New Zealand & The Next Industrial Age - Open Space Forum

The first Open Space Forum - featuring guest speaker Rowan Douglas, took place on 9 May 2012.

A full video of the event and Rowan Douglas’ talk is available free here.

What are the major risks and complexities that New Zealand will have to face in the 21st Century?

On May 9th at the University of Auckland’s Business School, Hikurangi hosted it’s first Open Space Forum, to engage business and public sector leaders in thinking through long-range scenarios for the country.

The goal of the programme was to stimulate and facilitate a conversation on the actions that New Zealanders need to take (as a country, organisations and communities) to manage the risks posed by long-term global change.

About Guest Speaker Rowan Douglas
The Forum opened with a provocative 20–minute input on a significant global trend from visiting guest Rowan Douglas, Managing Director of Willis Analytics and Chairman of the Willis Research Network.  Rowan is a member of Prime Minister David Cameron’s Council for Science and Technology and the Natural Environment Research Council. The Willis Research Network is a subsidiary of Willis Re Insurance, which arranges protection for around US$5 trillion of exposed risk every year – making Rowan one of the world’s leading experts on significant, long–term global trends.

This was followed by facilitated discussion amongst participants about what the implications are for New Zealand and what some high–level private, public and non–government sector responses might be.

When: Wednesday 9th May, 2012, 3:00 - 6:00pm
Where: Decima Glenn Room, Level 3, Owen G Glenn Building
University of Auckland Business School, 12 Grafton Road, Auckland
Cost: free
RSVP: [email protected]

Download the Open Space Forum flyer here (280kb).

The Hikurangi Foundation is grateful to Ideas Shop, The British High Commission, Westpac and University of Auckland Business School for their support.