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Strategic Foresight : Engaging the Emergency Management community to look to the future . Strategic Foresight Initiative (SFI) Overview. Effort to understand who or what could shape the FUTURE of emergency management so that we can proactively begin addressing those issues TODAY
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Strategic Foresight: Engaging the Emergency Management community to look to the future
Strategic Foresight Initiative (SFI) Overview • Effort to understand who or what could shape the FUTURE of emergency management so that we can proactively begin addressing those issues TODAY • Supports emergency management leadership in its strategic decision-making and planning • Engages emergency managers, subject matter experts, other federal agencies, academia and the private sector to explore what factors could impact the future emergency management environment • Creates a shared space for coordinating research and analysis
Strategic Foresight Initiative Phases • Scoping Workshop (April 14) –Begin to define, refine, and highlight key drivers that may impact the future of emergency management • Network Collaboration (May-August) – Online community discussion focusing on better understanding emerging trends, key issue areas, and implications behind the emergency management drivers • Strategic Needs Workshop (August) –Synthesize and examine the results of the online collaboration to create an emergent picture of future strategic needs for emergency management • Network Engagement – Experts network continues to explore drivers and strategic needs and helps set ongoing research agenda
Next Steps • Online and Non-line collaboration around key drivers, trends, and key issue areas • Special events and targeted conferences • Strategic Needs Conference (August 2010) • Other ideas?
Getting Involved • Brian Scully (SFI Program Lead) 202.646.2921 brian.scully@dhs.gov • fema-oppa-sfi@fema.gov