Event Reports
Reports and summaries from events
- EFP Workshop 'Future of Cultural Heritage' - Annelieke van der Giessen
Cultural heritage is important for both society and economy. It contributes to forming an individual and collective identity, supports improving social and territorial cohesion, is of great economic importance for the tourism industry, and has potenti...
- EFP Final Event "Forward Looking Activities Governing Grand Challenges" - Beatrice Rath
The European Foresight Platform (EFP) invited to the EFP Final Event "Forward Looking Activities Governing Grand Challenges" September 27–28, 2012, Vienna, In Cooperation with the Institut Français Vienne Program DAY 1 12.00 Welcoming Lunc...
- Future Day of the Bertelsmann Stiftung - Beatrice Rath
On Monday 2 July at the Kalkscheune in Berlin the team of the Bertelsmann Stiftung gathered an international group of scholars, journalists, activists and bloggers for the first in a series of international Future Days. Organized with support from th...
- TA Conference: "Technology Assessment and Policy Areas of Great Transitions" - dana
The European TA Conference: “Technology Assessment and Policy Areas of Great Transitions” will take place in Prague, Czech Republic from 13 to 15 March 2013. The conference addresses not only technology assessment but also related fields, such as f...
- EFP Policy Workshop 'Smart Mobility 2050: Human centred Vision and long-term Horizon' - Annelieke van der Giessen
Update: the final paper based on the background paper and workshop outcomes is available: EFP Smart Mobility Workshop - final paper. The European Foresight Platform (EFP) organized a policy workshop ‘Future of Smart Mobility 2050: a Human-centred ...
- 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...
