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Foresight Professionals, Researchers, and Educators - Global List

JohnMSmart — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:35:45 CST

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This is a global, community-developed list of:
1. foresight professionals (sometimes also called professional futurists) who look to and analyze the long-term (10+ year) future for paying clients (education, for-profit, non-profit, government, military) in any of 90+ different primary, secondary, and other foresight specialties.
2. foresight researchers, who publish on long-term foresight in peer-reviewed primary foresight journals, and any other academic and trade journals. [Those who publish only in non-peer-reviewed magazines (Wired, Nat Geo, etc.) are better classified as foresight professionals rather than researchers].
3. foresight educators, who teach courses (secondary (HS), tertiary (university) or non-degree) that contain substantial portions (20%+) of long-term (10+ year) foresight curricula.

Foresight Professionals, Researchers, and Educators - A Global List

We would guess that there are perhaps 100,000 living individuals that have given talks or done serious work in various areas of long-term (10+ year) scientific, technological, business, or social foresight. Perhaps 20,000 of these have published peer-reviewed foresight research in academic or trade journals, and perhaps 5,000 have given university or other courses significantly focused on long-term foresight. How soon can we get this starter list of professionals, researchers, and educators above 1,000 (1%)? How soon can we get it above 10,000 (10%)?

Do you know any foresight professionals, researchers, or educators that should be listed here? Please add them, in the following two-line format:
First Line: Name with link to an online bio, Title (if any), Institution name (if any), Location(s), and Email (if public, in a mailto: format).
Second Line: Brief description (one line maximum!) of their foresight specialties/interests, as far as you know them.

Format: Alphabetical order by last name, with name in bold, and your entry in 10 point Arial type, in the appropriate location.

This list is a stub. It is ready for your additions. Thank you!

1. North America
(Canada, Carribean Nations, Central America, Mexico, USA)
Canada (Please Use Two Letter Province Abbreviation Codes for All Provinces in Canada)
Lynn-Elen Burton, Emeritus Prof, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC
George Dvorsky, Founder, BetterHumans, Toronto, ON
Ruben Nelson, Foresight Canada, Calgary, AB
Mark Walker, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON
Richard Worzel, Futuresearch.com, Toronto, ON
Futurist, speaker, consultant. Very nice general audience website.
Costa Rica
Maurice Strong, President, United Nations University for Peace (UPEACE), San Jose, Costa Rica.
Strong has held two UN conferences on the environment. UN-Sanctioned UPEACE offers eight one year masters degrees in Peace Studies at their Costa Rica campus.
Mexico (Please Use Two - Two Letter State Abbreviation Codes (MX - ??) for All States In Mexico)
Leonel Casanova, Monterrey Institute of Technology, Monterrey, MX-NL
Nicaragua
Ariel Zuniga, Instituto Nicaraguense de Energia, Managua, Nicaragua
Developing Nicaragua's vast geothermal resources (currently supplying 9% of national electricity) for energy independence. Currently 77 MW installed geothermal plants and 1,000 MW estimated first-tier resources.
Panama
Jorge Arosemana, Ciudad de Saber (City of Knowledge), Clayton, Ancon, Panama.
Sociologist, engineer, philosopher, and head of the Ciudad de Saber, Panama's largest business, scientific, and technology park.
United States of America
See USA - Foresight Professionals By State (Subpage)

2. South America
(Columbia to Argentina)
Brazil
Arnoldo J. de Hoyos, Sao Paulo Catholic Univ. (PUC-SP), Sao Paulo, Brazil
Colombia
Francisco Mojica, Universidad External de Colombia, Bogota, Colombia
Lucio Mauricio Henao ProSeres prospectiva estratégica, Medellín, Colombia
Peru
Fernando Ortega, Alas Peruanas University, Lima, Peru
Venezuela
Jose Cordeiro, University Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela

3. Europe
(EU plus Regional Nations, Iceland to Turkey)
Belgium
Francis Heylighen, Free University of Brussels (VUB), Brussels, Belgium

Denmark

Daniel Karpantschof, The Danish Academy for Futures Studies, Copenhagen, Denmark
Finland
Juha Kaskinen, Finland Futures Academy, Turku, Finland
Mika Maanerma, Maanermaa Futures Studies, Piispanristi, Finland
Anita Rubin, Finland Futures Research Centre, Turku, Finland
Sari Söderlund, Finland Futures Research Centre, Turku, Finland
Markku Wilenius, Turku School of Economics, Turku, Finland
France
Michel Godet, Conservetoire Nat'l des Arts et Metiers (CNAM), Paris, France
Germany
Pero Micic, Future Management Group, Eltville, Germany
Hungary
Zoltan Galantai, Technical University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
Erszebet Novaky, Corvinus University, Budapest, Hungary
Eva Toth, Technical University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
Ireland
John Ratcliffe, Dublin Inst. of Technology, Dublin, Ireland
Italy
Eleanora Masini, Gregorian University, Rome, Italy
Netherlands
Remco Buisman, Futureconsult, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Jos de Mul, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Daniel Erasmus, Leiden University, Lieden, Netherlands
Norway
Helge Hasvold, Futurist and CEO of Strategier for Framtiden, Fredrikstad, Norway
Portugal
Antonio Alvarenga, Inst. for the Devel. of the Economic, Financial, and Mgmt Sciences (IDEFE), Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (Lisbon)
Focuses on strategic foresight and european affairs. Strategic foresight methods, scenario planning and thinking, European integration. Teaches SF at IDEFE-UTL.
António B. Moniz, Universidade Nova de Lisboa-FCT, Caparica, Portugal

Romania
Trajan Rotariu, Babes Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Spain
Jordi S. del Pino, Centre Catala de Prospectiva, Barcelona, Spain
Sweden
Bo Karlsson, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden
Jacob Palme, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden
Switzerland
Roberto Vitalini, Editor, Wheii.com Knowledge and Futures Portal (email)
Media futures, information technology futures, global and market trends.
United Kingdom
Barbara Adam, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
Stephen Aguilar-Millan, The Greenways Partnership, Ipswich, United Kingdom
Jeremy Bentham, VP Global Business Environment and Head of Strategic Projections, Royal Dutch Shell (London, UK and Hague, Netherlands)
Bentham is a wicked-smart oil industry futurist, chaired Shell's Energy Scenarios to 2050 study. A strong supporter of industry and institutional foresight and scenario planning.
Nick Bostrom, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Jeff Gold, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, United Kingdom
Adam Gordon, Turning Foresight into Value, Cardiff, UK
Susan Greenfield, Prof. of Synaptic Pharmacology, Lincoln College, Oxford, United Kingdom. Science popularizer. Future of human and machine interaction and thought.
David Hicks, Bath Spa University, Bath, United Kingdom
Alec Howe, Breaking Trends in the Global Village, London, United Kingdom
Michael Jackson, Shaping Tomorrow's Foresight Network, Bishops Wood, UK
Denis Loveridge, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
Mike Keenan, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
James Martin, James Martin 21st Cent Sch, Oxford U, Oxford, United Kingdom
Graham May, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, United Kingdom (Emeritus or Retired)
Ian Miles, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
Maria Nedeva, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
Martin Raymond, Strategy and Insight Director, The Future Laboratory (21 employees).
Specialist in consumer trends, fashion, retailing, brands. Editor of Viewpoint magazine.
Anders Sandberg, Oxford, United Kingdom
Wendy Schultz, Infinite Futures, Oxford, United Kingdom
Ralph Stacey, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, United Kingdom
Steve Woolgar, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Brian Wynne, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom

4. Middle East
(Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Quatar, UAE, Oman, Yemen)
Iran
Alireza Hejazi, Center for Futures Studies, Malek-e Ashtar University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Ali Shamaee, Atinegaar Think Tank, Tehran, Iran

Israel
Aharon Hauptman, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
David Passig, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
Yair Sharan, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

5. Africa
(Morocco to Egypt to South Africa to Madagascar)
South Africa
Barbel Haldenwang, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Andre Roux, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa

6. North Asia
(Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyz Repub., Tajikistan)
Russia
Igor Bestuzhev-Lada, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia (Emeritus or Retired)
Nadezhda Gaponenko, Russian Institute of Economics, Moscow, Russia

7. Central Asia
(China and Mongolia)
China
Marcus Anthony, MindFutures, Hong Kong, China
Zhouying Jin, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China

8. South Asia
(Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Bengladesh)
India
Anandhavalli Mahadevan, Professor and Head, Centre for Futures Studies, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai 625021
V. Nandamohan, Chair, Dept of Future Studies, University of Kerala, Kerala
Ashis Nandy, Political psychologist and social theorist. Former Director, Center for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi
Lallan Rai, Agricultural marketing advisor, sustainable agricultural development, New Delhi.
Sanal R.P. Civil and transportation engineer, transportation planning, and future studies. Runs foresight website SanalNair.org, Kerala.
Mohan Tikku, Co-Chair, ACUNU Millennium Foresight Project - India Node. Gurgaon 122002
Pakistan
Ikram Azam, Pakistan Futuristics Foundation, Islamabad, Pakistan

9. East Asia
(Japan, North and South Korea, Taiwan)
Japan
Kaoru Yamaguchi, Osaka Sangyo University, Osaka, Japan
Korea
Youngsook Park, South Korea Chapter of WFS, Seoul, Korea
Taiwan
Clement C.P. Chang, Tamkang University, Taipei, Taiwan
Chien-Fu Chen, Tamkang University, Taipei, Taiwan
Jui-Guey Chen, Tamkang University, Taipei, Taiwan
Kuo-Hua Chen, Tamkang University, Taipei, Taiwan
H.W. Cheng, Fo Guang University, Yilan County, Taiwan
Shun-jie Ji, Tamkang University, Taipei, Taiwan
Mei-Mei Song, Tamkang University, Taipei, Taiwan
Yu-Ying Teng, Tamkang University, Taipei, Taiwan

10. Australasia
(Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Viet Nam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, Oceania)
Australia
Maree Conway, Thinking Futures, University Futures, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Philip Daffara, Future Sense, Brisbane, QLD Australia
Peter Hayward, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
Sohail Inayatullah, University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
Ivana Milojevic, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD Australia
Rowena Morrow, Owner, Prospective Services, Melbourne, Australia (email)
Jose Ramos, Action Futures, Brisbane, QLD Australia
Richard Slaughter, Foresight International, Indooroopilly, QLD Australia (Emeritus or Retired)
Joseph Voros, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia (email)
Prof. of strategic foresight, Swinburne MBA, MS and PhD. Strat. planning, entrepreneurship, theory&practice of foresight, integral inquiry.
New Zealand
Dennis List, Audience Dialog, Auckland, New Zealand
Singapore
Kumar Ramakrishna, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Thailand
Michel Bauwens, Chang Mai, Thailand
Integral futurist. Champion of decentralization. President, Foundation for P2P Alternatives.

Notable Deceased Foresight Professionals - Global List

Rashmi Mayur (India)
Indian futurist and urban planner, early champion of sustainable development with minimal industrialization, at least at first.
H.G. Wells (Wikipedia) (United Kingdom)
Early science fiction author and nonfiction futures author (Anticipations, 1901), early champion (1930's) of the global need for "Professors of Foresight".

Key Foresight Specialties (24 primary and 25 secondary)

Below are ASF's list of primary, secondary, and other foresight specialties. Primary specialties are taught most extensively in foresight MS and PhD programs. Secondary specialties may also be taught in foresight MS's or PhD's, but one can get primary degrees in them from other academic disciplines. Other specialties (a very partial list) are areas where foresight is commonly applied, using a range of primary and secondary specialties.

Primary Foresight Specialties (24)	Secondary Foresight Specialties (25)
Alternative Futures Competitive Intelligence Critical Futures and CLA Development (Systemic) and Acceleration Studies Emerging Issues, Cross Impact and Pattern Analysis Emerging Technologies Analysis Ethnographic Futures Forecasting and Modeling/Simulation (basic) Foresight Frameworks and Foundations History and Analysis of Prediction Horizon Scanning and Weak Signals Images and Artifacts of the Future Personal Futures/ Foresight Development Prediction Markets Predictive Surveys/ Delphi Roadmapping Scenario Development and Backcasting Strategic Foresight and Scenario Planning Strategy Games, Serious Games, and Wargames Systems Thinking Transhumanist/ Ethics of Emerging Tech Studies Trend Extrapolation and Learning Curves Visioning, Intuition, and Creativity Wildcards	Actuarial Science and Risk Assessment Anthropology and Culture Studies Cognitive and Positive Psychology Collaboration, Facilitation, and Peace/Conflict Studies Critical and Evidence-Based Thinking Demographics and Sociology Ethics and Values Studies Evolution, Complexity and Systems Studies Forecasting and Modeling/Simulation (advanced) Futures, Sci-Fi, Utopian, and Dystopian Lit Studies Innovation and Entrepreneurship Studies Integral Studies and Thinking Investing and Finance (Long-Term) Leadership Studies and Organizational Development Library Sci, Data Mining, and Knowledge Management Long-Range and Urban Planning Marketing, Public Relations, and Consumer Behavior Political Science and Policy Studies Probabilistic (Statistical) Prediction Religious Studies (Future Beliefs) Security/Defense Studies and International Relations Science and Technology Studies and Technology Analysis Socially Responsible / Triple Bottom Line Management Strategic Planning, Decision Analysis and Support Sustainability and Development (Economic) Studies
Other Foresight Specialties (40, a partial list)
Architecture \| Astrobiology \| Biological Sciences \| Bioethics \| Biotechnology \| Business Administration \| Chemical Sciences \| Cliometrics \| Computer Modeling and Simulation \| Computer Science \| Cybernetics \| Disaster/ Catastrophic Risk Management \| Economics and Econometrics \| Education \| Engineering \| Evolutionary Biology \| Game Theory \| Gambling Studies \| Generational Studies \| Geography \| History \| History and Philosophy of Science and Technology \| Information Science \| Investing and Finance (Short-Term) \| Library Science (general) \| Management \| Media and Communications \| Mathematics \| Operations Research \| Philosophy \| Physical Sciences \| Psychology (general) \| Psychographics \| Statistics (general) \| Technology Policy \| Tourism \| Urban Studies

Foresight and Futures Speaker Databases

AEI Speakers Bureau, Futurists and Future Trends, (48 entries)
All American Speakers, Futurists (29 entries)
A Speakers International, The Future/Futurists (25 entries)
Barber USA, Futurists (10 entries)
Blue World Speakers (Australia), Futurists/Trends (60 entries)
Capital City Speakers (IL, USA), Futurists & Future (27 entries)
Celebrity Speakers (New Zealand), Futurists (6 entries)
IMG Speakers, Technology & Futurists (22 entries)
International Speakers Bureau, Futurist (62 entries)
Keppler Speakers, Future Trends (31 entries)
London Speaker Bureau (UK) , Futurist & Technology (45 entries)
MCP Speakers, Future,Technologies & Trends (7 entries)
O2 Speakers (Australia, Asia Pacific), Future Trends / Tech (3 entries)
PFP Celebrity Talent Agency, Futurist (20 entries)
Premiere Speakers, Futurists (57 entries)
Promenade Speakers, Futurists (12 entries)
Shaping Tomorrow, Future Voices (51 entries)
Speak, Inc, Future (68 entries)
Speakers.com, Futurists and Future Trends (33 entries)
SpeakerSite.com, Search "Futurist". (7 entries) "Foresight" (2 entries)
Sterling International Speakers, Future & Trends (8 entries)

Networks for Foresight Educators and Researchers (and membership or network size, if known)

ACUNU Millennium Project (35 country 'nodes')
Association of Professional Futurists (400 members)
Association for Strategic Planning (Unknown)
Australasian Futures and Foresight Association (Unknown)
European Foresight Monitoring Network (59 global correspondents, thousands of foresight documents)
Foresight Education and Research Network (200 members)
Shaping Tomorrow's Foresight Network (1500 members)
World Future Council (Unknown)
World Future Society - General / Professional (25,0000 / Unknown)
World Futures Studies Federation (200 members)

Resources for Foresight Educators (a very incomplete list)

Foresight Education and Research Network (FERN)
Are you a foresight educator, education researcher, or student? Would you like to join a network specifically for advancing the state of foresight/futures education? Please our FERN Group on Shaping Tomorrow's Foresight Network. We look forward to working with you to advance our field!

