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March 2014

Futures Forum – Thursday 27 March 2014

March 27, 2014 @ 5:15 PM - 7:00 PM
Randstad, 7th floor North Tower Rialto, 525 Collins Street
Melbourne, Victoria Australia
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Dr Geoff Davies – The role of transformed economics in creating Australia’s future. Geoff Davies is a Senior Research fellow at the Australian National University in Canberra.  Originally trained as a geophysicist and still publishing in this area, he is the author, in 2004, of “Economia – new economic systems to empower people and support the living world”, and more recently of “The nature of the beast – how economists mistook wild horses for a rocking chair”. His interest in…

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April 2014

Futures forum – Thursday 10 April 2014

April 10, 2014 @ 5:15 PM - 7:00 PM
Randstad, 7th floor North Tower Rialto, 525 Collins Street
Melbourne, Victoria Australia
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Robyn Williams – The role of science in creating Australia’s future (NOTE the date change, Robyn is not available on the last Thursday of the month). Robyn Williams is the host of Radio National’s Science Show which will shortly broadcast its 2,000th episode.  Originally educated in England where he admits to spending as much time acting as studying, he made guest appearances in The Goodies, Monty Python's Flying Circus and Doctor Who before turning to increasing everyone’s understanding and appreciation of science.  He chaired…

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May 2014

Futures Forum – Thursday 29 May 2014

May 29, 2014 @ 5:15 PM - 7:00 PM
Randstad, 7th floor North Tower Rialto, 525 Collins Street
Melbourne, Victoria Australia
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Dr Adam Bandt MHR – The role of the Federal Government in creating Australia’s future. Adam Bandt is currently serving his second term as the Federal Member for Melbourne and is the only representative of the Australian Greens in the House of Representatives. Adam trained as a solicitor and barrister and practised in industrial relations before joining Parliament in 2008.

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June 2014

Futures forum – Thursday 26 June 2014

June 26, 2014 @ 5:15 PM - 7:00 PM
Randstad, 7th floor North Tower Rialto, 525 Collins Street
Melbourne, Victoria Australia
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Charles Brass – The role of work and jobs in creating Australia’s future Charles Brass founded the Future of Work Foundation in 1991 and has been a regular commentator on issues to do with the future of work and jobs ever since. What are we to make of an era in which the percentage of secure full-time jobs is steadily decreasing in favour of a diverse range of contingent employment options, at the same time as politicians of all persuasions…

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July 2014

Futures forum – Thursday 31 July 2014

July 31, 2014 @ 5:15 PM - 7:00 PM
Randstad, 7th floor North Tower Rialto, 525 Collins Street
Melbourne, Victoria Australia
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Dr David Warner – The role of education in creating Australia’s future. David Warner is the recently retired principal of Eltham College, and the author in 2006 of “Schooling for the Knowledge Era”.  He  has worked as a teacher and principal in both the private and independent school sectors, and as a researcher and labour market analyst in TAFE and higher education in Australia and internationally. In his introduction to Schooling for the Knowledge Era, Professor Brian Caldwell laid out…

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August 2014

Futures forum – Thursday 28 August 2014

August 28, 2014 @ 5:15 PM - 7:00 PM
Randstad, 7th floor North Tower Rialto, 525 Collins Street
Melbourne, Victoria Australia
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Stephen Yarwood – The role of Local Government in creating Australia’s future Stephen Yarwood became the youngest Lord Mayor in the history of Adelaide when he was elected in 2010.  He first joined the Adelaide City Council in 2007after nearly 20 years working as a town planner.  Stephen has an MBA as well as post-graduate qualifications in Regional and Urban Planning and Environmental Studies.  He has lectured in planning and management in several countries, as well as studying future cities…

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September 2014

Futures forum – 25 September 2014

September 25, 2014 @ 5:15 PM - 7:00 PM
Randstad, 7th floor North Tower Rialto, 525 Collins Street
Melbourne, Victoria Australia
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Steven Cork - The role of resilience in creating Australia’s future. Dr Steve Cork is an Australia21 fellow and Leader of its resilience project.  He is the lead author and editor of “Resilience and Transformation – Preparing Australia for Uncertain Futures” published by the Australia21 project in 2010.  He is currently a research associate in the Centre for Water Economics, Envi onment and Policy Research at ANU in Canberra after more than 20 years with the CSIRO. When Australians talk…

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October 2014

Futures forum – Thursday 30 October 2014

October 30, 2014 @ 5:15 PM - 7:00 PM
Randstad, 7th floor North Tower Rialto, 525 Collins Street
Melbourne, Victoria Australia
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Thursday 30 October 5:30pm – 7:00pm – in the offices of Randstad, 7th floor Rialto Towers, Crnr Collins and King Streets Melbourne     The role of the media in creating Australia’s future. Our guest is the Editor of the New Daily, Bruce Guthrie.   Bruce is a former editor of both the Age and the Herald Sun after a career in journalism which began with his first university qualification in the 1970s.  He is the founding editor of the…

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November 2014

Futures forum – Thursday 27 November 2014

November 27, 2014 @ 5:15 PM - 7:00 PM
Randstad, 7th floor North Tower Rialto, 525 Collins Street
Melbourne, Victoria Australia
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 Thursday 27 November – Tom Gutteridge – The role of the arts in creating Australia’s future - Cultural capital and how to accumulate it. Tom Gutteridge is the Artistic Director of Union House Theatre and former Artistic Director of Black Swan Theatre Company in Perth. He is a performance and multi-media creator, with credits including mainstage theatre and opera direction, sound design and composition, and dramaturgy across a range of media. Recently he directed the successful Australian tour of “Yes,…

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February 2015

Futures Forum February 26 2015

February 26, 2015 @ 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Randstad, 7th floor North Tower Rialto, 525 Collins Street
Melbourne, Victoria Australia
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The Big History Project Dr Joe Voros from Swinburne University will explain just what the Big History project is, and more importantly how the future is being included in this grand narrative.      

