View the recording

Thanks to everyone who attended the second event in our Kitchener 2051 Speaker Series, with Helen Kerr, an educator and leading Canadian foresight practitioner. The video recording of her talk is now available.

Special guest speaker: Helen Kerr

Join us at the second thought-provoking Kitchener 2051 Speaker Series event featuring Helen Kerr, an educator, leading Canadian foresight practitioner, and co-president of KerrSmith Design. Helen is one of the great design minds of Canada who brings together design thinking and future perspectives to look at and use ideas about the future to help us anticipate and better prepare for change and disruption.

Free to attend. No pre-registration is needed.

Drop-in activity

Following the speaker event, you are invited to take part in drop-in activities from 2 to 5 p.m. Take part in conversations and interactive activities about how and where Kitchener can grow into the future. We'll share new approaches to growth and will ask you to balance different trade-offs while thinking about the City’s future. There will be refreshments and children’s activities available.

You do not need to attend Helen Kerr's presentation to attend the drop-in activities.

Event schedule

1 to 2 p.m. Speaker event

2 to 5 p.m. Drop-in

Can't make it in-person?

Online activities will launch on the Kitchener 2051 webpage later this month, which will mirror the format of the in-person event. In addition, we'll share a recording of the speaker session on this page once available.