World Future Society has established a Futures Learning Section "committed to all forms of futures learning." On the academic side, Peter Bishop (Director, U Houston MS in Futures Studies) has started a Futures Learning listserve. Also, David Stein of the Wash, DC WFS publishes FutureTakes, a great newsletter that has 2-3 dedicated pages covering futures educators globally. WFS also publishes Future Times and Learning Tomorrow, occasional newsletters for those interested in "Futures Education and the Future of Education."

World Futures Studies Federation, A professional society of futures researchers, academics, and consultants. Founded in 1967 they have a "mission to promote futures education and research." WFSF has been less active in promoting academic FS than one might expect given their long, and in other ways distinguished, tenure in the field. As a result, a number of futures educators felt the need to develop other complementary and more narrowly focused networks specifically for promoting futures education, curricula, and methodology.

Foresight Education Frameworks

See Foresight Frameworks for a list of specialties (methods, theories, disciplines, skills, learning outcomes ) presently being taught by strategic foresight / futures studies academic programs (M.S. and Ph.D.) in universities and other institutions around the world.

Home

JohnMSmart — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:31:53 CST

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Welcome! Are you a foresight advocate? GlobalForesight.org is an ASF initiative to find and connect foresight students and alums and foresight professionals, researchers, and educators, and steer them to the best current social networks and meet ups, events, orgs, and resources for advancing global foresight culture. [About this site].

Major pages on this wiki:

1. Foresight Social Networks and Meet Ups (Free or low-cost foresight networking opportunities)
2. Foresight Graduate Programs (English-language MS & PhD programs in foresight education)
3. Foresight Students and Alumni (Currently at or graduated from one of the primary ed. programs listed above)
4. Foresight Professionals, Researchers, and Educators (engaged in long term (10+ year) foresight work)
5. Foresight Organizations (Science, tech, biz, govt, policy, social, philanthropy, and other orgs)
6. Foresight Resources (Scenarios, forecasts, audio, blogs, periodicals, books, conferences, and other resources)

Top Things You Can Do
1. Join our GF Facebook group (presently 1,204 members) to stay up on general foresight culture. Visit Facebook on at least a monthly basis. Post to the GF wall, forums, share events, pictures, videos, etc. Facebook is presently the leading edge of global online community. Make it better by using it!
2. Join our GF LinkedIn group (presently 1,005 members) for business foresight discussions, by clicking http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/3037/535E6A2B648E.
3. If you are a foresight professional, strategist, or change agent or want to learn to be one, join STFN (Shaping Tomorrow Foresight Network) (presently 2,313 members), and find or or start a group there for your interests.
4. If you are a foresight student,educator,or advocate, join FERN (Foresight Education and Research Network (presently 205members, a group inside STFN), our group networking the global foresight education community.
5. You may contribute to this wiki by sharing info on quality foresight networks, programs, people, organizations, and resources that the world should know about. If you contribute regularly, feel free to add your profile (real name please) and picture, and start a wiki-related conversation in the discussion forum. Interested in volunteering on this project? Visit our About page and meet the rest of the GF gang. Send us an email and let's talk!

Thanks for visiting!

Conferences - International (non-US)

JohnMSmart — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:31:16 CST

International (non-U.S.) conferences that are particularly helpful for strategic foresight and futures research.

AusForesight Conference (Australia)
Professional futurist community in Australia. First meeting 2006.
European Futurists Conference (Switzerland)
Annual gathering of futurists and long-term decisionmakers in Europe (Pero Micic, Georges T. Roos).
Learning Technologies (London)
Europe's leading organisational learning and learning technology in the workplace conference. Serious games and simulations too.
Lift Conference (Europe, Asia)
A community of doers and thinkers that explore the social consequences of new technologies (Laurent Haug).
Global Catastrophic Risks Conference (United Kingdom)
On the risk of technologically induced damage to human well-being on a global scale. (July)
Prospecta Peru (Peru)
Annual conference (since 2003) of National Congress of Foresight and Future Studies of the National Science, Tech, and Innovation Council of Peru (September)
Summit on the Future of Risk (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Annual foresight conference of the Club of Amsterdam. Very multidisciplinary and multicultural (Felix Bopp)
Trend Day (Hamburg, Germany)
Trendburo's annual one day trends conference (Matthias Horx, Ooona Strathern).
World Economic Forum (Davos, Switzerland)
International conference improving the state of the world by engaging leaders in partnerships to shape global, regional and industry agendas (Jan)

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Conferences - US

JohnMSmart — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:30:38 CST

U.S.-based conferences that are particularly helpful for strategic foresight and futures research.

Accelerating Change
Multidisciplinary issues and challenges of accelerating technological change. (Sept, occasional)
AGI-08
The first conference on artificial general intelligence
ACM SenSys
Systems issues in the emerging area of embedded, networked sensors.
AlwaysOn: Innovation Summit
Delivering communication, content, and commerce to consumers 24/7. (July)
Abscicon (Astrobiology Science Conference)
The leading conference for multidisciplinary insights in astrobiology.
American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) Conference
A leading multidisciplinary AI community. (July)
American Sociological Association Annual Conference
Advancing sociology as a scientific discipline and profession. (Aug)
Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL) Conference
Leading U.S. computational linguistics conference. CUI here we come!
Austin Game Conference
Leading multiplayer game developers conference.
BIL
An open, self-organizing, emergent, and anarchic science and technology conference. (Feb)
Body Computing Conference (U. of Southern Cal.) (Oct)
Implantable devices that wirelessly update the individual (and others) on health history and status.
Brainstorm/Fortune
Fortune magazine's annual gathering on business, technology, and world affairs.
Breakthrough Technologies for the World's Biggest Problems
Arlington Institute conference (Apr)
Business 4Site
One of the leading technology summits for business solutions (Ziff-Davis). (June)
CEBIT
The leading global IT conference. 500,000 attendees! A truly planetary phenomenon. Hannover, Germany.
Comdex
Leading U.S. consumer electronics technology marketplace conference. (Nov)
Consumer Electronics Show (CES)
A major consumer electronics trends conference. Includes Enabling Technology Forums (Jan)
Convergence08
Conference on the future of bio nano info cogno
Demo
Annual technology demonstration prototypes show. Cutting edge. (Feb)
Digital Hollywood
Popular entertainment and technology convergence conference. Getting memes to the masses.
DoD Cyber Crime
Leading US conference for digital forensics, forensic R&D, IT security, and legal issues of cyber crime.
Doors of Perception
Doors prioritises social needs over technology-push on the agenda of design and innovation. Annual international conferences.
Emerging Technologies Conference at MIT
Near term future of science and technology. (Sept)
European Futurists Conference
Networking futurists, analysts, scientists, and long-term decisionmakers in Europe. (Nov)
Federal Forecasters Conference
Interdisciplinary consortium of governmental leaders seeking to improve forecasting for public policy decisions.
FOO Camp
Friends Of O'Reilly. IT developers and world improvers. Wireless in Tents. (Oct)
Foresight (Regents University)
Conference on foresight and futures thinking for spiritual leaders. Ecumenical, but Christian-focused.
Foresight Conference on Advanced Nanotechnology
Near and long-range risks and benefits of nano and technological futures. (Oct)
Foresight Vision Weekend
Interdisciplinary conference on molecular nanotechnology and related fields
Future In Review (FiRe)
A leading technology and business futures conference for tech leaders. Strategic News Service (Mark Anderson) (May)
Future Forward
New England emerging technologies and business summit. Invite only.
Future Trends/IIR
IIR's annual market trends and business futures conference (Nov).
Game Developers Conference/Serious Games Summit
The largest game developers conference, growing but still very minor representation of serious games (Mar)
Genetic and Evolutionary Computing Conference (GECCO)
Near term future of today's first generation self-evolving computers. (June)
Gilder/Forbes Telecosm Conference
Future of computers, networks, and new technologies.
Go!
Outsell's annual IT futures conference. (Sept)
Going
A conference on sustainable transportation and the future of transportation.
Gnomedex
Using IT technology for business, career, and personal life. Geek culture!
Health Care Forecast Conference
Annual political and economic forecasts for U.S. health care industry (Feb).
Idea Festival (Oct)
Exploring innovation from an interdisciplinary perspective (Louisville, KY)
IEET SEMINAR: Preventing Extinction
Day long seminar on existential risks, threats to the future of humanity
INFORMS Annual Conference
Leading U.S. conference on operations research and management science.
International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva
Largest annual international invention conference. 1000 often silly inventions, 55,000 attendees. Started 1972.
International Symposium on Forecasting
Annual gathering of the world's leading forecasting researchers and practitioners.
Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM)
The largest annual gathering of statisticians in North America.
Management of Change
Using information technology to improve citizen services and e-Government.
Medicine Meets Virtual Reality (MMVR)
Premier forum for computer scientists and physicians who develop and refine advanced, data-centered tools for clinical care and medical education.
Metanexus (Science and Religion in Context)
Interdisciplinary dialog on the convergence of science and spirituality.
MODSIM World
For the international modeling and simulation community (business, industry, academic, governmental).
NBIC Convergence Conference
Future of Nano, Bio, Infotech, and Cognitive Science (NBIC). (Feb)
New Yorker Conference
Theorists, designers, economists, philosophers, ethicists, animators, inventors, musicians, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, scientists, artists, politicians, engineers, financiers musing on the near-term (5-10 year future).
NextMed
Broad ranging, multidisciplinary exploration of the future of medicine. (Shaun B. Jones MD)
O'Reilly Emerging Technologies Conference
Near term future opportunities for information technology. (Mar)
Outsourcing World Summit
Leveraging the global economy to advance business and technology (Feb)
Performance Measurement for IT in Government
How to maximize the performance of IT investment in large, bureacratic organizations. (Jan)
Personal Democracy Forum
The leading conference on the use of technology to improve transparency, democracy, and political performance.
Planetwork
IT networks, interdependence, social activism, and environmental agendas.
Pop!Tech: The Camden Technology Conference
The impact of technology on people and culture. (Oct)
Portland Internat'l Conference on Mgmt of Engineering and Technology (PICMET)
Topics in E&T management. TF&SC-affiliated, Portland State U.-affiliated.
Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs
International conferences on science, social responsibility, and disarmament.
Push Conference
Culture, commerce, technology, art, science - and their intersection. Future-oriented. (Cecily Sommers)
ROBOlympics
Annual robotic competitions of all types. San Francisco, CA.
RoboNexus
Largest business, development, education, and consumer event. (Oct)
Shmoocon
Leading East Coast hacker and 'technology exploitation' convention.
Siggraph (ACM)
Premiere computer graphics and interactive techniques conference. (July)
Singularity Summit
Annual conference on artificial intelligence and the technological singularity. (Oct)
Society for the Social Studies of Science (4S) Conference
Oldest and largest scholarly association devoted to understanding science and technology. (Oct)
Solutions for a Shrinking Planet
Conference of Engineers for a Sustainable World. Innovative development in emerging nations. (Sept)
SpeechTEK
Leading U.S. forum for computer speech technology products, apps, and services. Moving us toward the conversational interface. (Feb)
Supernova
Exploring the decentralized communications, IT, software, and media future. (June)
National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)
Includes the Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence Conference (July)
National Conference on Science, Policy, and the Environment
Research and policy on topical issues in environmental policy.
Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS)
Leading machine learning conference. Great applications. (Dec)
SciVestor
Conference on disruptive technologies for the investment community. (May)
State of Play
Leading conference on emerging legal issues in virtual worlds. New York Law School (Oct)
SXSW (South X SouthWest's Southwest Music and Media Conference)
Leading music, film, and interactive media event. Austin, TX.
Systemics, Cybernetics, and Informatics
Systems theories for understanding planetary and technological futures.
Technosapiens (CBC)
CBC Christians engaging transhumanists in technological futures discussion.
TED
Expensive ($4K) invite-only conference on global trends in technology, entertainment, and design.
TechnoSecurity and TechnoForensics
Latest practices, trends, and threat analysis in digital security and digital forensics.
Telluride Tech Festival
Celebration of the past, present, and future of technology.
The Next Twenty Years (TNTY)
Long range futures in technology, energy, biotech, and medicine. (Orgs only).
TransVision
World Transhumanist Assn. occasional conference. Exploring the use of science and technology to overcome human limitations.
Web 2.0 Conference (O'Reilly)
Emerging business and technology developments on the web.
Winter Simulation Conference
Advanced academic and industry discussion of simulation for automation, scheduling, risk analysis, security, education, and other apps.
Wired's NextFest
Wired's look at how technology and creativity interact to make the future. (June)
Wonderfest
Annual science popularizing debate series. San Francisco Bay area. (Nov)
World Conference on the Future of Science
Top thinkers, great themes, tremendously insightful. Venice, Italy (Sept)
World Future Society
The oldest and best known international futures conference. (July).
World Innovation Forum (HSM)
Expensive ($2K) bicoastal executive conference on innovation trends (April & June)
World Nano-Economic Congress
Premiere intersection of thought leaders in nanotechnology and business.
World Summit on the Information Society
Seeking to maximize the effectiveness of information and communications technologies in global socioeconomic development (UN ITU produced).
World Technology Summit
Multidisciplinary association of scientists and technologists creating new technologies and business processes. Invitation only. (Oct)
World Telecommunications Development Conference (ITU)
International policy for closing the global digital divide. (Organizations only.)

