1. Russian Node’s Activity (April- July 2005) Report prepared to the Millennium Project Planning Committee Meeting, July, 2005 Dr. Nadezhda Gaponenko Russian Institute of Economy, Policy and Law, Head of Department Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Department of Forecasting, Scientific Secretary 103064, Build 6, 50a/8 Zemlianoy Val str., Moscow, Russia Voice: 7095- 3372306 Email: foresightr@mail.ru

2. Meetings, Conferences, Workshops April 2005 –Department of Forecasting of the RANS annual meeting coupled with workshop “Future of Hydrogen Energy” –“Building Human Capacity”, workshop in collaboration with IFRA –SPIDERACT workshop (RIEPL) May 2005 –“Future of Service Sector”, workshop in collaboration with IFRA –Conference: “Future of Food Production”

3. Collaboration with Nodes SPIDERACT proposal (Finland, Germany, Czech & Slovak Republic Nodes, contribution) Foresight Encyclopedia (Mexican Node, contribution) Building collaboration with Deloitte&Touch Russian office (in collaboration with MP headquarter (Washington DC)

4. Publications Invitation to Partnership, Moscow, RIEPL, 2005 Yu.V. Jakovets “Epochal Innovations of the XXI Century” Moscow: Pitirim Sorokin- Nikolai Kondratieff International Institute, 2005