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March 2015

Futures forum 26 March 2015

March 26, 2015 @ 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Randstad, 7th floor North Tower Rialto, 525 Collins Street
Melbourne, Victoria Australia
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A session of the Futures Forum series will be held from 5:30pm until 7:00pm on Thursday 26 March 2015 in the offices of Randstad Australia, 7th Floor, North Tower, Rialto Building Collins Street Melbourne.     The theme will be The Future of Global Governance   Thinking people are aware that adequately dealing with many of the issues we currently face requires taking a global perspective.  In an increasingly fragmented world, and one in which national politicians seem to have…

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April 2015

Futures Forum – Thursday 30 April 2015 in Melbourne

April 30, 2015 @ 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Randstad, 7th floor North Tower Rialto, 525 Collins Street
Melbourne, Victoria Australia
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Bookings are now open for next session of the Futures Forum series which will be held from 5:30pm until 7:00pm on Thursday 30 April 2015 in the offices of Randstad Australia, 7th Floor, North Tower, Rialto Building Collins Street Melbourne. The theme is : Teaching Futures   Most people acknowledge that an important objective of any education system is to prepare young people for the future they will one day inherit.  Exactly how this might be achieved inside our existing…

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June 2015

Futures Forum 25 June 2015 in Brisbane

June 25, 2015 @ 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Randstad Brisbane, 18/66 Eagle Street
Brisbane City, QLD 4000 Australia
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Our guest at the next session of the futures forum will be the host of Radio National’s Future Tense – Antony Funnell – and his theme will be “The role of the future in the media”.  Antony is a Walkley award-winning journalist and broadcaster. He is also the author of The Future and Related Nonsense (published by Harper Collins).   Antony has been the presenter of Future Tense since 2009; prior to that he fronted Media Report.  He also presents…

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August 2015

Futures forum 27 August 2015 with Adam Bandt

August 27, 2015 @ 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Randstad, 7th floor North Tower Rialto, 525 Collins Street
Melbourne, Victoria Australia
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What might good governance look like in Australia? Surveys regularly show that the general public is highly sceptical of our current crop of political leaders and as a result generally we do not believe that we are being well led or governed.  This month our futures forum will focus on governance in Australia and our guest will be the Federal Member for Melbourne and former Greens Deputy Leader Adam Bandt.  Adam has a PhD in politics and law and practised…

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September 2015

Futures Forum 24 September 2015 in Sydney

September 24, 2015 @ 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Randstad Sydney, 7/123 Pitt Street
Sydney, 2000 Australia
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Oliver Freeman will be our guest exploring how to create and use alternative future scenarios as part of a future journey. 5:30pm until 7:00pm on Thursday 24 September 2015 in the offices of Randstad Australia, 7/123 Pitt Street Sydney.

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October 2015

Futures Forum 15 October in Melbourne

October 15, 2015 @ 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Randstad, 7th floor North Tower Rialto, 525 Collins Street
Melbourne, Victoria Australia
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The theme for the 15 October futures forum will be:  "Lessons for governments in minimising risk"and our guest will be Bridget Hutter, Professor of Risk Regulation at the London School of Economics and Political Science.  Her presentation will be relevant to all levels of government.   5:30pm till 7:00pm  in the offices of Randstad Australia - 7th floor Rialto North Tower, corner of Collins and King Streets Melbourne.  

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February 2016

Futures Forum Thursday 25 February 2016

February 25, 2016 @ 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Randstad, 7th floor North Tower Rialto, 525 Collins Street
Melbourne, Victoria Australia
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how long will we live, And how will we die? Health care is changing in a bewildering array of ways. Professional costs increase seemingly without end at the same time as individual and community health care and prevention programs flourish. How will future Australians manage to stay healthy? Jennifer Doggett, who is a Fellow of the Centre for Policy Development, a moderator of the health blog Croakey and a consultant working in the health sector for a number of professional,…

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March 2016

Futures Forum Thursday 31 March 2016

March 31, 2016 @ 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Randstad Sydney, 7/123 Pitt Street
Sydney, 2000 Australia
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how will we communicate? Most of the world’s spoken languages are disappearing. People say that future kids won’t need to read or write because of voice recognition software. Social media has taught us to communicate in 140 characters. Will all communication be mediated by technology? Philippa Barr, PhD Candidate Multimedia Producer and Analyst

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April 2016

Futures Forum 28 April 2016

April 28, 2016 @ 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Randstad Brisbane, 18/66 Eagle Street
Brisbane City, QLD 4000 Australia
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how will the economy function? While the market economy has created the wealth and abundance which surrounds us, it is under threat. How will future generations create and distribute wealth? Professor John Quiggin, Australian Laureate Fellow in Economics University of Queensland

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May 2016

Futures Forum Thursday 26 May 2016

May 26, 2016 @ 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Randstad, 7th floor North Tower Rialto, 525 Collins Street
Melbourne, Victoria Australia
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how will we be governed? How will our three levels of government contribute to future Australian security and wellbeing? How will we decide who gets to act on our behalf in each of these three levels? Professor Mark Considine Dean of Arts University of Melbourne  

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