European Millennium Project Node (EuMPI)

EuMPI - The Futures of Europeans in the Global Knowledge Society
EuMPI 2005 - A Meeting Place for Europeans creating Futures

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International Conference  - Louvain-la-Neuve,Wallonia, Belgium - 13-14.04.2005
Wednesday April 13,  2005 Thursday April 14, 2005

Opening plenary session

The Futures of Europe

Second Plenary Session

Europe in Global World

Parallel Workshops

 

 

1.

Burning issues of Europeans – The Important Trends

 

2.

Futures Research and Foresight Methods

 

3.

Europe in Global World – Relationships with Other World Regions

Third Plenary Session

The Future Governance of the European Sciences

Parallel workshops

 

 

4.

Burning issues of Europeans – Weak Signals

 

5.

Managing the Future – New Organizations and Management

 

6.

Networking the future – Think-tanks and the building of an European Knowledge Platform

Closing Plenary Session

New ideas how to structure foresight capabilities in Europe

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This section presents the documents proposed by the speakers, and we thank them.
The full proceedings of the Conference will be published by the Destree Institute.

Wednesday April 13,  2005

    Opening plenary session

Chair :

Philippe Destatte, director of The Destree Institute (Wallonia), Brussels-Area Millennium Project Node Chair, Scientific Director of the European College of Regional Foresight - DATAR, (Namur - Paris)

   Une conférence sous le triple patronage de Robert Jungk, Aurelio Peccei et Gaston Berger

Welcome address :

Bernard Coulie, Rector of the Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve, (Louvain-la-Neuve)

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The Futures of Europe

Keynote speakers :

Jerome C. Glenn, Director of the Millennium Project (Washington)

   Futures for Europeans in the Knowledge Economy [ppt]

Maria João Rodrigues,  President of the European Advisory Group for Social Sciences, Professor at ISCTE University Institute, (Lisbon)

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    Second Plenary Session

Europe in Global World

Round Table animated Paraskevas Caracostas, Head of Unit K2, Science and Technology Foresight, EC - DG Research (Brussels)

    Key Challenges for Europe, Introductory remarks

Panelists :

Kristine Bruland, Professor at the Departement of History of the University of Oslo, Chair of the European Commission High Level Expert Group "Foresighting the New Technology Wave", (Oslo)

Michel Godet, Professor of Strategic Foresight, National Conservatory for Arts and Industries, Laboratory for Investigation in Foresight, Strategy and Organization (Paris)

   Europe : Grey Hair & Low Growth [pdf, 3 Mb]

Paul Tang, Head International Economic Analysis, Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis, Centraal PlanBureau Nederlands, (Rotterdam)

   Europe in a global world

Jean Stéphenne, President and General Managers of Biologicals GlaxoSmithkline (Rixensart)

Klaus Heinzelbecker, Director Strategic Projects BASF (Berlin)

    Industrial Perspectives - The Chemical Industry

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    Parallel Workshops

1. Burning issues of Europeans – The Important Trends

Introduction and Chair : Bruce Lloyd, Professor at London South Bank University, Departement of Marketing & Strategy, (London)

Animation : Pavel Novacek, Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in  Palacky University, Olomouc and Charles University (Prague)

Panelists :

Eleonora Barbieri Masini, Professor Emeritus of the Faculty of Social Sciences Gregorian University (Roma)

Jean Houard, General Administrator of Walloon Institute for Evaluation, Foresight and Statistics (Namur)

   L'avenir des Européens dans la société mondiale de la connaissance

Gerrard Quille, International Security Information Service, EU Research and Innovation Policy and the Future of the European Common Foreign and Security Policy (Brussels)

   Some Security Policy - Trends to 2015

Patrice Laget, Head of the SERA Unit (Support to the ERA) - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies - IPTS (Sevilla)

   Past, present and possible Futures : Trends in University-based Research

Eric Perée, head of the Economical and financial Services, European Investments Bank (Luxemburg)

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2. Futures Research and Foresight Methods

Introduction and Chair : Theodor J. Gordon, Senior Fellow, American Council for United Nations University, Millennium Project (Washington)

Animation : Nadezdha Gaponenko, Russian Institute for Economy, Policy and Law (Moscow)

Panelists :

Mika Aaltonen, Development Director of Finland Futures Research Center  (Helsinki)

Stuart Candy, Fast Future (London)

Christian Svanfeldt, European Commission, DG Research, Directorate K, Unit Science and Technology Foresight (Brussels)

   Blueprints for Foresight Actions in the Regions

Samantha Pearson, Head of Foresight, RTC North Ltd, (Sunderland)

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3. Europe in Global World – Relationships with Other World Regions

Introduction and Chair : Ute Hélène von Reibnitz, Director of Scenarios+Vision (Vence)

Panelists :

Peter Mettler, Professor of Societal Sciences, Wies­baden University of Applied Sciences & University of Frankfurt/Maine (Wiesbaden)

Peter Bishop, Professor at the University of Houston Clearlake, Program for the Study of the Future (Houston)

Jose Cordeiro, Professor at the Central University of Venezuela, Societad Mundial del Futuro (Caracas)

   What is the future ?

