The IPCSA Foresight initiative aims to assess potential future scenarios and develop a framework to guide IPCSA member organisations in the years ahead. The inaugural two-day workshop took place in Dubai, generously sponsored by IPCSA member Kale Logistics Solutions. The sessions focused on understanding the dynamics of change, identifying critical issues, and evaluating high-impact uncertainties. This initiative seeks to explore the future landscape of Port Community Systems (PCS) and Single Windows (SW), with a vision extending to the year 2040. Facilitator Will Sambrook from Akenham opened the discussions by emphasizing the importance of exploration and preparation: “We cannot predict the future, but we can explore, anticipate, and prepare. We certainly can’t predict the future of PCS and SW. Instead, we have to think about what futures might exist, then we can think about what role PCS operators might play in those scenarios.”
The report on the workshop can be downloaded here: Foresight workshop Dubai – Report.
Please distribute this summary as widely as possible within the IPCSA Community and your organisations to raise awareness of the importance of the foresight exercise for the PCS world.
The workshop photo gallery and presentation are available on IPCSA Community at: IPCSA Community