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| This cartoon is the result of a collaboration between Rafael Gallardo Arjonillo and Anne Fawcett. |
What will the world look like in 2031? Where will vets
fit in?
Here’s an opportunity to be part of shaping that future.
All you need to do is write or record a story. See the details below.
The Australasian Veterinary Boards Council is conducting
its biennial Education Forum on December 1 and 2 in Melbourne. This strategic
foresight forum aims to identify emerging issues and trends in veterinary
education that will impact on the registration and supply of veterinarians in
Australia and New Zealand.
The 2016 Forum (VET2031) will provide an opportunity for
veterinary schools, students, recent and longer term veterinary graduates, veterinary deans and other important
stakeholders to consider the direction
of veterinary education in the region, how it compares with trends
internationally, and how world’s best practice is achieved.
This year, AVBC is collaborating with the Veterinary
Schools of Australia and New Zealand (VSANZ) and a futurist, Paul Higgins to
look to the year 2031.
As part of that process we are looking for stories “from
the future of vets in 2031” to inform the participants in their deliberation of
what veterinary services and veterinary education might look like.
As an incentive for submitting a story the submitters of
the three best stories will be given the opportunity to participate in the
forum.
All you have to do if you wish to participate is to write
or tell a story from your future self in 2031.
We are looking for a half to one page written story or
2–3 minutes of video recorded on your phone.
If you are interested please send an email to the address
below and you will receive a prompting question and a file transfer link for
you to transfer your story to us. Please submit the story before 17th November.
Veterinary students: email Vets2031S@emergentfutures.com
If it is less than 5 years since you graduated: email
Vets2031R@emergentfutures.com
If it is more than 5 years since graduation: email
Vets2031@emergentfutures.com
Please note that while the story will not be available to
the general public it will be made available to the forum participants prior to
the forum, and during the forum itself.
