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Foresight and strategic design | Previously @arup, @gensler_design and @burohappold | Co-founder @spacevizninja

London
Joined January 2010
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Alexander Alexiou retweeted
Thanks to #EHFG2023 for hosting an amazing session on how #foresight can support #pandemic preparedness. ➡️Have a look at our latest @WHO report pandemic-foresight.who.int/p… @ECDC_EU @SCBriand @nikkishindo @Laeti_Sieffert @hess_se @AlexInCities @MarieAngeW
#ECDC Director Andrea Ammon closing the #EHFG2023 session on strategic foresight: What should we prepare for? We don't have a crystal ball, but we have tools such as strategic foresight that may could help. We will make no progress if we don't learn from the lessons of the past.
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Alexander Alexiou retweeted
Women make up half the global population, but cities have not been designed with them in mind. As rapid urbanisation continues, there is an urgent need to change that. @Scandiracci wrote for @Dezeen on how we can create cities that are more inclusive: bit.ly/3Yyt8Q2
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Performed some dance moves this morning in Edinburgh for #TeamSaltire researchers. Also talked about futures, trends and world building.
Our #TeamSaltire emerging researchers immersing themselves in foresight and future thinking with Arup Foresight Strategist Alex Alexiou
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Alexander Alexiou retweeted
I have a new essay ‘The Imagination Machine’ out in Perspecta 54 from the Yale Architecture Journal. The essay brings together themes around hype, expectation, science ficiton and computer graphics to examine the ’semi-autonomous industrial future image' tobiasrevell.com/The-Imagina…
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Alexander Alexiou retweeted
🚨WANTED: 3D artist with experience to collaborate on VR project prototype. Skills: Asset production (organic modelling) 3d animation Experience working with AR/VR apps/games Experience working with Version control (GIThub or other)
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Great to have @kaavepour visit @ArupGroup last night for Futures x Design hosted and organised by @AlexInCities and @mallydabrowska. Amazing to hear about the life and mission of @space10_journal and discuss design, futures and change.
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Excited to welcome @ucl MSc Learning Environments students to @ArupGroup to talk about foresight and the futures of HE. @AlexInCities MCing.
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What would be practical recommendations to improve #pandemic preparedness? Join us at 12.00 CET on 10 December to hear the recommendations from the infectious hazards #foresight initiative. Register for free: bit.ly/3rOqzwy
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Alexander Alexiou retweeted
What would be practical recommendations to improve #pandemic preparedness? Join us at 12.00 CET on 10 December to hear the recommendations from the infectious hazards #foresight initiative. Register for free: bit.ly/3rOqzwy
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Alexander Alexiou retweeted
woah. anyone checked in with this guy lately?
Some predictions on the future of computing from 1999: (8 years before the iPhone release)
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Alexander Alexiou retweeted
Better access, better sharing, better collaboration =solutions for future pandemics
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Trust is everything. It is also about adapting science so that people can act upon. @DrMikeRyan @WHO @supriyabez @arupforesight
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Alexander Alexiou retweeted
We have started the global dialogue on #covidscenario. @arupforesight @theAliceRoberts
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Join us for our 1st public roundtable event with the @WHO to explore the future of the #COVID19 pandemic and other infectious threats and discuss implications, risks, opportunities and actions for strategic collaboration. Watch live here: youtu.be/Z0OaNAYKpAQ @arupforesight
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What does the future hold? Join us tomorrow morning for a discussion of different future pandemic scenarios - in a panel event for @WHO @DrTedros @DrMikeRyan @SCBriand @OwenTUC @Bongi_ndi @RenzArgao #COVIDscenarios, #pandemicpreparedness #WHOforesight who.int/news-room/events/det…
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