Bulletin trimestriel, 31ème année, 1er trimestre, février 2005 Editeur responsable : Jean-Marie Duvosquel 3, rue du Château - B-6032 Charleroi - Wallonie www.wallonie-en-ligne.net HPôle Prospective Programme The Futures of Europeans Tuesday April 12, 2005 in the Global Knowledge 20.00 Welcoming Evening Reception , Mercure Hotel, Louvain-la-Neuve Society Wednesday April 13, 2005 A Meeting Place for Europeans 8.30 Morning coffee creating Futures 9.00 Opening plenary session :The Futures of Europe Chair : Philippe Destatte, director of The Destree Institute (Wallonia), hat unique challenges does the Knowledge Society pre- Brussels-Area Millennium Project Node Chair, Scientific Director sent to Europe? How can futures studies help create of the European College of Regional Foresight - DATAR (Paris) W effective strategies to meet those challenges? How can Welcome address : futures studies contribute to strategies for success for European Bernard Coulie, Rector of the Catholic University of Louvain- companies and private sector organizations? How can futures la-Neuve studies assist Europeans in clarifying their change issues with Louis Michel, Member of the European Commission regard to the key challenges facing the world as a whole? 10.00 Keynote speakers : Addressing these critical questions is the main objective of this Jerome C. Glenn, Director of the Millennium Project conference. (Washington), The Futures of Europe Maria João Rodrigues, President of the European Advisory So, the Conference "The Futures of the European in a Global Group for Social Sciences, Professor at ISCTE University Knowledge Society" will focus on the following actions : Institute (Lisbon) – identify common emerging challenges for Europe and deve- 10.45 Break lop actions to meet these challenges. – learn the “best methodological practice” and improve the 11.15 Second Plenary Session : Europe in Global World methodology. Round Table animated by Hugues de Jouvenel, General – bring foresight outputs to the policy arena and provide policy Director of Futuribles Group (Paris) and Paraskevas Caracostas, analyses. Head of Unit K2, Science and Technology Foresight, EC - DG – provide monitoring of future-oriented activity in Europe and Research (Brussels) globally, and build capacity for providing future-oriented stu- Panelists : dies in Europe. Kristine Bruland, Professor at the Departement of History of – provide governance with systemic thinking oriented on the the University of Oslo, Chair of the European Commission High future. Level Expert Group "Foresighting the New Technology Wave", – bring future-oriented knowledge and thinking to education, (Oslo) policy-making, the scientific community, companies and public Michel Godet, Professor of Strategic Foresight, National organizations at large. Conservatory for Arts and Industries, Laboratory for Investigation in Foresight, Strategy and Organization (Paris) Four questions will structure the work, especially during the paral- Paul Tang, Head International Economic Analysis, Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis, Centraal PlanBureau Nederlands, lel workshops : (Rotterdam) 1. How can we translate key global issues to the European Union Jean Stéphenne, President and General Managers of scale? How can different European actors proactively contri- Biologicals GlaxoSmithkline (Rixensart) bute to global challenges using futures studies? The confe- Klaus Heinzelbecker, Director Strategic Projects BASF (Berlin) rence will discuss new insights European futures studies experts/ actors bring to global issues. 13.00 Lunch 2. What are the “burning issues” of Europe in the global context? 3. How can European futures studies experts (academics, policy 14.30 Parallel Workshops makers, thinktanks, etc.) play a significant role in promoting 1. Burning issues of Europeans – The Important global issues and developments? Trends 4. How can we develop and consolidate European cohesion and Introduction and Chair : Bruce Lloyd, Professor at London co-operation in promoting global prospects? How can we South Bank University, Departement of Marketing & Strategy, structure foresight capabilities in Europe ? (London) Europe must develop its own approach to global issues. Finding Animation : Pavel Novacek, Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Palacky University, Olomouc and common fields of interest and stimulating interaction between Charles University (Prague) different actors is critical to that effort. Discussants : Three target groups has been defined by the organizers of the Eleonora Barbieri Masini, Professor Emeritus of the Faculty of Social Sciences Gregorian University (Roma) conference are : Jean Houard, General Administrator of Walloon Institute for 1. university units (research & education) and