WE SURVIVED THE APOCALYPSE!!!... Now what?

This workshop takes participants through a post-crisis timeline in which the decisions and actions taken today will impact scenarios tomorrow.  This is an interdisciplinary exploration of how a civilized society might thrive, or fail to survive, after a potential infrastructure collapse. While the scenario uses metaphor for engagement (the zombies), it is inspired by a combination of real-world events involving public health, national security, and public resources (e.g. transportation, supply chain, cyber/information). Nested in this fictional storyline, participants will establish needed resources, skills, and new social norms and by doing so, these participants will create the world that next year's I/ITSEC participants inherit.  Participant groups will represent various perspectives as they try to transition from "survival" to recovery and (hopefully) "thriving". While the storyline is fantastic, the scenarios pose challenges that call for real decision-making strategies, negotiation skills, and short-/long-term planning; the scenarios demand the same types of skills as actual recovery requires.    This is intended to be a multi-year exploration with the results of the previous year feeding a paper for the next year, and a workshop that starts where the previous year’s workshop ends pursuing a stable and sustainable future. The immediate and longitudinal data from this format will provide insights into tacit knowledge involved in complex team problem-solving.  Come for the fun; learn from the insights!

You may have outlived the zombies, but can you thrive with whatever unfolds next?

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