LKY CIC Brown Bag Lunchtime Talk: “Future-Ready Urban and National Food Systems in an Era of Polycrisis”
LKY CIC Brown Bag Lunchtime Talk: “Future-Ready Urban and National Food Systems in an Era of Polycrisis”
Synopsis
Using the conceptual frame of the “polycrisis”, we will harness foresight methodologies to look over the horizon at emerging issues and the discontinuities, challenges, opportunities, and scenarios they pose for food security – with a focus on implications for cities and countries across Asia.
Looking at both current benchmarks and future visions, how may we transform our food systems to be future-ready in the face of a range of potential tomorrows? As potential building blocks, the session will discuss a range of interlinked policy, technological, cross-stakeholder, and multilateral approaches, concluding with notions/provocations on Singapore’s potential role in the wider regional an systemic futureS of food.
Speaker
MR LUKE TAY leads Cornucopia, a globally-oriented foresight and strategy practice with a focus on scenarios and emerging issues in food security, sustainability, technology, and geopolitics. He advises corporates, institutions, governments, and international organisations on future-ready strategies initiatives in the food sector and beyond. Themes of interest include design, infrastructure and technology enablers for urban, national, and regional food system transformation; ESG in agrifood; and fostering active and informed “food citizenship”. Before founding Cornucopia, Luke served for two decades in general management and leadership roles in the agrifood and transport spheres of the Singapore public service. A historian and political scientist, Luke graduated summa cum laude (BA, MA) from the University of Pennsylvania.
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