Synthesis Report
This is THE FISTERA SYNTHESIS REPORT KEY FACTORS DRIVING THE FUTURE INFORMATION SOCIETY
IN THE EUROPEAN RESEARCH AREA edited by RAMON COMPAÑÓ, CORINA PASCU, & JEAN-CLAUDE BURGELMAN
and drawing on material from MICHAEL RADER, KNUD BOEHLE (ITAS-FZK)
ROBERTO SARACCO, GRAZIELLA SPINELLI (TILAB)
BERNHARD DACHS, MATTHIAS WEBER, SAMI MAHROUM (ARC-SYS)
and RAFAEL POPPER, IAN MILES, LAWRENCE GREEN (PREST)
contents include:
SOCIAL DRIVERS AND CHALLENGES - Changing Social Relationships; Leisure and Recreation; Ageing Population; Health:Cultural Diversity and Migration' Transport and Mobility' Learning and Education; Social Welfare / Public Services; Government; Security;
THE HUMAN FACTOR Skills Shortages etc.
THE POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT inc Foresight Studies in the EU Member States
TECHNOLOGICAL DRIVERS Trajectories; European Position in ICT; Technology Disruptions etc.

IanMiles-EncuentroCAFporlaCompetitividad.pdf (application/pdf Object)
this is the pdf version of my powerpoint presentation "Foresight" at the recent CAF Conference in Caracas. The focus is on drawing lessons from Foresight experience in Europe for the Latin American activity in the are - especially as applied to competitiveness.