NEW DATE: Open Scan on April 24th: Futures of Water Edition
Join municipal innovators from across Canada on April 24th to explore changes impacting the futures of water, and what that could mean for cities.
What might water scarcity and contamination mean for city planning, services, or public health in 2040?
In Canada, freshwater is one of our greatest assets, with 20% of the world’s freshwater reserves located here. While taken for granted by many of us, access to safe drinking water remains a challenge for some (notably 618 First Nations communities) and may become a growing concern in future due to rising levels of contamination from microplastics, road salt, forest fire ash, and more. Meanwhile, global water scarcity is projected to be a major issue due to climate crisis-related droughts, impacting food production, sanitation, and potentially future geopolitical conflicts.
Join us to explore these changes and more, followed by a discussion of potential implications for cities in 2040.
Please note: This session is highly interactive and not a webinar.
What is Open Scan?
Open Scan is a virtual gathering of Canadian municipal* innovators who are interested in applying their strategic foresight knowledge and learning with peers.
Facilitated by Creative Futures, each session explores the latest emerging trends and includes a series of foresight activities to understand long-term implications.
This is a highly participatory session, not a webinar. At each session expect to:
Learn about the latest emerging changes that may impact the municipal context;
Discuss implications of emerging changes with fellow foresight practitioners; and,
Join a broader group of municipal innovators and foresight practitioners to learn from each other and support your work.
*Open Scan is designed for municipal innovators, from government, government agencies and not-for-profit organizations, who have some knowledge of strategic foresight. However, it is open to everyone.
About Creative Futures
Creative Futures helps municipal, post-secondary, health care, nonprofit, and socially-minded leaders plan and prepare for their futures. Using applied futures research, we help organizations navigate complexity and embrace uncertainty, arming them with the tools to think beyond present-day issues and imagine, plan, and prepare for multiple potential futures.