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Plenary Session: Shaping the Future of Science Centres and Museums

The Impact of Global Trends and Demographics

9.00 - 10.30 Tuesday 12 February 2002, Royal Theatre

Chair

Walter Witschey, ASTC President and Director, Science Museum of Virginia, USA.

Plenary Address

Annie Macbeth

Annie is an Australian futurist. Click the photo to start the webcast. Movie requires the free Flash Player .

Annie Macbeth, Futurist and Principal, Annimac Consultants, Australia.

In our post-industrial world driven by technology and globalisation, three strong trends are signposting our future: a consumer, not product, driven global economy; a knowledge driven shift of values and attitudes; and a global trade power shift from America/Europe. The economic and cultural survival of science centres is therefore conditional.

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