Posts Tagged ‘defense’
Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
The objective of ForeSec is to tie together the multiple threads of existing work on the future of European security in an attempt to provide a more coherent guidance, orientation and structure to all future security-related research activities. It aims at enhancing the common understanding of the complex global and societal nature of European security in order to pre-empt novel threats and capture technological opportunities. The project takes a participatory approach in an attempt to facilitate the emergence of a coherent and ho-listic approach to current and future threats and challenges to European security. ForeSec builds a pan-European network around the European security foresight processes and helps foster a societal debate on European security and security research. As this brief is published, ForeSec still has a few months of project work lying ahead. Accordingly, all results presented here are merely intermediate.
EFMN Brief no. 159_ForeSec
Tags: aging population, climate, defense, demography, enlargement (EU), globalisation, migration, services, terrorism, water
Posted in brief, Environment (including climate change), EU, Food, agriculture and fisheries, biotechnology, FP7 Themes, Geography, Security, Socio-economic sciences and the humanities, Time Horizon, until 2025 | Comments Off
Saturday, May 21st, 2011
As stated in the recent EC Communication on ‘Reforming the budget, changing Europe’ (SEC (2007) 1188), the European Union has a key role to play in ‘providing security and safety to citizens’. Especially in the aftermath of 11th Sept. 2001 security related issues are becoming an increasingly important facet of global society and have an increasing impact on economy and science. The issues are manifold and include protecting citizens and state from organized crime, preventing terrorist acts, and responding to natural and manmade disasters. Civil security issues are becoming more and more important to governments and national economies across the globe, and the EU is no exception. The EC sees security research as an important policy objective, which started in 2001 with a Preparatory Action on Security Research (PASR) and is now the tenth theme of the FP7 Cooperation programme. Security and safety technologies are seen to have applications in many sectors including transport, civil protection, energy, environment, health and financial systems.
EFMN Brief No. 134_Safety_and_Security
Tags: arts, building (housing), chemicals, chemistry, cities, climate, converging technologies, defense, electronics, financial services, manufacturing, marine, migration, mobility, privacy, roadmap, safety, services, software, terrorism, water
Posted in brief, Energy, Environment (including climate change), EU, Food, agriculture and fisheries, biotechnology, FP7 Themes, Geography, Health, Information and communication technologies (ICT), Security, Socio-economic sciences and the humanities, Time Horizon, Transport (including aeronautics) | Comments Off
Saturday, May 21st, 2011
This brief presents an overview of major trends and policy options for rural areas. A number of social, technological, economic, environmental and political trends as well as strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats will be highlighted, followed by ten major policy options in view of two traditional and conflicting objectives: rural socio-economic development and countryside protection.
EFMN Brief No. 129_Rural_Areas
Tags: building (housing), cities, climate, construction, defense, developing countries, education, electricity, enlargement (EU), entrepreneurs, farming, financial services, health care, housing, human resources, hydrogen, jobs, knowledge society, manufacturing, marine, migration, natural resources, regional development, rural areas, services, SME, SWOT, tourism, universities, water, youth
Posted in brief, Energy, Environment (including climate change), EU, Food, agriculture and fisheries, biotechnology, FP7 Themes, Geography, Health, Information and communication technologies (ICT), Regional, Security, Socio-economic sciences and the humanities, Time Horizon, Transport (including aeronautics) | Comments Off
Saturday, May 21st, 2011
This technology foresight project was motivated by the significant resources recently invested, both nationally and internationally, in the development of increasingly advanced and complex robots. There is a need to examine the perspectives, possibilities and consequences of development and utilisation of advances in robotics. The goal of the foresight project is to formulate a robust and broadly accepted foundation that can be used to identify opportunities for innovation associated with the development of robot technology that seem particular promising for Demark within a time frame of ten years.
EFMN Brief No. 125_ Robot_and_Cognition
Tags: arts, cognition, cognitive science, construction, defense, education, entertainment, globalisation, manufacturing, robotics, safety, services, social science, universities, water
Posted in brief, Denmark, Energy, Food, agriculture and fisheries, biotechnology, FP7 Themes, Geography, Health, Information and communication technologies (ICT), Nanosciences, nanotechnology, materials, new production technologies, National, Security, Socio-economic sciences and the humanities, Time Horizon, Transport (including aeronautics), until 2015 | Comments Off
Friday, May 20th, 2011
Under the influence of (inter)national technological, political and economic developments, the defence industry is increasingly intertwined with and developing towards a civil industry. Consequently, the political responsibilities, attitude and measurements are changing for both the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Economic Affairs. An analysis of the Dutch defence industry helped to determine the main innovative opportunities of the industry and to identify the complementary technological competences needed to make the most of these opportunities. Also strategic vision, including options for innovation policy, was developed.
