Briefs
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January 3, 2012 Author : Erich Kny
To establish a basis for informed decision-making, the BMVIT, the Austrian ministry for traffic, infrastructure and industry commissioned the creation of a technology roadmap for high performance metals. The project was carried out by the Austrian Society for Metallurgy and Materials, ASMET, and its two project partners, the University of Leoben and the Austrian Institute
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January 3, 2012 Author : Erich Kny
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December 21, 2011 Author : Brian Warrington
This activity was conducted as part of the EU FP7 CIVISTI project (Citizen Visions on Science, Technology and Innovation) funded through FP7 under the Social Sciences and Humanities theme. The project aimed to develop and pilot a cost-effective mechanism for involving citizens in the formulation of European science, technology and research policy. A number of
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December 21, 2011 Author : Brian Warrington
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December 5, 2011 Author : heikovdg
In 2010, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research launched Germany’s biggest research initiative in the area of logistics and supply chain management. A broad range of companies and research institutes are participating in a cluster aimed at shaping a sustainable future for the region, the logistics industry and beyond. We will present the
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December 5, 2011 Author : heikovdg
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November 30, 2011 Author : Van Voorst
The purpose of the exercise is to offer business people, policy makers and politicians lines of approach to determine strategy, policymaking as well as initiatives for change by presenting future visions and an accompanying agenda for the future with respect to transportation of people and goods in the Netherlands of 2040. EFP Brief No. 202_Future
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November 30, 2011 Author : Van Voorst
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November 7, 2011 Author : Alexander Degelsegger
The purpose of the SEA-EU-NET foresight process is to open up and structure the discussion on the potential future cooperation(s) between the EU and Southeast Asia in the field of S&T. We assess potential “futures” of organising S&T relations between the EU and Southeast Asia in 2020 and discuss their current implications and geopolitical consequences.
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November 7, 2011 Author : Alexander Degelsegger
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October 28, 2011 Author : joanna_itee
The Polish technological foresight project entitled ‘Advanced Industrial and Ecological Technologies for the Sustainable Development of Poland’ was dedicated to support the development of technologies enhancing sustainable development and staff training for the generation and exploitation of advanced technologies. The main objectives were preparing proposals for a new strategic programme directed at advanced industrial and
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October 28, 2011 Author : joanna_itee
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October 18, 2011 Author : Andrew James
SANDERA (The Future Impact of Security and Defence Policies on the European Research Area) explored the future relationship between two critical policy domains: namely, the EU strategy to move towards the European Research Area (ERA) and those EU policies focused on the security of the European citizen in the world. More particularly, SANDERA investigated the
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October 18, 2011 Author : Andrew James
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Author : Petra Schaper-Rinkel
This foresight activity was conducted as part of the EU FP7 SESTI project (Scanning for Emerging Science and Technology Issues) aimed at developing a process that can be used to identify weak signals and emerging issues in a systematic, efficient and effective way. It also pursued the application and implementation of such techniques by contextualizing
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Author : Petra Schaper-Rinkel
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Author : Bas van Schoonhoven
The Scanning for Emerging Science and Technology Issues (SESTI) project was about identifying “emerging issues” that could have a potentially significant impact on society by 2030, are still not sufficiently recognised by policy makers, and to which policy makers should (perhaps) pay more attention. The overall objectives were to research the added value of weak
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Author : Bas van Schoonhoven
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October 9, 2011 Author : Sandrine Paillard
The brief describes the methodology and conclusions of a foresight project called Agrimonde. Between 2006 and 2008, this project gathered a panel of French experts who built two contrasting scenarios of the world’s food and agricultural systems by 2050: Agrimonde GO, a business-as-usual scenario used as a reference point, and Agrimonde 1, a rupture scenario
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October 9, 2011 Author : Sandrine Paillard
Latest Briefs
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EFP Brief No. 205: Technology Roadmap High Performace Metals 2020
January 3, 2012. Author: Erich Kny ">Erich Kny
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EFP Brief No. 204: Citizen Visions on Science, Technology and Innovation
December 21, 2011. Author: Brian Warrington ">Brian Warrington
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EFP Brief No. 203: Competitiveness Monitor: an integrated Foresight Platform for the German Leading-edge Cluster in Logistics
December 5, 2011. Author: heikovdg ">heikovdg