See also this list of Acceleration-Relevant Conferences.

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Competitions, Prizes, Outreach Programs

JohnMSmart — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:30:57 CST

Competitions, prizes, and outreach programs that are helpful for strategic foresight and futures research.

Open Innovation Networks & Competitions
Open Innovation is a term coined by Henry Chesbrough at the Center for Open Innovation, UC Berkeley. See his book, Open Innovation: The new imperative for creating and profiting from technology,2003
Hypios
A social marketplace for business solutions.
Ideagora
Jim Morrison's Innovate Journal (2004-2009) (educational innovation) community. Ideagora started by Denise Easton and Alan McCord 2008.
InnoCentive
Oldest and largest innovation network. Open innovation community of smart, creative people who provide solutions to tough problems in business, science, product development. Founders were from Eli Lilly (1998). P&G, many others use it. Takes R&D problems, frames them as "challenge problems", and opens them up for anyone to solve them. It gives cash awards for the best solutions to solvers who meet the challenge criteria. In 2006 InnoCentive signed an agreement with the Rockefeller Foundation to add a non-profit area designed to generate science and technology solutions to pressing problems in the developing world.
InnovationXchange
Australian created international knowledge exchange, whose purpose is to identify and create collaborative business, research and policy opportunities. This unique not-for-profit business model supports open innovation.
NineSigma
An open innovation services provider that helps client companies develop and maximize value from their innovation programs. Started by a Case Western Reserve professor. HQ in Cleveland, OH, offices globally.
One Billion Minds
Open innovation platform connecting Students and Alumni from top universities to Corporations and Non Profits looking to discover innovative solutions to challenging problems in business, tech, and social innovation. Focused on engaging students globally in for-profit and non-profit solutions, with an emphasis on the developing world.
Top Coder
Open innovation platform for online computer programming competitions in the Java, C++, and C# languages. Competitions take place twice a week, and members can win from $25-$300.
Yet2.com
Focusing on high tech product R&D problems and solutions.
YourEncore
Open Innovation for helps companies accelerate innovation by connecting them with retired scientists and engineers to leverage their expertise.

Prizes & Outreach
Benjamin Franklin Awards
Started in 1824, the oldest and most prestigious annual awards in Science and Technology.
International Fire Fighting Robot Contest (Trinity College, Hartford CT)
A leading, affordable open-entry robotics contest. Small, smart robots extinguishing candles. Fun!
RoboCup
The best annual robotics competition. The goal: "By 2050, fielding a team of fully autonomous humanoid robots that beat the world's best soccer players." Annual soccer playing competitions in multiple robotic classes.
Shell / The Economist International Writing Prize (Annual)
$20K 1st Prize, $10K 2nd, $5K 3rd. 2,000 words. Announcement March, Deadline in August. "Encouraging thinking about the future." (So far, only narrow consideration of accelerating technological change).
Turner Tomorrow Award (1991 only)
"Best future-oriented novel providing positive solutions to global problems."(Ted Turner)
$500K first prize: Daniel Quinn's Ishmael. Runner-ups: Sara Cameron's Natural Enemies, Andy Goldblatt's The Bully Pulpit, Janet Keller's Necessary Risks. (Primarily environmentalist and spiritual themes. Not deeply futurist novels.)
World Food Prize
Annual award for the person who does the most to increse the quantity, quality, or availability of the world's food supply.

High School
Cosmos
Advanced mathematics and science pre-college program for the University of California.
FIRST Robotics Competition
Shows students the promise of technological fields and that the basic concepts of science, math, engineering, and invention are exciting and interesting. (Dean Kamen, DEKA)
Future Lab
A high school "future science and technology" tour, co-produced by James Canton, Institute for Global Futures and iHigh, a leading high school events marketing co.
Future Problem Solving Program (FPSP)
Annual competition rewarding futures thinking in high school. Over 250,000 students annually participate in the program internationally. Since 1974.
Global School Net
Promoting online collaboration and futures thinking for high school students since 1984.
Intel Science Talent Search
America's oldest and most highly regarded pre-college science contest. $100K 1st Prize, $20K 2nd, $5K 3rd.
Junior Achievement
A nonprofit movement that reaches 4 million K-12 youth helping them to use and understand free enterprise, business, and economics to improve the quality of their lives
National Youth Leadership Forum on Technology
Annual ten day event mixing top high school students, educators, and industry professionals.
Odyssey of the Mind
International educational program that teaches creative problem-solving through friendly, team competitions for students from kindergarten through college. Thousands of teams from the U.S. and 25 other countries participate annually. Since 1978.

University
IEEE and International MicroMouse Competitions (UC Davis, etc.)
Very small student-built robots run mazes for minimum times. Started in 1970's. Many unconnected events run annually in North America and the U.K.

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Philanthropies

JohnMSmart — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:46:59 CST

Foresight-oriented philanthropies around the world. Listed alpha by organization name

General
Alfred Mann Foundation
Developing innovative bionic solutions for medical disabilities.
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Grants for higher education, museums, performing arts, population, environmental conservation, and public affairs.
Annenberg Foundation
Improving communication, education, culture, the arts, and civic life.
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation
Grants to non-profit institutions to promote cutting-edge research in chemistry and life sciences. Beckman was the world's leading science philanthropist, and a 20th century renaissance man.
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Initiatives in global health, education, public libraries, and local support for at-risk families.
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Policy center strengthening teaching and learning in America's colleges and schools.
Cisco Systems Foundation
Integrating effective information technology into community organizations.
David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Providing grants in conservation and science, population, children, families, and communities.
Ford Foundation
Major source of grants to "strengthen democratic values, reduce poverty and injustice, promote international cooperation and advance human achievement."
Foundation for the Future
Support for envisioning the long and very long term future.
GE Foundation
Programs to create quality education, especially for underrepresented groups.
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Focusing on major health care issues facing the nation.
Horatio Alger Association and Awards
Annual list of America's most distinguished business success stories. $5 million annually in college scholarships.
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Individual fellowships (average grant, $37K) for advanced professionals in all fields (natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, creative arts) except the performing arts.
Lasker Foundation
Supporting innovation in medical science. Lasker awards.
Lawrence Foundation
Supporting educational, environmental, health and other causes (Jeff Lawrence).
Legler Benbough Foundation
Improving civic life for San Diego and the U.S.. Funded the Center for Ethics in Science and Technology at UC San Diego.
MacArthur Foundation
Supporting security, sustainability, community and human development, public interest media, and unrestricted MacArthur Fellow grants.
Markle Foundation
Accelerating communications media and information technology development to improve civic life.
National Science Foundation
U.S. government agency promoting the progress of science and the nation.
Noyce Foundation
Strengthening K-12 math and science and other high-leverage content education.
Omidyar Network
Helping people discover their own power to make good things happen (Pierre Omidyar)
Open Society Institute / Soros Foundations Network
Promoting open and democratic societies by global initiatives in education, media, public health, human and women's rights, social, legal, and economic reform.
Paul G. Allen Foundations
Funds IT in K-12 education, medical research, music, arts, and conservation.
PEW Charitable Trusts
Information, policy solutions, and support for the improvement of civic life.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Promoting active living and health for all Americans.
Russell Sage Foundation
Principal U.S. foundation for social sciences research. Future of work, society.
Skoll Foundation
Advancing systemic change around the world by investing in, connecting and celebrating social entrepreneurs (Jeff Skoll).
Sloan Foundation
Major support for research, history, and education in science and technology, and the impact of technology on society.
Templeton Foundation
Support for debate and empiricism at the boundary between theology and science.
Time Warner Foundation
Improving youth literacy for school, work, and community.
Turner Foundation
Improving water, toxin remediation, energy, transportation, population, and habitat.
Waitt Family Foundation
Creating better futures for communities, bridging the digital divide.
Wallace Foundation
Improving education leadership, arts participation and out-of-school learning.
W.M. Keck Foundation
Supporting medical research, science, engineering, and higher education.

Film
Pacific Pioneer Fund
Awards to emerging documentary filmmakers in nonprofit organizations.
Roy W. Dean Film and Video Grants
Funding socially valuable unique small film productions. L.A. and N.Y.

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Top Foresight Orgs

JohnMSmart — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:18:54 CST

Some of the top foresight and futures-oriented organizations presently operating around the world. These organizations have distinguished themselves in methods or theory in one or more of ASF's Primary Foresight Specialties, or take alternative foresight approaches, as seen in the variety of Foresight Frameworks on the FERN wiki.

Top Foresight Organizations (most with Experience in Primary Foresight/Futures Specialties)
List alpha by organizational name.

