Noah Raford is the Co-Founder and CEO of Futurescaper.com, a crowd-sourced scenario planning start-up based in London and Dubai. With a background in design and public policy, Noah is exploring new ways of engaging people that help create positive momentum around complex, messy challenges. He has a PhD in crowdsourcing for public policy, is a semi-retired techno DJ, and blogs on 21st Century approaches to strategy, policy and design. At Lift13, Noah will speak about "New Frontiers of Futures Research", providing insights and tools on how to explore and prepare for the future, be it as an organization or an individual.