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The Millennium Project: Global Future Research and Training

The Millennium Project is a global initiative connecting experts and institutions to improve thinking about the future and make it available for policymaking, education, and public consideration. It conducts research, training, and provides reports on various global challenges and future scenarios. Collaborations with UN organizations, universities, corporations, and governments ensure a comprehensive and inclusive approach.

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The Millennium Project: Global Future Research and Training

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  1. The Millennium Project Is Global... Geographically Institutionally Disciplinarily Research Focus

  2. UNOrganizations Universities Corporations Governments NGOs … May Become a Transinstitution Millennium Project

  3. Millennium Project Nodes... are groups of experts and institutions that connect global and local views in: Nodes identify participants, translate questionnaires and reports, and conduct interviews, special research, workshops, symposiums, and advanced training.

  4. The Purpose of the Millennium Project • Create a global and on-going capacity to improve thinking about the future • Make that thinking available through a variety of media for consideration in • policymaking • advanced training • educational curricula • public education • Continually respond to feedback, to accumulate wisdom about potential futures

  5. Current Research and Training Activities • Global Climate change Situation Room • UN World Water Scenarios • Latin America 2030 Scenario Research • Prime Minister of Kuwait's Early Warning System • Monthly International Environmental Security Reports • Online Futures Research concepts and methods course • Updating and Improving 15 Global Challenges • Experiments in Second Life • Future of Ontologists and their Education • Global Millennium Prize • State of the Future Index (both global and national SOFIs) • Experiments with Collaborative & Collective Intelligence Software

  6. Both Futures Research Methods and Content 39 chapters

  7. 15 Global Challenges–the Agenda Today Challenge 1: How can sustainable development be achieved for all while addressing global climate change? Challenge 2: How can everyone have sufficient clean water without conflict? Challenge 15: How can ethical considerations become more routinely incorporated into global decisions? Challenge 14: How can scientific and technological breakthroughs be accelerated to improve the human condition? Challenge 3: How can population growth and resources be brought into balance? Challenge 13: How can growing energy demands be met safely and efficiently? Challenge 4: How can genuine democracy emerge from authoritarian regimes? Challenge 12: How can transnational organized crime networks be stopped from becoming more powerful and sophisticated global enterprises? Challenge 5: How can policymaking be made more sensitive to global long-term perspectives? Challenge 6: How can the global convergence of information and communications technologies work for everyone? Challenge 11: How can the changing status of women improve the human condition? Challenge 10: How can shared values and new security strategies reduce ethnic conflicts, terrorism, and the use of weapons of mass destruction? Challenge 7: How can ethical market economies be encouraged to help reduce the gap between rich and poor? Challenge 9: How can the capacity to decide be improved as the nature of work and institutions change? Challenge 8: How can the threat of new and reemerging diseases and immune microorganisms be reduced?

  8. Mou’s Between Nodes and The Millennium Project • Government Institutions • Russian Academy of Natural Sciences • Chinese Academy of Natural Sciences • Chinese Academy of Social Sciences • Slovakian Academy of Sciences • Azerbaijan Ministry of Communications • Dubai Knowledge & Human Dev. Authority • Kuwait Office of the Dep. Prime Minister • Universities in • Prague Rome/Pescara • São Paulo Cairo • Helsinki    Santa Cruz/La Paz • Tel Aviv Tehran • Maduri (India) • NGOs in • Venezuela (WFS chapter) • Mexico (new NGO as Node) • Kuwait (non-profit research institute)France (futurist network) • So. Korea (Korea 2050 futurist org) • U.K. (RSA – professional org) • Azerbaijan (futurist association) • Turkey – (futurists association) • Slovenia – (Bled Forum on Europe) • Private Companies in • Tokyo (aerospace) • Berlin (futures planning) • Buenos Aires (futures planning) • Silicon Valley (USA) (venture capital) • New Delhi (futures, strategy planning)

