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 United Nations University RelationsUniversity Relations

Jerry’s meeting with Jerry’s meeting with UNU chairUNU chair

Mihaly Simai’s Mihaly Simai’s meeting with the meeting with the Rector of UNU and Rector of UNU and report of report of conclusionsconclusions

AC/UNU Meeting in AC/UNU Meeting in November with the November with the RectorRector

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:

Nodes identify participants, translate questionnaires and reports, and conduct interviews, special research, workshops, symposiums, and advanced training.

Cyber Node

Washington, DC

Buenos Aires

Cairo

London

PragueMoscow

Rome

Madurai

TokyoBeijing

Tehran

Sao Paulo

Caracas

Helsinki

Paris

New Delhi

Calgary

Silicon Valley

Berlin

Kuwait

Pretoria/JohannesburgSidney

Mexico City

Seoul

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 plansand 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