EFMN Brief No. 120 – Dutch Defence Industry
Tags: defense, knowledge economy, mechanical systems, sensors
Posted in brief, FP7 Themes, Geography, Information and communication technologies (ICT), Nanosciences, nanotechnology, materials, new production technologies, National, Netherlands, Security, Socio-economic sciences and the humanities, Time Horizon, until 2015 | Comments Off
Friday, May 20th, 2011
Modern materials sciences take as their objective to develop and tailor materials with a desired set of properties suitable for a given application. Next to conventional approaches, predictive modelling and simulation is more and more used. This results into a rapidly increasing knowledge base, allowing for more precise experimental set-ups, more precise simulations and tailoring of goal-oriented materials. They play a key role in the value chain and in product innovation. Although limited profits are made from materials, materials are technology enablers for new high added value products and therefore a key in innovation acceleration. More success and increased opportunities for applications is the outcome. The SMART project aimed at providing support for future strategic decisions in this sector to foster the strengthening of the European Research Area.
EFMN Brief No. 115 – SMART materials
Tags: automotive, chemistry, construction, cultural heritage, defense, electronics, gas, health care, housing, life science, manufacturing, mobility, polymers, safety, sensor technologies, sensors, solar cells, terrorism, textiles
Posted in brief, Energy, EU, FP7 Themes, Geography, Health, Information and communication technologies (ICT), Nanosciences, nanotechnology, materials, new production technologies, Security, Time Horizon, until 2015 | Comments Off
Friday, May 20th, 2011
The intention of this forward looking study was to inform the U.S. National Intelligence Council’s 2020 project – www.dni.gov/nic/NIC_2020_project.html – and help provide U.S. policymakers with a view of how world developments could evolve, identifying opportunities and potentially negative developments that might warrant policy action.
EFMN Brief No. 90 – Global Technology Revolution 2020
Tags: defense, developing countries, education, electricity, housing, hygiene, manufacturing, quantum cryptography, safety, sanitation, sensors, waste, water
Posted in brief, Energy, Environment (including climate change), Food, agriculture and fisheries, biotechnology, FP7 Themes, Geography, Global, Health, Nanosciences, nanotechnology, materials, new production technologies, Security, Socio-economic sciences and the humanities, Time Horizon, until 2020 | Comments Off
Friday, May 20th, 2011
The project aimed at formulating all plausible future scenarios for Jordan in the year 2020 and enabling decision makers to draw realistic policies and strategic decisions directly relevant to the said scenarios. It also aimed at stimulating national dialogue on futurerelated policies, allowing stakeholders to participate in shaping their future, rather than merely being affected by it.
EFMN Brief No. 80 – The ‘Jordan 2020′ Scenarios Project
Tags: climate, defense, education, gas, human resources, natural resources, services, tourism, universities, water
Posted in brief, Energy, Food, agriculture and fisheries, biotechnology, FP7 Themes, Geography, Health, Nanosciences, nanotechnology, materials, new production technologies, National, Socio-economic sciences and the humanities, Time Horizon, until 2020 | Comments Off
Friday, May 6th, 2011
The goal of this initiative is to alert the government to new scientific knowledge and technology and understand the opportunities and risks that they present for New Zealand. The ambition is to find things that are new or unusual that may act as signposts to important changes on the horizon. Another aim is to think about the impacts of new science and technology in a way that include a range of perspectives in particular perspectives from outside the world of science and technology. This is intended to improve the Government’s ability to anticipate and respond to new science and technologies from a context of broad reflection on New Zealand’s future.
EFMN Brief No. 37 – New Zealand Futurewatch 2025
Tags: chemicals, converging technologies, cultural issues, defense, IT, medicine, nutrition, plastics, safety, social science
Posted in brief, Energy, Environment (including climate change), Food, agriculture and fisheries, biotechnology, FP7 Themes, Geography, Health, Information and communication technologies (ICT), Nanosciences, nanotechnology, materials, new production technologies, National, New Zealand, Security, Socio-economic sciences and the humanities, Time Horizon, until 2025 | Comments Off
Friday, May 6th, 2011
The Third Korean Foresight Exercise entitled ‘Future Perspectives and Technology Foresight for Korea – Identifying Challenges and Opportunities for Korea’s Economy and Society’ represents the most comprehensive effort to date by the Korean government in the field of S&T foresight. Capitalizing on previous studies conducted in 1994 and 1999 its chief purpose is to chart the future of Korean society and technology and link peoples future needs to innovations in science and in research. Systemic in both character and methodology this Third Korean Foresight Exercise accelerates Korea’s evolution towards a knowledge society.
EFMN Brief No. 36 – Korea 2030
Tags: aging population, chemicals, climate, cognitive science, consumption, corporate, defense, education, entertainment, IT, knowledge society, manufacturing, marine, medicine, natural resources, safety, satellite, services, shipbuilding, thermonuclear fusion
Posted in brief, Energy, Environment (including climate change), Food, agriculture and fisheries, biotechnology, FP7 Themes, Geography, Health, Information and communication technologies (ICT), Korea, Nanosciences, nanotechnology, materials, new production technologies, National, Security, Socio-economic sciences and the humanities, Space, Time Horizon, until 2030 | Comments Off