  9. Previous and Current Sponsors • Corporations • Applied Materials • Deloitte & Touche LLP • Ford Motor Company • General Motors • Hershey • Hughes Space and Communications • Monsanto Company • Motorola Corporation • Pioneer Hi-Bred International • Shell International • Government Organizations • Azerbaijan – Min. of Comm. • South Korea – Ministry of Education • South Korea – Ministry of Budget • Kuwait Oil Company • Kuwait Petroleum Corporation • U.S. Env. Protection Agency • U.S. Army Environmental Policy Inst. • U.S. Department of Energy • U.S. Woodrow Wilson Center • Foundations/NGOs • Alan F. Kay & Hazel Henderson • Foundation for Social Innovation • Amana-Kay (Brazil) • Foundation for the Future (USA) • Rockefeller Foundation • United Nations & Affiliated • United Nations University • UNESCO • UNDP • World Bank

  10. Potential Services You Can Use • Real-Time Delphi to support executive decision-making • State of the Future Index for your industry or corporation • Upgrade corporate scanning systems to collective intelligence • Executive seminars on the global situation and opportunities • Training in futures research methods • Key note addresses • Collaboration with Nodes around the world

  11. Some Benefits For Sponsors • Improved corporate intelligence by acquiring a unique eye on global change • Access to leading futurists, scholars, and research • Information as it is being generated • Input to strategic planning • Current and recent research includes: • World Water Scenarios (UNESCO) • Some Elements of the Next Economy • Government Future Strategy Unites • Collective Intelligence (one design for Energy – GENIS) • Real -Time Delphi's (Peru Electricity, Hershey, UNESCO, World Bank, Korean Government) • Early warning reports on environmental security issues (US Army) • Education and Learning 2030 (Korea) • Global Energy Scenarios 2020 (Kuwait Petroleum Corporation) • State of the Future Index (world, Latin American countries, Turkey, Korea, South Africa) • Global Millennium Prize (Secondary school students worldwide)

  12. Benefits (Continued) • Ability to shape the Project's annual program as a member of the Project's Planning Committee. • Participation in the annual meeting of the Project • Ability to test and/or introduce new ideas for global feedback • Access to additional channels in international organizations, governments, corporations, NGOs, universities, and other globally-oriented institutions. • Participation in a global improvement community to draw ideas into your organization.

  13. The Millennium Project Planning Committee Meeting

  14. State Of The Future is Published Around the World • Chinese Editions: Beijing Science and Technology Press and Chinese Finance and Economic Publishing House, Peoples Republic of China • Spanish Editions:Externado University, Bogotá, Colombia • Korean Editions: MaeKyung Publishing Inc., Seoul, Korea • Arabic Edition: Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt • French Edition: l’InstitutDestrée, Namur–Wallonie, Belguim • Farsi/Persian Editions: MATN Co., and the Ministry of Islamic Culture and Guidance, Tehran, Iran • Russian and Azuri Edition: Azerbaijan Futures Society, Baku, Azerbaijan • Czech and Slovak Editions: Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic; and Academy of Science Bratislava, Slovak Republic • Partial translations in Japanese, German, and Portuguese

  15. Quotes Invaluable insights into the future for the United Nations, its Member States, and civil society. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General, UN A must read for any decisionmakerwith a long-term vision Enrique Peña Nieto, President of Mexico A fascinating read for anyone who wonders what the world will look like in 2030, and beyond.Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald syndicated columnist, co-winner Pulitzer Prize The best introduction to the major global issues and long-term remedies Global Foresight Books An important “finger on the pulse” essential for decision-making at all levels; global cities cannot afford to ignore this workSitholeMbanga, CEO, South African Cities Network The 15 Global Challenges in the State of the Future should be read by all leaders Eduardo Frei, Former President of Chile

  16. For Further Information… Jerome C. Glenn The Millennium Project 4421 Garrison Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20016 USA +1-202-686-5179 Jerome.Glenn@Millennium-Project.org www.StateoftheFuture.org

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