Acceleration Studies Foundation
Outreach, education, research, and advocacy with respect to communities and technologies of accelerating change. (John Smart)
ACUNU Millennium Project for Global Futures Studies and Research
Global research think tank of futurists, scholars, business planners, and policy makers (Jerry Glenn, Ted Gordon).
Adizes Institute
Leading change management/organizational development consultancy (Ichak Adizes).
African Futures Institute
Pan-African foresight (prospective studies) and development thinking (Cape Town, South Africa)
AIR Worldwide (AIR)
Innovators in natural catastrophe and terrorism risk modeling (Karen Clark).
Arlington Institute
Surfacing and preparing for surprise in the technological future (John Peterson).
Association for Strategic Planning
Helping organizations to succeed through improved strategic thinking, planning, and action.
Association of Professional Futurists
Improving methodology and practice in the nascent future studies field (Randy Scheel, Andy Hines)
Battelle
Technology development and assessment for industry and government.
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (JFK Sch of Govt, Harvard U)
Long term futures work on International security, climate change, nuclear issues, Middle East issues.
Bell Labs
Historical leader in blue sky U.S. R&D. Lucent's innovation group.
Booz Allen Hamilton
A global strategy and consulting firm, strong on forecasting and analysis.
Boston Consulting Group
One of the oldest and most diverse business consulting firms. Nice publications archive.
Breaking Trends (UK)
Global trends intelligence from 'alpha' cities and leading innovators (Alec Howe).
Brint Institute
Leading knowledge management portal applying systems research to business (Yogesh Malhatra).
BTexact, (and Ian Pearson, Futurologist)
Acceleration-aware futures articles and conference keynotes (Ian Pearson).
Center for an Urban Future
NYC-based think-tank considering the future of cities.
Center for Critical Foresight at Stanford University
Improving long-range planning and decisionmaking through research and education, scenario development, and curricula in futures studies.
Center for Future Consciousness
Writings, Presentations, Workshops, Programs, and Resources on the Future (Tom and Jeanne Lombardo)
Center for Futurism in Education at Ben-Gurion University
Developing innovative educational ideas and online delivery systems, integrating ICT with humanistic values (Roni Aviram, Chair)
Center for the Study of Science Fiction (CSSF)
Resources for teaching and navigating the fascinating, future-oriented world of science fiction (James Gunn). See also Science Fiction Research Assn (SFRA), the oldest professional org. for study of sci-fi and fantasy lit. and film.
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Nonpartisan think tank of semi-indedependent analysts, all focusing on strategic insights and policy solutions to current and emerging global issues (John Hamre, Sam Nunn). See for example their Seven Revolutions 20 year futuring program (Erik Peterson).
Central Intelligence Agency
Independent civilian intelligence agency responsible for providing national and international security intelligence to senior United States policymakers.
Clarium Capital Management
Exceptional future-oriented global macro hedge fund with a contrarian bias. (Peter Thiel)
Cognitive Edge (Singapore)
Tools for systematically exploring organizational foresight with complexity and network methods (David Snowden)
Conferenza
News and commentary on technology's most important executive conferences (Shel Israel)
Community Futures Network (Canada)
A network of 268 community economic development and visioning centers. Great example of government foresight and participatory democracy.
Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies (Denmark)
Strengthening decision-making in public and private organisations by improving awareness of the future.
Datamonitor
Leading broad-based market research company.
DaVinci Institute
Entrepreneurship, innovation, and futurism. Membership organization. (Thomas Frey)
Decision Strategies (Houston, TX)
Foresight, uncertainty, and decision analysis strategy and consulting, primarily for large oil and energy corporations.
Decision Strategies International
Leading global consulting firm to Fortune 1000 in strategic decisionmaking, scenario planning, and scanning/weak signals.
Defense Intelligence Agency
A major producer and manager of military intelligence for the US Department of Defense.
Deutche Bank Research
A leading global think tank for trends in business, society, and finance.
Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Premiere IT and nano venture capital for accelerating technological change (Tim Draper, John Fisher, Steve Jurvetson).
Edge.org
Leading site for deep social, technological, and scientific commentary (John Brockman).
Economic Research Associates
Economic analysis and future use assessments for industry and government.
Estonian Institute for Futures Studies
Foresight and development studies for the future of Estonia.
European Foresight Monitoring Network
Fantastic portal for global foresight project activities. Run by Mike Keenan of U. Manchester, PREST (United Kingdom).
Extropy Institute
Seeking to increasing human choice and freedom in the future (Max More, Natasha Vita-More).
Fast Future
UK-based change management, innovation, incubation, and venturing group (Rohit Talwar)
Finland Futures Research Center (Turku, Finland)
Leading European academic futures studies center. 17 member universities.
Finnish Parliament's Committee For the Future
Conducts foresight research, advises lawmakers on development, technology assessment, and social effects of technology.
Finnish Society for Futures Studies
Futures research and development studies for Finland.
Forecast International
Market research and intel group serving aerospace, defense, and power systems.
Forecasting International
Global trend analysis, futures consulting and speaking (Marvin Cetron)
Foresight Institute
Understanding the future of nanotechnology (Eric Drexler, Christine Peterson).
Forrester Research
Technology trends, strategy, and investment research.
Founders Fund (San Francisco, CA USA)
Venture capital and seed startup/angel investing in groundbreaking technology startup companies. (Peter Thiel)
Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (Karlsruhe, Germany)
A leading institute investigating how innovation and technical productivity shape the global future.
Future Foundation - Experian (London, UK)
Consumer trends, market research, new product research (Melanie Howard, Michael Wilmott).
Futures Foundation (Melbourne, Australia)
Tools and perspectives for indiv. and organizational futures (Charles Brass).
Futures Group International (and Futures Group Europe)
International health and development planning.
Future Skills (West Yorkshire, UK)
Presentations and workshops on all aspects of futures studies (Graham May).
Futures Lab
Consumer and business futures consultancy (Derek Woodgate, Wayne Pethrick).
Futuribles
Prospective studies/foresight research since 1960's (Michel Godet)
Futurist.com
Futures retreats, seminars, and conference keynotes (Glenn Hiemstra, Brenda Cooper).
Gallup Organization
Global polling, market research and consulting organization.
Gartner Group
Research and advice in using information technology in business.
Global Business Network - Monitor Group
Scenarios and risk management for the longer term future (Peter Schwartz).
Global Change
Trends analysis and conference keynotes (Pat Dixon)
Global Ideas Bank
Repository for edited public domain tech, policy, and business ideas for the taking.
Global Insight
World's leading econometric forecasting think tank.
Global Future Forum
Independent partnership of futurists, academics, and businesspeople for futuring, strategic planning and change management (Rohit Talwar).
Global Vision Consulting Ltd.
Helping organizations understand and respond effectively to accelerating change (David Forrest).
GLOCOM, International U. of Japan
Social science analysis of the information society.
Going Global Ventures (New York, NY USA)
Foresight, management and globalization consulting for businesses competing in the knowledge economy (Mark Minevich)
Henley Centre
International strategic futures and marketing consultancy (UK).
IBM Almaden Research Center, IBM Research
Developing visionary products and platforms for intelligent technology.
Information Technology & Innovation Foundation
Bipartisan, advancing a pro-innovation, pro-information technology public policy agenda (Wash, DC)
Institute of Business Forecasting (IBF)
A full-service provider of business forecasting and operations planning services.
International Data Corporation (IDC)
Leading information technology market research firm.
IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
"Eye-triple-E" is a non-profit, technical professional association of 380,000 individual members in 150 countries.
Industrial Research Institute
Association of business leaders in R&D, working to enhance the effectiveness of technological innovation.
INEER (International Network for Engineering Education and Research)
A networking professional organization (engineers, educators and researchers in 98 countries) to help advance global engineering education and research.
Infinite Futures
Forsight consulting, futures research, and strategic planning (Wendy Schultz).
Information Technology Association of America (ITAA)
Trade association representing the broad spectrum of the world-leading U.S. IT industry.
In-Q-Tel
DARPA/VC arm of the U.S. Intel Community. Communicating intel needs, reviewing business plans, funding companies, delivering tech solutions. Founded 1999.
In-Stat/MDR
Leaders in market research and forecasts for semiconductor and digital devices.Institute for Alternative Futures (IAF)
Health care futures, governance and public policy consultancy (Clem Bezold, Jonathan Peck).
Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies
Mission is to shape public policies that distribute the benefits and reduce the risks of tech advancement (James Hughes)
Institute for Future Studies (Innsbruck, Austria)
Applied research on the future of education and work.
Institute for Futures Research (IFR) (Bellville, South Africa)
Corporate strategy support. Affiliated with the U. of Stellenbosch futures studies graduate program.
Institute for Futures Studies (IFS) (Stockholm, Sweden)
Futures studies, long-term analysis, and related activities.
Institute for Futures Studies and Technology Assessment (Germany)
Evaluating the development of emerging technologies, with a focus on sustainability (Rolf Kreibich)
Institute for Global Futures (IGF)
Business strategy, outreach, and forecasts for the digital future. (James Canton)
Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS)
Serves scientific and professional needs of OR/MS investigators, scientists, students, educators, and managers. OR is optimization theory and practice, "the science of better."
Institute for the Future at AACC
Excellent example of the kind of futures organization that should exist at every institute of higher education in the U.S. Has a speakers bureau for the faculty at this Community College that like to speak on the future, not just the past or present.
Institute for Scientific Research (ISR)
Advanced research and development for NASA, DoD, govt., and commercial clients (George Pederson).
Institute for the Future (IFTF)
One of the oldest and most respected futures consultancies (Paul Saffo).
International Institute of Forecasters (IIF)
Stimulating the generation, distribution, and use of knowledge on forecasting.
International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
Globally improving teaching and learning by advancing the effective use of technology in education.
Jupiter Research
Market research and analysis of the consumer internet industry.
KedgeForward (Atlanta, GA; Raleigh, NC)
Foresight consulting, design, and strategy firm. Grads of the Regent program. On Facebook only at present.
KurzweilAI.net
Leading long-term technology and artificial intelligence futures portal (Ray Kurzweil, Amara Angelica).

Leading Futurists LLC
Futures consultancy serving government, corporations, non-profits, Jennifer Jarratt and John B. Mahaffie, principals
Lifeboat Foundation
Encouraging scientific advancement and better characterization of existential risks (Eric Klein).
Linden Lab
Creators of Second Life, the award-winning 3D online world where users create, inhabit, and own all digital content of their own design (Philip Rosedale, Cory Ondrejka)
LIPSOR (Laboratory for Investigation in Prospective Strategy and Org) (France)
Strategic foresight in emerging technologies. Strong PhD tech foresight program through CNAM.
Long Now Foundation
Promoting long-term thinking and action. Excellent Seminars About Long-Term Thinking. See Long Bets for publicly-accountable long-term predictions (Jeff Bezos, Stuart Brand, Kevin Kelly).
Long Future Research Group (Hungary)
An attempt to look at the future on cosmological timescales (Eva Toth).
ManyWorlds
Strategy, innovation, futures, and collaborative process management (Steve Flynn).
Markle Foundation
Accelerating communications media and information technology development to improve civic life.
Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science
Interdisciplinary and innovative research in the natural sciences, life sciences, social sciences, and humanities. 21,000 in staff.
McKinsey Global Institute
Economic research think tank of McKinsey & Co. Excellent broad reporting.
Monitor 360 (San Francisco, CA)
Foresight on complex and ambiguous geo-strategic challenges for governments, policy makers, multinational businesses, and NGOs.(Doug Randall, Peter Schwartz)
NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts (NAIC)
Seeks proposals for revolutionary aeronautics and space concepts from outside thinkers and researchers. Model for eliciting high-leverage public foresight.
National Academy of Sciences (Washington, DC)
National Academies perform an unparalleled public service by bringing together committees of experts in all areas of scientific and technological endeavor. These experts serve pro bono to address critical national issues and give advice to the federal government and the public.
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Japan's largest public research organization. Bleeding edge.
National Intelligence Council of the CIA
The U.S. intelligence community's center for mid- and long-term strategic thinking. Excellent futures publications.
National Security Agency
A cryptologic intelligence agency of the United States government, administered as part of the US Dept. of Defense.
Norwich University Applied Research Institutes (NUARI)
Foresight research in learning technologies, advanced sciences, defense technologies, and cyber conflict.
Office of Naval Research (ONR)
To foster, plan, facilitate and transition scientific research.
PA Consulting Group
One of the oldest and largest global mgmt, systems, and tech consulting groups.
Palantir Technologies (Palo Alto, CA USA)
Provide analytics platforms for top financial and intelligence clients.
Panopticon
Innovative visioning and alternative futures group in Antwerp (Belgium).
PARC (Palo Alto Research Center)
Xerox subsidiary. Interdisciplinary R&D in physical, comp., and social sciences.
Pardee Center for the Study of the Long Range Future, Boston U.
Exploring the world's long-term political and social future.
Principia Cybernetica Project
Leading portal for exploring concepts in cybernetics, systems theory, and complex adaptive systems (Francis Heylighen)
Program for the Human Environment, Rockefeller University
Exploring how long-run technical change relates to productivity and efficiency of energy, materials, land, and other resources, and the consequences for human populations. Elucidating our progression toward a micro-emissions society.
PSFK
Trends, innovation and market consulting, publishing, and conferences (Piers Fawkes)
RAND Corporation (and RAND Pardee Center)
Trend extrapolation, policy studies and tech assessment pioneers.
Rocky Mountain Institute
Innovation and technology oriented sustainability organization. Natural capitalism paradigm (Amory Lovins).
Royal Dutch Shell
Pioneers of scenario foresight methodology. Foresight, forescasting and scenario planning are deeply imbedded in Shell culture (Jeremy Bentham)
SAMI (St. Andrews Management Institute) Consulting
Scenario planning, strategy, and risk management consulting to deliver resilient decisions in uncertain times (Gill Ringland).
Santa Fe Institute (and SFI Business Network)
Leading quantitative complexity studies institution (George Cowan, Murray Gell-Mann).
Shaping Tomorrow
Subscription-based trend analysis and futures database community. Free newsletter. (Michael Jackson).
Shell Scenarios Group
Scenario planning pioneers. Long term energy and technology futures.
Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence
Essays and projects on artificial intelligence and transhumanism (Eliezer Yudkowsky).
Social Technologies
Corporate and institutional futures consultancy (Tom Conger).
SRI International (Menlo Park, CA) and SRI Consulting (Chemical, Health, etc.)
With RAND, one of the oldest and largest foresight consulting think tanks. More research than policy oriented today. 2,000+ employees.
Strategic Foresight Group (Sundeep Waslekar) (India)
Excellent sociopolitical foresight work. Cost of conflict, Western-Islamic relations, geostrategic issues.
Stratfor
Private intelligence for global business, economics, security, and geopolitics.
TechCast
Expert tech trend forecasting and analysis community (Bill Halal).
Technology Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Maximizing technology’s contribution to economic growth, high-wage job creation, and the social well being of the United States. Includes NIST, NTIS and OTP.
Technology Futures
Technology forecasting methods, specializing in telecommunications, depreciation and valuation, and general forecasting. (Lawrence Vanston)
The Future Laboratory (UK)
Fashion, consumer, and retail trends consultancy (Martin Raymond, Tom Savigar).
Trendburo
Social and marketing trend consultancy (Matthias Horx, Oona Strathern).
Trendirama
Collaborative platform for writing and rating articles about the future of a variety of topics (Javier Marti)
Trends Research Institute (TRI)
A network of 25 multidisciplinary experts who forecast, analyze and track trends (Gerald Celente).
TTI/Vanguard
Five conference/year forum for evaluation of emerging and breakthrough information technologies for Fortune 500's and top institutions. $30,000/seat. (Hal Levin)
Umberto Veronesi Foundation for the Progress of Science
Great annual conference on the Future of Science. (Venice, Italy).
U.S. Air War College - Future Studies
Futures perspectives on security, warfighting, strategy, sci-tech, counterproliferation, innovation adoption, and other topics. (Ted Hailes)
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (WWICS) and
Foresight and Governance Project at WWICS
Center is a living memorial for President Wilson, the only U.S. president with a Ph.D., who believed public service and scholarship should be unified. Acceleration-aware "policy dialog in a Moore's Law World." (David Rejeski)
Woodside Institute
Complexity-inspired (resilience and innovation) strategic planning (Gary Hamel, Liisa Valikangas).
Worldchanging.org
Models, tools and ideas for building a bright green future. Worthy successors to Whole Earth Review and Whole Earth Catalog.
World Future Council
The first well-funded effort (5 million Euros) at creating an international consortium of futures researchers. Focused on sustainability over innovation, yet a good balance to Western views. New HQ in 2007.
World Future Society
Seeking out the world's preferred cultural and political futures (Ed and Jeff Cornish, Cindy Wagner, Sue Echard).
World Futures Studies Federation (WFSF)
Small group of academic and internationalist futurists. They are heavily represented with utopian socialists and cultural relativists (often anti-sci-tech, anti-West), though this may change.
World Technology Network
Multidisciplinary association of scientists and technologists creating new technologies and business processes. Invitation only.
World Transhumanist Association
Considering technological changes to the human condition in the near and longer-term future (Nick Bostrom, James Hughes).

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Technology and Innovation

JohnMSmart — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:18:19 CST

Futures-oriented technology and innovation organizations around the world. Listed alpha by organization name.

