Event Reports
Reports and summaries from events
- Final Conference of the FESTOS project - Joachim Klerx
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:/...
- Report on foresight conference in Astana (Kazakhstan), 5-6 December 2011 - dirkjoh
“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. ...
- Report on iKnow conference in Brussels, 27-28 October 2011 - dirkjoh
“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 Syste...
- EFP Review Meeting, Seville 11 May 2011 - dana
The purpose of the EFP Review Meeting was to discuss the methodological approach of EFP in providing foresight information and support to policy makers and practitioners. In addition, the aim was to refine the various policy support approaches and to r...
- EFP European Policy Workshop "Policy options for surprising and emerging futures in Europe" - Bas van Schoonhoven
On October 26, 2011, the EFP European Policy Workshop "Policy options for surprising and emerging futures in Europe" was held, during a long day with many fruitful discussions and presentations. We are currently processing the outcomes of the differe...
- Conference “Challenge Social Innovation: Innovating Innovation by Research” - dirkjoh
During the 19th and 21st of September, the “Challenge Social Innovation” Conference took place in Vienna, co-organized by NET4SOCIETY (the Network of Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities National Contact Points) through the support of the Europea...
- COST strategic workshop on Foresight on Future Demand for Forest-based Products and Services - dirkjoh
There are ongoing policy deliberations regarding forests at both an EU and pan-European level, e.g. a new forestry strategy, and the Forest Europe negotiations on legally binding instruments for forests. These procedures require timely, research-based ...
- Second PARADISO conference - dirkjoh
During the 7th and 9th of September, the second edition of the PARADISO international conference, part of the “Internet and Societies: New Innovation Paths” event organised with the support of PARADISO, was held at the European Commission in Brusse...
- Workshop “Foresight in public research organisations” - Beatrice Rath
Organisers: Austrian Institute of Technology, Cemagref, French Embassy in Vienna/Institut Français de Vienne Background and aim of the workshop: In a knowledge-based society and economy it is increasingly difficult for research organisations to def...
- Workshop "Screening of Urban Foresight activities with a time horizon of 30+ years. What can we learn for the Joint Programming Initiative Urban Europe 2050+" - Joachim Klerx
2nd EFP policy workshop The 2nd EFP policy workshop addressed this question in the context of recent forward looking activities. The EFP European Policy Workshop aims to provide support to the Joint Programming Initiative – Urban Europe (JPI-UE) in ...
- Workshop “Technology and Services in the Wake of Demographic Change” - Joachim Klerx
A complementary policy workshop at national level was held in Germany in cooperation with the Institute for social research and social economy (ISO), Saarbrücken. The workshop entitled "Technology and Services in the Wake of Demographic Change" took p...
- EFP European Policy Workshop on ‘Active and Healthy Ageing – a long term View’ - Joachim Klerx
On Monday, 31st January 2011 in Brussels the first European Foresight Platform (EFP) European Policy Workshop will take place, focusing on “Active and healthy ageing – a long-term view” in support of the pilot European Innovation Partnership in t...
- Documentation: EFP-Kickoff Conference - Joachim Klerx
Documentation of Conference: Foresight and Forward Looking Activities - Exploring New European Perspectives Vienna French Cultural Institute Venue: Währinger Straße 30, 1090 Vienna, Austria, Date: 14/15 July, 2010 Forward looking approache...
