The Millennium Project
Planning Committee Meeting
13 and 14 February 2003
Washington, D.C.
Deloitte & Touche
55 - 12th Street, N.W.
Woodrow Wilson International
Center for Scholars
13th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue
Thursday 13 February 2003
Agenda
9:00
9:15
9:45
10:15
Coffee, friendly conversation, review materials
Introductions and review agenda
Recent accomplishments
Current research:
Middle East Peace Scenarios Study Round 1
Global 2025 Science & Technology Scenarios
Environmental Security Issues Scanning
Up-dating and improving the 15 Global Challenges
2003 SOFI and SOFI Software Development
Futures Research Methods Version 2.0
Self-evaluation of the Millennium Project
Thursday Agenda (continued)
11:00
11:15
1:00
1:30
2:30
3:30
3:45
4:45
5:30
6:00
7:00
Break
Continue: current research
Lunch (served in the Board Room)
SOFI Software Development Update
Node Reports Previous: Previous six month's
work of the Node, next year's objectives, and
suggestions for the future of the Project
Break
Node Reports continue
Review the day and agenda for next day
Adjourn
Refreshments at Les Halls
Dinner Les Halls
Friday Agenda
9:00 Continental Breakfast
9:10 Node reports continue as necessary
10:00 Discussion of Objectives for 2003: Middle East
Scenarios, Futures Methods 2.0; S&T Scenarios; Env.
Security Scanning; Up-date 15 Global Challenges;
and publish 2003 State of the Future
11:00 Break
11:15 Suggestions received for additional objectives
pending financial support (see separate handout)
1:00 Lunch (served in conference room)
1:30 Open discussion on Millennium Project Priorities
Friday Agenda (continued)
3:00 Break
3:15 Continue discussion of objectives, but in the
context of public relations, marketing, and
fundraising plans
4:00 General and Millennium Project Node Issues:
Node coordination and InfoSystem; Methodological
Issues; UNU Assessment of The Millennium Project;
State of the Future’s use, distribution, promotion,
reviews, translations; Node fundraising and PR
4:30 Review, action items, conclusions, final comments
5:00 Adjourn
Some New Accomplishments
 SOFI
Software Team in Silicon Valley Node
 New Gulf Node in Kuwait & Futures concepts
and methods workshop for Kuwait Oil Company
 Spanish translation of Futures Research Methods
 Chinese and Arabic SOF translations forthcoming
 Tech Awards: UN Asst. SG Doyle’s comments
 UNDP-World Bank-UN SG’s Office-Silicon
Valley explorations on InfoTech cooperation
Accomplishments continued
 World
Federation of UN Associations (WFUNA)
 Carbon Sequestration NSF-World Bank-UNU
 US White House use of Env-Sec study at NATO
 Energy Press Release Albrycht and McClure
picked up by AP, econews, US Dept. of State
 Millennium Project’s self-assessment for UNU
Accomplishments continued...
(Articles)
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Environmental Strategy, Paris
Future Survey review of 2002 SOF and Partnership for
Development
Foresight (Future environmental security issues and
potential military requirements
Futures Research Quarterly - Pavel and Jin
Il Sole Ventiquattro Ore, Rome - Eleonara Masini
Foresight (Dec. Long-Range goals study, Dave Rejseki)
Forthcoming: Agent Modeling in TFSC and Agent
Modeling paper to be presented to PICMET (Portland
OR) in July