tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55997252011-11-10T09:55:27.909-08:00FORESIGHTAfter a brief description of what Fully-Fledged Foresight is, and how it builds on and goes beyond traditional futures and long-term forecasting work; this blog links to Foresight resources and debates online.Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comBlogger831100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-69874509824262600782011-11-10T09:55:00.000-08:002011-11-10T09:55:27.982-08:00UK academics now have to demonstrate the impact of their research beyond the academic community, including especially impact on decisions, policies, practice (beyond inspiring research!).
This is a little harder than anticipated, most particularly because the research could have been undertaken since 1995, but the impacts sought for, are since 2008. Nevertheless, Foresight research would be an Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-48833876075358873732011-10-10T04:06:00.000-07:002011-10-10T04:06:03.508-07:00
Strategic Foresight for Corporate and Regional Development
Michel Godet with Philippe Durance, 2011Editor : DUNOD - UNESCO - Fondation Prospective et Innovation Strategic Foresight for Corporate and Regional Development is the English version of the recently revised and enhanced French edition of La prospective stratégique pour les entreprises et les territoires by Michel Godet and Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-43891191917129313352011-03-13T13:19:00.000-07:002011-03-13T13:19:23.528-07:00Flood catastrophe exercise- remember the Foresight programme study of Flooding and Coastal Defence http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/mar/07/flood-catastrophe-exercise-watermark-emergency Flood catastrophe exercise to test Britain's emergency Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-89063919823756696912009-12-04T04:33:00.001-08:002009-12-04T04:33:27.824-08:00UK Horizon-Scanning publicationsWhat's New on the Foresight Websiteespecially -Guidance on analysing the future for policy development: The Foresight Horizon Scanning Centre has published a short guide outlining how futures techniques can be used for policy development.View the guidance document. New scenario guidance published Foresight's new guidance note for policymakers explains the nuts and bolts of a important futures Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-8293100090487211912009-11-23T07:48:00.000-08:002009-11-23T09:39:31.580-08:00European Research AreaThis account of the seminar on"How can forward looking activities support the European Research Area (ERA)?" held on 2 June 2009, Brussels, leads to a note that purports to be the Outcome of the seminar . (I say "purports", because I am aware that several participants do not sign up to everything in this note.) The note makes a peculiar point, to whit that:"• Forward Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-57807726867685604492009-11-11T09:56:00.000-08:002009-11-11T09:57:55.657-08:00Finnish/Japanese comparative Foresight studyTEKES PublicationsForesight for Our Future Society – Cooperative project between NISTEP (Japan) and Tekes (Finland) 242/2009This sort of work is all too rare!Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-17965478989302551882009-05-28T04:32:00.000-07:002009-05-28T04:36:30.055-07:00UK Parliament - POST publications - science policy 332 - Futures and Foresight PDF Document May 2009 Four page POSTnote: "In 2007, the Commons Public Administration Select Committee (PASC) suggested that Parliament strengthen its capacity to think ahead and engage with outside experts and the wider public. This POSTnote examines the key characteristics of futures work and its current use byIan Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-69852131810767927262008-12-07T09:28:00.000-08:002008-12-07T09:32:00.393-08:00civil society foresightPublic participation in decision-making - Third Sector ForesightNCVO website: lots of material on citizen engagementIan Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-29259430871278197552008-07-05T03:33:00.001-07:002008-07-05T03:33:46.414-07:00APEC Foresight Centre - lots of publications!Welcome to APEC Center for Technology Foresight, Bangkok, ThailandFree publications downloadable include: below.Introducing Foresight and The APEC Center for Technology ForesightFuture Fuel Technology - Summary ReportDNA-Analysis for Human Health in the Post-Genomic EraNanotechnology the technology for the 21st CenturyAPEC Technology Foresight in Thailand:- IT for Education- IT for SMEs (AbstractIan Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-16864735543949319012008-06-24T01:52:00.000-07:002008-06-24T01:55:17.938-07:00These are notes I put on the Foresight Network:Here are some sites that a little trawl (mainly of government) came up with - sorry, no time to enable hyperlinks, very rushed!): on horizon scanning in UK, the OSI/Foresight Unit is central: http://www.foresight.gov.uk/Horizon%20Scanning%20Centre/index.asp But also important is DEFRA: http://horizonscanning.