Categories
General
Technology Roadmapping
Consumer Products

General
21st Century Airships
Prototypes for "stratellites" at 50,000 ft. for continuous city monitoring, border defense and broadband (Hokan Colting).
ABI Research
Technology market research for manufacturers and service companies.
Ackoff Center for the Advancement of Systems Approaches (ACASA at U Penn)
Dedicated to advancing Systems Thinking research worldwide (Russ Ackoff)
Advanced Design Institute
Facilitating advanced design thinking and practice.
Alignent
Technology and product roadmapping software for product development and innovation.
American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)
Excellent generalist coverage of the A.I. field.
American Council for Technology (ACT)
Networking industry and the government IT community in initiatives to improve government.
American Electronics Association
Nationwide non-profit trade association representing all U.S. technology industries, from software and semiconductors to electronics and telecom.
American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T)
4,000 librarians and information professionals searching for new and better theories, techniques, and technologies to improve access to information.
American Technology Research
Independent research on technology and growth companies.
APEC Center for Technology Foresight (CTF) (Thailand)
Improving foresight capability and leading-edge planning tools for APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) nation economies and businesses.
Archimedes Project (Stanford University)
IT assistance project for the disabled, elderly, illliterate, and all users of information appliances. Linguistic user interface oriented.
Artificial Development
Building CCortex™, the largest simulation of the human cortex and peripheral neural systems to date (Marcos Guillen)
Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)
Leading computational linguistics/NLP society. Conversational Interface here we come!
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Oldest and largest computer science society in the U.S.
BBN Technologies
Very creative contract innovator. One of the original developers of the internet. Today they do a lot of security innovation for the DoD and industry.
Bridges.org
International nonprofit promoting effective use of ICT in the developing world.
Buckminster Fuller Institute
Anticipatory design science. Sustainable technologies for Spaceship Earth.
CacheLogic
Leading research on the bottom-up growth of P2P networks.
Center for the Development of Technological Leadership (CDTL)
Bridging the gap between engineering, strategy, and foresight for high-tech businesses (U. of Minnesota).
Center for Responsible Nanotechnology
Considering near and longer term issues and implications of nanotechnology development.
CommunityNetworking.org
Low-cost IT networks and open source tools for community empowerment.
Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT)
A center of Internet security expertise. Carnegie Mellon U.
Computer Security Institute
Leading membership organization training information, computer and network security professionals.
DARPA Grand Challenge
Autonomous vehicles competition, L.A. to Las Vegas. $1 million prize.
Edison Electric Institute (EEI)
The association of U.S. shareholder-owned electric companies, industry associates, and international affiliates (60% of US electricity).
Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
A nonprofit center for public interest energy and environmental research.
Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW)
Innovative development solutions for the third of the world still in poverty.
Engineers Without Borders
Linking engineering students with projects in developing countries for clean water, renewable energy, appropriate and sustainable technology.
Evolved Machines
Pioneering the synthesis of 3D artificial neural circuits via programmable GPUs. For olfaction and visual object recognition (Paul A. Rhodes)
Firefox (Mozilla)
Award-winning free open source browser. Preserving choice and innovation on the internet (Blake Ross)
Franklin Institute
Formed in 1824 to promote science, technology, and the legacy of Benjamin Franklin. Oldest and prestigious annual US awards in S&T.
Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (Karlsruhe, Germany)
A leading institute investigating how innovation and technical productivity shape the global future.
GRID Alternatives
Providing subsidized solar panels for low income communities in need, allowing them to sell their excess energy back to the grid. $600,000 annual budget, donation-based.
Hypercar
Amory Lovin's CFRP (carbon fiber reinforced plastic) auto body design and production group. Radical lightweighting and fuel saving.
IDEO
Leading product design consultants (Tom Kelley)
Information Technology & Innovation Foundation
Bipartisan, advancing a pro-innovation, pro-information technology public policy agenda (Wash, DC)
Innovation-TRIZ
Forecasting and planning tool based on the study of invention patterns in global patent literature (Jack Hipple).
Institute of Transportation Studies (U.C. Berkeley)
Funded at $25M/yr. One of the world's leading centers for transportation research and futures.
Insititute on Biotechnology and the Human Future (Chicago-Kent College of Law)
Assessments of the scientific benefits and risks, and cultural and ethical issues of new developments in biotechnology (Nigel M. de S. Cameron)
International Association of Nanotechnology (IANANO)
Fostering global research and business collaboration in nanotech. Roadmap.
International Center for Technology Assessment (ICTA)
Nonprofit exploring the economic, ethical, social, environmental and political impacts of technology (Washington, DC).
International Federation of Robotics
Annual ISR conference, maintains comprehensive list of companies in robotics.
International Informatics Institute
ICT and electronic media research, education and consulting (Jack Powers).
International Technology Education Association (ITEA)
Leading professional organization of technology teachers. Promoting technological literacy by improving the teaching of tech and the professionalism of tech teachers.
International Traffic Medicine Association (ITMA)
Working to reduce automotive fatalities worldwide. 42,000 such deaths annually in the U.S. (15th worst per million vehicles in 2004). Vast majority are due to driver behavior.
International Society for Genetic and Evolutionary Computation
Leading society exploring genetic algorithms and early evolutionary computation. Not yet biologically-inspired or evolutionary developmental, but a worthy start.
ITM Power
Low-cost home electrolysers (use water and electricity to make hydrogen for H2 cars and scooters). H2's very low power density makes this practical only for scooters in 2008 Electric scooters are even more convenient today, but because of battery replacement (short duty cycles), H2 scooters are more affordable and sustainable at present.
KnowledgeContext
Giving young people the ability to make the best choices in a world where computers, telecommunications, and biotechnology change with greater and greater speed.
MITRE
Nonprofit charted to do systems, IT, and operations R&D in the public interest. 5,700 scientists.
National Association of Manufacturers (NAM)
The nation's oldest and largest broad-based industrial trade association, represents 14,000 companies in every industrial sector in every state.
NeuroInsights
Investing and strategy coverage of the emerging neurotechnology industry (Zack Lynch).
Optobionics
Investigational Artificial Silicon Retina (ASR) implants to help retinitis pigmentosa patients see (Alan Chow, MD).
Outsell
Market analysis for the information industry. Leading analysts of the IT analysts (IDC, Gartner, Forrester, etc.).
Planetary Society
Leading nonprofit space advocacy group. "Outer space, not inner space."
Practical Futurist
Technology futures weblog and conference keynotes (Michael Rogers).
Probabilistic Logic Learning
Tutorial on a major new automated machine learning tool, integrating probability models with first-order logical or relational representation languages (L. De Raedt, K. Kersting)
Red Team Racing (Carnegie Mellon Robotics)
Blog for CMU's autonomous Hummer, Sandstorm.
Society for Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behavior
The U.K.'s largest A.I. society. London A.I. mailing list (U. Sussex).
Strategic Futures International
Long range forecasting, strategy, planning for industry, institutions, and govt.
Strategy Analytics
A leading employee-owned international research and consulting firm in the information, communication, and entertainment technology industries.
Technology Foresight Center
Part of the United Kingdom's Foresight Program. Providing challenging visions of the future to ensure effective strategies now.
Technology Futures
Consulting for market and business implications of technological change, with special experience in IT (John Vanston, Austin, TX)
TunnelBuilder.com
Leading portal for the world's tunnelling industry. Expect underground urban automated highway and parking systems by mid century. (Mike Smith)
Vulcan Power
Leading geothermal (renewable energy) developer in the Western U.S. 20 years and 700 megawatts (MW) of successful geothermal power production.
World Energy Council (WEC)
Leading research consortium exploring the supply and use of energy worldwide.

Technology Roadmapping
Centre for Technology Management, Institute for Management, University of Cambridge
Top U.K. business school. Nice set of links on technology roadmapping.
International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS)
The leading global consortium for roadmapping semiconductor devices. Fascinating reading.
Management of Accelerated Technology Innovation (MATI), Kellogg School of Mgmt, Northwestern U. Kellogg is the #1 U.S. business school. Run by Mike Radnor, Professor.

Consumer Products
Brondell
Next generation toilet seats (bidets, deodorizing, eco-friendly) (Mark Cuban, Angel Investor).

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Weblogs

JohnMSmart — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 03:10:17 CST

Weblogs that are helpful for strategic foresight or futures research.

Top Foresight
Accelerating Future
Intriguing reporting from the transhumanist frontier (Michael Anissimov)
AGI-World
Bruce Klein's blog on artificial general intelligence
APM's Future Tense
American Public Media. Daily "five-minute capsules" on the latest technology topics (Jon Gordon)
A Thousand Tomorrows
Panopticon's incisive and integral blog on foresight and futuring (Belgium).
Black Belt Bayesian
Methodical rationality and accelerating technological trends
Brian Johnson's Zaadz Blog
Brian Johnson's CEO-blog on Zaadz, a social change network.
Broader Perspective
Insights into personal, societal, and technological transformation (Melanie Swan).
Depressed Metabolism
The latest in cryonics research (Aschwin de Wolf, Chana de Wolf)
Existence is Wonderful
Life Extension and Neurodiversity (Anne Corwin)
Fight Aging!
Weblog on developments in radical life extension
Foresight Culture
Thoughts on improving organizational foresight by John Mahaffie, Leading Futurists LLC
FringeHog
Futurist ideas on the verge (Sandra Burchsted, Michele Bowman, Jamais Cascio, Wayne Pethrick)
Future Current
Transcripts from futurist conference talks and interviews
Future Pundit
Science and tech trends and their likely effects on society, politics, and evolution (Randall Parker)
Gates Notes
Bill Gates' blog on global issues, highlighting his interests and work in with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (Bill Gates)
Global Voices Online
A global community of bloggers, video bloggers, and citizen journalists speaking out about social justice and humanitarian issues (Berkman Center, Harvard U)
IFTF's Future Now
Alex Pang's blog on the future of technoly, health, and organizational change.
Integral Singularity
Lion Albaugh's vision for a balanced, human-championing approach to biology-surpassing technological intelligence. Great title.
Institute for Energy and Environmental Research
Promoting the democratization of science and the advancement of sustainability policy and technologies (Arjun Makhijani)
KedgeForward
Organizational and social strategic foresight, with an emphasis on transformation and change management (Frank Spencer and Mike Morrell)
Kevin Kelly Cool Tools
Great books, gadgets, software, videos, maps, hardware, and websites you should know about.
KurzweilAI.net's Accelerating Intelligence News
Ray Kurzweil's updates on leading-edge and bleeding-edge tech advances.
Lessig Blog
Lawrence Lessig on building the creative commons, a user-centric cyberspace.
Lifeboat Foundation Blog
Weblog on existential risk mitigation
Medgadget
Internet journal of emerging medical technologies. Nicely futuristic.
Michael Graham Richard
Futurism weblog by Michael Graham Richard
Minding the Planet
Nova Spivak's thoughts on the emerging high-tech planet.
Next Big Future
Brian Wang on nanotechnology, space travel and many other technologies
Next Nature
Exploring how culture and technology are becoming autonomous (Koert Mensvoort, Netherlands)
Oligopoly Watch
Charting the rise and influence of MNC oligopolies globally. Insightful.
Open The Future
Cultural observations from a leading professional futurist (Jamais Cascio)
Paleofuture
Excellent lookbacks to "the future that never was." Prediction analysis (examining strengths and weaknesses of past prediction).
Retrofuture
Short, insightful essays on previous future predictions. Valuable for prediction analysis.
Ross Mayfield's Weblog
Thoughts on markets, technology, and digital culture.
Self-Aware Systems
Steve Omohundro's posts on self-improving AI technology
Sentient Developments
Award-winning blog by Toronto-based futurist George Dvorsky
SIAI Blog
Seeking a sooner, safer transition to generalized artificial intelligence (Tyler Emerson, Eliezer Yudkowsky)
Sonia Says...
Blog on technological developments, lately focusing on radical life extension (Sonia Arrison)
Speculist
Thoughtful reporting on positive trends and future developments (Phil Bowermaster)
The Future of Things
Community blog on AI, longevity, technology, futurism, etc. (Iddo Genuth, Israel)
Unreliable Futures
Blog by author of The Rough Guide to the Future - a work in progress. (Jon Turney)
WorldChanging
Alex Steffen's blog on ways to create a "bright green" future.

Science
Evolving Thoughts
Philosophy of biology, science, and systematics (John Whitfield)
Sandwalk
Rationalist, naturalist discussion of evolution, nice critiques of 'Intelligent Design' folks (Larry Moran, Prof. of Biochem at U. Toronto).
Structure & Strangeness
Network analysis (social, economic, technical), ev. biology, constraints on morphological diversity computer science (Aaron Clauset)
The Inverse Square
Science and public policy. (Thomas Levenson)
The Reference Frame
Physics and world events from a conservative superstring physicist (Lubos Motl)
Three Toed Sloth
A gifted polymath's thoughts about life, the universe, and everything (Cosma Shalizi)

Technology - Nanotech

Technology - Infotech

Technology - Sociotech

Technology - Cognotech

Technology - Biotech

Environment

Economics

Politics

Social (Culture, Media, Education, Religion, Art, etc.)

Organizational

Personal
Study Hacks
Tips for student success. "Do less, do better, know why." (Cal Newport)

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Periodicals - Top Foresight

JohnMSmart — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:21:46 CST

Primary peer-reviewed journals and editor-reviewed magazines on foresight or futures studies specialties (using ASF rubric). These publications have distinguished themselves at some level in more than one (and ideally several) of ASF's Primary Foresight Specialties. Secondary foresight specialty journals and magazines are listed separately, under the Sci-Tech, Business, and Social, Political, and Humanist periodical groupings.

I. Top English-Language Primary Foresight Journals (identified to date)

1. Contingencies (American Academy of Actuaries)
Good data-backed forecasting and risk analysis models and process. Actually a magazine, but prestigious and with solid editorial criteria for publication.
2. Foresight: The Journal of Futures Studies, Strategic Thinking, and Policy (Emerald)
Important social, economic, political and technological issues which are shaping all our futures and a source of information about futures activity from around the world.
3. Foresight: The Internat'l Journal of Applied Forecasting (IIF)
Applied forecasting design, management, model building, case studies.
4. Futures: The Journal of Forecasting, Planning, and Policy (Elsevier)
Broad coverage of medium and long term futures trends and scenarios.
5. Info (Emerald)
Technological changes shaping the information infrastructure, economy, and society of the 21st century. Good foresight focus.
6. International Journal of Forecasting (Elsevier)
Quantitative and occasional qualitative forecasting methodologies.
7. International Journal of Foresight and Innovation Policy (Inderscience)
Knowledge creation, diffusion and utilisation in foresight, strategic intelligence (SI) and innovation policy.
8. Journal of Business Forecasting (IBF)
Practical analysis and skill development for business-forecasting practitioners.
9. Journal of Evolution and Technology (WTA)
e-journal on contemporary research into future science, ethics of emerging tech, and philosophy.
10. Journal of Forecasting (Wiley)
Theoretical, practical, computational and methodological issues in forecasting. Ops research, management science, decision analysis, statistics, and economics.
11. Journal of Futures Studies (Tamkang U)
Foresight, forecasting, long-range planning, visioning and futures research.
12. Journal of Prediction Markets (U Buckingham Press)
Articles on all aspects of Prediction Markets, a promising new field of foresight research and policy analysis.
13. Journal of Social Change (Walden U)
Applied research and theory on social change that improves the human condition and progresses people, groups, organizations, cultures, and society.
14. Long Range Planning (Elsevier)
A leading international journal of strategic management, aimed at senior managers (UK).
15. NanoEthics: Ethics for Technologies that Converge at the Nanoscale (Springer)
Forum for consideration of ethical and social issues of nanotechnology. Nicely augments and grounds popular discussion of these issues.
16. Policy Futures in Education (Symposium)
Promoting foresighted debate in education among academics, government, think-tanks and agencies on education policy and and theory. Innovative and experimental.
17. Technological Forecasting and Social Change (Elsevier)
Method and practice of technological forecasting, tech foresight, and futures studies and planning. Leading journal of its type.
18. World Future Review (WFS)
Referreed journal of transdisciplinary futures research.
19. World Futures: The Journal of General Evolution (Taylor & Francis)
Study of system-structuring, evolutionary and developmental change in nature and society.

