International Foresight Academy: Call for Abstracts

European IFA Academic Seminar Participatory Foresight for Smarter Futures – From Design to Impact September 16-19, 2013, ZHAW, Winterthur / Zurich, Switzerland Call for Abstracts Extended Abstract submission deadline: May 16, 2013 Foresight contributes to policy framing, design and implementation. It does so by providing an environment that enables a shared understanding of the present

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Author : Beatrice Rath

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Digital Enlightenment Forum 2013

The 2013 edition of the annual event of the Digital Enlightenment Forum (DEF) will take place from September 18 to 20, 2013 at Egmont Palace in Brussels on the theme “Personal data and citizenship in the digital society”. The event includes, on September 20, a “Digital Futures Workshop” on the theme “The future of personal

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Salon Futur: European ways out of the crisis

The “Freie Universität Berlin” invites you to the Salon Futur on April 18th 2013. Salon Futur is a forum to discuss relevant topics of the future. The next event concentrates on the topic “European ways out of the crisis”. More Information: http://www.institutfutur.de/nachrichtenseite/1836/0 Where: Institut français Berlin Maison de France Kurfürstendamm 211 10719 Berlin

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21st WFSF Conference: Global research and social innovation

Call for papers This international Conference will bring together futures researchers, policy-makers, administrators and students who recognize the increasing importance of social innovation to global, regional and local futures. The Conference Program will include a variety of keynote, plenary and parallel sessions, panel discussions, open networking space and shared meals. You are invited to participate and

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Best Paper Award WWWforEurope

The European research project WWWforEurope (Welfare, Wealth and Work for Europe) has announced the Best Paper Award competition. See: http://www.foreurope.eu/fileadmin/events/BestPaperAward/WWWforEurope_Best_Paper_Award.pdf Papers are particularly welcome in addressing the issues related to the Socio-Ecological Transition. The authors of the best papers will be awarded during the 1st WWWforEurope Feedback Conference which will be held in Vienna on

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Foresight Careers Conference 2013 in Washington, D.C.

Foresight Careers is for anyone who wants to get more out of their foresight education, and to find and keep great foresight jobs. It is put on by FERN and Global Foresight, a nonprofit, to support students, alumni, and advocates of global foresight graduate programs and certificate programs. Where: Washington, DC. When: Friday-Sunday, April 12-14,

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