To a Future of Smart Mobility and Transportation

Upcoming EFP European Policy Workshop Transport and mobility are fundamental and vital for the economy and society worldwide. For Europe, efficient and sustainable transport and mobility is essential for participating competitively in the world economy, supporting the prosperity of Europe. Transport and mobility has grown substantially over the past decades, given relatively low oil prices,

Start: March 20, 2012

Author : Annelieke van der Giessen

read more...

Strategic Foresight track in British Academy of Management Conference 2012 (September, Cardiff University)

The British Academy of Management Conference 2012, organized in September at Cardiff University, UK, has a Strategic Foresight track focusing on foresight in organizations. From the conference website: The Track focuses on developing greater understanding of Strategic Foresight in organization’s day to day thinking, acting and the link to strategizing and (long term) strategies. Strategic

Start: September 11, 2012     ||    End: September 13, 2012

Author : Bas van Schoonhoven

read more...

Final Conference of the FESTOS project

On the 8th of December the final conference of the FP7 FESTOS project (Forsight of Evolving Security threats Posed by Emerging Technologies) took place in Brussels. (More information about the FESTOS project can be found on the project homepage: http://www.festos.org/.) As mentioned in the project description, in FESTOS it was planned to identify and assess

Start: December 8, 2011

Author : Joachim Klerx

read more...

Report on foresight conference in Astana (Kazakhstan), 5-6 December 2011

“Foresight a Way to View the Future” A conference under the theme of “Foresight a Way to View the Future” was organized in Astana as part of the Innovation Forum devoted to the 20th anniversary of Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The Innovation Forum, which was opened by the Prime Minister of the Republic

Start: December 5, 2011     ||    End: December 6, 2011

Author : dirkjoh

read more...

Report on iKnow conference in Brussels, 27-28 October 2011

“Towards a Strategic Issue Management System for Science, Technology and Innovation” During the 27th and 28th of October, the iKnow project organized its final conference in Brussels under the theme “Towards a Strategic Issue Management System for Science, Technology and Innovation”. During the conference, new methods and tolls developed by iKnow to support foresight, horizon

Start: October 27, 2011     ||    End: October 28, 2011

Author : dirkjoh

read more...

Conference “Demand, Innovation and Policy” (Manchester, March 2012)

The Manchester Institute of Innovation Research is organizing a conference titled “Demand, Innovation and Policy”. From the invitation: “The current policy focus is on the intelligent use of public procurement of innovation, but increasingly a more comprehensive mix of tools are being applied. However, current ‘demand-side’ policy practices are not broadly underpinned by academic studies on appropriate

Start: March 22, 2012     ||    End: March 23, 2012

Author : Bas van Schoonhoven

read more...