For an abstracts database of several of these journals, see Futurum, Finland Futures Research Center's new platform for searching academic futures research journals.

II. Top Non-English Primary Foresight Journals (a starter list)

Futuribles (Futuribles Group) [French]
Journal of prospective studies and foresight. 40 year history. (Bertrand and Hugues de Jouvenel)

III. Top Primary Foresight Magazines (a subjective and starter list)

Big Ideas in Technology (Goodwin Proctor LLP)
A legal and practical guide for innovative tech companies. Twice a year.
Discover
Award-winning general interest science and technology reporting.
IEEE Spectrum
Current and future tech trends and developments. From autonomous machines to video games, they cover a very broad spectrum (hence the name) and are backed by a trusted organization.
Popular Science
Current and emerging tech, including latest (and mostly faddish) gadgets. Always looking a little ahead of the curve, though usually not more than 5-10 years.
Seed: Science as Culture
Explores the deep ideas, personalities, and cultural effects of science.
Strategy + Business (BoozAllen)
Great U.S. business strategy quarterly. Strong foresight focus.
Technology Review
A leader in technology innovation reporting. Exemplary future awareness.
The Futurist (WFS)
Futures-related scanning magazine. Reasoned global and technological optimism.
Wired
The digerati's culture, opinion, and technology magazine. Trendy, strong commercial, freedom, and style focus. 8M circulation.
Yes!
Concerned with building a more just, sustainable, and compassionate future with articles about economic alternatives and peace options.

IV. Top Primary Foresight Journals or Magazines No Longer Publishing (Read the Archives!) (a starter list)
Future Survey (WFS)
An excellent monthly abstract of books, articles and reports concerning forecasts, trends, and ideas about global, national, societal, organizational, and personal futures.

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USA - Foresight Professionals By State

JohnMSmart — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:40:20 CST

Foresight professionals, researchers, and educators in the 50 United States.
This is a subpage of Foresight Professionals, Researchers, and Educators - Global List. See that page for definitions.

Know any foresight professionals, researchers, or educators that should be listed here? Please add them, in this two-line format:
1st Line: Name with link to online bio, Title (if known/any), Inst. name (if known/any), Loc(s), Email (if public, in mailto: format).
2nd Line: Brief description (one line maximum!) of their foresight specialties/interests, as far as you know them.

Format: Alphabetical order by last name, with name in bold, and your entry in 10 point Arial type, in the appropriate location.

This list is a stub. It is ready for your additions. Thank you!

See also our list of Foresight / Futurist Speaker Databases at bottom of Foresight Professionals - Global page.

Alabama (AL)
Ted Hailes, Deputy Director, Center for Strategy and Technology, Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery, AL USA
National security, defense, and air force foresight. Models and methods for evaluating alternative air force R&D options under uncertainty.
Alaska (AK)
Arizona (AZ)
Brad Allenby, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ
Roger Caldwell, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ USA (Emeritus or Retired)
Brian Harris, University of Advancing Technology, Phoenix, AZ USA
Tom Lombardo, Rio Salado Community College, Tempe, AZ USA
Reed Riner, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff AZ USA
John Smart, University of Advancing Technology, Phoenix, AZ USA
Arkansas (AR)
California (CA)
Walter T. Anderson, World Acad. of Art and Science, San Francisco, CA
Henrik Bennetsen, Director of Technology, Stanford Humanities Lab, Director, Metaverse U, Stanford U, Palo Alto, CA USA (email)
Creativity and community in online spaces. Metaverse, Second Life. Music and tech. MSc in Media Tech & Games, Aalborg U, Denmark.
Harry Blount, CEO, Blount Ventures.
Mr. Blount serves on the Nat'l Academy of Science Committee for Forecasting Future Disruptive Technologies. BV does foresight consulting and emerging tech investing.
Stewart Brand, Long Now Foundation, San Francisco, CA USA
David Brin, Acclaimed Science Fiction Author and Futurist, San Diego, CA USA (email)
Physicist, polymath. Public speaker. Interests: social change, openness, innovation, philanth, SETI. Author: The Transparent Society.
Lonny J Avi Brooks, Cal State East Bay, Hayward, CA USA
Professor of Comm.. IFTF and Futures-Related PhD. Future of Cyberculture. Ethnographic futures. Social Study of Sci&Tech (STS).
James Canton, Institute for Global Futures, San Francisco, CA USA (email)
Future trends, health care, life sciences, energy, security, climate change, globalization.
Jamais Cascio, Open the Future, East Bay, CA USA (email)
Urban design, climate science, renewable energy, open source models, emerging technologies, social networks.
Cesar Castro, CEO, DiscoveryCast (Ideation Platform), Blog, Open Innovation, San Francisco, CA USA
Leader in open innovation metrics, and deveoper of open innovation ideation platforms for business. Former Dir. of Tech Research, Inst. for the Future (IFTF).
David Clemens, Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, CA USA
William Cockayne, Director, Stanford Center for Critical Foresight, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA USA (email)
Ed: Mech. engrg, design, comp. science. L-R planning, foresight, innovation. Fdr, Change Resrch. Affil., IFTF. Author: Mobile Agents.
Jeff Cole, University of Southern California, CA USA
Bruce Cordell, Dean of Natural Sciences, Fullerton College, Fullerton, CA USA (email)
Runs the Center for the Future at Fullerton College. PhD in Planetary and Space Physics. Research: Mars missions, space colonization.
J. Bradford DeLong, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA USA
James Dewar, RAND Graduate School, Santa Monica, CA USA
Linda Groff, California State University Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA USA
Nelson R. Kellogg, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA USA
Robert J. Lempert, RAND Graduate School, Santa Monica, CA USA
Gilman Louie, Chair, Forecasting Emerging Disruptive Technologies Committee, US National Academies Project 2009-2010.
Founder, In-Q-Tel, the CIA's venture capital firm. Technology venture capitalist, former game designer.
Barbara Marx-Hubbard, Fdn for Conscious Evolution, Santa Barbara, CA USA
Burt Nanus, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA USA (Emeritus or Retired)
Sorel Reisman, Prof. of Info Systems and Decision Sciences, CSU Fullerton. Director, Merlot.org, Newport Beach CA USA (email)
Information systems and knowledge management. Author: Electronic Learning Communities, 2003 Merlot.org is a platform for online learning materials.
Paul Saffo, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA USA
Peter Schwartz, Global Business Network, Emeryville, CA USA
Gary W. Small, Director, UCLA Center on Aging, Memory and Aging Research Center, UCLA School of Medicine
Leading aging researcher, devel. of the first brain scan to detect early brain aging and Alzheimers. Author, iBrain: Surviving the Technological Alteration of the Modern Mind, 2008
Gregory Stock, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA USA
Paul J.H. Schoemaker, CEO, Decision Strategies International
Leading author and strategist on decision theory, strategic foresight, emerging technologies, uncertainty management.
Melanie Swan, MS Futures Group, Palo Alto, CA USA
Philip Tetlock, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA USA
Len Troncale, Cal State University, Pomona, CA USA (Secondary FS)
Emeritus scholar of systems science, systems thinking, and systems biology. A systems science pioneer.
Sim Van Der Ryn, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA USA
Pioneer of sustainable architecture. Created the Integral Urban House, 1973. Founder, Ecological Design Institute.
Colorado (CO)
Barry Hughes, University of Denver, Denver, CO USA
Christopher Jones, NeoFutures, Grand Junction, CO USA
Connecticut (CT)
Wendell Bell, Yale University, New Haven,CT (Emeritus or Retired)
James Hughes, Trinity College, Hartford, CT USA
Wendell Wallach, Yale University, New Haven, CT USA. Machine ethics and morality.
Delaware (DE)
District of Columbia (DC)
Joseph Coates, Joseph Coates Consulting Futurist, Washington, DC USA
Jerry Glenn, ACUNU Millennium Project, Washington, DC USA
Ted Gordon, ACUNU Millennium Project, Washington, DC USA
Bill Halal, George Washington University, Washington, DC USA (Emeritus or Retired)
Jennifer Jarratt,Leading Futurists LLC, Washington, DC USA
Lane Jennings, World Future Society, Washington, DC USA
Timothy Mack, World Future Society, Washington, DC USA
John B. Mahaffie,Leading Futurists LLC, Washington, DC USA
David Rejeski, Woodrow Wilson Intnat'l Ctr for Scholars, Washington DC USA
Simeon Spearman, Social Technologies, Washington, DC USA
David Stein, WFS FutureTakes, Washington, DC USA
Cindy Wagner, World Future Society, Washington, DC USA
Florida (FL)
Hazel Henderson, Ethical Markets Media, St. Augustine, FL USA
Georgia (GA)
Hawaii (HI)
Stuart Candy, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI USA
Jim Dator, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI USA
Jake Dunagan, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI USA
Idaho (ID)
Illinois (IL)
Indiana (IN)
Iowa (IA)
Kansas (KS)
James Gunn, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS USA
Kentucky (KY)
Louisiana (LA)
Maine (ME)
Maryland (MD)

Michael Marien, WFS Future Survey, Bethesda, MD USA
Robert Ulanowicz, University of Maryland, College Park, MD USA (Secondary FS)
Theoretical biology. Studies ecosystem dynamics in quant. and quasipredictive ways that can be broadly applied to social systems.

Massachusetts (MA)
John Palfrey, Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard U, Cambridge, MA.
Scholar of internet law. Coined the term "digital native." Author, Born Digital, 2008.
Mitchel Resnick, MIT Media Lab, Lifelong Kindergarten Group. Boston, MA.
Author, Rethinking Learning in the Digital Age. Developer, Programmable Bricks.
Steve Steele, Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold MA USA
Michigan (MI)
Minnesota (MN)
Art Harkins, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN USA
Mississippi (MS)
Missouri (MO)
Montana (MT)
Nebraska (NE)
Nevada (NV)
New Hampshire (NH)
New Jersey (NJ)
New Mexico (NM)
New York (NY)
Sam Cole, SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, NY USA
Garry Golden, HoustonMS Futures Studies Graduate, Brooklyn, NY USA
Susantha Goonatilake, New School for Social Research, New York, NY USA
Ernest Sternberg, SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, NY USA
Ohio (OH)
Jeff Camm, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH USA
Martin Levy, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH USA
Oregon (OR)
Hal Linstone, Portland State University, Portland, OR USA (Emeritus or Retired)
Jonathon Richter, Research Associate, Center for Advanced Tech in Education (CATE), U. of Oregon, Eugene, OR USA (email)
Running an SL project at Merlot.org. Int: vPortfolios, Virtual learning (Second Life, etc.), Web 2.0, Serious Games, Sustainability.
Pennsylvania (PA)
J. Scott Armstrong, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Forecasting, Statistics, Long-Range Planning, Probabilistic Prediction
Art Shostak, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA USA (Emeritus or Retired)
Rhode Island (RI)
South Carolina (SC)
South Dakota (SD)
Tennessee (TN)
Texas (TX)
Don Beck, Center for Human Emergence, Denton, TX
Peter Bishop, University of Houston, Houston, TX USA (email)
Futures education, futures methods, futures consulting. Dr. Bishop runs the oldest MS program in futures in the world (started 1975).
Terry Grim, University of Houston, Houston, TX USA
Andy Hines, University of Houston, Houston, TX USA
Oliver Markley, University of Houston-Clear Lake, Houston, TX USA (Emeritus or Retired)
Max More, Extropy Institute Chairman, Austin TX USA
Natasha Vita-More, Extropy Institute, philosopher of transhumanism, Austin, TX USA
Verne Wheelwright, Personal Futures Network, Harlingen, TX USA. Personal futures.
Cindy Frewen-Wuellner, University of Houston, Houston, TX USA
Utah (UT)
Margaret Wheatley.Founder, Berkana Institute. Provo, UT.
Complex systems, sustainability, and leadership and community development.
Vermont (VT)
Virginia (VA)
Clem Bezold, Founder and Chairman, Institute for Alternative Futures, Alexandria, VA USA (email)
Alternative futures, horizon scanning, scenario development, health care futures.
Jay Gary, Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA USA
Robin Hanson, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA USA
Gary Marx, President, Center for Public Outreach, Vienna, VA USA (email)
Futures education, communication, community, democracy consulting. Author: Ten Trends, Sixteen Trends, Future-Focused Leadership.
Jonathan Peck, Institute for Alternative Futures, Alexandria, VA USA
John Petersen, The Arlington Institute, Alexandria, Virginia USA
Marsha Rhea, Institute for Alternative Futures, Alexandria, VA USA
Bruce Snyder, Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA USA
Washington (WA)
Mark Anderson, CEO, Strategic News Service, San Juan Island, WA USA
Founder, WA Tech Industry Assn "Fast Pitch" investor forum. Dir, Future in Review (FiRe) Conferences., and FiRe Global Events. Major futurist.
Brenda Cooper, Sci-Fi Author; Contributor, Futurist.com Kirkland, WA USA
Accomplished science fiction writer, futurist, IT professional. Interest in sociocultural futures. Author, Wings of Creation, 2009, many other titles.
Leo Dirac, Futurist, Entrepreneur, Transhumanist philosopher. Seattle, WA
Rob Gardiner, Transhumanist, Writer. Organizer of Seattle Transhumanism meetup group.
Glen Hiemstra, Dir, Futurist.com, Kirkland, WA USA
Leading futurist, speaker, consultant, blogger. Runs the excellent destination site, Futurist.com
Eric Horvitz, Researcher, Microsoft, Bellevue, WA USA
Leading Artificial Intelligence researcher. Convened a Conference at MS on Killer Robots/Friendly AI in 2009.
Gina Miller, Futurist and artist. nanoindustries.com and nanogirl.com. Seattle, WA
Chuck Murry, Co-Dir, Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, U. of Washington, Seattle, WA USA
Pathologist, Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Expert. Articulate and passionate about the future of regenerative medicine.
Nathan Mhyrvold, CEO, Intellectual Ventures, Bellevue, WA USA
Former CTO, Microsoft. Intellectual Ventures is a "genius shop" developing Patent Portfolios and doing Exponential Technology investments.
Rick Rashid, Senior VP, Microsoft, Bellevue, WA USA
Rick coordinates 850 IT researchers. Largest corporate IT R&D institution in the US. Very future oriented speaker.
Siva Sankrithi, Lakeside School and RSV Invention and Creation Enterprises, Seattle, WA USA
Teaches Math, Chess, and Music at Lakeside HS. Interested in foresight education at the HS level.
Sparky Toews, Webmaster, Futurist Now, Seattle, WA USA
Blogger passionate about technology, photography, and the advancement of human kind. Skilz: software testing, developer, recruiter, project manager.
Jan Vandenbos, Founder, Seattle PNW Future Salon, Seattle, WA USA
Jan runs the PNW Future Salon. Interests include space, energy, solar power, anti aging research, social media.
West Virginia (WV)
Wisconsin (WI)
Wyoming (WY)

Scientific and Research

JohnMSmart — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:10:37 CST

Futures-oriented non-university scientific and research organizations around the world. Listed alpha by organization name.

