Millennium Project German Node, Report July 2011

1. Millennium ProjectGerman Node, Report July 2011 Cornelia Daheim Head of German Node Managing Partner, Z_punkt the Foresight Company Planning Committee Meeting, Vancouver 2011

2. Activities of the German Node 2010/11 • SOF 2010: PR– international launch together with Bertelsmann at Berlin • Studies contribution: • LA Scenarios • Arts and Media • Regional Challenges • German Node: New member – Bertelsmann Foundation • Millennia 2015: development of variables, promotion and support • European Millennium Project Nodes initiative: Poss. Meeting organization • Thai Node: possible build-up – connection to MP • German SOFI: proposal developed and discussed (in progress) • EU-funded projects with other Nodes: • Iknow (Project on Weak Signals for European Research): Launch of WIWE Databank (with Isreal, Finnish and UK Node) • InFu (Project on new innovation patterns): Results from Mini-Panels and Scenario Report online (with German Node members) • Major Node Project 2010: Node Profiles Slide Set

3. SOF 2010 in the German Press • Internal channels: • Z_punkt Website & Newsletter (more than 5,000 recipients) • German Node community and website • Communication channels reaching future interested readers: • “Blickpunkt Zukunft (spotlight future”): annual futurists’ report on global challenges • Channel reaching a wider public: • Vdi news (information portal for engineers) • Globaler-wandel.blogspot.com (blog on global change), • interview also on youtube • Glocalist (monthly magazine on CSR, ethics in economy and social responsibility)

4. Spotlight: Node Profiles Slide Set • Builds on GLOBAL MILLENNIUM PROJECT NODES SURVEY from 2010, conducted by the German Node • Providing a map of all MP Nodes, which contains information on the Nodes‘ activities, members and contact information • Showing the extent of the international foresight network • Fostering communication and cooperation among MP Nodes • Next Step: Identifying possibilities for cooperation by mapping mutual thematic interests

5. Map of Potential Future Cooperation Projects • Based on the answers from the Millennium Project Nodes Survey • Each node reported back on what topics it wants to work on in the future • “Please, name up to 4 general and recent future topics from your area that you find especially interesting and important” • Identifying of clusters, which could be worked on jointly by several nodes • First results (draft): • Impacts of the financial crisis (Brazil, Argentina) • Education (Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Brussels Area, Malaysia) • Innovation (Finland, Brazil, South Africa) • Climate Change (Bolivia, Finland) • SustainableDevelopment (Brazil, Central Europe I) • Energy (Azerbaijan, Canada, Finland, France) • Food (India, UK)

6. Exemplary Cluster Slide: Education • Baku: Education • Type of work? Public-private partnership project: 2 semester on-line video course on future • Further Information: www.futurestudies.az, Ms. Gunel Jahangirova • Penang: Education for Sustainable Global Futures • Type of Work: Institutional • Brussels Area: Mutual Learning Platform • Type of work: European Commission 3 DG's + CoR + partnership including The Destrée Institute • Further Information: http://www.innovating-regions.org/network/presentation/projects.cfm?project_id=9 • Bogotá: Education m.my Brussels Area Baku Penang Bogotá

7. Selected Other Z_punkt / German Foresight News Plans • PR for SOF 2011 • Continue and close EU-funded Projects InFu and Iknow • MP Node Map: • Create Node’s interest map from survey outcomes • Pass on MP Node Profiles slides to MP HQ for continuous updates • Trend Radar • Description of 170 trends out of society, economy, ecology, technology and politics, new format and lower price • The Future of UK Waste: Scenarios for Defra • 4 scenarios • Support of policy review • To be published in July