Millennium Project German Node, Report July 2009

Planning Commitee Meeting, Chicago 2009

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Activities of the German Node 2008

• PR for German Node and for 2008 SOF

• Work on the 2009 SOF & Future Research Methodology

– Review of scenario chapter and contribution on scenario software / approach

– Karlheinz (with John Peterson) wrote the Wild Card article

– Input on Global challenges; Revision of Europe sections

• Proposals for EU-funded projects with some colleagues from the Nodes were successful:

– Iknow (Project on Weak Signals for European Research) with ICTAF and Turku School of Economics

– INFU with (Project on new innovation patterns), with German Node Colleagues from ISI Fraunhofer

• Millennia 2015: support for the program committee

• We were able to invite Jerry for a presentation in Zurich in front of large energy sector clients

• Youngsook Park acted as an agent for Z_punkt trenddatabase - 5% of the sales price made was donated to the Millennium

Project by Z_punkt

• Cornelia spoke at a Foresight symposium held by the Korean think tank "Korea Institute of Science and Technology Evaluation

and Planning (KISTEP)", in cooperation with SERI (Samsung Economic Research Institute). Afterwards, she held a seminar for

the Korean Node on Corporate Foresight, arranged by Youngsook.

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SOF 2008 in the German Press

Internal Channel:-Z_punkt Website & Newsletter (more than 5000 recipients), German Node community and website

Communication Channels reaching future interested readers:- Institut Future Newsletter (www.institutfutur.de)- ITB Newsletter (International Research, Technology and Innovation Politics Newsletter)- Pro Zukunft Magazin 2008/4- ChangeX.de (Online Magazin for Changes in Economy & Society)

Channel reaching a wider public:-Newsletter Fink & Funk Public Relations AG- uClue News-Website - Feature in Medianet Magazin (Economic Magazin in Austria)- Lohas.de (Online Magazin for Lifestyle & Sustainability)- Open PR (Online Magazin for PR)

Presentations in 2008

German Node visits Korea

Millennium Project visits Z_punkt in Zurich

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Plans for Next Year: Agenda Setting for a New Topic

• PR for SOF 2009• Closer cooperation with other Nodes, especially within framework of EU-Projects Iknow and INFU•Proposal for Marie-Curie funding (scholars exchange) with Finnish and UK Node in 2010

NEW PROJECT STARTED ALREADY•After trying a new methodological approach (Tech Survey 2007), we wanted to go for new topics this year:

– From March - May 2008 we collected topics, which we believe to be important, but which have no room in the everyday future business

– In June we selected a set of ideas, which we thought to be interesting– The next step is to work on an implementation plan for 1-2 ideas

•Chosen Ideas so far:– Nodes are “mirrored” by other Nodes / challenge each other in terms of the future they see for

the each other • Example: “What do you – from an outsider perspective - believe is a unique future

opportunity or challenge for the country / region XY?” or “Which future development do you see for country / region XY, which is probably not yet seen by the country itself?”

– Topics for an article or study: „The Ecology of Time“ or „Ethics of Life Enhancement & Immortality“

– Innovation or future project with (mentally) challenged • Innovation beyond standards - joint development of a universal design product • Joint future studies on e.g. „Threatened and emerging handicaps“