Mainstream Orgs

Alliance for Science and Technology Research in America (ASTRA)
Groups working to increase federal funding for the physical & mathematical sciences and engineering.
Association for the Study of Peak Oil (ASPO)
Propose that world is "energy poor" and will run out of cheap fossil fuels by the mid 21st century. So far, the best evidence is against both of these perspectives.
Atmospheric and Environmental Research
Weather prediction. Leaders in the proposal for weather (hurricane, storm) control via space based satellite heating (Ross Hoffman).
American Society for Cybernetics
Small group (<200 members) spreading awareness and interest in cybernetics, control theory, and systems thinking. Founded in 1964. (Heinz Von Foerster)
American Statistical Association (ASA)
Founded in 1839 for promoting statistical practice, applications, and research, improving statistical education and the statistics profession.
Arden Institute
Innovative research on synthetic worlds (Ted Castronova)
Aspen Center for Physics
Unique summer retreats for physics and astrophysics researchers.
Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC)
Building the effectiveness of Sci-Tech centers and museums nationally.
Asymmetric Threats Contingency Alliance (ATCA)
Research initiative discussing global asymmetric threats (DK Matai).
Astrobiology at NASA
Astrobiophysical exploration of the past and future of life in the universe. Very useful big-picture dialog.
Center for Inquiry International
Promoting science, reason, and freedom of inquiry. Publish Skeptical Inquirer.
Center for Scientific Visualization
Promoting teaching, training, and learning in scientific visualization (data to 2D and 3D) at undergrad and graduate levels.
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
Assessing the power, problems, and promise of information technologies.

Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies

Contributing with knowledge and inspiration, the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies supports decision-making.
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) (South Africa)
Scientific and technology research, development and implementation for socio-economic growth in SA and Africa (Jan Greben).
Council of Scientific Society Presidents (CSSP)
Elected leaders of sixty U.S. scientific organizations. Science policy and leadership organization.
CrossRef
A nonprofit group promoting open standards for citation linking on the web.
Innerspace Foundation
Non-profit dedicated to promoting neuroengineering approaches for the enhancement of memory and learning--biomedical goals.
Institute for Mathematical Behavioral Sciences (UCI)
Generating a fruitful relationship between mathematical models and the behavioral and social sciences
Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM) (UCLA)
NSF-funded center for interdisciplinary math modelling, including singularity theory.
Institute for Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (ISEPP)
Improving local understanding of issues in science, technology and society (STS) (Terry Bristol). Portland, OR; San Jose, CA.
International Federation of Systems Research (IFSR)
A small but very thoughtful international and academic group of systems researchers.
International Network of Scientists and Engineers for Global Responsibility (INES)
Developing insight into the impact of science and technology on society. Disarmament focus.
International Institute for Advanced Studies (IIAS) in Systems Research and Cybernetics
Committed to the transdisciplinary development and promotion of cybernetics and systems research.
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Inter-disciplinary scientific studies on environmental, economic, technological and social issues in the context of human dimensions of global change.
International Institute for General Systems Studies (IIGSS)
Promoting research and education and development of more mature theories and truly successful applications of systems research in all branches of knowledge (J. Yi-Lin Forrest)
International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS)
The original general systems theory society. Small, international (Ludwig von Bertalanffy)
International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics (ISSI)
Professionals in the emerging interdisciplinary fields of informetrics, bibliometrics/scientometrics, technometrics and webometrics.
Institute for International Education (IIE)
World leader in the international exchange of educators, fellows, scholars, and ideas (Global)
Institute for Systems Biology
Top interdisciplinary research institute using math, computation, complexity, molecular and synthetic approaches to the life sciences.
Karolinska Institute
A world leader in public health and medical research.
Merck Institute for Science Education
Improving U.S. teacher ability, student participation, and performance in science subjects.
NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts
Revolutionary aeronautics and space concepts based on sound scientific principles, attainable in a 10 to 40 year time frame.
National Academy of Sciences
Pro bono expert advisors to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine.
National Council for Science and the Environment
Studies, programs, and conferences to improve the scientific basis for environmental decisionmaking.
National Center for Science Education (NCSE)
Defending the teaching of evolution in public schools against the political agenda of the 'intelligent design' movement.
National Science Foundation
Leading federal organization promoting and funding public STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) through research programs and educational projects.
National Science Teachers Association (NTSA)
Promoting excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning (55,000 members).
New England Complex Systems Institute (NECSI)
Multidisciplinary educational and research institute, advancing the study of complex systems.
Nonfiction Defense Association
Championing the need for less fantasy and more reality in our infotainment and daily lives.
Physicians for Social Responsibility
Elimination of weapons of mass destruction and violence, sustainability promotion.
Protiant
Predictive FDA approval modeling for pharmaceutical companies.
Science Ed. for New Civic Engagement & Responsibilities (SENCER)
NSF-funded summer institute for science educators who want to improve critical thinking, analysis, numeracy, and civic responsibility.
Scientists and Engineers for America (SEA)
A policy group dedicated to electing public officials who respect evidence and understand the importance of using scientific and engineering advice in making public policy. They plan to "grade" public officials on this. What a concept!
SETI Institute
Research in the origin, nature, and prevalence of intelligent life in the universe.
Skeptics Society
Promoting scientific and critical thinking. Evaluating edge science and the paranormal.
Society for Amateur Scientists
Helping ordinary people ("citizen scientists") learn and do scientific research.
Society for the Social Studies of Science (4S)
Oldest and largest scholarly association devoted to understanding science and technology.
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
Exploring structure and action of biological systems at multiple scales.
Society for Scientific Exploration (SSE)
Investigation of anomalous and speculative topics usually ignored by science. Since 1982.
Systems Dynamics Society (SDS)
Studying and managing complex feedback systems in business, technology, and society. Founded 1984. (Jay Forrester)
The Swartz Foundation
Exploring physics, math, computer science, and neuroscience to understand the brain/mind relationship. Awesome conferences.
Union of Concerned Scientists
Scientists and citizens building a healthier, safer, environmentally sustainable world.
US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL)
Corporate research laboratory for the Navy and Marine Corps
World Technopolis Association
International network of "science cities," promoting better S&T city development and governance.
Zogby International
Polling and market research for North America, Latin America, the Middle East, Asia, and Europe

Edge Science/Philosophical Speculation Orgs
Informological Institute (Geneva, Switzerland)
"Informology" is defined here as an emerging information science of spatial relations between information processing systems. (Informology is better known as library and information science). Transdisciplinary, of uneven quality.
Network of European Technocrats
A European based organisation that researches and promotes an alternative socioeconomic system for a future sustainable society.

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Other Foresight Resources

JohnMSmart — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:22:13 CST

Other resources that are particularly helpful for strategic foresight or futures research or practice.

General
Systems Thinking
Good intro to "the Way" of systems thinking (Gene Bellinger).
W. Ross Ashby Digital Archive
Life work of William Ross Ashby, cyberneticist and systems theorist.

Media Tools
Brown Paper Tickets
Inexpensive event ticketing system for small events.
Presentation Zen
Excellent insights on giving effective presentations.

Research Tools

Gaussian

The most advanced molecular modeling software available for PCs. Uses QM/density functional theory to calculate molecular properties and interactions. Predictive molecular simulation. Now uses the Linda parallelization software to do this simulation with multiple processors/clusters. Where this will take us in another decade or so: real advances in nanomanufacturing.

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Periodicals - Social, Political and Humanist

JohnMSmart — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:40:48 CST

Social, political and humanist peer-reviewed journals and editor-reviewed magazines that are helpful for strategic foresight and futures research. Some relevant areas: aesthetics, culture, education, environment, governance, health, history, news, mind, recreation, relationships, society, spirituality ...

I. Social, Political, and Humanist Foresight/Futures Journals

Annual Review of Political Science
Good monthly overview of political science advances.
On the Horizon
International quarterly journal on the future of postsecondary education.
Spirituality and Reality: A Global Journal
Integral perspective on our emerging global civilization. Left and U.N.-oriented.
Utopian Studies (Dept. of English, U of AK)
Scholarly articles on a utopianism, utopian theory, intentional communities. Biannual.

II. Social, Political, and Humanist Foresight/Futures Magazines (and Newspapers)

Adbusters
Media manipulation and corporate coersion exposes. Anti-WTO, anarchist sympathies.
American Heritage
Excellent American history, mostly domestic (Forbes).
American Prospect
Liberal philosophy, politics, and public life. Intelligent and complex.
Atlantic
Winner of more National Magazine Awards than any other U.S. monthly. Excellent, socially relevant articles.
Audubon
Environmental issues and problems, ecology, conservation, and technology.
Canadian Dimension
A comprehensive, activist-oriented, non-U.S. produced social justice magazine.
Covert Action Quarterly
Liberal coverage of U.S. intelligence activity and global geopolitics.
E: The Environmental Magazine
Inspirational and empowering coverage, encouraging personal activism.
Extra!
Journal of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR). Good domestic media criticism.
Foreign Affairs
Nonpartisan foreign policy analysis and recommendations. Published by the Council on Foreign Relations since 1922.
Future
Publication of the University of Phoenix, one of the fastest growing educational enterprises in the U.S. Addresses social and career issues.
Futurist
A top futures-related scenario and scanning magazine. Reasoned global and technological optimism.
Harpers
Award-winning, socially relevant magazine. Often as good as Atlantic.
Insight
Conservative weekly investigative reporting on Washington, nation.
Intelligence Report
Magazine of the Southern Poverty Law Center. Actively exposing and litigating against cultural intolerance nationwide.
Mother Jones
Alternative, award-winning, provocative social justice reporting.
Nation
Critical social analysis, politically independent, solutions oriented. Since 1865.
National Journal
Weekly nonpartisan newsmagazine about American politics and government, written for political and policy professionals. $1800/year, but free academic access.
National Geographic
Premiere geocultural survey magazine. Strong, accessible historical insights and analysis.
National Review
Conservative political commentary, insight, and news reporting.
New Internationalist
Covers global development issues from an international and social justice perspective
New Renaissance
Progressive articles on the future of society, from a humanist, holistic perspective.
New Republic
Top conservative/centrist opinion magazine, with good writing and new ideas (not always practical).Newsweek
Concise but generic reporting of weekly news. Even more surface-level than Time. Annual technology review.
New York Times Magazine
Good metropolitan issues, current events, and futures coverage.
Ode
"The magazine for intelligent optimists." Smart, sustainability oriented sociopolitical, economic, and technology critique and commentary.
Peacework
News, analysis, and resources magazine dedicated to nonviolent social change.
Prevailing Winds
Good social justice, political scandal, crime, hidden history reporting.
Progressive
Strong analytical voice for peace and social justice, with activist interviews. Enlightening.
Reason
Nation's leading libertarian analysis, intelligent, great alternative to liberal/conservative fare.
Time
Insightful but basic analysis of important events. 30 million subscribers.
US News and World Report
Good issue and trend following at the national and international level.
Utne Reader
A guide for balanced living. More than 2,000 alternative media sources.
Weekly Standard
Popular weekly journal of Washington politics and opinions, with a future focus.
What is Enlightenment?
Blend of ancient and modern thinking on spiritual and moral potential. Future aware but cultish, centered around the 'guru' Andrew Cohen.
World Press Review
English reprints of top news and editorial articles from the foreign press.
Yes! A Magazine of Positive Futures
Left-oriented community, sustainability, and practical optimism tools, ideas, and commentary.
Z Magazine
Progressive analysis, commentary, and humor on politics, economics, culture.
See also: Amazon's Magazines: Browse Subjects (All)

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Research and Collaboration Tools and Databases

JohnMSmart — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:43:42 CST

Research and collaboration tools and databases that are particularly helpful for strategic foresight or futures research.

Top Web Tools We Recommend (a very incomplete list).
DOAJ. Directory of Open Access Journals, scientific and scholarly. Full text. Free.
Docstoc. Sharing business, legal, and other professional documents. Free.
GDocs and Spreadsheets. Good basic collaboration platform. Free.
GMail and GCalendar. Clean, fast, reasonably full-featured. Free basic.
GModerator. Good tool to gather and prioritize opinions and voting on talks, presentations and events. Free.
GReader. Great tool for organizing RSS feeds and tracking site updates. Free.
iGoogle. Fast, customizable, reasonably useful home page. Free.
LibraryThing. Catalog & find others with the same books. Free basic. 200K users.
Linqia. Search tool to find global online groups and social networks, by keyword interest.
Ning. Create your own full-featured social networks. Free.
Plaxo Pulse. FB-like business network. Free. 13M Plaxo users (not Pulse).
Slideshare. Largest community for publicly sharing your presentations. Free.

SendSpace. Free file downloading. Sends large files easily.
SmugMug. Best fee-based online photosharing. Document your life. $40/yr. 300K users.
Spock. A search tool for finding people by interest. Free. 80M "indexed" people.

Vimeo. Free video uploading and channels. 350MB/day free uploading limit (in 2010).
Wetpaint. Easy personal or enterprise wikis. Free basic. 600K wikis (+ this site).
Xing. For business networking. Free basic. 4M users.
Yelp. Good reviews of local businesses and services. Democracy in action! Free.

Open Citation Management
CiteULike
A free online service to organise and share references to academic papers. Easy to use. RIS, RSS, BibTeX output.
Zotero
A free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources.

