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Programme 2008

Sunday, October 26, 2008

19.00h - 21.00h

Networking Party
Participants and speakers meet at the Hotelbar Schweizerhof

Monday, October 27, 2008

8.30h		Registration Culture and Convention Center KKL Lucerne
9.00h		Welcome Note Georges T. Roos Director European Futurists Conference Lucerne
Session 1: BRIC 2018 - Emerging Countries Reshaping the World Chair: Johan Peter Paludan, Advisory Board, Director Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies
		Global Framework, Future Prospects and Strategies Prof. Jerome Glenn Director Millennium Project
		China 2018 Prof. Zhouying Jin Senior Researcher and Professor at the Chinese Academy of Social Science / Director of Center for Technology Innovation and Strategy Studies (CTISS) of CASS, Beijing
10.15h		Coffee Break
10.35h		India 2018 Padma Rao, India Correspondent "Der Spiegel"
		Russia 2018 Dr. Alexander Sokolov Higher School of Economics, Moscow
11.35h		Coffee Break
		Brazil 2018 Rosa Alegria Founder of Perspektiva, Co-Chair Brazilian Node Millennium Project
12.25h		New Growth Centers Reshaping the World Panel Discussion Rosa Alegria (Brazil) Alexander Sokolov (Russia) Padma Rao (India) Zhouying Jin (China) Jerome Glenn (Millennium Project)
13.15h		Lunch Break
Session 2: Global Threats of Tomorrow Chair: Dr. Rolf Tanner, Advisory Board, Swiss Re
		Life After Wall Street – Indicates the finance crisis the end of globalizations? John L. Casti and Prof. Dr. Markku Wilenius
		Future Face of War Colonel Roland Kaestner German Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Lecturer in Strategy
		The Global Illicit Economy Nils Gilman Monitor Group / Global Business Network
15.45h		Coffee Break
		The Water Crisis Anders Berntell, Executive Director Stockholm International Water Institute
		Our Energy Future(s) Prof. Dr. Konstantinos Boulouchos Chairman of the Board of Energy Science Center of ETH Zurich
17.15h		The Futurists' View: Europe and the Global Futures Panel Discussion Enric Bas, University of Alicante Cornelia Daheim, Z_punkt Markku Wilenius, Allianz SE Pierre-Alain Schieb, OECD Chair: Georges T. Roos, Director European Futurists Conference Lucerne
17.45h		Break
19.30h		Future Dinner Hotel Schweizerhof
Dinner Session
		A True Cure for Human Aging Dr. Aubrey D.N.J. de Grey Methuselah Foundation

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

8.30h		Registration Culture and Convention Center KKL Lucerne
9.00h		Opening 2nd Day Georges T. Roos Director European Futurists Conference Lucerne
Session 3: Future of Lifestyles Chair: Dr. Wendy Schultz, Advisory Board, Infinite Futures
		Europe 2030 - What Europeans Expect from the Future Dr. Ulrich Reinhardt B.A.T. Stiftung für Zukunftsfragen
		Europe 2030 Panel Discussion with Co-Authors (Advisory Board)
10.30h		Coffee Break
Session 4: Future Framework for Innovation Chair: Dr. Pero Micic, Advisory Board, Chairman FutureManagementGroup
		Open Innovation - Do we still need Patents? Ciaran McGinley, Project Initiator EPO Scenarios for the Future, European Patent Office
		From Visions to Products - Future Living 2020 Eckard Foltin Head Creative Center, Bayer MaterialScience AG
12.00h		Lunch Break Affiliates' Corners FutureManagementGroup Z_Punkt The Foresight Company Zukunftsinstitut GmbH Institute for Future Studies, Stockholm Finland Futures Research Center ROOS Trends and Futures Shaping Tomorrow
		Ecomagination: General Electric's Commitment to clean Technologies and Sustainability Dr. Carlos Haertel Managing Director GE Global Research Europe
14.45h		Innovation at Google Thomas Hofmann Engineering Director, Google Switzerland GmbH
15.15h		The Futurist's Paradox Matthias Horx, Zukunftsinstitut
16.00h		End of 4th European Futurists Conference Lucerne