Catalyzing Rapid Social Transformation – Agenda

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e-Roundtable on Catalyzing Rapid Social Transformation

9 March 2020听

Co-convened by

  • Club of Rome Project on Emerging New Civilization Initiative (ENCI)
  • WAAS-UN Project on Global Leadership in the 21st C. (GL-21) and Future Capital Initiative (FCI)

Agenda

This agenda describes Part I of an online roundtable to discuss topics included in the Dubrovnik Roundtable听originally scheduled on March 8 evening to March 11 afternoon and subsequently postponed due to the听Corona Virus threat. A second online meeting, Part II, has also been proposed to cover other topics of the听original agenda. A final scheduling will take place after assessment of the first online meeting.

Monday 9th — (all times are Central European Time, GMT +1)
11:00 CET Plenary Session 1:
Welcome by CoR and WAAS 鈥� Sandrine Dixson-Decl猫ve, Garry Jacobs, Mamphela Ramphele
11:10 Setting the scene for 鈥淟eading transformative pathways towards a听regenerative civilization鈥� 鈥� presenter Petra Kuenkel
11:20 Making Social Transformations Happen: Catalytic Leadership 鈥� WAAS UNOG听Project 鈥� presenters David Chikvaidze and Garry Jacobs
11:30 Transformation barometer: What is happening already that鈥檚 moving in听the right direction? 鈥� moderator Petra Kuenkel
Large group dialogue and capturing emerging preliminary insights
12:00 Examples of pathways to transformations (5 min each)

  • Economy 鈥� presenter Sandrine Dixson-Decl猫ve
  • Ecology 鈥� presenter听Kristin Vala Ragnarsdottir
  • Social 鈥� presenter Thomas Reuter
12:20 Breakout Session 1:
Economic, Ecological & Social Transformations (5 min each)

  • Economy 鈥� moderator Sandrine Dixson-Decl猫ve
  • Ecology 鈥� moderator Kristin Vala Ragnarsdottir
  • Social 鈥� moderator Donato Kiniger-Passigli

Discussion on the following questions:

  • At which level do they take place (local, national and global level)?
  • Who is involved? What is the role of government, media, arts,听measurement, social movements, civil society organizations, universities,听academies and other agencies and instruments of change?
  • How do they happen? Which, strategies, emerging processes or听methodologies are applied (consciously or unconsciously)?

Capture emerging insights in one slide
13:00 Lunch 鈥� (Rapporteurs prepare presentations to report back)
14:00 Plenary Session 2:
Reports on the break-out session to plenary (5 min for each group)
14:20 Historical experiences of social transformations 鈥� moderator Garry Jacobs
Inspirational Input about past transformations: (5 min each)

  • Overcoming Apartheid 鈥� presenter Mamphela Ramphele
  • Democratization in Eastern Europe 鈥� presenter Mila Popovich
  • German Energy Transition 鈥� presenter Ernst von Weizs盲cker

Plenary group discussion — other examples of systems transformations, how听they emerged or were brought about.
15:00 Breakout Session 2:
Insights from social transformations of the past

  • Ecological transformations 鈥� moderator Carlos Alvarez-Periera
  • Political transformations 鈥� moderator Yi-Heng Cheng
  • Social transformations 鈥� moderator Alberto Zucconi

Choose one of the deep dives. Discuss responses to the following questions:

  • How did these systems transformations happen? Which pathways,听approaches, strategies, emerging processes or methodologies furthered听these transformations?
  • What was catalyzing the transformations? Which forms of leadership听was catalytic?
  • What can we learn from them?

Capture emerging insights in one slide
16:00 Coffee Break — (Rapporteurs prepare presentations to report back)
17:00 Plenary Session 3
Breakout session reports back to plenary (max 5 minutes for each group)
17:20 Large group dialogue: Consolidation of insights from past and present听transformative pathways 鈥� How to make things work? Moderator 笔别迟谤补听碍耻别苍办别濒

  • How are past and present pathways connected?
  • How can we help make them successful?
  • What are the principles behind transformative pathways?
  • How could we build on them, scale and make them more effective?
17.45 Final reflections
Insights relevant to the main programs of COR and WAAS听鈥� moderators Carlos Alvarez-Periera and Donato Kiniger-Passigli
End of the Meeting — End of Part 1 Social Transformation Roundtable