Reference
CIA World Factbook
Authoritative source for country estimates, updated annually.
Congresspedia
Community-developed citizens encyclopedia wiki on congress
FedStats
Statistical data from over 100 U.S. agencies, and by topic.
Library of Congress (Online Catalog)
Can look up LC classification numbers for any valued book in your home library. Look it up here, see what else with a similar title you are missing! Even more extensive than Amazon's database (for now at least).
Sourcewatch
Community- developed wiki on public relations firms influencing public policy.
U.S. Census Bureau's Statistical Abstract of the United States
Authoritative statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. 125 years.
Wikipedia
The largest online collaborative encyclopedia.

Research
DataThief
Great tool for reverse-engineering graphics to get the data points.

Search
Google
Your best link to the emerging digital universe. Try all the cool beta sites.
Google Scholar
Search scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including theses, books, etc.
NLM Gateway/Medline
National library of medicine. Vast database of health, nursing, and biomedical science research.

Free Databases
arXiv.org
Electronic preprint archive for physics, math, computer science, quant. biology, and other subjects. Over 100,000 articles.
Cordis
Collaboration database linking much of European Science and Technology R&D and funding.
Pub Med Central
NIH's free database of life sciences publications.
Scientific Commons
Free archive of scientific publications. Over 22 million.

Subscription Databases
Hundreds of quality subscription databases can be accessed at any large university or public library. Here are a few:
ABI/INFORM
A database covering business, management, economics and related fields. Journals, magazines, dissertations, newspapers, etc. ProQuest.
JSTOR
Rapidly growing online database of multidisciplinary and discipline specific journals. Insitutitional access, limited individual access.
LexisNexis
Comprehensive legal, news, business and public record information.
PsycINFO
An abstract (not full-text) database of psychological literature from the 1800s to the present.
ScienceDirect
Largest fee-based electronic collection of science, technology and medicine full text and bibliographic information. Elsevier.
Scopus
Large abstract and citation database of research literature and quality web sources. Elsevier.
Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
Large collection of online social science research. Free abstracts, some free papers, many paid.
Web of Science/Science Citations Index
Track any paper and see who else has referenced it since publication. Surf the memespace of idea evolution. Free access only at major research libraries.

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About

JohnMSmart — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:26:44 CST

Global Foresight is an initiative of the Acceleration Studies Foundation, a 501c3 nonprofit.

Our Mission
Advancing our planet's emerging foresight culture.

Endorsements
The following foresight organizations publicly endorse GF and its mission. Please visit them to find out more about their important work, and patronize them as well. They need your participation, support, and feedback to grow.

Academic Programs in Foresight
MA in Alternative Futures, University of Hawaii (Jim Dator, Director)
MS in Futures Studies in Commerce, University of Houston (Peter Bishop, Director)

Professional Foresight Organizations and Consultancies
Hawaii Research Center for Futures Studies (Stuart Candy, Graduate Student)

Are you an academic or professional foresight organization? Endorse our mission by being publicly listed here.

GF Advisory Board
Peter Bishop, Director, U. Houston MS in Futures Studies in Commerce
Jim Dator, Director, U. Hawaii MA in Alternative Futures
Michael Jackson, Director, Shaping Tomorrow Foresight Network

GF Staff - 2010
The following individuals have volunteered part-time effort as GF Staff for the 2009 calendar year.
Phil Bowermaster, Foresight Organizations Pages Curator (Denver, CO USA)
Sean Daken, Foresight Students and Alums Page Curator
Brian Hill, Future Salon Network Director (San Francisco, CA USA)
Drew Reynolds, Foresight Resources Page Curator (Palo Alto, CA USA)
John Smart, ASF Director (Mountain View, CA USA | johnsmart{at}accelerating{dot}org).

GF Volunteer Editors - 2010
Editors agree to commit at least ten hours of time, in bits and pieces over the calendar year to:
1) add resource entries, new pages, or structural edits to the GF wiki, per their background and interest,
2) improve foresight-related entries in Wikipedia or on Wikiversity,
3) do network-building activities (finding other futurists and inviting them to join our online communities or act as editors).

Thank you all so much for your help in building this public foresight resource!

Alpha by last name:
Ramla Akhtar (Pakistan)
Janna Anderson (Elon University, USA)
Phil Bowermaster (Denver, CO USA)
Jose Cordeiro (Caracas, Venezuela)
Andrew Dale (Swarthmore College)
Tyler Emerson (Cupertino, CA USA)
Daniel Fogelholm (Finland)
Stephen Gordon (Shreveport, LA USA)
Carmen Hermosillo (Los Angeles, CA USA)
James Hughes (Trinity College, USA)
Sean Key (Fort Myers, FL USA)
Max Marmer (San Francisco, CA USA)
Wayne Radinsky (Boulder, CO USA)
Drew Reynolds (Palo Alto, CA USA)
John M. Smart (Mountain View, CA USA)
Simeon Spearman (Atlanta, GA USA)
Melanie Swan (Palo Alto, CA USA)
Frank Yu (Beijing, China)

Like to join our GF Editor community? Just send a message to John Smart (johnsmart{at}accelerating{dot}org) saying what resources you'd like to help build out on the wiki, and when you can start your volunteer commitment. Thank you!

Foresight Resources

JohnMSmart — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:26:17 CST

The Resources pages in this section (click wiki pages at left or below) currently list:

Please add to them as you are able, and feel free to have general discussions about futures-oriented resources in the discussion forum.

Can you help us, for a week or more this year, to improve these resources for global foresight culture?
See our About page. Thanks!

Foresight Organizations

JohnMSmart — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:19:32 CST

The Orgs pages in this section (click wiki pages at left or below) currently list:

Please add to them as you are able, and feel free to have general discussions about futures-oriented orgs in the discussion forum.

Can you help us, for a week or more this year, to improve these resources for global foresight culture?
See our About page. Thanks!

Foresight Students and Alumni - Global List

JohnMSmart — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:18:55 CST

Graduate Students
People presently engaged in a Master's or PhD in a Foresight-related field.

(Name, Institution, Degree, Expected Graduation Date. Please link to an online webpage/social network so colleagues can find you.)
Please also feel free to add a single summary line of interests or specialties below your name. Thanks.)

Individual Listings (Please add yourself here):
Sean Daken, University of Houston, Masters in Future Studies in Commerce, Grad. est. 2012
Karen Dempster, AGSE Swinburne University, Hawthorn Victoria, Australia. M. in Mgmt Strategic Foresight, Grad. est. Mid-2010

Student Listings - By Program
University of Houston (MS in Futures Studies in Commerce) Current Student Roster (incomplete)

Alumni
People who have completed a Master's or PhD in a Foresight-related field.

(Name, Institution, Degree, Graduation Date. Please link to an online webpage/social network so colleagues can find you.)
Please also feel free to add a single summary line of interests or specialties below your name. Thanks.)

Individual Listings (Please add yourself here):
John Smart, University of Houston, Masters in Future Studies, 2007.
Foresight Education and Community, Acceleration Studies, Evolutionary Development Studies, Policy Studies.

Alumni Listings - By Program
University of Houston (MS in Futures Studies in Commerce) Current Alumni Roster (incomplete)

Social, Educ, Ethics, Compassion

JohnMSmart — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:53:57 CST

Futures-oriented social, educational, ethics, or compassion-centered organizations around the world. Listed alpha by organization name.

Alliance for Excellent Education
Promoting U.S. middle school and high school transformation to make it possible for every child to graduate prepared for postsecondary education and success in life.
American Creativity Association
Improving creativity, innovation, problem-solving, and ideation in personal and professional environments.
American Philosophical Practitioners Association (APPA)
Offering philosophical and ethical couseling, moderating socratic dialogs, improving workplace culture.
American Sociological Association
Advancing sociology as a scientific discipline and profession. 14K members.
American Teilhard Association
Continuing investigation of the developmentalist world view described by paleontologist and theologian Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.
Amnesty International
Working impartially to protect human rights worldwide. 1.8M members.
Ashesi University (Ghana, Africa)
Educating a new generation of "ethical and entrepreneurial" leaders for the African continent. Excellent model business school!
Ashoka: Innovators for the Public
A global association of the world's leading social entrepreneurs in emerging nations. Started by former McKinsey consultant Bill Drayton.
Aspen Institute
Fostering leadership development, appreciation of timeless ideals and values, and nonpartisan analysis of contemporary issues.
Audience Dialog (Adelaide, Australia)
Dennis List's audience research and futures consultancy
Camp Amelia
Creates open-source ed. software and provides free after-school and summer computer camps for youth and teachers in underserved communities. Teaching kids technological literacy.
CARE
Empowering individuals and families in the poorest communities in the world.
Center for Ethics in Science and Technology (UC San Diego)
Resources for understanding the ethical implications of new developments in science and technology. (Lawrence Hinman)
Center for Futurism in Education at Ben-Gurion University
Developing innovative educational ideas and online delivery systems, integrating ICT with humanistic values (Roni Aviram, Chair)
Center for Science and Medical Journalism (Boston University)
Producing scientifically proficient and ethically grounded journalists.
Center for Human Emergence
Applying spiral dynamics for global transformation (Don Beck).
Center for the Study of Technology and Society (Wash DC)
Social implications of technological innovation (Adam Keiper)
Chaordic Commons
Creating practical, innovative orgs that blend competition and cooperation to address critical social issues (Dee Hock).
Committee for Democracy in Information Technology
Brazil-based international nonprofit working to end "digital apartheid" in the developing world.
Consumer Reports
Objectivity and accuracy in consumer product recommendations since 1936.
Context Institute
Researching issues in creating humane sustainable culture.
Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE)
Serving advancement professionals at 3,000 schools. Awards for nation's best teachers.
Council for Research in Values and Philosophy (CRVP)
Investigating the way culture and values influence personal action.
Davidson Institute for Talent Development
To recognize, nurture and support unusually intelligent young people and to provide opportunities for them to develop their talents to make a positive difference.
Degree Confluence Project
Early world mapping. Shows the extreme sparseness of humanity on the planet.
Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres)
Providing medical aid where most needed worldwide, championing the plight of the medically indigent.
Education Sector
Nonprofit, independent educational policy think tank and research group.
Foundation for a Better Life
Public service announcements (billboards, TV ads) promoting values-based living.
Foundation for Global Community
Future-oriented spiritual growth, social action, and conflict mediation.
Friendship Force International
Breaking global barriers by building personal friendships. 60 countries, 275 orgs.
Galef Institute/Different Ways of Knowing
Research-based tools, services, and partnerships that improve broad based (science and arts) child development.
Games2Train
Developers of serious games (educational games) for military and commercial purposes (Marc Prensky)
Hastings Center for Bioethics Research
Exploring questions in health care, biotechnology, and the environment since 1969. Examining their 35 year history one realizes these technology areas, while important to our present quality of life, will nevertheless provide far fewer accelerating benefits than infotech in coming years.
Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) at UCLA.
Home of the CIRP, the oldest and largest US study of higher education demographics, economics, social trends, etc.
History Shots
High quality visual information graphics presenting historical dynamics (politics, technology, etc.).
Human Rights Watch
Challenging governments and other power groups to end abusive practices and respect international human rights law.
Innocence Project (Northern CA and Southern CA)
Reversing occasional cases of improper functioning of the policing and prosecutorial systems, primarily using DNA evidence.
Institute for Future Studies (Austria)
Focusing on selected topics in the future of education and work.
Institute for Regional Education (IRE)
Makers of the Quatsi film trilogy on the nature of technology. Very acceleration-aware. (Godfrey Reggio, Ron Fricke)
International Federation of Red Cross
World's largest humanitarian organization, helping refugees, victims of natural disasters, victims of poverty from socio-economic crises, victims of health emergencies.
JD Power and Associates
Providing consumer satisfaction information for help with the buying decision (autos, electronics, etc.) since 1968.
Lawyers Without Borders
Supporting the work of NGOs and advancing the rule of law worldwide.
League for Innovation in the Community College
Catalyzing the community college movement.
Malaria Vaccine Initiative (of PATH)
Accelerating development and distribution of promising malaria vaccines worldwide. Funded by the Gates Foundation.
Massive Change and Institute Without Boundaries
A long term project on the future of multidisciplinary global design culture. Affiliated with Toronto City College. (Bruce Mau)
MediaRights.org
Helping media makers to use documentaries to explore key social issues.
National Education Association
Main federal US organization promoting and funding public education.
Omidyar Network
Helping people discover their own power to make good things happen (Pierre Omidyar and associates).
Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Science (Case Western U)
Providing researchers with resources for understanding ethically significant problems that arise in their work. NSF funded.
On the Horizon
Informing educators about the challenges that they will face in a rapidly-changing world (James Morrison)
Oxfam International
Finding solutions to poverty, suffering, and injustice in 100 countries worldwide.
Pegasus Communications
Leading publisher of books on systems thinking and general systems analysis.
Poynter Institute
A think tank and school for journalists, future journalists, and journalism teachers.
Programme for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH)
Improving global health by advancing technologies, strengthening systems, and improving behavior. Funded by the Gates Foundation.
Project for Excellence in Journalism (Columbia University)
Research, resources, and ideas to improve the fourth estate (media, journalism).
Point Foundation
Former publishers of Whole Earth magazine, Whole Earth Catalog. Icons of 1960's and 1970's vision of a self-empowered, personally creative, green, globally responsible future.
Prospective Foresight Network
French Node of the Glenn/Gordon Millennium Futures Studies Project (Saphia Richou, Michel Godet).
Rick Ross Inst. for the Study of Destructive Cults, Controversial Groups, & Movements
Database of information about cults, destructive cults, controversial groups and movements. Well-organized public resource on poorly transparent, coercive groups.
Society for Utopian Studies (SUS)
Academic center studying utopianism in all its forms (literary to experimental) (U. Toronto).
Southern Poverty Law Center
Exposure of and litigation against hate speech and racial, sexual, and other forms of intolerance.
SustainUS
U.S. youth network for sustainable development.
ThinkCycle
MIT Media Lab non-profit initiative exploring "open collaborative design." (Boston, MA)
Thomas Lucas Productions
Producers of science educational video, and the commendable PBS futures documentary, Beyond Human (2001).
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Promoting health, education, equality, and protection for every child, worldwide.
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
A "laboratory of ideas" and a standard-setter to forge universal agreements on emerging ethical issues among 192 UN Member States.
United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)
Pursuing the UN's Millennium Development Goal of halving the proportion of hungry people in the world by 2015.
World Game Institute
Simulated earth system for classroom play. Bucky Fuller's original idea. Expensive and non-computer based.
Zero to Three
The nation's leading educational resource for the first, most critical years of human development.

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