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?menu=menu&Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-54898905752072562332008-05-22T15:28:00.001-07:002008-05-22T15:28:45.758-07:00Transport scenario planning toolsDepartment for Transport - Scenario Planning Toolkit "To help clarify some of the long term issues and to provide a context to support decision making, the Foresight Intelligent Infrastructure Systems (IIS) project produced four possible scenarios that explore uncertainties about the future of intelligent infrastructure systems: * future scientific capabilities * technological developmentsIan Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-76455036184976912282008-04-26T00:37:00.000-07:002008-04-26T00:42:52.987-07:00Martin Hilbert's materialMartin works in Latin America on the CEPAL Information Society programme, which used Delphi methods - POLICY DELPHI rather than conventional forecasts - to explore this topic.Publications and documentation (mostly in Spanish and Portuguese as far as I can see) are on the ELAC pages at CEPAL, but Martin has his own range of publications at pages such as: http://Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-49751969309217696492008-04-22T06:14:00.000-07:002008-04-22T06:34:32.047-07:00Technical Report on a Foresight Training Course"This report provides an overview of a methodological approach designed in two Modules tailored to increase the learning effect and awareness rising of Foresight in New Members States and Candidate Countries (NMS and CC). A better understanding on how to best transmit Foresight knowledge and which methodological approaches can effectively contribute Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-37141642693487650582008-04-15T02:16:00.001-07:002008-04-15T02:16:33.269-07:00OZ 2020major Foresight initiative?Australia 2020 - About the Summitlots of background papers available if you burrow down from themes."The Prime Minister of Australia Kevin Rudd will convene an Australia 2020 Summit at Parliament House on 19 and 20 April to help shape a long term strategy for the nation’s future. TheSummit will bring together some of the best and brightest brains Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-68960584125240890672008-04-15T01:58:00.001-07:002008-04-15T01:58:10.075-07:00cordis reportsCORDIS: Science and Technology Foresight "Foresight Reports ... relevant for both, policy-makers at all levels and the foresight research community at large, in order to exploit foresight knowledge produced in Europe and elsewhere. Outlook report "Europe in the global research landscape" (EUR 22956)The report presents an economic and prospective analysis on the consequences for Europe of an Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-44033429771183174592008-04-07T05:55:00.001-07:002008-04-07T05:55:42.780-07:00Foresight Handbook OUT Now!!shameless self promotion:Edward Elgar - The Handbook Of Technology Foresightpublished in UK, soon in US. Not cheap but what VFM!The Handbook Of Technology Foresight Concepts and PracticeIan Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-45125685999133019542008-04-01T03:28:00.001-07:002008-04-01T03:28:39.364-07:00delphi study of future professions"toni Ahlqvist" "Keys to futures" - Google Search [PDF]keys to future teksti.vpFile Format: PDF/Adobe AcrobatToni Ahlqvist. Keys to Futures. Societal Reflections on Developing Key Technologies. and Their Impacts on Human Qualifications ...julkaisurekisteri.ktm.fi/ktm_jur/ktmjur.nsf/All/FA80571EA0A6E94EC2256D630020BCEC/$file/tura10%20teoeng.pdf Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-76034489330834366672008-01-15T04:50:00.001-08:002008-01-15T04:50:30.576-08:00Reports of Expert Group on "Key Technologies for Europe"Technology-platforms: Reports of Expert Group on "Key Technologies for Europe" Reports of Expert Group on "Key Technologies for Europe" include:Towards a Sustainable Knowledge Society, (Final version, September 2005), Emilio Fontela. Agri-FoodIndustries & Rural Economies. Competitiveness & Sustainability:the Key Role of Knowledge. Liam Downey, June 2005. Biotechnology. Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-8654258168953255432007-10-31T03:08:00.001-07:002007-10-31T03:08:47.376-07:00A Foresight ManualInteractive tool developed from FORSOCIETY:Doing Foresight also available as a PDF.Powered by ScribeFire.Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-24320017167648565052007-10-17T01:29:00.001-07:002007-10-17T01:29:13.314-07:00OBESITY ForesightForesight - Tackling Obesities: Future ChoicesUK Foresight programme, Obesity project, launched today in the middle of major concern about the topic, thus getting a lot of media coverage.Powered by ScribeFire.Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-2684382329396044792007-03-22T04:22:00.001-07:002007-03-22T04:22:46.269-07:00world information society report 2006World information Society Report 2006 New Report Tracks Strong Gains in the Information Society WorldwideStrong gains have been achieved in digital opportunity around the world, according to a new report from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The World Information Society Report is part of ITU’s contribution to the 2006 session of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), whichIan Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-52002417669124813872007-03-09T10:01:00.001-08:002007-03-09T10:01:15.275-08:00a million change agentsTowards a Million Change Agents, a review of the social movements literature: implications for large scale change in the NHS 16 August 2004 Thisreview explores 'social movements' as a new way of thinking aboutlarge-scale systems change and assesses the potential contribution ofapplying this new perspective to NHS improvement.This review explores'social movements' as a new way of Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-50130633945459240152007-03-02T06:48:00.001-08:002007-03-02T06:48:52.363-08:00e-infrastructureForSociety :: Electronic Infrastructures: from ICT to collaborative science and innovation networkse-infrastructure is here a topic for a future dialogue and maybe in the future collaborative Foresight.powered by performancing firefoxIan Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1167740129511780262007-01-02T04:15:00.000-08:002007-01-02T04:15:29.600-08:00出版物This is one of the pages on China's Technology Foresight programme website, with some rare English language material, including a programme outline.Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1152188707593216342006-07-06T05:25:00.000-07:002006-07-06T05:25:07.653-07:00Defra, UK - Horizon ScanningDEFRA is in process of relaunching its Horizon Scanning Programme. Meanwhile a lot of material connected with this, and from the last cycle, is available here.Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1139480704470251062006-02-09T02:25:00.000-08:002006-02-09T02:25:07.130-08:00The FOR-LEARN Online Foresight Guide just what it says - partly an update and extension to the Guides that we've already published (Practical Guide, Knowledge Society Foresight Handbook, in hypertext form. Partly something new and different.Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1134385310525168772005-12-12T03:01:00.000-08:002005-12-12T03:01:50.560-08:00European Foresight Monitoring Network:
huge number of Foresight and similar initiatives on a database; briefs on specific topics; networking; events...
Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1125660554855678332005-09-02T04:29:00.000-07:002005-09-02T04:29:14.890-07:00Table of Contents APEC Guide to Strategic Planning - includes scanning, forecastihng, goal setting, monitoring, etc. Much on higher education use.Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1122678706124437512005-07-29T16:11:00.000-07:002005-07-29T16:11:46.160-07:00Brain Science and Drugs Project homepage: Uk Foresight storms heaven, and presents a fantastic range and variety of papers oncognition, drugs, testing and related topics - economic, ethical and other aspects. Note consultation approaches.Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1121083912218200802005-07-11T05:11:00.000-07:002005-07-11T05:11:52.266-07:00UNIDO - Foresight Training LOts of activities here. Recently published is this textbook:
UNIDO (ed) Technology Foresight for Organizers - TRAINING COURSE for Black Sea Economic Cooperation Countries and the Newly Independent States
Vienna: United Nations Industrial Scientific and Technical Research, and Development Organization Council Of Turkey
http://www.unido.org/file-storage/download/?Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1120224579913706432005-07-01T06:29:00.000-07:002005-07-01T06:29:39.943-07:00e-skills at Cedefop E-skills comference - includes Foresight Scenarios (of a sort)Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1118062155488832982005-06-06T05:49:00.000-07:002005-06-06T05:49:15.520-07:00Self-Rule This is the homepage for a network of research and capability building in Foresight for Latin America, partly financed through the EU's ALFA programme. The site is till under consruction, but looks beautiful, and already contains a good deal of material (currently mainly in English, it seems).Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1115139084668160112005-05-03T09:51:00.000-07:002005-05-03T09:51:24.666-07:00Futures of Europeans
Another Foresight blog, with some good material.
Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1108473861321472342005-02-15T05:24:00.000-08:002005-02-15T05:24:21.320-08:00Suomen itsen�isyyden juhlarahasto Sitra 7 publications from FINLAND 2015 are available in English here.Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1108466987042717682005-02-15T03:29:00.000-08:002005-02-15T03:29:47.043-08:00Norges forskningsr� Norway's Research Council has published this foresight study of aquaculture, from which:
"A broad-based project group comprising representatives from industry, research and the authorities was responsible for implementation of the process. All in all, more than 70 people took part in a systematic dialogue about the future. In the course of four sessions, a wide variety of Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1103192503481385292004-12-16T02:20:00.000-08:002004-12-16T02:22:47.416-08:00Paper on public participation in Tech Foresight
Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1102945067732381162004-12-13T05:37:00.000-08:002004-12-13T05:37:47.733-08:00The Arlington Institute
wild cards - introductory notesIan Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1102944209704276392004-12-13T05:23:00.000-08:002004-12-13T05:23:29.703-08:00Social Technologies : : Futures Consortium Their "Technology Foresight" page - other pages are interesting too - contains a series of "briefs" rathetr like the EMCC sector reviews, but focused on technologies and with longer horizons.Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1100685502343579092004-11-17T01:58:00.000-08:002004-11-17T01:58:22.343-08:00kovats.pdf (application/pdf Object) This is a UNIDO report, by ferenc Kovats, on Foresight for pre-accession countires - loks at Foresight in less industrialised countries and regions.
Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1096380415144286242004-09-28T07:06:00.000-07:002004-09-28T07:06:55.146-07:00PREST | Foresight and Futures | Euforia
All the reports for the EUFORIA project on Knowledge Society Foresight, in one conveneient place.
Never in the field of Knowledge Society Foresight was so much written by so few in so little time...Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1094832293011609872004-09-10T09:04:00.000-07:002004-09-10T09:04:53.010-07:00Framework - CBRN Research & Technology Initiative (CRTI): "Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Research & Technology Initiative (CRTI) represents the (Canadian) federal science community's response and commitment to providing sciience solutions to these issues. Through the creation of laboratory networks across the federal government that collaborate with industry, academia and first Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1093945820950180162004-08-31T02:50:00.000-07:002004-08-31T02:50:20.950-07:00Entrepreneurial Foresight Network
Mostly in English, some in Latvian. Dr Puga is also involved in
an international conference: Knowledge Society and
Implementation of the Lisbon Strategy in Europe and
Latvia to be held in Riga (October 14 - 15, 2004).
http://www.lba.lv/conference2004/indexen.php Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1091786153978400402004-08-06T02:55:00.000-07:002004-08-06T02:55:53.976-07:00Defra, UK - Science
This is the Science Forward Look of the Uk government departrment that has really taken horizon-scanning and Foresight to heart
Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1091015444530808362004-07-28T04:50:00.000-07:002004-07-28T04:50:44.530-07:00UK Foresight Programme
The Cybertrust and crime prevention reports were put up in June, while I was away. Some excellent and voluminous stuff here.
Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1089976438842913572004-07-16T04:13:00.000-07:002004-07-16T04:13:58.843-07:00CORDIS: Science and Technology Foresight: Country Guides to Regional Foresight
14 different versions of the Practical Guide to Regional Foresight in [name of country] Luxembourg, European Commission, EUR 20478, ISBN 92 894 4682 X
These have been localised with c 10 pages each of nationally specific material. Versions for accession countries and some Latin American countries are in Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1089724206122078822004-07-13T06:10:00.000-07:002004-07-13T06:15:39.310-07:00European Foundation: Publications
This page now contains the main reports for the EUFORIA project on "knowledge society foresight" - the synthesis report, the indiucators report, and national reports for Finland, Greece and Germany. The delphi report is also here!
Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1089723715517286032004-07-13T06:01:00.000-07:002004-07-13T06:17:57.686-07:00UNIDO handbook on Foresight methods - set of papers presented at training course:
http://www.tc.cz/poskytdocs/tf-course-textbook-unido_1085_11.pdf
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Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1082625071663971432004-04-22T02:11:00.000-07:002004-04-22T02:14:10.623-07:00The Foresight Programme's work on flood risks is in the news today. Here are some links:
Lead story in Guardin : Global warming floods threaten 4m Britons
earlier Guardian story:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/feature/story/0,13026,975224,00.html
Defra, UK: News releases 2004: NEW �5.5M FLOODS THINKTANK
DEFRA's new strategy is here http://www.defra.gov.uk/environ/fcd/policy/strategy/Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1075226157960666102004-01-27T09:55:00.000-08:002004-01-27T09:57:30.483-08:00Digital version of the classic reader on Delphi - great to have this, since my copy is STILL out on loan to someone in Seville...The Delphi Method: Techniques and Applications--Harold A. Linstone and Murray Turoff (Eds.)--1975Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1075225791847243892004-01-27T09:49:00.000-08:002004-01-27T09:51:24.436-08:00Nikki Slocum's very useful Guide to Particpatory Methods - includes good links to delphi and many other Foresight methods.
Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1074012870852303032004-01-13T08:54:00.000-08:002004-01-13T08:55:49.483-08:00Summercourse - Keynote speakers:
This is a wide-raning collection of material (powerpoints mainly) on INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT with some star speakers:
Jan RotmansTransitions towards sustainability
Tim O' Riordan
on Science-Policy-Society interface
Teresa Ribeiro
Science-Policy-Society interface: A policy perspective
Pim Martens
Overview of IA models
Frank Ruff
Scenarios for business
Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1073560841716255132004-01-08T03:20:00.000-08:002004-01-08T03:21:55.700-08:00Centre for Bioethics - Telehealth Ethics Programme [Project RISQUE]: "The goal of Project RISQUE is to assure that as information and communication technologies are increasingly used within the health care system of Quebec, the ethical, legal, and social problems likely to arise will be anticipated, analyzed and evaluated in a timely fashion; and that these problems will be prevented, when Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1071491748474070402003-12-15T04:35:00.000-08:002003-12-15T05:23:51.106-08:00Leonie - LEARNING IN EUROPE : OBSERVATORY ON NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL EVOLUTION includes online survey on WEAK SIGNALS
Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1070371846884790142003-12-02T05:30:00.000-08:002003-12-03T01:30:19.060-08:00A bibliography with weblinks from the Northern Irish Foresight office - quite wide-ranging Foresight Reports
The links appear not to work, but my colleague Kieron Flanagan has found out that they do work if you substitute the full document title for the
cropped title in the link, as in the example below
http://www.foresightni.com/download/1/Impact of demographic change.pdfIan Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1066385109808599522003-10-17T03:05:00.000-07:002003-10-17T03:05:09.876-07:00Ian Miles - Scenarios and ForesightIan Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1066143947425534262003-10-14T08:05:00.000-07:002003-10-14T08:05:47.530-07:00eForesee - CompetitiveCareers This is a set of presentations on Foresight as a stimulus for Competitive careers. New economy skills, science education, career scenarios, and other interesting things.Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1066139869100571392003-10-14T06:57:00.000-07:002003-10-14T06:57:49.270-07:00Future Wales looks like a critical technologies study for Wales: not a lot of content here, but meetings and links.Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1065800112581387392003-10-10T08:35:00.000-07:002003-10-10T08:35:12.363-07:00UNIDO course in Prague on Tech Foresight for Practitioners - it was also video streamed, so maybe therere's a recording somewhere! Papers can be downloaded from this Programme page.Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1065604087765910752003-10-08T02:08:00.000-07:002003-10-08T02:08:07.800-07:00This CORDIS page has links to a number of Foresight and TA projects funded by the EC. Unfortunately a couple of the interesting ones do not have very good downloads themselves! But ITSAFE, for instance, does...CORDIS: Science and Technology Foresight: Research in ForesightIan Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1065603117062816102003-10-08T01:51:00.000-07:002003-10-08T01:51:57.263-07:00Country Specific Practical Guides to Regional Foresight - for all EU countries, in effect, in most EU languages. These are the much improved versions of the FOREN guide, with local material. "The country specific practical guides to regional foresight are destined for those contemplating, or already undertaking, foresight at a regional level. They are handbooks, which can be used both by Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1063213184341135532003-09-10T09:59:00.000-07:002003-09-10T09:59:44.253-07:00Technology Roadmap for embedded IST includes ambient intelligence applicationsIan Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1063212943388157262003-09-10T09:55:00.000-07:002003-09-10T09:55:43.280-07:00Jack Snith on foresight, roadmapping, delphi and scenarios, in a powerpoint showIan Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1063206111355510822003-09-10T08:01:00.000-07:002003-09-10T09:39:52.930-07:00"Insight on Foresight - resource on roadmapping" Best Practice Roadmapping and Innovation Management: The newsletter for insider tips and techniques - Issue 5, August 8th 2002
If you go here, you'll find downloadable presentations. including a survey of firms use of software in technology roadmapping.Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1063126812349537372003-09-09T10:00:00.000-07:002003-09-09T10:00:12.223-07:00Belgian edition of PRACTICAL GUIDE TO REGIONAL FORESIGHT (French language) BELGIAN GUIDEIan Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1063037158688970562003-09-08T09:05:00.000-07:002003-09-08T09:05:58.756-07:00Foresight and Governance Project article on Serious Games: Improving Public Policy through Game-Based Learning and SimulationIan Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1062767832006690102003-09-05T06:17:00.000-07:002003-09-05T06:17:12.053-07:00Another scenario site, this with less bibliographic material:
