Archive for the ‘Austria’ Category
Tuesday, December 4th, 2012
The project Freight Vision Austria 2050 (FVA2050) aimed at providing a foresight study of freight transport and logistics futures in Austria by 2050. The intention was to explore the future of freight transport and logistics in particular, looking at technological progress and future innovation opportunities. A second aim was to outline a shared vision of an Austrian freight transport system by 2050 that would achieve European as well as national environmental and transport policy targets. The project FVA2050 was structured similarly to the European project FreightVision Europe (FVE 2050). FVA2050 was commissioned by the innovation section of the Austrian Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology. The objective was to set priorities and give a synopsis of key technologies and future innovation opportunities.
Download the brief: EFP Brief No. 231_FreightVision Austria 2050.
Posted in Austria, Transport (including aeronautics), until 2050 | Comments Off
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
The projected demographic change and the resulting necessity of a longer working life represent considerable challenges for (1) the individual quality of life and work of employees, (2) the innovative capacity and productivity of companies and (3) the negotiability of the welfare state. As its goal, the foresight project set out to analyse the concrete situation and development potential of the working world in the Province of Salzburg and depict the options for taking action at the micro-level (individual), meso-level (organisations) and macro-level (socio-political actors) in the form of scenarios. The project placed particular emphasis on transferring research results into practice.
EFP Brief No. 206_Future strategies for ageing management in Salzburg Province
Tags: aeging management, demographic change, scenarios, working life, working patterns
Posted in Austria, brief, FP7 Themes, Geography, Health, National, Regional, Socio-economic sciences and the humanities, Time Horizon, until 2030 | Comments Off
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
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 of Technology (AIT former ARCS Seibersdorf). More than 100 experts from 80 institutions, mainly from industry, participated in preparing the technology roadmap. The breadth of contributors facilitated looking at and analysing trends and technology development from many viewpoints. The outcome is a representative picture of relevant trends and technological developments to be expected in the future in high performance metals.
EFP Brief No 205_Technology Roadmap High Performance Metals 2020
Posted in Austria, brief, FP7 Themes, Geography, Nanosciences, nanotechnology, materials, new production technologies, National, Socio-economic sciences and the humanities, Time Horizon, until 2020 | Comments Off
Sunday, May 22nd, 2011
In 2006, the City of Vienna initiated a far-reaching, open strategy process on the orientation of its future research, technology and innovation (RTI) policy. The aim was to develop, in a participatory process, a comprehensive strategic framework and concrete proposals for municipal RTI policy actions until the year 2015. By then, Vienna is aiming to be among Europe’s leading metropolitan areas in research, technology and innovation, as the hub of a network of research locations in the Central European Region (CENTROPE). The objectives, challenges and fields for action to be tackled in order to reach this position were translated into a set of concrete measures, some of which are to be started in 2008.
EFMN Brief No. 141_ RTI Policy in Vienna
Tags: cities, education, human resources, internationalization, life science, migration, RTI/RTDI, SME, universities, venture capital
Posted in Austria, brief, FP7 Themes, Geography, Regional, Socio-economic sciences and the humanities, Time Horizon, until 2015 | Comments Off
Friday, May 20th, 2011
The Brief covers a foresight exercise that is unique in so far as it revisits the projections and scenarios of a historical foresight undertaken in Austria in 1983 for the challenges and changes that Austria would have to meet up to the year 2005. Not only are these sce-narios revisited but also compared to the reality of 2005. In a further step, a second foresight activity of this kind was started to build scenarios for Austria’s future in 2025. The experts of 1983 saw the microelectronic revolution as the technological pacemaker of the future and 20 years later tried to assess the actual impact of this technological progress on various parts of Austrian life.
EFMN Brief No. 118 – Austria’s Future
Tags: consumption, cultural heritage, developing countries, education, entertainment, internationalization, media, microelectronics, microtechnologies, mobile communication, optics, sensors, services, software, terrorism, universities, UNO
Posted in Austria, brief, Energy, Environment (including climate change), Food, agriculture and fisheries, biotechnology, FP7 Themes, Geography, Health, Nanosciences, nanotechnology, materials, new production technologies, National, Security, Socio-economic sciences and the humanities, Time Horizon, until 2025 | Comments Off
Friday, May 20th, 2011
The field of biomimetics (biomimicry, bionics) has in recent years gained scientific acceptance and standing, and has become an innovative research area at academic institutions and in industry worldwide. Many promising solutions for challenging complexity and future-oriented technologies with a wide range of applications have been inspired by nature. This study aimed to investigate the cur-rent status and level of activities in the field of biomimetics in Austria and to identify its potential for the future nationwide.
EFMN Brief No. 100 – Biomimetics
Tags: biology, bionics, construction, robotics, sensors, sustainability, universities
Posted in Austria, brief, Energy, FP7 Themes, Geography, Nanosciences, nanotechnology, materials, new production technologies, National, Time Horizon, Transport (including aeronautics), until 2010 | Comments Off
Friday, May 20th, 2011
The “Linz 21” project was an ambitious attempt to describe future development paths for the Austrian city of Linz. Its purpose was to enable active design of the city’s future in the 21st century, cognizant of the manifold challenges the municipality now faces. The process was designed for public participation. Several exploratory scenarios were developed in the period from 2002 to 2004. Those scenarios depicted the effects of various action alternatives and supported active and successful strategy development.
EFMN Brief No. 85 – Linz 21
Tags: arts, climate, construction, education, housing, knowledge society, media, medicine, services, software, tourism
Posted in Austria, brief, FP7 Themes, Geography, Health, Regional, Socio-economic sciences and the humanities, Time Horizon, until 2010 | Comments Off
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
In 2004 tourism in Austria contributed 6.4 % of the nations GDP equivalent to €15.26B. This number however fails to capture the complexity of this economic sector. Just as for any sector a strategic plan is needed to focus efforts on the needs, risks and opportunities for the future. For these reasons the Austrian Tourist Agency initiated a series of scenario workshops and processes to explore plausible future developments.
EFMN Brief No. 52 – Austrian Tourism 2015
Tags: cities, climate, entertainment, life style, natural resources, safety, services, terrorism, tourism, water, youth
Posted in Austria, brief, Environment (including climate change), Food, agriculture and fisheries, biotechnology, FP7 Themes, Geography, Health, National, Socio-economic sciences and the humanities, Time Horizon, until 2015 | Comments Off
Wednesday, May 4th, 2011
As part of the Federal Austrian Research Programme “Factory of Tomorrow”, the project “Transition to Sustainable Production Systems” served to explore possible future pathways in selected areas of sustainable production. Based on the development of future scenarios for the areas of ‘bio-refineries’ and ‘wood-plastic-composites/biopolymers’, strategic options for research, industry and ‘policy were explored. A particular emphasis was put on the role of RTD-policy.
EFMN Brief No. 21 – Transition to Sustainable Production Systems – Austria 2020
Tags: bio-refineries, consumption, factory, manufacturing, plastics, polymers, regional development, sustainability, water
Posted in Austria, brief, Energy, Environment (including climate change), Food, agriculture and fisheries, biotechnology, FP7 Themes, Geography, Nanosciences, nanotechnology, materials, new production technologies, National, Socio-economic sciences and the humanities, Time Horizon, Transport (including aeronautics), until 2015, until 2020 | Comments Off
