11:30 am

Guest Arrival & Networking Lunch

12:30 pm

Welcome to the AEDA Leaders Forum 2026 – Rebecca Morse, MC

Welcome to Country – Aunty Rosalind Coleman

12:50 pm

AEDA Welcome Address – Steve Maras, Chair, AEDA

12:55 pm

Partner Address – Professor Jessica Gallagher, Adelaide University

1:04 pm

International Keynote – Dexter Docherty, International Foresight Expert

1:25 pm

Shaping Adelaide’s Next Decade – Professor Ariella Helfgott, SA Futures Agency

• Movement 1: Foresight Framing
• Movement 2: Participatory Scanning & Scenario Engagement
• Live Synthesis & Critical Uncertainties
• Scenario Development

3:00 pm

Afternoon Tea

3:30 pm

Shaping Adelaide’s Next Decade – Continued

• Movement 3: Plenary Synthesis
• Movement 4: Normative Visioning
• Guided Reflection & Individual Writing
• Table-Based Visioning
• Plenary Vision Synthesis
• Strategic Reflections & Close

4:50 pm

Closing Remarks – Rebecca Morse, MC

4:52 pm

Closing Address – Andrew White, Acting General Manager, AEDA

4:55 pm

Networking Drinks & Canapés – Quartet Bar

6:00 pm

Event Concludes