In times of growing uncertainties and complexities, anticipatory thinking is essential for policymakers. Technology foresight explores the longer-term futures of Science, Technology and Innovation. It can be used as a tool to create effective policy responses, including in technology and innovation policies, and to shape technological change. In this report we present six anticipatory and technology foresight methods that can contribute to anticipatory intelligence in terms of public funding of innovation: the Delphi survey, genius forecasting, technology roadmapping, large language models us ..read more

While we continue to make progress in our research on Wild Cards, this year we completed a project supporting INNOBASQUE, the Basque Innovation Agency, in identifying potential Wild Card events that could significantly impact the research and innovation ecosystem of the Basque Country (EUSKADI). Wild Cards are, by definition, rare events with a seemingly slim chance of occurrence but wield an immense potential to disrupt the status quo if they were to happen. We aimed to uncover these hidden gems by carefully mapping and exploring what we refer to as Weak Signals—those subtle and often unclea ..read more

Attending and organising knowledge co-creation & sharing events (e.g. workshops, focus groups, citizen/expert panels, conferences, seminars, symposia, roundtables, matchmaking & coaching meetings) requires time and energy.  In the last 20+ years I’ve been involved in 200+ such events in 3⃣9⃣ countries where I had the pleasure to interact with 8000+ people from 7⃣6⃣ countries. After such stocktaking I thought of sharing my Top 10 choices in terms of excellence (organisation- & content-wise) and impact (i.e. concrete spillovers & networking power). Given the large variety of ..read more

As my birthday month is approaching I always like to do some kind of stocktaking and reflecting on my past performance, achievements, and failures too (these always carry the most important lessons).   This time I tracked and codified “all” my working trips, courses, workshops, conferences, and the people I have interacted with along the way. Not an easy task. Took a full week and I don’t think I have captured everything and everyone, but at least all major events should be covered. Keeping track of my activities on Social Media made this daunting task a lot easier. I just wish I wou ..read more

At the Centre for Foresight and Internationalisation #CFI of the Łukasiewicz Research Network we are strengthening and expanding our team! Join the CFI Team We would like to encourage you and your network of colleagues to consider joining us in any of the following roles: Area Leader in Responsible Research and Innovation Futures   https://orgmasz.traffit.com/public/an/SlcxZQ== Chief Specialist / Research Professor in Health Futures  https://orgmasz.traffit.com/public/an/SlcxWg== Chief Specialist / Research Professor in Clean and Smart Mobility Futures&nbs ..read more

On June 9th the second edition of the Łukasiewicz Innovatorium kicks off. Join us in Poznań at the biggest event dedicated to research and development (R&D) sector in Poland. Build partnerships for your R&D projects, meet the best engineers and find out how to get funding for innovative technologies. Register at https://lukasiewicz.gov.pl/en/innovatorium-en/#formularz See you in Pozna ..read more

Join the #Łukasiewicz #Innovatorium – The largest R&D event in #Poland  on June 9th at the Poznań Congress Centre.  To register please go to the following webpage: https://lukasiewicz.gov.pl/en/innovatorium-en/ You will acquire business and institutional partners for R&D projects. You will find financing for technologies at an early stage of development. You will meet the best Polish scientists and engineers. At Łukasiewicz we combine #science with #business. At the Innovatorium we are organising several thematic #matchmaking sessio ..read more

The Łukasiewicz – Centre for Foresight and Internationalisation (CFI) in Poland would like to send best wishes to everyone in 2022 ..read more

(1) United Kingdom, United States, Finland, Germany, Peru, Colombia, Canada, Russia, Spain, Brazil, (11) Poland, South Korea, Australia, France, Austria, Belgium, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, (21) Portugal, India, Malaysia, Switzerland, Thailand, Chile, Greece, United Arab Emirates, Czech Republic, Singapore, (31) South Africa, Uruguay, Taiwan, Sweden, Turkey, New Zealand, Malta, Argentina, Philippines, Denmark, (41) Ukraine, Venezuela, Romania, Hungary, Ireland, Lithuania, Hong Kong SAR China, Israel, Indonesia, Georgia, (51) Norway, European ..read more