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>> Pre-Conference: Practical Approaches
>> Main Conference: Critical Insights & Emerging Business Models
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Pre-Conference:
Practical Approaches
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
| 13.00h | Georges T. Roos | Welcome |
| New Explorative Approaches Chair: Prof. John Ratcliffe and Dr. Wendy L. Schultz | ||
| 13.05 | Dr. Wendy L. Schultz Infinite Futures, Oxford |
E-Scanning, Auto-Scanning, Open Source Scenarios an Futures Mash-Ups: Reviewing Emerging Futures Research Tools |
| 13.15 | Prof. John S. Ratcliffe Dublin Institute of Technology |
Futures Methods: Putting Them Into Practise |
| 8 Workshops: Innovative Futuring Tools and Techniques | ||
| 13.30 | Hans Bandhold Prof. Markku Wilenius Stefan Holtel Prof. Barbara Adam |
INTRODUCTION Workshops 1 - 4 |
| 13.45 | Dr. Arnim Wiek / PD Dr. Michael Siegrist Dr. Pierre Alain Schieb Dr. Kerstin Cuhls Thierry Kneissler / Monika Herrmann |
INTRODUCTION Workshops 5 - 8 |
| 14.00 | Hans Bandhold Kairos Future Group, Stockholm |
Workshop 1 - Future-based Innovation and the MeWe-Generation |
| Prof. Markku Wilenius Finland Futures Research Center, Turkku |
Workshop 2 - Creative Knowledge Capital as the Future Core Asset for Organisations | |
| Stefan Holtel Vodafone Global Group R&D |
Workshop 3 - Communication for the 21st Century: Analyzing WEB 2.0 Applications | |
| Prof. Barbara Adam Cardiff University |
Workshop 4 - Futures Made, Mapped and Minded: An Exploration of the Futurist's Toolkit for Action, Knowledge and Ethics | |
| 15.30 | COFFEE BREAK | |
| 16.00 | Dr. Arnim Wiek / Dr. Michael Siegrist Federal Institute of Technology Zurich |
Workshop 5 - Foresight of People's Risk Perception - the Example of Nanotechnology |
| Dr. Pierre-Alain Schieb Head of Future Projects, OECD, Paris |
Workshop 6 - Bioeconomy 2030: Designing a Policy Agenda | |
| Dr. Kerstin Cuhls Fraunhofer Institute, Karlsruhe |
Workshop 7 - Learning from National German Foresight Processes: Tools for Including Different Stakeholders | |
| Thierry Kneissler, PostFinance Monika Herrmann, moderning |
Workshop 8 - Future Screening and Innovations at PostFinance | |
| Keynote: Can Science Predict Human Behavior? | ||
| 17.30 | Prof. John L. Casti Fellow, Wissenschaftzentrum Wien Research Scholar, IIASA Co-founder and Director, The Kenos Circle |
The Rise and Fall of Globalisation: an Example of Socionomics in Action |
| 18.15 | Dr. Wendy Schultz and Prof. John Ratcliffe | Closing of Pre-Conference |
| 20.00 | FUTURISTS RECEPTION | HOTEL SCHWEIZERHOF |
Future Seminars
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
| 08.30 - 12.30 | Future Seminar 1 (prior to Pre-Conference!) FutureManagementGroup, Eltville |
How to See More of the Future with a Practical Toolset |
| 14.00 - 17.30 | Future Seminar 2 Kairos Future AB, Stockholm |
CANCELLED! |
| 14.00 - 17.30 | Future Seminar 3 Shaping Tomorrow, London & ROOS Büro für kulturelle Innovation, Lucerne |
CANCELLED! |
| 16.00 - 17.00 | Future Seminar 4 Philips (for Media only) |
Strategic Foresight at Philips: Developing Future Value |
The programme is subject to change.
Main Conference:
Critical Insights & Emerging Business Models
Thursday, November 23, 2006
| 10.00 | Georges T. Roos Managing Director European Futurists Conference Lucerne |
Opening of 2nd European Futurists Conference Lucerne |
| Chair: Rohit Talwar | ||
| 10.10 | Rohit Talwar Fast Future |
Introduction: Critical Insights & Emerging Business Models - Conference Targets and Goals |
| Keynotes: New Uncertainties, New Paradoxes | ||
| 10.20 | Ged Davis Managing Director World Economic Forum |
Global Challenges and Futures Thinking |
| 11.00 | Penny Power Founder and CEO Ecademy |
The Future of Social Network |
| 11.40 | Stefan Bergheim Deutsche Bank Research |
Global Growth Centres 2020 |
| 12.20 | Lunch Break | |
| Best Practice: Mapping the Future | ||
| 14.00 | Paul Gardien Philips Design |
Doing it Differently: A Design Led Apporach to Innovation |
| 14.40 | Dr. Sven Strunk former CEO Mibelle |
Getting Things Done - From Future Thinking to the Strategic Planning Process |
| 15.20 | Günter Burzywoda T-Mobile International |
The Future is Perceivable - You Only Have to See It |
| 16.15 | Coffee Break | |
| Networking: Future Salons | ||
| 16.50 | FUTURE SALONS 1 - Innovation and Futures Research 2 - Web 2.0 3 - Future of Health 4 - Global Future | |
| 18.15 | End of 1st Day | |
| 20.00 | FUTURE DINNER | HOTEL SCHWEIZERHOF |
| Dinner Speech: Hot topic | ||
| 21.00 | Prof. Kevin Warwick University of Reading, Dept. of Cybernetics |
Upgrading Humans - Mental Enhancements via Implants |
Friday, 24 November 2006
| Chair: Pero Micic | ||
| 09.00 | Pero Micic FutureManagmentGroup AG / President of the Advisory Board European Futurists Conference Lucerne |
Introduction of 2nd Day |
| Case Studies: New Business Models & Social Practices | ||
| 09.10 | Dr. Walter Hehl IBM Research |
Global Outlook: Status and Trends in Information Technology as Viewed by IBM |
| 09.45 | Matt Locke Head of Innovation, BBC New Media |
Open Innovation at the BBC |
| 10.20 | Coffee Break | |
| 10.50 | Markus Merz Founder and Maintainer OScar |
OScar - Reinvent Mobility |
| 11.25 | Matthias Horx Zukunftsinstitut, Frankfurt / Wien |
The Art and Misery of Prediction |
| Keynote: Global Outlook | ||
| 12.00 | Prof. Bjorn Lomborg Copenhagen Business School |
How to Choose the Future: The Copenhagen Consesus Priorities |
| 12.40 | Pero Micic | Conclusions |
| 12.55 | Georges T. Roos | Closing |
| 13.00 | FAREWELL | |
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