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Participants
listened to and discussed
papers in the
following areas:
National Foresight
Foresight at the national level has been used to
address (i) choices within the domain of science and technology, and
(ii) the structures by which science and innovation achieve impacts
upon the economy and society. This track will draw upon the
experience gained from the national Foresight exercises and new
research methodologies and/or questions to be addressed at this
level.
Regional Foresight
Both
supra-national Foresight, covering more than one country, and
sub-national Foresight, covering a smaller region of a country or
neighbour regions of multiple countries, will be considered in this
track.
Supra-national Foresight has been useful to promote joint analysis
of common problems, detect opportunities for cooperation, identify
complementary attributes, and define infrastructures needed, which
are not feasible at the national level.
Sub-national Foresight is the application of foresight methods
(involving some combination of five essential
elements — anticipation, participation, networking, vision, action) to
inform and orient decisions that are taken at the sub-national
level.
This track will draw upon the experience gained from
the supra-national and sub-national Foresight exercises and new
research methodologies and/or questions to be addressed at these
levels.
Sectoral and Corporate Foresight
The challenges faced by firms reflect the structural
changes taking place in the economy and society. A new global
setting of the world economy is defining the framework for operation
of the industrial sector both inside the national boundaries and
internationally. In this context, the corporate sector and
industries use Foresight to detect and prepare responses to such
changes. The experience gained at the corporate and sectoral level,
and main research and methodological issues will be discussed in
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