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Join a FAN special session on harnessing the power of “futures thinking” and civic imagination with Lisa Kay Solomon, Futurist in Residence at Stanford University’s d.school. Drawing from her bestselling book Moments of Impact: How to Design Strategic Conversation that Accelerate Change, popular classes like “Inventing the Future,” and award-winning civic initiatives such as The Futures Happening and The Team’s civic tailgating program for student athletes, Solomon will share creative strategies to foster imaginative, joyful, and resilient cultures in our schools, communities, and families.

Solomon will be in conversation with Liz Gerber, a professor of mechanical engineering at Northwestern University, co-director of Northwestern’s Center for Human Computer Interaction + Design, and faculty founder of Design for America.