Trentino plus 10 Foresight Workshop July 2003 (Trento)Vision Team Resources Resumé of the small group sessions Rapporteur prof. Enrico Zaninotto University of Trento

Trentino plus 10 Foresight Workshop July 2003 (Trento)Vision Team Resources Priorities for Products, Competences, Markets in Trentino 2014 Agrofood Tourism/ Art/ Culture ICT/ Microsystems Healthy agriculture Genetic information processing Environmental health Microsystems controlling Water monitoring Smart rooms Interactive science center Quality control Scientific tourism Interactive touristic experince Intelligent highways

Trentino plus 10 Foresight Workshop July 2003 (Trento)Vision Team Resources Shaping Factor: Organisation of Research Planning Trentino 2014 ?? Centrally allocated Self Organised, „Anarchy“ Now?? Currently: Funding without (explicit) planning -> Goal: clearer, more coherent planning, establish research priorities create places for exchange of information / informal contacts synergies and aggregation of research groups/activities

Trentino plus 10 Foresight Workshop July 2003 (Trento)Vision Team Resources Shaping Factor: Attractivity of Province for Highly Qualified Manpower in the Specialisation Sectors Trentino 2014 ?? High Attractivity Low Attractivity Now?? Not enough attractivity in specific sectors (e.g., informatics in genetics) Attractive for living/research infrastructure but not as career-step? „Glue“ of research groups, joint motivation -> necessity of vision -> Increase salaries, career perspectives, change contract system

Trentino plus 10 Foresight Workshop July 2003 (Trento)Vision Team Resources Shaping Factor: Increasing the number of PhD students in the specialisation sectors Trentino 2014 ?? By attracting international/ Italian students By boosting the number of Trentino students Now?? ICT: only PhD-Programm with higher percentage of international students Language problem (depending on research field) High incentives needed: currently money Problem for PhD-Students/highly specialised people to find consistent employment -> recruiting good professors, high ranking schools/reputation

Trentino plus 10 Foresight Workshop July 2003 (Trento)Vision Team Resources Shaping Factor: Undergraduate education matching needs of society (among others industry and markets) Trentino 2014 ?? General education Specialised education Now?? Goal: Producing people that keep Province competitive (not only in competence triangle) Providing a varied and compatible choice of subjects with strategic importance Teaching flexibility (adapting to dynamic international trends)

Trentino plus 10 Foresight Workshop July 2003 (Trento)Vision Team Resources Shaping Factor: Basic Education Trentino 2014 ?? Improve current situation Now?? Teach flexibility Improve low quality create passion, motivate learning new programmes, new ways of teaching

Trentino plus 10 Foresight Workshop July 2003 (Trento)Vision Team Resources Resources in Trentino 2014: Key Statements less public funds: research expenditures have to demonstrate their value more resources of knowledge, coming both from inside the region and from abroad need to push the employment toward activities with higher value join new and old economy