other public orga- Evaluation, Foresight and Statistics (Namur) nizations Gerrard Quille, International Security Information Service, EU 2. companies Research and Innovation Policy and the Future of the European 3. civil servants and decision makers of European institutions. Common Foreign and Security Policy (Brussels) Patrice Laget, Head of the SERA Unit (Support to the ERA) - A simultaneous translation will be available during all the confe- Institute for Prospective Technological Studies - IPTS (Sevilla) rence. Eric Perée, Head of the Economical and financial Services, European Investments Bank (Luxemburg) Programme 2. Futures Research and Foresight Methods 5. Managing the Future – New Organizations and Introduction and Chair : Theodor J. Gordon, Senior Fellow, Management American Council for United Nations University, Millennium Introduction and Chair : Markku Wilenius, Professor of Futures Project (Washington) Studies and Director of the Finland Futures Research Center Animation : Nadezdha Gaponenko, Russian Institute for (Turku) Economy, Policy and Law (Moscow) Animation : Cornelia Daheim, Senior Researcher and Project Discussants : Manager Z_punkt, The Foresight Company (Essen) Mika Aaltonen, Development Director of Finland Futures Discussants : Research Center (Helsinki) John J. Gottsman, President Clarity Group (Atherton, Silicon Stuart Candy, Fast Future (London) Valley) Sylvie Esparre, Director of the Delegation à l'Aménagement du Peter Heydebreck, Managing Director, Inno Group (Stockholm) Territoire - DATAR (Paris) Josephine Green, Senior Director of Trends and Strategy at Sam Pearson, Head of Foresight, RTC North Ltd (Sunderland) Philips Design (Royal Philips Electronics), (Eindhoven) 3. Europe in Global World – Relationships with Gordon Ollivere, Managing Director RTC North Ltd, (Sunderland) - President TII Association (Luxembourg) Other World Regions Introduction and Chair : Hugues de Jouvenel, General Director 6. Networking the future – Think-tanks and the of Futuribles Group (Paris) building of an European Knowledge Platform Animation : Ute Hélène von Reibnitz, Director of Introduction and Chair : Sari Söderlund, Coordinator Finland Scenarios+Vision (Vence) Future Academy (Turku) Animation : Robby Berloznik, Director of the Flemish Institute Discussants : for Science and Technology Assessment (ViwTA) (Brussels) Peter Mettler, Professor of Societal Sciences, Wiesbaden University of Applied Sciences & University of Frankfurt/Maine Discussants : (Wiesbaden) Anja Kober, Senior Manager Corporate Innovation Strategy Peter Bishop, Professor at the University of Houston Clearlake, Deutsche Telekom (Bonn) Program for the Study of the Future (Houston) Saphia Richou, President of Prospective and Foresight Jose Cordeiro, Professor at the Central University of Venezuela, Network, (Paris) Sociedad Mundial del Futuro, (Caracas) Pierre-Jean Lorens, Director of the Foresight and Evaluation Mohsen Bahrami, Professor at Amir Kabir University of Department at the Regional Council of Nord Pas-de-Calais Technology (Tehran) Anette Braun, Future Technologies, Division of VDI TZ GmbH (Düsseldorf) 17.00 End of the workshops 12.30 Lunch 19.00 Official Dinner : Castel of Corroy-le-Château 14.00 Closing Plenary Session Thursday April 14, 2005 New ideas how to structure foresight capabilities 8.30 Morning coffee in Europe Chair : Juha Kaskinen, Coordinator International Affairs of 9.00 Third Plenary Session : The Future Governance Finland Futures Academy, (Turku) of the European Sciences Round Table animated by Theodius Lennon, Director Social Chairs : Elizabeth Florescu, Director of Research, Millennium Sciences and Humanities, Foresight, EC - DG Research Project (Washington DC) and Pascale Van Doren, Head of (Brussels) and Maria João Rodriguez, Chair of the Social Foresight Unit, The Destree Institute (Wallonia) Sciences Advisory Group for the European Commission, Keynote Speaker : Professor at ISCTE University Institute, (Lisbon) Philippe Busquin, Former European Commissioner on Antonio Missiroli, Senior Research Fellow, European Union Research, European Deputy, President of the Scientific Institute for Security Studies (Paris) Technology Options Assessment (STOA) European Parliament Gerrard Quille, International Security Information Service, EU (Brussels - Strasbourg) Research and Innovation Policy and the Future of the European Common Foreign and Security Policy (Brussels) 10.00 Parallel workshops Sylvie Esparre, Director of the Delegation à l'Aménagement du 4. Burning issues of Europeans – Weak Signals Territoire - DATAR (Paris) Patrice Laget, Head of the SERA Unit (Support to the ERA) - Introduction and Chair : Günter Clar, Director of Steinbeis Institute for Prospective Technological Studies - IPTS (Sevilla) Europa Zentrum