Helsinki Node Report July 2010 - July 2011
Presented by Sirkka Heinonen and Juha Kaskinen
Millennium Project
2011 Planning Committee Meeting, July 7-8 2011
Vancouver, BC Canada
MEETINGS AND PERSONNEL
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Node meetings on Aug 24 2010, Nov 17 2010, Jan 28 2011 and May 24 2011
Node Members/Co-Chairs
• Dr. Mika Aaltonen STRAX, Aalto University
• Chair person in charge in 2011
• Prof. Sirkka Heinonen, Finland Futures Research Centre (FFRC),
University of Turku
• Director Juha Kaskinen, Finland Futures Research Centre (FFRC),
University of Turku
• Dr. Osmo Kuusi, Finnish Parliament and VATT (Government Institute for
Economic Research)
• Coordinator Sari Söderlund , Finland Futures Academy (FFA), University
of Turku
Chair person in charge in 2010
ACTIVITIES
• Participation in RTD questionnaires
• Invitation conveyed to MP Nodes to participate in a
Delphi on the future of journalism (Heinonen, Sirkka & Kurki,
Sofi: Rethinking the expertise of experts in assessing disruptive
transformations. 4th International Seville Conference on Future-Orientated
Technology Analysis, Seville May 7, 2011.
http://foresight.jrc.ec.europa.eu/fta_2011/documents/download/PAPERS/THEME%20
3/3b%20Creative%20futures/KurkiHeinonen.doc)
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Contribution to Mexican Node: Sirkka Heinonen’s reply
to Concepcion Olaverrieta’s survey on the Goddesses
of the Future
ACTIVITIES
• Presentations of all node members on the MP and
methodology cd in various lectures, seminar and
conferences
• Special promotion and demonstration of methods in
Creative Foresight Space in Innopark Technology
Centre in Hämeenlinna
http://www.innopark.fi/portal/ohjelmat_ja_projektit/projekti
t/vidico/vidico_in_english/
• Futures Research Methodology 3.0. in frequent use
• In various research projects
• In training and education programs of FFA and FFRC
Horizons of Futures Research and Education Theories, Methods, Applications
a two-days conference on research and education issues of futures studies.
Time
Place
20-21 Oct 2011
Shanghai, Fudan University of Nordic Centre
The framework is global whereby sustainability and multidisciplinarity
play a central role. By developing images of alternative futures there
are new viewpoints and novel ideas towards more feasible futures.
Important Dates
Submission of Abstract
Notification of Acceptance of Abstract
Submission of Full paper
Possible revisions to be made
Closing Date for registration
30 July 2011
15 August 2011
15 September 2011
30 September 2011
14 October 2011
Abstracts Prof. Sirkka Heinonen, sirkka.heinonen@tse.fi
Registration
Elisa Pöyhönen, elisa.poyhonen@tse.fi, please give the following
information: name, organization, special diets.
Northern Dimension of MP
– Taking strategic steps towards expert network
•Arising co-operation with Northern Dimension Network (NDN)
at Northern Dimension Institute, Lappeenranta Technical
University.
•Extending the geographical coverage of the Helsinki node by
creating partnerships.
•Re-organizing the node by including affiliated units and/or
expert pools.
•Consolidating basis for increasing expertise with additional
resources.
FINLAND FUTURES ACADEMY (FFA)
Students of the Finland Futures Academy (FFA) at the Finland Futures Research Centre (University of
Turku) won awards in the Association of Professional Futurists Student Recognition event for school year 2010.
The judges for the event included professional futurists from around the world. The winners & papers are:
Student
Course
Study
Status
Camilla Magnusson,
Futures Research in Practice
TUTU3, Spring term 2010
A qualitative user
evaluation of collocational
topic networks as a text
visualization method
Third prize,
category:
Individual
Student Paper
Post-graduate course: Asiantuntijat
tulevaisuuden tietäjinä? (engl.
Experts as fortune tellers?, MP
Futures Forum, 2009)
Knowledge of the future –
subjective interpretations
and true beliefs?
Second prize,
category: PhD
Post-graduate course: Asiantuntijat
tulevaisuuden tietäjinä? (engl.
Experts as fortune tellers?, MP
Futures Forum, 2009)
Designing the Future use
and evaluation of
knowledge about the
future
Third prize,
category: PhD
Futures 1 “How can we explore the
future?”
The Role of Multiplayer
Games in the Future
First prize,
category: Team
Futures 1 “How can we explore the
future?”
How will the Mobile
Phone's Evolution Shape
our Life in 2020?
Second prize,
category: Team
Tampere University of
Technology
Teea Palo,
University of Oulu
Kalle Piirainen,
Lappeenranta University
of Technology
Póth Attila, Török
Tamás and Ádám
Drobinoha, Corvinus
University of Budapest
Dániel Bartha, Csernyi
Balázs and Noémi
Szabari, Corvinus
University of Budapest
Thank you!
Thank you!
Contacts of the Helsinki Node
Sirkka Heinonen sirkka.heinonen@utu.fi
Juha Kaskinen
juha.kaskinen@utu.fi
Sari Söderlund
sari.soderlund@utu.fi
Contacts
of the Helsinki Node
Osmo Kuusi
osmo.kuusi@vatt.fi
Mika Aaltonen
mika.aaltonen@aalto.fi
Sirkka Heinonen
sirkka.heinonen@utu.fi
europa.eu/fta_2011/documents/download/PAPERS/THEME%203/3b%20Creative%20future
Juha Kaskinen juha.kaskinen@utu.fi
Sari Söderlund sari.soderlund@utu.fi
Osmo Kuusi osmo.kuusi@vatt.fi
Mika Aaltonen mika.aaltonen@aalto.fi