David Beurle is CEO of Future iQ. He is regarded as a world-renowned expert on future thinking and urban, community, regional and organisational economic revitalisation. He has also been noted as being one of the leading 'Future Thinkers' globally. His work extends from the local and regional, through to Corporate and Governmental levels with a focus on ‘future thinking’ and long term planning. He specialises in creating innovative future planning approaches for use in regional and organisational settings. David developed the ground breaking Future Game as a widely used planning and workshop tool, which has been successfully used across the world in community, regional, industry, corporate and governmental settings. He pioneered the application of Scenario Planning to regions and rural industries around the world. Having worked in the field of regional and community planning/ revitalisation for over 20 years, David has been called a leader in the field of regional and organisational development. He has led over 400 community visioning sessions across North America, Australia and Europe and has been invited to provide numerous keynote addresses and workshop presentations across the globe.David has worked in the remotest parts of Australia through to working at the highest levels of Government, with eight years as the ‘right-hand man’ to a senior Australian Cabinet Minster; the Western Australian Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries. He has held positions on the Board of the Western Australian Community Foundation, and has a B.Sc in Agriculture degree from Sydney University.