5th APFN - ASEAN 2030 - Culture, Technology and Security in ASEAN and the wider Asia-Pacific @Ananda UrbanTech Campus, Bangkok
17-18 September 2019
This year's conference seeks to understand the changing futures of Asia with a concentration on ASEAN. Our focus, in particular, is on ASEAN 2030.
Thematic areas for the conference are economy, knowledge, and security. Based on current trends, what might the region look like in a decade? What are emerging issues/disruptors that could take change this trajectory? And what are the alternative futures of ASEAN and the broader Asia-Pacific region. Questions we see as relevant is can the knowledge economy drive the region, the way manufacturing did earlier? Can we imagine the beginnings of an Asian confederation that can enhance security especially in the light of threats from dramatic climate change? How might the economy for nations, communities, individuals and the region as a whole transform? Will the rise of China, micro-manufacturing, blockchain, challenges to patriarchy, transformations in traditional factory-based education be significant in changing the future?
While policymakers often desire precise answers to these questions, futurists have learned that these are best answered as alternative futures, as scenarios of the possible, plausible and preferred. Along with alternative futures, case studies of foresight in practice from government, the private sector, and the community arena will be highlighted. Last but not least the APFN is a peer-to-peer learning conference with extended space for networking and through interaction, genuine knowledge sharing. Moreover, we wish to enhance the futures literacy of newcomers to the field to allow them to make more informed policy and strategic decisions today for tomorrow.
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Objectives:
Imagine the futures of ASEAN and its neighbours;
explores disruptions, and create alternative futures
Share methods, tools and innovations for futures thinking and strategic foresight
Support the advancement of methods, practices and complementary approaches to the changing needs of policymakers
Demonstrate how foresight has influenced policy processes and decisions
Promote cooperation and networking among participants as well as share experiences between members of different organizations and backgrounds
Stimulate the uptake of these approaches and exchange between practitioners and policymakers and ultimately to increase the profile of futures thinking and foresight in the Asia-Pacific.
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