Panel Session 1
Ms. Tanja Hichert
Centre for Sustainability Transitions, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Biography:
An academically qualified, highly experienced, futures and foresight practitioner who has maintained a link with academic Futures Studies in her career specialising in: scenario planning, horizon scanning, strategic foresight, risk management and facilitating strategic conversations, that provide clarity and direction for organisations and institutions faced with complexity and uncertainty.
Extensive experience in process design, and applying futures / foresight to a vast range of issues in the public and private sector. Also, a solid record of accomplishment in business strategy, plus considerable project management experience. Co-chair of the candidate UNESCO Chair in Complex Systems and Transformative African Futures at Stellenbosch University (due to be conferred late in early 2022).
Teaches post-graduate students and serves on boards of Futures organisations. A passion for expanding and building the practical application of Future Studies on the African continent. Where opportunity allows, a love for innovative and experimental approaches, and working at the intersection of complex issues.
Ms. Tanja Hichert
Centre for Sustainability Transitions, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Biography:
An academically qualified, highly experienced, futures and foresight practitioner who has maintained a link with academic Futures Studies in her career specialising in: scenario planning, horizon scanning, strategic foresight, risk management and facilitating strategic conversations, that provide clarity and direction for organisations and institutions faced with complexity and uncertainty.
Extensive experience in process design, and applying futures / foresight to a vast range of issues in the public and private sector. Also, a solid record of accomplishment in business strategy, plus considerable project management experience. Co-chair of the candidate UNESCO Chair in Complex Systems and Transformative African Futures at Stellenbosch University (due to be conferred late in early 2022).
Teaches post-graduate students and serves on boards of Futures organisations. A passion for expanding and building the practical application of Future Studies on the African continent. Where opportunity allows, a love for innovative and experimental approaches, and working at the intersection of complex issues.