Beyond 2020 : Future Trends

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Beyond 2020 Future Trends MidWest
MidWest Economic Summit 2007
8th November 2007 No Limits

Geraldton WA

• Annimac Anni Macbeth
• Futurist Trend
  Forecaster
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  www.annimac.com.au

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History is the earths
early warning system.
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Future speed of change

• Future is here Now
• Trends forecast 15 years ago
• Digital
• Quantum probabilities
• Internet Virtual reality
• Post Oil energy
• Global community

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Future nature of change in MidWest

• MidWest multi worlds
• History continuing
• Newly existent
• Coming trends

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MidWest Multi Worlds

• 1. History Continuing
• Big Biz Brit USA driven
• Big Government Cwlth State led
• Institutional leadership
• Govt Professions Unions
• Traditional rural agribiz Family
• Broad acre Govt Mktg Boards

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MidWest Multi Worlds

• 2. Newly Existent
• Big Biz global Asia
• Govt State Regional
• Industry leadership consumers
• Agribiz corporate farms specific
  products international markets

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MidWest Multi Worlds

• 3. Coming Trends
• Small Med Biz - services tourism
  
• Grass roots local Government
• Consumer leadership global
• Redefining Agribiz niche crops
  green local markets

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MidWest Multi Worlds

• Generational Trends impacting all
• Boomers 45-60 continuers
• Gen X 30-45 new existers
• DotComs Gen Y 15-30 comers
• Ferals lt 15 virtual

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Generational Differences

• Younger means
• f a s t e r thinking communicating
• Technophiles / prefering virtual
• Social group oriented / less pairing off
• Own journey / less team playing
• Multi careers / less employer loyalty
• Planetists - global citizens / less
  local or national identity

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• Future beyond 2020 - we know this
• Climate changes hotter rising seas
  .5m - coastal tropical inland drier
• Energy changes costly O G - more
  passive solar wind qeothermal
• - more local biz for local
  markets
• - greater regional self
  sufficiency
• Global community stronger
• - Virtual world increasing role
  over 3D
• Young creating sustainable systems

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Tent City Paris
www.theparisblog.com/2007/10/25/tent-city/
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Ministry of Emergency Housing Paris
(squatters)
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• Future beyond 2020
• Increased economic growth
• - resources 55 b new NW
  contracts - tourism eco tourism
• - education training
• - SMEs to service growth
• MidWest as Place to Live -
  seachangers cubbies boomagers
• - employees
• - internationals - clean green
  environment
• - economically attractive

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• Future beyond 2020 - maybe
• Power of Big Biz
• - decreasing - dont know how
  fast ?
• - consumer power - how fast
• - shift to Australiasia - how fast
• - Confucian or Economic Rationalism
  
• Governance - which two tiers
  Cmwlth Regl Local
• - instant referenda - how soon
• - global influence - green - how
  soon

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• Future beyond 2020 - maybe
• Leadership
• - QBL driven - dont know how
  fast ?
• - immediate relevancy - how
  soon
• - global individuals - how soon
• - Local vs Regional vs Global focus
  
• Rural - Corporate farms - how soon
  go green
• - family farming - lifestyle
  choice - when
• - land rights - global morality -
  how soon

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• MidWests Future ?

Amazing !

Just do it right, now
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Planning for future of MidWest
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