We recently ran a TalentNZ session at the World Future Society Conference in San Francisco, USA (26 July 2015). The photos of the master classes were taken on 23rd and 24th of July. The Conference photos were taken from 25th and 26th of July 2015. For more on TalentNZ please see: www.talentnz.org For more on the McGuinness Institute see: www.mcguinnessinstitute.org

1. Developing strategy maps and narratives during the master class ‘Rigorous Futures’.

2. Analysing future trends using the three horizons framework during the master class‘Rigorous Futures’.

3. Speaker Trevor Haldenby during the master class
‘Bringing the Future to Life Experience Design in Foresight’

4. Andrew Hines during the Introduction to Foresight master class.

5. Playing brain games during the master class ‘Introduction to Foresight’

6. Speaker Dave Feinleib (left) and Tim Persons (right) during the session
‘Big Data Trends and Implications’

7. Speaker Tim Persons during the session ‘Big Data Trends and Implications’

8. Lunch Keynote speaker Gina Bianchini, founder and CEO of Mightybell

9. Speaker Jared Kleinert, Micaela Chapa and Patrick Lung during the session ‘How
Millennials are remaking the world’

10. Steve Jurvetson giving the keynote address ‘Forging the future how technology disrupts everything’

11. William Crossman during the session ‘Trends and struggles in education: The next 10 years and beyond’

12. Micaela Ziv during the session ‘Trends and struggles in education: The next 10 years and beyond’

13. Arthur Shostak during the session ‘Trends and struggles in education: The next 10 years and beyond’

14. Katherine Prince from KnowledgeWorks during the session
‘Designing the Future: Cultivating the learning’

15. Jason Swanson from KnowledgeWorks during their session
‘Designing the Future: Cultivating the learning’

16. Resources provided by KnowledgeWorks’ Katherine Prince and Jason Swanson
during their session ‘Designing the Future: Cultivating the learning’

17. Elena Diryugina during her session ‘Foresight thinking as a part of an innovator’s education’

18. Speaker Andrew Trabulsi during the session ‘Warlords, Inc.’

19. Speaker Nancy Murphy and Peter Schwartz during the session
‘Conversation 1950-2015: A century of creating’

20. Speaker Peter Schwartz with Wendy, Sun and Hannah after Peter’s session
‘Conversation 1950-2015: A century of creating’

21. Speaker Wendy McGuinness during the session ‘Building a Talent Based Economy in New Zealand’

22. Speaker Wendy McGuinness during the session ‘Building a Talent Based Economy in New Zealand’

23. Speaker Wendy McGuinness during the session ‘Building a Talent Based Economy in New Zealand’

24. Speaker Hannah Steiner during the session ‘Building a Talent Based Economy in New Zealand’

25. Nanette Connelly-Sistovaris during the session ‘Global
Corporation: New emerging challenges’

26. Christopher Cordey during the session ‘Global Corporation:
New emerging challenges’

27. Michael Marien and David Harries answer questions during their
session ‘WFS 2.0 Bridging the Techie, Greenie and Grumpie Gaps’

28. Conference programme and name tag

29. A conference attendee reading the EmpowerNZ Draft Constitution
booklet in the WFS Conference book shop

30. WFS Conference 2015 - What excites you the most about the future?

31. WFS Conference 2015 - What excites you the most about the future?

32. WFS Conference 2015 - What makes you the most anxious about the future?

33. WFS Conference 2015 - What makes you the most anxious about the future?