Pre-conference Session, 13 May 2025: Leadership Forum
Leadership Forum invites leaders in advancement to come together and explore the future of advancement through a futures thinking and foresight workshop. This Forum will invite leaders to consider the emerging trends and forces that can influence or impact educational institutions and their advancement strategies. It considers how technological, economic, political, social and structural forces have caused shifts in people’s approaches towards advancement. Leaders will be introduced to a series of futures tools to identify driving forces that influence advancement and will be taken through tools in scenario and strategic planning to identify strategies to build short and long term plans for their institution’s advancement.
At the end of the session, participants will:
- Consider critically and determine driving forces and factors that influence advancement initiatives through futures thinking
- Construct scenarios that can be used to develop and implement initiatives and strategies to develop advancement in their institutions
- Network and exchange ideas in experiences and strategies in advancement with other leaders
Lead Facilitator
Cheryl Chung
Cheryl Chung is the Founder and CEO of Tent Futures, a strategic foresight research, advisory and training practice focused on building long-term public good. Cheryl is concurrently the Senior Director, Insights and Strategy, at The Majurity Trust, a philanthropic organisation that works with donors and social impact partners to build a thriving and sustainable community for all in Singapore.
A seasoned public sector futurist, Cheryl has two decades of experience working with senior decision makers in Singapore and the region to identify trends, understand policy implications, create alternative scenarios and develop strategies to prepare for the future. She is an experienced and sought-after practitioner, educator, coach and speaker across the public, private, people and academic sectors.
Cheryl was most recently the Head of Singapore for Kantar Public, a specialist research, evidence and advisory business focussed on the public realm. She joined Kantar Public from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy where she led strategic planning and government relations, and then the Programme Director for Executive Education Singapore Futures, overseeing the Singapore and Open Enrolment markets, as well as establishing the School’s Futures training and consulting practice.
She spent the majority of her career in the Singapore Government, working across policy, strategy, and futurist roles in various economic and infrastructure agencies, including the Ministry of Trade and Industry, the Centre for Strategic Futures (under the Prime Minister’s Office), and the Ministry of Transport.
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Room: Garden Room, 2F
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM UTC +8
Registrations
Garden Room Foyer, 2F
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM UTC +8
Welcome and Introduction
Garden Room A+B, 2F
9:15 AM – 10:30 AM UTC +8
Introduction to Futures Thinking
Garden Room A+B, 2F
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM UTC+8
Refreshment Break
Garden Room Foyer, 2F
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM UTC+8
Trends Analysis and Horizon Scanning
Garden Room A+B, 2F
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM UTC+8
Networking Lunch
Garden Room Foyer, 2F
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM UTC+8
Futures Triangle
Garden Room A+B, 2F
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM UTC+8
Refreshment Break
Garden Room Foyer, 2F
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM UTC+8
Scenario Building and Archetype Development
Garden Room A+B, 2F
5:00 PM UTC+8
Programme Conclude
6:00 PM UTC+8
Welcome Reception
Grand Ballroom, 2F
