1. Node Survey Conducted by the German Node Planning Commitee Meeting, Boston 2010

2. 2 Why conduct a survey among all Nodes? In the Interest of the MP: we wanted to establish better knowledge among all MP Nodes - of what other Nodes and also Node members are working on - what is regarded as key future topics in the different regions they represent. Our very personal Interest: The idea also came up, because the members of the German Node felt like they would like to be in closer contact with members from other nodes. –Who do I call, if I need an expert opinion on XY in XY?.

3. 3 Preliminary Remarks on the Methodology - 32 of 34 Nodes (at the time) participated in the survey - Challenge: Survey Design very open => Answers hard to compare - Solution: Discourse Analysis => Clustering of topics to make them comparable => Quantitative analysis of clusters Business/Economy Innovation, Business and Sustainable Development Innovation and Sustainable Development Startegic management Future of Sci/Tech management Future Economic & Innovation systems Future Jobs Business/Economy Innovation, Business and Sustainable Development Innovation and Sustainable Development Startegic management Future of Sci/Tech management Future Economic & Innovation systems Future Jobs 1. Clustering of 130 Topics into 9 clusters, e.g. 2. Quantitative Analysis Environment and Resources Water Energy Transportation Energy questions and climate change ENERGY: Global Energy Scenarios Environment and Resources Water Energy Transportation Energy questions and climate change ENERGY: Global Energy Scenarios 2. Intepretation of Results

4. 4 What are the key results of the survey? Key result in a nutshell The current emphasize of work of the nodes lies in the fields of „Transfer & Education“, „Science & Technology“ and “Environment & Resources“. A majority of the nodes consider cultural and social issues to be underestimated AND these are precicly the the topic least represented in the Nodes´ profiles. „It is `peopleware` which is crucial to any sustainable shift in consciousness necessary to finding a new path for humanity“ (Cyberspace Node)

5. 5 What are the key results of the survey? Map of Future Issues: Current Activities of Global Millennium Nodes.

6. 6 Current Activities in the Regions – Regional Cluster

7. 7 What are the key results of the survey?

8. 8 Map of Underestimated Future Topics: Thematic Relevance According to Survey.

9. 9 What else could be derived from the data? - We did not yet analyse the question „International on Cooperation on Future Topics“ and „Favoured International Future Topics“ – this could be used to - Map existing and possible cooperations between nodes (idea: Social network á la facebook? How can we make single people and their expertise more visible?) - The data on could be visualised in an interactive map or another kind of nice Visualization (mentioning more names & activities) - We could use the date to update the profile of each Node on the website.