Scenario planningIan Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1062755666496547802003-09-05T02:54:00.000-07:002003-09-05T02:54:26.513-07:00Here's one of a number of useful guides to scenario work, this by Martin Borjesson
Scenario planning resourcesIan Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1062680697613156292003-09-04T06:04:00.000-07:002003-09-04T06:43:37.563-07:00The current version of Coates and Jarrett's Technology Watch, with some free downloads - technological scanning rather than Fully-Fledged Foresight as defined earlier:
Social Technologies : : Futures ConsortiumIan Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1062679947116911092003-09-04T05:52:00.000-07:002003-09-04T06:45:22.800-07:00 Greenpeace Environmental Trust report (by Alex Arnall of Imperial College) on the implications of
nanotechnology, artificial intelligence and robotics is:
http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/MultimediaFiles/Live/FullReport/5886.pdf
Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1062669799100401012003-09-04T03:03:00.000-07:002003-09-04T03:03:19.096-07:00On the lighter side, one of my favourite modern composers has a CD entitiled Chanting the Light of Foresight, and you can listen to an excerpt from it at:
Listen to Terry Riley in RealAudio: "Chanting the Light of Foresight"
Though personally I prefer many of the other excerpts, and Rainbow in Curved Air must be the all-time favourite.Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1062583518403918262003-09-03T03:05:00.000-07:002003-09-03T03:05:18.363-07:00SHAPING TOMORRROW - web service to futurists, free trial period:
shaping tomorrow
Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1062583317646499732003-09-03T03:01:00.000-07:002003-09-03T03:01:57.503-07:00Interesting report from RAND arguing for advances in quantitative forecasting methods and scenario analyses:
RAND: Shaping the Next One Hundred Years: New Methods for Quantitative, Long-Term Policy Analysis: "Shaping the Next One Hundred Years: New Methods for Quantitative, Long-Term Policy Analysis"Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1059654522422479112003-07-31T05:28:00.000-07:002003-07-31T05:28:42.400-07:00Action research resource papers
Foresight is very often a matter of action research - here's a good resource on the topic.Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1059480530885033592003-07-29T05:08:00.000-07:002003-07-29T05:08:50.936-07:00CORDIS: Science and Technology Foresight: News and Events
Papers on S&T Policy Foresight in EuropeIan Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1059413532933692942003-07-28T10:32:00.000-07:002003-07-28T10:33:16.976-07:00Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1058984619304363882003-07-23T11:23:00.000-07:002003-07-23T11:33:35.460-07:00ITC Services Exporting Index
Comprehensive site on services tradeIan Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1058895279967173972003-07-22T10:34:00.000-07:002003-07-22T10:34:40.000-07:00Ian M's futures and foresight blog
FUTURESIan Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1058893022255028352003-07-22T09:57:00.000-07:002003-07-22T09:57:02.293-07:00The Futurist's Bookshelf - ecletic blog, and growing selection of references
The Futurist's BookshelfIan Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1058872689781139472003-07-22T04:18:00.000-07:002003-07-22T04:18:09.833-07:00The European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC) sector futures studies have started to come online - the first is on IT, at:
emcc - european monitoring centre on change - Sector FuturesIan Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1058870528679650132003-07-22T03:42:00.000-07:002003-07-22T03:42:08.736-07:00HANDBOOK OF KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY FORESIGHT
Eurofound: Knowledge society foresightIan Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1058870039883276952003-07-22T03:33:00.000-07:002003-07-22T03:33:59.960-07:00EUROPOLIS an EC guide to S&T Foresight is at:
CORDIS: Science and Technology Foresight: Research in ForesightIan Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1058868379750128012003-07-22T03:06:00.000-07:002003-07-22T03:06:19.800-07:00Bulgarian Foreesight - lots of good links:
ForeTechIan Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599725.post-1058781531240325992003-07-21T02:58:00.000-07:002003-07-21T02:58:51.123-07:00The purpose of this blog is to set out how recent developments in Foresight (mainly Technology Foresight at first, but more recently also Regional and other Foresight activities) move on from much traditional futures work, and to provide useful links to the more interesting activities in the Foresight domain.
INTRODUCTION
The Futures movement has long sought to offer more holistic views of Ian Mileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10735847477342688319noreply@blogger.com