Futures Masterclass
Who Should Attend?
The program is designed for professionals wanting to build their understanding of futures thinking, particularly applied to water and climate challenges. It is best suited for those working in areas such as:
• Natural resource management
• Agriculture
• Environment
• Emergency management
• Public policy
• Water resources
• Climate risk
Program overview
On completion of the Masterclass, participants will:
- Understand how a scenario acts as a tool to envision the future and apply advanced techniques to interrogate it: you’ll consider specifically how the “next big dry” could unfold and how you might respond to its impacts, while learning transferable skills.
- Use scenario planning as a heuristic to evaluate institutional strengths and gaps for responding to climate stress.
- Identify diverse skills and resources for better preparedness.
- Reflect on personal agency in facing future challenges.
- Build futures literacy to balance different ways of thinking ahead.
- Join a professional network for collaborative resilience.
What's included
- Four days of applied learning with global experts (across five in-person days)
- Networking with a diverse cohort of water professionals.
- Morning and afternoon tea, lunch, and refreshments daily.
Investment
The fee for this program is $3990 per person with potential concessions available for group bookings, students and community organisations.
Expressions of interest
Planning is underway for our next Futures Masterclass.
If you'd like to be among the first to hear when dates are announced and registrations open, we'd love to hear from you. Register your expression of interest to receive updates and priority information about the next Futures Masterclass.
We look forward to welcoming a new cohort of futures thinkers and practitioners.