International Conference -
Louvain-la-Neuve,Wallonia, Belgium![]() |
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Tuesday April 12, 2005
20.00 |
Welcoming Evening Reception , Mercure Hotel, Louvain-la-Neuve |
8.30 |
Morning coffee |
9.00 |
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) |
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Welcome address : Bernard Coulie, Rector of the Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve, (Louvain-la-Neuve) Louis Michel, Member of the European Commission, (Brussels) |
10.00 |
The Futures of Europe Keynote speakers : Jerome C. Glenn, Director of the Millennium Project (Washington), Maria João Rodrigues, President of the European Advisory Group for Social Sciences, Professor at ISCTE University Institute, (Lisbon) |
10.45 |
Break |
11.15 |
Second Plenary Session :
Europe in Global World Round Table animated by Hugues de Jouvenel, General Director of Futuribles Group (Paris) and Paraskevas Caracostas, Head of Unit K2, Science and Technology Foresight, EC - DG Research (Brussels) |
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) Paul Tang, Head International Economic Analysis, Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis, Centraal PlanBureau Nederlands, (Rotterdam) Jean Stéphenne, President and General Managers of Biologicals GlaxoSmithkline (Rixensart) Klaus Heinzelbecker, Director Strategic Projects BASF (Berlin) |
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13.00 |
Lunch |
14.30 |
Parallel Workshops |
1. |
Burning issues of Europeans – The Important Trends
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) Gerrard Quille, International Security Information Service, EU Research and Innovation Policy and the Future of the European Common Foreign and Security Policy (Brussels) Patrice Laget, Head of the SERA Unit (Support to the ERA) - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies - IPTS (Sevilla) 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) Sylvie Esparre, Director of the Delegation à l'Aménagement du Territoire - DATAR (Paris) Sam 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 : Hugues de Jouvenel, General Director of Futuribles Group (Paris) Animation : 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) Mohsen Bahrami, Professor at Amir Kabir University of Technology (Tehran) |
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17.00 |
End of the workshops |
19.00 |
Official Dinner : Castel of Corroy-le-Château |
8.30 |
Morning coffee |
9.00 |
Third Plenary
Session : The Future Governance of the European Sciences Chairs : Elizabeth Florescu, Director of Research, Millennium Project (Washington DC) and Pascale Van Doren, Head of Foresight Unit, The Destree Institute (Wallonia) |
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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10.00 |
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) Karlheinz Steinmüller, Scientific Director, Z_Punkt, The Foresight Company (Berlin) Ezio Manzini, Professor at Politecnico di Milano (Milano) Antonio Missiroli, Senior Research Fellow, European Union Institute for Security Studies (Paris) Ivan Klinec, Institute for Forecasting (Bratislava) |
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) Josephine Green, Senior Director of Trends and Strategy at Philips Design, Royal Philips Electronics (Eindhoven) 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) Animation : Robby Berloznik, Director of the Flemish Institute for Science and Technology Assessment (ViwTA) (Brussels) |
Panelists : Anja Kober, Senior Manager Corporate Innovation Strategy Deutsche Telekom (Bonn) Saphia Richou, President of Prospective and Foresight Network (Paris) Pierre-Jean Lorens, Director of the Foresight and Evaluation Department at the Regional Council of Nord - Pas de Calais Anette Braun, Future Technologies, Division of VDI TZ GmbH (Düsseldorf) |
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12.30 |
Lunch |
14.00 |
Closing Plenary Session Chair: Juha Kaskinen, Coordinator International Affairs of Finland Futures Academy (Turku) |
14.00 |
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) and Maria João Rodrigues, Chair of the Social Sciences Advisory Group for the European Commission, Professor at ICSTE University Institute (Lisbon) |
Panelists : Antonio Missiroli, Senior Research Fellow, European Union Institute for Security Studies (Paris) Gerrard Quille, International Security Information Service, EU Research and Innovation Policy and the Future of the European Common Foreign and Security Policy (Brussels) Sylvie Esparre, Director of the Delegation à l'Aménagement du Territoire - DATAR (Paris) Patrice Laget, Head of the SERA Unit (Support to the ERA) - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies - IPTS (Sevilla) |
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16.00 |
Keynote speakers : Marie-Dominique Simonet, Member of the Wallonia Government, in charge of Research, Technology and International Relationships (Namur) John S. Ratcliffe, Director of the Faculty of the Built Environment, Dublin Institute of Technology (Dublin) |
17.00 |
Closing |