UNESCO Chair in Anticipatory Systems and Futures Research Director at the Digital Education Futures Initiative (DEFI, Cambridge)

Dr. Abu Sitta is a UNESCO Chair in Anticipatory Systems and an expert in Strategic Thinking and Complexity Management. He is currently Futures Research Director at Digital Education Futures Initiative (DEFI) in the University of Cambridge. He has more than 30 years of experience in Scenario Planning, Strategic Planning, Project Management, and Operational Excellence Management. Dr. Abu Sitta’s foresight research studies have been translated into various languages including Spanish, French, and Arabic, and have been adopted by various governments and corporations globally.

Dr. Abu Sitta is an advocate for promoting futures literacy as a method for accelerating innovation and building resilient nations. He is a founding member of the Center for Future Studies at the University of Dubai and an adjunct professor in the Master of Professional Studies – Foresight Program at the Rochester Institute of Technology.

Dr. Abu Sitta holds a Master of Science in Foresight from the University of Houston and a PhD from the University of Bath.