NZFT dinner
                      Keith Suter Australia(Member
                      of the Club of Rome)
                     - (report of K Suter’s address in
                      Future Times 1998/Vol 3);
                      Ryan Orange - Rhodes
                      Scholar Elect


March 1998   “Ways of Knowing and
                      Patterns of Leadership”
                      workshop facilitted
                      Dr Sohail Inayatullah -Australia
                      (papers available )

                    “Grand Trends” public address
                    Dr Sohail Inayatullah, Australia


 Nov 1997    “Delivering on Sustainability for
                    New Zealand's Future”
                    Dr Morgan Williams (Report in
                    Future Times1997/4)


July 1997    “Reflection on New Zealand in
                    2020”
                    Dr Rajen Prasad


Nov 1996    “Global Futures: The Impact on
                    New Zealand’s International
                   Business”
                   David Espie -

    

Oct l995        “Our Global Future”
                      Professor Lloyd Geering
                     (Copies available )


June 1995      “Futures Thinking”, workshop
                       Sohail Inayatullah, Australia


March 1995    “Women and  Men as
                       Breadwinners and
                       Decision-Makers in 2005”
                       (Report in Future Times
                       1995/2)


 March l994    “Developments in Transport
                        and Trade
                        Before 2020”  
                       (Report in Future Times
                        l994/2)


 Oct l993          “The Significance of Risk
                        Assessment - How
                        Safe is Safe Enough?”
                        Professor Lewis Roberts, UK
                        (Report in Future  Times
                        l994/1)


June l993        “New Zealand’s Trade - What
                        are the Prospects?”
                        (Report in Future Times
                        l993/4)


Oct l992          “Environment and
                        Development - a Balancing
                        Act for the Future”
                        (Report in Future Times
                        l993/1)


Nov l99l           “Up-skilling or De-skilling”
                        (Report in Prof. Publications,
                        Report No.10)


 Dec l990        “Visions for the Future”
                        James Robertson, UK
                         (Copy available and report in
                        l99l Winter Issue of Future
                        Times)


Sep l990          “SCID - Techniques in
                        Planning”  (Scenario,
                        Cross Impact and Delphi)

    

June l990        “NZ in the Year 2000”
                       (Report in Autumn Issue of
                        FT)


May 1989       “Planning:Does your Future
                       Depend on it?”
                       Hon Roger Douglas et al
                       (Resource material available)


April 1989      “Techniques of Future Studies
                       and their Contribution to
                       Planning”
                       James Duncan et al.
                       (Resource material available)


June 1988      “Techniques of Future Studies
                        and their Contribution to
                        Planning”
                       James Duncan et al


Nov 1987         “Techniques of Future
                       Studies and their
                       Contribution to Planning”
                       James Duncan et al.
                       (Resource material available)


Nov 1987        “Techniques of Future
                        Studies.”
                        James Duncan et al
                        Auckland)
                        (Resource material available)


 April 1987       “The Next Step after CER”
                        Justice Michael Kirby,
                        Australia (Auckland)


April 1987       “Bill of Rights - Pros & Cons”
                       Justice Michael Kirby,
                       Australia (Rotorua)


April 1987        “The Future of the Judiciary”
                        Justice Michael Kirby,
                        Australia (Christchurch)


April 1987        “The Future of the Judiciary”
                         Justice Michael Kirby,
                        Australia  (Invercargill)


April 1987        “Science & the Law - The
                        Next Century”
                        Justice Michael Kirby,
                        Australia


March 1987      “Law Reform in the Age of
                        Science”
                        Justice Michael Kirby
                        Australia


Feb 1987         “Techniques of Future
                         Studies and their
                         Contribution to Planning”
                         James Duncan et al.
                         (Resource material
                         available)


 May 1986        Seminar including  “Star
                         Wars”
                        Graham Coote
                        “Maori Issues - particularly
                         medical”
                         Irihapeti Ramsden 
                         “World Government and
                         Peace”
                         Hugh Templeton
                         “Risk Assessment” Trevor
                         Roberts


Oct 1985          “The Future of Finance”
                        Trevor Roberts et al


Feb 1984          “Futurefest, the Next 16
                         years, 1984 - 2000”
                         organised by John Hawley
                         (Palmerston North)
                         (report in Sept 1984 Future
                         Times)


Oct 1983           “New Zealand and the
                         Space Age”
                         (Professional Report No 1)
                        “The Information Revolution”
                         (Professional
                         Report No 2)
                         (Dr William Pickering USA)
                         (lectures in  Auckland,
                         Wellington, Christchurch
                         and Dunedin)


Oc 1982           “Future Technology”
                         Dr Duncan Davies CB  UK
                         (report in Future Times Vol 1
                         No 1 Dec 1982)


 
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