talks@stellenboschuni

Interview with  Priscah Mufunde — Co-Founder & Non-Executive Director, The Maker Club

Interview with Adam Gordon — Faculty Academic, Aarhus University; UNESCO Chair in Anticipatory Leadership & Futures Capabilities

Interview with Andre Roux — Programme Head: Futures Studies, Stellenbosch Business School; Economist; former Director, IFR

Interview with Derek Woodgate — Futurist; President, The Futures Lab

Interview with Gabriele Rizzo — Executive Partner at Longviews

Interview with Jan Berger — Founder & CEO, Themis Foresight; President, World Futures Studies Federation

n this episode, Natasha Alexander, member of the IFR Scan team and Chief Product Owner responsible for delivering on Finance Transformation Initiatives at Santam Insurance and Rianne van Vuuren, member of the IFR Scan team and futurist specialising in global security futures as well as African Futures at Aquilo Forecasting, share more about their about two urgent, intersecting trends that are reshaping the future of work. “The Newest Addition to the Gig Economy: The Fractional Executive” examines the rise of experienced professionals who are rejecting traditional full-time roles in favour of flexible, high-impact positions across multiple companies and “The Coming White-Collar Bloodbath”, which confronts the rapid ascent of AI agents.

In this episode, of ‘Beyond the Scan’ members of the IFR Scan team – Alison McKie, an Operational Futurist, Tourism Strategist and Change Architect with deep foresight expertise  and Caroline Halton, a strategist and writer with over 30 years of experience in corporate and agency communications, who now consults primarily in the food and education sectors, share more about their thought-provoking pieces from the latest SCAN@IFR: From Venice Canals to Global Governance and The Rise of Social Media Influencers as a Future of Authority.

In this episode, of ‘Beyond the Scan’ member of the IFR Scan team – foresight and risk professional and Head of Risk and Advisory at Simah Risk Advisors, Claude Hamman, share more about two of his thought-provoking pieces from the latest SCAN@IFR: Insuring the Algorithm: The Rise of AI-Driven Loss Coverage, and Going Ten Rounds with Uncertainty.

In this episode, of ‘Beyond the Scan’ member of the IFR Scan team – futurist and journalist Cara Bouwer share more about two of her thought-provoking pieces from the latest SCAN@IFR: Digital Identities, Deepfakes and Disillusionment, how AI driven identity fraud is reshaping our relationship with digital trust and Militarising Dolphin AI, exploring how AI could open up new frontiers and risks in human animal communication.