Accomplishments
9th State of the Future. In addition to previous
editions in Spanish, Chinese, Farsi, and Arabic, a
Korean 2004 was just published and 2005 is on it’s
way
A New Node in is being organized in Israel
(some discussions in Turkey, Austria, and Nigeria)
New Roundless Delphi for accumulative analysis
Tech Awards 5th year, 125 Laureates, $1.25 million in
awards
The Foresight Institute has patterned communications
on addressing some of the Global Challenges
Accomplishments/Articles
• RSA Journal cover article on 15 Global Challenges
drawn from 2005 SOF
• Futurist article on the 2005 SOF Exec. Summary
• Technological Forecasting & Social Change to
publish short version of the Nanotech study
• Middle East Peace Scenarios
• Foresight
• WFS conference volume
• Technological Forecasting & Social Change
elements S&T study with another from national labs
United Nations University
Relations
Jerry’s meeting with
UNU chair
Mihaly Simai’s meeting
with the Rector of
UNU and report of
conclusions
AC/UNU Meeting in
November with the
Rector
Global Challenges Updated
• The annual gross income of organized crime is more than
twice that of all military budgets worldwide
• Internet connects 1 billion people - 15% of the World
• 60% of the environmental life support system is gone or
unsustainable
• UN terrorism definition will help establish international
agreements
• 24-7 ubiquitous computing accelerates decisionmaking
Review Purpose
• assist in organizing futures research
• up-date and improve global thinking about
the future, and
• make that thinking available through a
variety of media
• for consideration in public policy making,
advanced training, public education, and
feedback to create cumulative wisdom about
potential futures.
Review Goal
• Establish global participatory futures
research as a sustainable and cumulative
phenomena
Review Objectives
• Link futurists, related scholars, other creative thinkers, and institutions
around the world.
• Provide a continuous system for identifying and tracking important thinking
on key world issues and promote discussion about these issues and their
potential solutions.
• Improve scholarly/multidisciplinary integral approaches in futures research.
• Increase the awareness of the future and its promise, including the view that
the future could be shaped in the interests of society through thoughtful
policies.
• Create a network of self-sustaining Nodes that connect global & local views
and research of individuals and institutions around the world
• Produce annual State of the Future reports
• Up-date the Futures Research Methodology series
• Other studies and activities that the Millennium Project deems useful to
further the goal of the Project
• Make the Project sustainable
Millennium Project Nodes...
are groups of individuals and institutions that connect global and local
views in:
Helsinki
London Berlin
Calgary
Moscow
Paris
Prague
Seoul
Washington,
DC
Silicon Valley
Rome
Tehran
Tokyo
Mexico City
Cairo
New DelhiBeijing
Kuwait
Madurai
Caracas
Cyber Node
Sao Paulo Pretoria/Johannesburg
Buenos Aires
Sidney
Nodes identify participants, translate questionnaires and reports, and conduct interviews, special research,
workshops, symposiums, and advanced training.
Discussion of plans
and priorities
• Promotion of 2005 SOF (Translations, Launchings, reviews, Foreign
Affairs ad, mailings)
• Futures Dictionary/Encyclopedia (Editing, funding, use of
MPCOLAB.org, and sales)
• Future Ethical Issues Round 3 (answers) and 4 (scenarios)
• Women's Future Issues Delphi – prevent duplicating previous work – 15
Challenge focus
• Latin American 2020 Delphi and Scenarios (pending funding)
• National SOFIs (Jose with other Nodes, and Top down vs bottom up
Global SOFI)
• Participation of Nodes in monthly environmental security reports
• Additional MP books: MP scenarios and another on the 15 Challenges
• Next steps for Partnership for Sustainable Development in Haiti
• Develop SOFI enterprise software system
• Input to UN Millennium Summit review speeches September 2005 in
NY
Continued discussions of plans
and priorities from previous day, plus:
• General and Node fundraising, marking, and public
relations
• Production of 2006 SOF (Node participation in
editing regional considerations in Chapter 1
• Updating actions to address the Challenges, but
details become overwhelming)
• Methodology issue: Quality vs quantity of panelists’
responses
• Use of MPCOLAB.org: Calendar, Challenges,
Dictionary
• MP strategy with other blogs
• Standards to remain and/or become a Node