65 Speakers in Seven Events
PANEL 1 : How do we relate to ourselves?
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* How do we make sense of the world?
* What makes us who we are and what do we all contribute?
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PANEL 2 : How do we relate to each other?
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* What will create peaceful societies in the future?
* What will create community in the future?
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RELEVANT DOCUMENTARIES :
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* “The School that tried to end Racism” ~ Channel 4
* “Finding Your Element” ~ Ken Robinson
* “Changing Educational Paradigms” ~ Ken Robinson
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PANEL 1 : What is the future for Business and Technology?
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* How has the tech revolution changed our world?
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PANEL 2 : What is the future of industry?
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* How we will spend our leisure and entertain ourselves?
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RELEVANT DOCUMENTARIES :
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Saturday 24th October 2021
PANEL 1 : The future of the Arts
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* What is the relationship between Arts and Community Arts and what are their roles in the future?
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PANEL 2 : The future of education
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* What is the role of Arts in future thinking and education?
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RELEVANT DOCUMENTARIES :
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PANEL 1 : The future for nature's Ecology
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* Exploring planetary systems & what is happening to our wild spaces.
* How has the tech revolution changed our world?
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PANEL 2 : The future for human Ecology
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* How we organise ourselves - democracy and local government.
* the human as consumer - life systems.
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RELEVANT DOCUMENTARIES :
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* "​The Need to Grow " ~ Rob Herring, Ryan Wirick
* "​A Life on our Planet" ~ David Attenborough
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* CURATORIAL POLICY *
The curatorial policy for this symposium is to invite a mix of panelists from the following areas :
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* Experts who have academic knowledge in the field/topic.
* People who are really passionate about the field/topic.
* People who have a Lived Experience of the field/topic.
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This Action Research Symposium will bring together speakers and audience from diverse areas of expert-ise, interests and life experiences with the aim of :
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* Generating inspiring conversations, learning and creating
a space for intergenerational conversations.
* To start the process of developing content and ideas for The Great Imagining syllabus and curriculum.
* Expanding TGI's community of collaborators and partners to build the coalition and funding for this programme.
* PROVOCATIONS AT THE HEART OF
T.G.I'S DEVELOPING SYLLABUS *
These are the provocations/questions that we are are inviting the speakers to address in whatever way feels most relevant and exciting to them in their short introduction :
* Where are we now within your industry/topic? What are the current headline conversations?
* What are the latest developments in your industry/topic?
* How did we get here (can you give a brief outline/history/ or information about previous discussions surrounding this topic/subject that you feel are relevant)?
* Where do you think we’re heading if we don’t transform this industry / topic?
* Where would you love to see this area/ industry /subject/ etc. going in the future?
* How can we get students and young people excited about this future and make it relevant to them?
* PROVOCATIONS AT THE HEART OF
THE T.G.I'S DEVELOPING SYLLABUS *
These are the provocations/questions that we are are inviting speakers to address in whatever way feels most relevant and exciting to them in their short introduction.
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* Where are we now within your industry/topic? What are the current headline conversations?
* What are the latest developments in your industry/topic?.
* How did we get here (can you give a brief outline/history/ or information about previous discussions surrounding this topic/subject that you feel are relevant?)
* Where do you think we’re heading if we don’t transform this industry / topic?
* Where would you love to see this area/ industry /subject/ etc. going in the future?
* How can we get students and young people excited about this future and make it relevant to them?
There are now nearly 8 billion people on the planet this number has more than doubled in a single lifetime. We are having a huge impact on our world and as we can see all around us - as the 2020 global pandemic introduces us to a Strange New world our future on this planet looks increasingly in jeopardy. So the conversations during this symposium are a chance to reflect and have some visions for a greener, fairer, kinder future.
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