July 27-29, 2012 • Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel

Preconference Courses: July 26-27, 2012 • Professional Members’ Forum: July 30, 2012

WorldFuture 2012 Governance Sessions

The Evolution of Integral Futures

Since its introduction to the Futures community in 1998 by Richard Slaughter, Integral Futures has evolved through three distinct phases (perspective, methods, and sense making) and has emerged currently as a subject of vigorous debate and controversy.

Terry Collins, principal at Integral Futures Adjunct Faculty at University of Houston, co-author of “The Evolution of Integral Futures: A Status Update,” Houston, Texas, USA

Andy Hines is a lecturer and executive-in-residence at the University of Houston’s Graduate Program in Futures Studies, co-author of “The Evolution of Integral Futures: A Status Update,” Houston, Texas, USA

Networked Government: The 21st Century Agency

Four futurists from the Futures Working Group will present a vision of governance in the Information Age. They will integrate insights from existing literature, experience, and independent research to describe how a future government agency can leverage the potential of net-centric organization, self-organization, and nurturing neighborhoods to provide governance in the 2020s.

John Jackson is a scholar of public policy and public administration and a practicing police supervisor in the Houston Police Department, Houston, Texas, USA

Thomas J. Cowper is a police executive with 29 years police service. His law enforcement career has included assignments conducting the planning, development and application of information age technologies to police, public safety, and government operations, Middle Grove, New York, USA

Bernard “Bud” Levin, faculty member at Blue Ridge Community College, Staff member of the Waynesboro, Virginia, Police Department, Fisherville, Virginia USA

Mary O’Dea, is a senior strategist at the Strategic Policy Division, she develops and analyses United States, Joint, military, and USSOCOM strategies as well as strategic posture initiatives and makes recommendations designed to address the future operational environment, Tampa, Florida, USA

Futurist Media for Improved Crisis Scenario Education

Scenario techniques used for training first responders and policy analysts are being transformed by the Web and media, thus influencing global politics and national security readiness. The panelists will present one example, the Project on National Security Reform (PNSR) scenario “Red Death” of a biological attack on the U.S.

Sheila Ronis is director of the MBA and Master of Science in Strategic Leadership programs at Walsh College. She is chair of the Vision Working Group and leader of the Project on National Security Reform, Troy, Michigan, USA

John Meagher is past president of the Washington Chapter of the World Future Society, Manassas, Virginia, USA

Town Hall Meeting: the Future of Governance

What will government of the future look like at the local, regional, state, national, and international levels?

Al Youngs is a founding member of the PFI/FB Futures Working Group and former president of Police Futurists International, Denver, Colorado, USA

Richard W. Myers is a retired chief of police, charter member and past president of the Society of Police Futurists International, and member of the Futures Working Group, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Earl Moulton is a retired commander of F Division in Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Canada

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