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Foresight Training Workshop
STRATEGIC FORESIGHT IN MODERN MANAGEMENT
30 May – 2 June 2006
Pathumwan Princess Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand
http://www.apecforesight.org
Fax Registration Form
to (66 2) 644 8191 (.doc)
Or send it to apectf@nstda.or.th
attention to Phutthapong (Tel: 66 2644 8150 Ext. 713)
The APEC Center for Technology Foresight, under the Industrial Science and Technology Working Group of APEC, proudly presents the fourth international training workshop on “Strategic Foresight in Modern Management”. The highly rated course by participants in 2002 - 2005, is again refined for the 2006 to include more case studies and practical exercises to keep participants turned in to new planning models. To get an overview of how the course was conducted pervious years, visit our website: http://www.apecforesight.org
IS YOUR ORGANISATION FACED WITH THESE CHALLENGES?
• How are your markets, your customers and stakeholders going
to change over the next 5-10 years?
• What are prudent steps to be taken to prepare for the effects
of potential climate change?
• How will new technologies impact on your organisation and
its role?
• What skills and competencies will be needed in the future?
• How to more effectively identify and manage risk?
DEVELOP YOUR COMPETENCE IN:
• Using a portfolio of tools: Scenario Planning, Technology
Roadmapping, Environmental Scanning
• Understanding the forces that are shaping the future
• Learning all that is required to plan, design and manage a
foresight project effectively
• Acquiring the know-how to connect foresight successfully to
policy and planning
• Effective change and risk management
THIS INTENSIVE COURSE WILL PROVIDE:
• An overview of the major forces shaping the socio-economic future
• Introduction to and detailed hand-on exercises in the application
of selected forward-looking tools
• Case studies of the applications of tools and tool combinations
• Opportunities to apply an appropriate selection of tools from
the portfolio to an issue of your choice
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
• strategic and corporate planners who need to assess impacts
of new technologies on their organization
Leaders and entrepreneurs who are challenged by change and need to know
how to react such as how markets, customers and stakeholders are going
to change over the next 5-10 years.
• Individuals who want to know what skills and competencies they
should develop for the future.
LEAD FACILITATOR:
The Workshop will be designed and delivered by Professor Ron Johnston
FTSE, an internationally recognized expert in charting the future through
the application of the tools of foresight. He is the founder and Executive
Director of the Australian Centre for Innovation and Professor in the
Faculty of Engineering, University of Sydney, Australia. www.aciic.org.au.
Prof Johnston created the foresight training workshop held in Bangkok
since 2002. Over the past ten years, he has led more than one hundred
futures and foresight projects for private and public sector organizations
in Asia, Europe and the Pacific. The focuses of these projects have
ranged across:
• Long-term planning
• Strategic defence and development planning
• Establishment of research and technology development priorities
• Identification of preferred socio-economic and cultural futures
• Service delivery needs and possibilities
• Business and industry strategies
PROGRAM
| Day 1: |
Introduction and Objectives of the Course
Identify the future orientation and interests of fellow participants,
understand clearly the objectives of the course, and outline desired outcomes.
The Use of Foresight around the World
There has been a dramatic growth in the variety of applications of foresight
in international organizations and in countries around the world.
Introduction to the Foresight Tools for Strategic Management
An overview of the major tools, their methods and assumptions, emphasizing
the appropriate contexts and objectives for the application of each tool,
and tool combinations.
Environmental Scanning - the Foundation Steps
Explanations of environmental scanning, the key steps in preparing for
any approach to managing the future.
| Day 2: |
The major alternative for future management is scenario planning, which generates a range of possible alternative futures and then seeks to establish courses of action that are likely to be robust under this range of possible futures.
Technology Roadmapping (TRM)
Examine the principles and processes of TRM, a foresight tool used increasingly in the past few years to organize the application of technical and industrial expertise to determining appropriate technological routes and customer needs.
| Day 3: |
More Effective Strategic Planning through Foresight
Discover how the well-established processes of strategic planning can
be greatly enhanced by the integrating focussed foresight into the consideration
of opportunities, threats, and uncertainties
The Essential Role of Foresight in Risk Management and Contingency
Planning
Every organisation, and manager, recognises they are exposed to a greater
range and variety of risks, and that tools based on past experience and
extrapolation are limited.
*** Afternoon Tour of Bangkok Highlights (Optional)***
Participants will have an excellent opportunity to explore Bangkok in
the afternoon of this day.
| Day 4: |
Change Management in an Uncertain World
In a world where innovation and uncertainty are the new rule, forward-looking
change management is becoming an essential tool for organisational survival
Effective Management of Future Projects
Explore the major logistic requirements in the design, performance and
implementation of the tools (and tool combinations) and develop a checklist
to guide the management and execution of any futures exercise.
| Fees: |
USD 1,250
Fees include all training session, materials, lunch and snack breaks,
and welcoming and closing event.
SPECIAL OFFERS:
We encourage you to bring your friends or colleagues to attend this workshop.
Two registrants, pay only USD 1,125 each
Three registrants or more, pay only USD1,000 each
| Contact Us: |
APEC Center for
Technology Foresight
National Science and Technology Development Agency
73/1 Rama VI Road, Rajdhevee, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
Tel: (66) 2-644-8150-9 ext 743, 706, 713, 768 Fax: (66) 2- 644-8191
| Payment Methods: |
- Money transfer: Payable to "APEC CTF" Account number: 152-1-32678-9
at Krung Thai Bank Public Company Limited, Klong Luang Branch
Address: 91/48 - 50 Moo 8, T. Klong Nung, A. Klong Luang, P. Pathumthanee 12120, Thailand
Please fax copy of the transfer document to Ms Chongchit Charoensingkorn at (662) 644 8191, please this is a requirement to confirm your attendance. - Bank draft: A bank draft payable to "APEC CTF". Please mail the draft to Ms Chongchit Charoensingkorn, APEC Center for Technology Foresight, National Science and Technology Development Agency, 73/1 Rama VI Road, Rajdhevee, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
| Hotel Accommodation & Venue: |
Pathumwan Princess Hotel at MBK, Bangkok, Thailand.
The hotel is located at the heart of Bangkok, next to Siam BRT Station
(Sky Train). Hotel special rate starts from USD75 per night. To receive
hotel special rate, please reserve the hotel accommodation and refer to
the hotel that you are one of this workshop participants. For more information,
hotel maps, and its location, please visit the hotel website at http://www.pprincess.com.
Or, please download
hotel accommodation information in MS-word here.
Download
Brochure & Registration Form (.pdf)
Fax Registration to (66 2) 644 8191
Or send the form to apectf@nstda.or.th
attention to Mr. Phutthapong
(Tel: 66 2644 8150 Ext. 713)
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