Symposium Goals

Participants of the symposium, after having participated in the plenary sessions and the StoryTech scenario planning, will have:

• Enhanced their understanding of the complexity of the challenges
and opportunities that face those working in international
development

• Increased their understanding of new and emerging technologies
and the possible applications for those technologies

• Gained an understanding of the power and utility of decision-making
software on complex development issues

• Developed an understanding for StoryTech scenario planning, how
and when it may be an effective tool

• Generated their own StoryTechs with a vision for how to apply
emerging technology to their own development context

• Engaged in global conversations about development issues that
concern them

• Developed networks of professionals across sectors and regions