October 27, 2026  3:15 PM EDT – 4:45 PM EDT

Workshop - The future comes at you fast

Mike Tyson famously said, "everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face." In this interactive, turn-based simulation, FWD50 Co-chairs Alistair Croll and Hillary Hartley lead executives on a planning exercise where budget decisions made early on impact how government departments respond to unfolding events. How can you build contingencies for an unknowable future? How do you justify pre-emptive spending for things that may never happen? And how do stakeholders negotiate the trade-off between preparation and delivery?

FWD50 Co-Chair / Founder
OpenPublic
Co-founder & Chair
FWD50