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How do we Plan for the Future when it is Unknown and Unknowable? (Room S210A)

04 Oct 19
10:00 AM - 10:50 AM

Tracks: Classroom Education

There is no crystal ball that can allow the future to be predicted with any degree of certainty and yet all businesses have to plan for it, so how do we address this? In this session we look at the potential for Scenario Planning with the guiding principles of Convergence(fusion) to develop a portfolio of alternative futures. The use of Convergence(fusion) is introduced to account for the bringing together of different materials and technologies. Because of time limitations smart materials and systems are used as the case study, but the principles can equally be applied to other textile fields.