Join us to welcome futurists Scott Smith and Susan Cox-Smith who are the inaugural SA Water Visiting Research Fellows in residence at MOD. for the month of November. Scott Smith is the founder and managing partner of Changeist, a futures research and consulting partnership established in the US in 2007. Susan Cox-Smith has over twenty years of experience as a writer, designer, creative director, interactive producer, and researcher who seeks to enrich public engagement with possible futures. Their new book Future Cultures: How to Build a Future-Ready Organization through Leadership is available from 3 October 2023, accompanying their previous publication How to Future: Leading and Sense-making in an Age of Hyperchange.

The Foresight Community of Practice drinks at MOD. is a chance to connect with others working or interested in foresight in South Australia. The galleries will be open from 5 pm where you can view our current exhibition FLEX. Entry is free with drinks and nibbles available for purchase. Short speeches and activities from 5:45pm with Scott Smith and Susan Cox-Smith, the Director of Strategic Foresight at the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, Dr Ariella Helfgott and the Director of MOD., Dr Kristin Alford.