The Millennium ProjectPlanning Committee Meeting

July 15-17 2009 Chicago

Agenda – Wednesday July 15th

9:00 Introductions and Review Agenda

9:30 Recent Accomplishments

10:00 Recent and Current Research

Futures Research Methodology Version 3.0

Environmental scanning to update the 15 Global Challenges

State of the Future Index (SOFI)

Real-Time Delphi advances

Elements of a Future Economic System

Highlights of studies using RTD

International emerging environmental security issues - summary of monthly reports

11:15 Break

11:30 Recent and Current Research (continued)

 1:00 Lunch

1:45 Node Highlights

3:00 Break

 3:15 Node Highlights (continued)

 5:00 Review the day and agenda for tomorrow

5:15 Adjourn

6:30 Dinner – Italian Village

Agenda – Thursday July 16th Chicago Hilton, Boulevard A-C 9:00 Node Highlights (continued)

10:00 Global Millennium Prize presentation

10:30 Presentation of the results of the Millennia 2015 RTD

10:45 Break

11:00 RTD MP Priorities and Implementation suggestions

1:00 Lunch

  1:45 Continue discussions of priorities and implementation

  3:00 Break

  3:15 Continue discussions on Project priorities, objectives, strategies, structures

  4:30 Assign roles and responsibilities for priorities, while keeping current commitments:

2010 State of the Future

Monthly Environmental Security reports

Global Energy Information System and Network

Global Millennium Prize

Fundraising and Corporate Sponsorships

General management of the Millennium Project

 5:00 Review the day and agenda for tomorrow

 5:15 Adjourn

 6:00 Dinner

Agenda – Friday July 17th Hilton, Boulevard A-C

9:00 MP Information systems (Email Lists, Websites, and Second Life)

 10:30 UNESCO World Water Scenarios & MP collaboration

 11:00 Break

 11:15 Additional items

Public Relations

Standards to become and remain a Node and groups of Nodes

Quality of Delphi panelists, honorariums, translations

Fundraising (in general, by Nodes, and combinations)

2009 SOF and FRM 3.0 Promotion, reviews, blogs, book launches

 12:30 Assignment of discussion groups and tasks (review PC RD Delphi)

  1:00 Lunch

  2:00 Small Group Discussions

  4:00 Group Discussion Reports

 4:45 Final comments by all

  5:15 Adjourn

  5:30 Potential Sponsors Meeting (maybe)

  6:00 WFS Conference Opening

Vision/direction for The Millennium Project (Distilled from RTD)

Global collective intelligence for futures research, that is financially stable, widely recognized as the best starting point for global analysis, and whose products disseminated through a variety of media are recognized and used by a broad spectrum of humanity.

Each Millennium Project Node becomes a real TransInstitution, more become function-focused (not only geographic focused), conduct synergetic analysis (not competitive analysis) with other think-tanks and/or organizations to create new forms of collaboration yet to be invented.

Accomplishments• 2009 SOF & FRM V 3.0 in the same year• Established The Millennium Project as an independent

non-profit (same legal status as AC/UNU & WFUNA)• 2008 State of the Future

• “Best Books and Reports” for 2008 by Future Survey• Listed first in the TOP TEN 2008 der Zukunftsliteratur (best future

literature in 2008) by pro ZUKUNFT, Austria• Reviewed in Technological Forecasting & Social Change, The

Futurist, and Futuribles• Translated into Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, Russian, Korean, Persian;

Exec. Summary in Japanese, German, Italian, Azeri• President of Dominican Republic launched the 2008 SOF in NY• Google scholar lists 2007 SOF Cited by 73 and

FRM 1.0 or 2.0 - 1999 - Cited by 36

• International Journal of Technology Management just published article on MP 2025 S&T management issues we did in 2001-02

Accomplishments• UN EcoSoc/DESA briefing on the 2008 SOF January 15,

2008. • UN Strategic Planning Unites Network established by former

Millennium Project intern – MP initiative through UNDP meeting

• New Node in Bolivia – Signed MOU• London Node getting re-organized and held FRM 3.0 launch• Explorations for new Nodes in

Dominican Rep. Nigeria VietnamSingapore Thailand ColombiaMalaysia Kenya Tanzania

• JG’s Speeches, seminars, meeting since last MP PC meetingAustria Bolivia Finland ChinaSingapore Switzerland UK South Korea Azerbaijan The NetherlandsHaiti Korea Italy

• The Independent in London announced SOF second year in a row with many blog entries

Explorations

• Climate Change Collective Intelligence and Situation Room for Korea

• Bertelsmann corporation and foundation

• Use of Second Life for Millennium Project applications

• Online futures course for an Azerbaijan university in cooperation with the Azerbaijan Node

• Country futures upgrades