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The Millennium Project - German Node Activities Update 2006/2007. Cornelia Daheim The Millennium Project Planning Committee Meeting Minneapolis, July 2007. Issues. About the German Node Activities 2006/2007 Plans for the Next MP year. About the German Node.
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The Millennium Project - German Node Activities Update 2006/2007 Cornelia Daheim The Millennium Project Planning Committee Meeting Minneapolis, July 2007
Issues • About the German Node • Activities 2006/2007 • Plans for the Next MP year
About the German Node • Working with / for MP since 2001 • Z_punkt GmbH the Foresight Company founded the German Node in March 2003, and has chaired it since. (core working Cornelia Daheim, Node Chair, and Dr. Gereon Uerz). • A Planning Committee embraces main futures studies’ institutions in Germany: • Dr. Guenter Clar, Steinbeis Academy • Dr. Kerstin Cuhls, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI in Karlsruhe • Robert Gassner, Institute for Future Studies and Technology Assessment in Berlin • Prof. Dr. Gerhard de Haan, Free University of Berlin (educational studies) • Prof. Dr. Peter H. Mettler, Professor for Societal Science and Sociology of Planning and Technology • Dr. Axel Zweck, German Association of Engineers, Future Technologies Division, Duesseldorf • One new member: • Gaby Schuette, from the Secretariat for Futures Studies, an independent, interdisciplinary research institute (www.sfz.de), Gelsenkirchen
Corporate Foresight Think Tank • founded in 1997 • located in Berlin, Essen and Karlsruhe • staff of about 20 employees • Foresight-Services for Strategic Management and Innovation: From Trend Monitoring to Scenario Processes • Content Provider for Strategic Future Knowledge: Context, Consumers, Sectors, Technologies • External Think Tank for Challenging Creative Processes • Partner for Systematic Implementation of Corporate Foresight in Entrepreneurial Practices
Z_punkt News • Team Growth • Website Re-launch • Conference Cycle “Re-Thinking Business” started, 1st Conference with Deutsche Bank • New products and services, such as: Siemens Megatrend Report, Structured Workshop Offers, Future Fabrication Event, ....
German Node - Activities 2006/2007 • General Node Work • Promotion of SOF / MP in general • Global Challenges Update • Distribution of and Contributions to Questionnaires • Additional Activities • Survey on Impact of Future Technologies in Germany • Millennium Prize promotion • Website launch - German Node Website and Re-launch Z_punkt Website, with updated info on MP
German Node - Activities 2006/2007Technology Survey • Survey conducted by the German Node (German only) • Motivation: • Starting a common project • Demonstrating feasibility of generating relevant, valid results with a simple and short questionnaire concept • Possibility of enlarging project to international level with MP as a whole • Main question: Which future technologies have the strongest impact on which other sectors (expected results for example: Biotech is expected to have the strongest impact on society; media opinion leaders expect strong impacts from Nano on industry, while researchers do not) • Status: • About 110 answers from • Opinion leaders - Experts, scientists, private sector, NGOs • Analysis to be started • Results will be shared with MP PC • To be presented to public in form of articles by German Node
German Node - Activities 2006/2007Node Website launch • Online since autumn 2006, by now only German version (English version planned) • www.stateofthefuture.de • General info on MP, on the Node, on activities such as Millennium Prize, mailing list
German Node - Activities 2006/2007Z_punkt Website Re-launch, MP Info • Re-launch March 2007, by now only German version (English version in August) • www.z-punkt.de • Link to MP website and German Node website • Regular info on MP in German and English newsletters (2000 and 1000 subscribers)
German Node - Plans for 2007/2008 • Deepening / refreshing co-operation with other Nodes • English website for German Node • Regular Updates and Mailing List Infos to be sent • Completing Technology Survey of German Node • Analysis • Sharing Results with MP PC • Discussing feasibility of transferring approach to MP as a whole • Stronger and more professional PR for SOF and MP • Press release for SOF 2007 • Trying to have individual reviews of SOF placed
Thanks for your attention! More information: http://www.z-punkt.dehttp://www.stateofthefuture.de