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Kea Speaker Series: Navigating the next decade. Anna Fifield in conversation with Roger Dennis & Reuben Steff
While much of the global commentary right now is about risk, what if the world is actually at the start of a supercycle of growth?
Anna Fifield (award-winning journalist) explores this contrary view with Roger Dennis (futurist) and Reuben Steff (academic and former diplomat). The conversation will traverse geopolitics, opportunities, and how Kiwis abroad – and New Zealand as a nation – could thrive in volatility.
A frank and thought-provoking 45 minutes on the forces shaping the next decade, and what to do about them.
When:
- US West Coast (PDT): Sunday 19 July, 1pm
- US East Coast (EDT): Sunday 19 July, 4pm
- Central Europe (CEST): Sunday 19 July, 10pm
- UK (BST): Sunday 19 July, 9pm
- New Zealand (NZST): Monday 20 July, 8am
Where: Zoom Webinar (online). The session is recorded and shared afterwards.
Anna Fifield was a foreign correspondent for the Financial Times and the Washington Post for 20 years, and is now writing about the world for a New Zealand audience on Substack. She is also a non-resident fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Roger Dennis advises boards and CEOs on the strategic implications of a fast-changing world, with a focus on the long-term interactions between complex systems. In 2015 he led a team that spent four months analysing the impact of a global pandemic on supply chains. His work has been published in Scientific American and Knowledge at Wharton.
Reuben Steff is an Associate Professor at Mendel University in the Czech Republic, researching US-China competition, Indo-Pacific and European geopolitics, and small-state strategy. A former New Zealand foreign ministry official, he is the author of five books, most recently New Zealand’s Geopolitics and the US-China Competition (2025).
Kea is the global community of Kiwis. Wherever they are in the world, we help them stay connected, to each other and to home, and put their skills, experience and goodwill to work for New Zealand.
Kea Speaker Series: Navigating the next decade. Anna Fifield in conversation with Roger Dennis & Reuben Steff
TIME & DATE
Monday, July 20, 2026 to Monday July 20, 20268:00 am
LOCATION
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FreeWhile much of the global commentary right now is about risk, what if the world is actually at the start of a supercycle of growth?
Anna Fifield (award-winning journalist) explores this contrary view with Roger Dennis (futurist) and Reuben Steff (academic and former diplomat). The conversation will traverse geopolitics, opportunities, and how Kiwis abroad – and New Zealand as a nation – could thrive in volatility.
A frank and thought-provoking 45 minutes on the forces shaping the next decade, and what to do about them.
When:
- US West Coast (PDT): Sunday 19 July, 1pm
- US East Coast (EDT): Sunday 19 July, 4pm
- Central Europe (CEST): Sunday 19 July, 10pm
- UK (BST): Sunday 19 July, 9pm
- New Zealand (NZST): Monday 20 July, 8am
Where: Zoom Webinar (online). The session is recorded and shared afterwards.
Anna Fifield was a foreign correspondent for the Financial Times and the Washington Post for 20 years, and is now writing about the world for a New Zealand audience on Substack. She is also a non-resident fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Roger Dennis advises boards and CEOs on the strategic implications of a fast-changing world, with a focus on the long-term interactions between complex systems. In 2015 he led a team that spent four months analysing the impact of a global pandemic on supply chains. His work has been published in Scientific American and Knowledge at Wharton.
Reuben Steff is an Associate Professor at Mendel University in the Czech Republic, researching US-China competition, Indo-Pacific and European geopolitics, and small-state strategy. A former New Zealand foreign ministry official, he is the author of five books, most recently New Zealand’s Geopolitics and the US-China Competition (2025).
Kea is the global community of Kiwis. Wherever they are in the world, we help them stay connected, to each other and to home, and put their skills, experience and goodwill to work for New Zealand.
