Catalyzing Rapid Social Transformation - Agenda - World Academy of Art and Science

e-Roundtable on Catalyzing Rapid Social Transformation

9 March 2020

Co-convened by

Club of Rome Project on Emerging New Civilization Initiative (ENCI)
WAAS-UN Project on Global Leadership in the 21^st 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 originally scheduled on March 8 evening to March 11 afternoon and subsequently postponed due to the Corona Virus threat. A second online meeting, Part II, has also been proposed to cover other topics of the 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 – Sandrine Dixson-Declève, Garry Jacobs, Mamphela Ramphele
11:10	Setting the scene for “Leading transformative pathways towards a regenerative civilization” – presenter Petra Kuenkel
11:20	Making Social Transformations Happen: Catalytic Leadership – WAAS UNOG Project – presenters David Chikvaidze and Garry Jacobs
11:30	Transformation barometer: What is happening already that’s moving in the right direction? – moderator Petra Kuenkel Large group dialogue and capturing emerging preliminary insights
12:00	Examples of pathways to transformations (5 min each) Economy – presenter Sandrine Dixson-Declève Ecology – presenter Kristin Vala Ragnarsdottir Social – presenter Thomas Reuter
12:20	Breakout Session 1: Economic, Ecological & Social Transformations (5 min each) Economy – moderator Sandrine Dixson-Declève Ecology – moderator Kristin Vala Ragnarsdottir Social – 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, measurement, social movements, civil society organizations, universities, academies and other agencies and instruments of change? How do they happen? Which, strategies, emerging processes or methodologies are applied (consciously or unconsciously)? Capture emerging insights in one slide
13:00	Lunch – (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 – moderator Garry Jacobs Inspirational Input about past transformations: (5 min each) Overcoming Apartheid – presenter Mamphela Ramphele Democratization in Eastern Europe – presenter Mila Popovich German Energy Transition – presenter Ernst von Weizsäcker Plenary group discussion — other examples of systems transformations, how they emerged or were brought about.
15:00	Breakout Session 2: Insights from social transformations of the past Ecological transformations – moderator Carlos Alvarez-Periera Political transformations – moderator Yi-Heng Cheng Social transformations – moderator Alberto Zucconi Choose one of the deep dives. Discuss responses to the following questions: How did these systems transformations happen? Which pathways, approaches, strategies, emerging processes or methodologies furthered these transformations? What was catalyzing the transformations? Which forms of leadership 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 transformative pathways – How to make things work? Moderator Petra Kuenkel 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 – moderators Carlos Alvarez-Periera and Donato Kiniger-Passigli End of the Meeting — End of Part 1 Social Transformation Roundtable