The 2nd Workshop of the ESF MO Forum on Scientific Foresight for Joint Strategy Development took place on 19 and 20 January 2011 in Madrid. It was hosted by the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
Presentations and additional materiels
The objectives of the meeting were: | |
Day 1 | |
| Open and Welcome – Marian Gomez, Deputy Vice-President, CSIC and Marc Heppener, Director of Science and Strategy Development (ESF) | |
| Setting the scene of the workshop – Laura Marin, Science Officer Member Organisations Relations & Partnerships, CSSD Unit (ESF) | |
| Revisiting the Forum Objectives - Marc Heppener, Director, Science and Strategy Development (ESF) | |
| Theme : Positioning Moderator: Thierry Damerval, Deputy Director (Inserm) | |
Foresight, a pre-condition for Joint Programming – Marc Heppener Director of Science and Strategy Development (ESF) and Carole Moquin-Pattey, Head of Unit, Corporate Science Strategy Development (ESF) | |
ESF positioning regarding Foresight Activities – Carole Moquin-Pattey, Head of Unit, Corporate Science Strategy Development (ESF) | |
| Discussion: Tasks “Positioning” • Develop a joint strategy and determine the role of ESF • Survey national foresight activities and identify how to influence the European ones • Examine Funding vs. Performing organisations approaches to foresight | |
| Theme : Tools, methodologies and results Moderators: Karel Aim, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (ASCR) and Andreas Trepte, Curator and Project Manager (Max Planck Society) | |
| Introduction to methodologies in Foresight – Kerstin Cuhls, Head of Business Area Futures Research and Foresight (Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research) | |
| PDF | Finnish example – Torsti Loikkanen, Senior Research Scientist (VTT Technical Research Center of Finland) |
| ERA for research and innovation – Vincent Charlet, Director (ANRT Futuris) | |
| Discussion: Tasks “Tools, methodologies and results” • Discuss the role of the scientific community • Define tools and measures to ensure, attract and motivate top quality scientists • Discuss the methodologies, performance indicators, process, marketing analysis, impact assessment/factors | |
| Theme : Capacities and needs Moderator: Jenny Nordquist, Research Officer (Department of Research Funding, VR) | |
| National Academies in the US – Richard Bissell, Executive Director Policy and Global Affairs Division (The National Academies) (by phone) | |
| Denmark case from Evaluation – Anders Hoff, Head of Section (Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation) | |
| Foresight Divisions at ESF and its Member Organisations – Carole Moquin-Pattey, Head of Unit, Corporate Science Strategy Development (ESF) | |
| Discussion: Tasks “Capacities and needs” • Assemble knowledge of current practices among MOs and other relevant key players • Discuss best practices of Forward Looks (FLs) to ensure that FLs have greater impact and improved quality • Conduct a mapping exercise: actors, roles, levels, approaches | |
| Day 2 | |
| Breakout sessions | |
Working Group 1: Submission of a call for proposal for EC FP7-SSH-2011-3 Activity 8.7: Foresight Activities SSH.2011.7.1.1 Forward Visions on the European Research Area | |
| Working Group 2: Organisation of a European Conference on Foresight for Research Funding and Performing Organisations | |
| Debriefing on Working Groups activities. By Co-Chairs (20 minute presentations followed by 10 minutes Q/A) | |
| Future perspectives, next steps and conclusions |
