Planning Committee Meeting, Vancouver 2011 Cornelia Daheim Head of German Node Managing Partner, Z_punkt the Foresight Company Millennium Project German Node, Report July 2011

Activities of the German Node 2010/11 2 SOF 2010: PR – international launch together with Bertelsmann at Berlin Studies contribution: LA Scenarios Arts and Media Regional Challenges German Node: New member – Bertelsmann Foundation Millennia 2015: development of variables, promotion and support European Millennium Project Nodes initiative: Poss. Meeting organization Thai Node: possible build-up – connection to MP German SOFI: proposal developed and discussed (in progress) EU-funded projects with other Nodes: Iknow (Project on Weak Signals for European Research): Launch of WIWE Databank (with Isreal, Finnish and UK Node) InFu (Project on new innovation patterns): Results from Mini-Panels and Scenario Report online (with German Node members) Major Node Project 2010: Node Profiles Slide Set

3 SOF 2010 in the German Press Internal channels: Z_punkt Website & Newsletter (more than 5,000 recipients) German Node community and website Communication channels reaching future interested readers: “Blickpunkt Zukunft (spotlight future”): annual futurists’ report on global challenges Channel reaching a wider public: Vdi news (information portal for engineers) Globaler-wandel.blogspot.com (blog on global change), interview also on youtube Glocalist (monthly magazine on CSR, ethics in economy and social responsibility)

4 Spotlight: Node Profiles Slide Set Builds on GLOBAL MILLENNIUM PROJECT NODES SURVEY from 2010, conducted by the German Node Providing a map of all MP Nodes, which contains information on the Nodes‘ activities, members and contact information Showing the extent of the international foresight network Fostering communication and cooperation among MP Nodes Next Step: Identifying possibilities for cooperation by mapping mutual thematic interests

5 Map of Potential Future Cooperation Projects Based on the answers from the Millennium Project Nodes Survey Each node reported back on what topics it wants to work on in the future “Please, name up to 4 general and recent future topics from your area that you find especially interesting and important” Identifying of clusters, which could be worked on jointly by several nodes First results (draft): Impacts of the financial crisis (Brazil, Argentina) Education (Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Brussels Area, Malaysia) Innovation (Finland, Brazil, South Africa) Climate Change (Bolivia, Finland) Sustainable Development (Brazil, Central Europe I) Energy (Azerbaijan, Canada, Finland, France) Food (India, UK)

6 Exemplary Cluster Slide: Education Baku: Education  Type of work? Public-private partnership project: 2 semester on-line video course on future  Further Information: Ms. Gunel Jahangirova Penang: Education for Sustainable Global Futures  Type of Work: Institutional Brussels Area: Mutual Learning Platform  Type of work: European Commission 3 DG's + CoR + partnership including The Destrée Institute  Further Information: regions.org/network/presentation/projects.cfm?project_id=9 Bogotá: Education m.mym.my Bogotá Brussels Area Baku Penang

7 PlansSelected Other Z_punkt / German Foresight News PR for SOF 2011 Continue and close EU-funded Projects InFu and Iknow MP Node Map: Create Node’s interest map from survey outcomes Pass on MP Node Profiles slides to MP HQ for continuous updates Trend Radar Description of 170 trends out of society, economy, ecology, technology and politics, new format and lower price The Future of UK Waste: Scenarios for Defra 4 scenarios Support of policy review To be published in July