Morning – Discussion on Mental Models

Lunch – World Economic Forum – discussing Strategic Risk Scenarios

Guest Speaker: Nicholas Davis

Biography:

Nicholas Davis is an Associate Director in the Scenario Planning and Global Risks Team at the World Economic Forum in Geneva. He is also the senior advisor for the World Economic Forum’s flagship sustainability initiative ‘Driving Sustainable Consumption’, which brings together 14 global CEOs from a cross-section of industry to commit to building a future of sustainable consumption.

Bachelor of Arts with Honours, University of Sydney; Bachelor of Laws with Honours, University of Sydney; Masters of Business Administration with Distinction, University of Oxford; admitted to the Supreme Court of New South Wales as Solicitor and Barrister. Formerly: commercial lawyer with Windeyer Dibbs Lawyers 2001-2003, Director with Oxford Investment Research, 2003-2006. Since 2006, with World Economic Forum: leads a range of regional and cross-industry scenario and risk projects, develops and facilitates high-level workshops and meetings. Deputy Head of Strategic Risk Foresight Team, co-Editor of Global Risks 2011, Sixth Edition. Awarded Australian Leadership Award and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, UK (FRSA).

Afternoon 1 – Distribute Fish Bank Game Rules and Role Descriptions

Afternoon 2 – Trip to Columbia University to attend the New York City as a Sustainable City

Speakers:

• David Bragdon, Director, NYC Office of Long – Term Planning and Sustainability;

• Cas Holloway, Commissioner, NYC Department of Environmental Protection;

• Bill Solecki, Director, CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities;

• Ester Fuchs, Director, Urban and Social Policy Concentration and Professor of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University;

• Steve Cohen, Executive Director, The Earth Institute, Columbia University