NISTEP International Conference
The 3rd International Conference on Foresight
 
Program
Day 1 (Monday, 19th November)
14:00-18:00
Keynote Speech I: What do S&T policy makers expect from Foresight?
Masuo Aizawa, Member of Council for Science and Technology Policy
Keynote Speech II: Why Is Foresight Important for Europe ?
Jean-Michel Baer, Director for Science, Economy and Society,
DG Research, European Commission
 
<Session I> Innovation Policy and Foresight
Speakers: Luke Georghiou, Director of PREST, The University of Manchester
Rongping Mu, Director-General, Institute of Policy and Management,
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Terutaka Kuwahara, Deputy Director-General of NSITEP
 
Day 2 (Tuesday, 20th November)
10:00-12:00
<Session II> Mission-oriented Foresight
Speakers: Torsti Loikkanen, Customer Manager, VTT
Attila Havas, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Panel Discussion I: Mission-oriented Foresight - its background, function, and outcome
Moderator: Hiroshi Nagano, Professor, GRIPS
 
14:00-17:30
<Session III> Methodology and Outcome of Foresight
Speakers: Richard Silberglitt, Senior Physical Scientist, RAND Corporation
Byeongwon Park, Research Fellow, Korea Institute of Science and Technology Evaluation and PlanningĦĦ
Michael Keenan, Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry, OECD
Panel Discussion II: Improved Methods for "Tailored" Foresight
Moderator: Attila Havas, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
 
 
Contact information
Secretariat e-mail:icf@gakkai-web.net