Mohsen Bahrami, Professor at Amir Kabir University of Technology (Tehran)

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 Thursday April 14, 2005

    Third Plenary Session

The Future Governance of the European Sciences

Chair : Elizabeth Florescu, Director of Research, Millennium Project (Washington DC)

Keynote Speaker :

Philippe Busquin, Former European Commissioner on Research, European Deputy, President of the Scientific Technology Options Assessment (STOA) European Parliament (Bruxelles - Strasbourg)

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    Parallel workshops

4. Burning issues of Europeans – Weak Signals

Introduction and Chair : Günter Clar, Director of Steinbeis Europa Zentrum (Stuttgart)

Animation : Wendy Schultz, President of Infinite Futures (Oxford)

Panelists :

Karlheinz Steinmüller, Scientific Director, Z_Punkt, The Foresight Company (Berlin)
    "Weaks Signals" for Burning Issues

Ezio Manzini, Professor at Politecnico di Milano (Milano)

David Harries, Vice-President, Alliance for Capitalizing on Change, (Kingston, CA)

Ivan Klinec, Research Fellow, Institute for Forecasting, Slovak Academy of Sciences (Bratislava)

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5. Managing the Future – New Organizations and Management

Introduction and Chair : Markku Wilenius, Professor of Futures Studies and Director of the Finland Futures Research Center (Turku)

Animation : Cornelia Daheim, Senior Researcher and Project Manager Z_punkt, The Foresight Company (Essen)

Panelists :

John J. Gottsman, President Clarity Group (Atherton, Silicon Valley)

Peter Heydebreck , Managing Director, Inno Group (Stockholm)

Claudia Rainfurth, Researcher, The Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research - ISI (Karlsruhe)

Gordon Ollivere, Managing Director RTC North  Ltd, (Sunderland) - President TII Association (Luxembourg)

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6. Networking the future – Think-tanks and the building of an European Knowledge Platform

Introduction and Chair : Sari Sōderlund, Coordinator Finland Future Academy (Turku)

    Networking the future - Think-tanks and the building of an European Knowledge Platform

Animation : Robby Berloznik, Director of the Flemish Institute for Science and Technology Assessment (ViwTA) (Brussels)

Panelists :

Saphia Richou, President of Prospective and Foresight Network (Paris)

    A spontaneous initiative... For the promotion of foresight knowledge via networking

Tamás Gáspár, Associate Professor at the Futures Studies Department, Corvenus University of Budapest (Budapest)

Anette Braun, Future Technologies, Division of VDI TZ GmbH (Düsseldorf)

    Knowledge creation though regional foresight ? Some examples from Germany

Anthony Judge, Director Communication and Research, Union of International Associations (Brussels)

    Meta-challenges of the Future for Networking though Think-tanks

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    Closing Plenary Session

Chair: Juha Kaskinen, Coordinator International Affairs of Finland Futures Academy (Turku)

New ideas how to structure foresight capabilities in Europe

Round Table animated by

Theodius Lennon, Director Social Sciences and Humanities, Foresight, EC - DG Research (Brussels)

Maria João Rodrigues,  Chair of the Social Sciences Advisory Group for the  European Commission, Professor at ICSTE University Institute (Lisbon)

Panelists :

Peter Mettler, Professor of Societal Sciences, Wies­baden University of Applied Sciences & University of Frankfurt/Maine (Wiesbaden)

Vincent Fouchier, Foresight Adviser, Délégation à l'Aménagement du Territoire - DATAR

Patrice Laget, Head of the SERA Unit (Support to the ERA) - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies - IPTS (Sevilla)

    New ideas on how to structure Foresight capabilities in Europe

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Keynote speakers :

Marie-Dominique Simonet, Member of the Government of Wallonia (Research, Technology and International Relationships, Namur) and of the Government of the French-speaking Community (Brussels):
   L’avenir des Européens dans la société mondiale de la connaissance

John S. Ratcliffe, Director of the Faculty of the Built Environment, Dublin Institute of Technology (Dublin)

Closing :

Philippe Destatte, director of The Destree Institute (Wallonia), Brussels-Area Millennium Project Node Chair, Scientific Director of the European College of Regional Foresight - DATAR, (Namur - Paris)

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