Cornelia Daheim, Cornelius Patscha Managing Partner, Z_punkt The Foresight Company Node Chair and Node Co-Chair, German Node

Activities of the German Node 2013/14

Major Activities July 2013-July 2014

•  Overview of past activities

•  Joint paper of Node members “Quo Vadis Futures Studies?”

•  PR for SOF and Regional Foresight 2.0 Experiences Report

•  Developing ideas for a new German Node project

•  Promoting use of GFIS among Node members

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German Node Agenda

German Node Short overview of past projects

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Principle of Operation: -  Basic Node activities: Z_punkt

2004: Weak Signals Wiki (with all MP nodes)

2005: European Foresight Conference (support)

2007: Impact of Technologies Survey 2007

2009: MP Nodes Survey & Publ. (Underrated Future Topics)

2011/2012: MP Nodes Profiles (to all Nodes)

2013/2014: Joint publication on Future of FS

-  Small, constructive, informal group -  Node projects: Depending on interest and resources of Node members

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Start 2003: Foundation of the Node 2014

Usually we find the resources to do one Node project every 2 years in addition to basic activities.

Major successes: •  Joint publication: “Zukunftsforschung, quo vadis?” (“Whereto, future studies?“) •  Project with UK Node “Future of Work” •  PR for SOF •  PR for Regional Foresight 2.0 Experiences Report

(a publication stemming from a cooperation with the Belgian and French nodes) „Basic“ activities: •  Update 15 Global Challenges •  Support for MP delphi studies

o  MP RTD Update o  RTD 1: Unhealthy Food Markets in Developing Countries with a Focus on Asia and

Africa. o  RTD 2: Vulnerable Natural Infrastructure in Urban Coastal Zones

o  SOF 2013-2014 o  GFIS (Contents, Design)

•  Participating in MPPC Meeting •  Support MP Fundraising •  Participate in and support of EUMPI

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German Node Node Activities 2013

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German Node Main Activities 2013: Joint Paper “Whereto, future studies?“

http://www.faz-institut.de/netzwerkprojekte/zukunftsmanager

Contributors: •  Cornelia Daheim •  Lars Gerhold •  Cornelius Patscha •  Jessica Prendergast •  Karlheinz Steinmüller •  Heiko von der Gracht •  Axel Zweck

Insights of the paper: Key trends in future studies •  Integration of cognitive sciences •  Academization of future studies •  Digitalization of future studies •  Influx of young futurists into the

community

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German Node Main Activities 2013: PR for Regional Foresight 2.0 (Node Co-op)

http://www.z-punkt.de/newsletter-en.html#c21826

Channels •  Z_newsletter •  Z_website •  Network Future Studies •  Presentations

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German Node Other Activities 2014

•  PR efforts for 2013-14 State of the Future Report: Press release, success: long interview on major national radio station

•  Gathering ideas for a new Node project in 2015 Promising candidate: Case studies of successful projects for foresight students

•  Promoting the use of GFIS by Node members (workshop with coaching plus follow-up)

•  Support for Korean Node: TV Docu "Future of Education“ (helping with researching and establishing contacts in Germany)

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Project with UK Node for UKCES Scenarios for The Future of Work

Context

Aim

Team

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Results

•  UKCES •  Future of Jobs and Skills in the UK

in 2030

•  Assessment of future challenges and opportunities in the labour market and the implications for jobs and skills in the UK

•  Internal project team •  Expert based in-depth interviews

and workshops •  Z_punkt team + Martin Rhisaert

•  Process facilitation •  Trend analysis •  Scenario development •  Strategic implications

•  4 Scenarios on the future of work •  Implications for stakeholder groups •  Publication for external

communication Web: Report - http://www.ukces.org.uk/thefutureofwork Very nice quiz “your future job” http://yourfuturejob.ukces.org.uk

Contact: Cornelia Daheim Managing Partner daheim@z-punkt.de Tel.: +49 221 355 534 12

Dankeschön!