helsinki node report july 2009 - july 2010
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Helsinki Node Report July 2009 - July 2010. Millennium Project 2010 Planning Committee Meeting July 6-8 2010, Boston, USA. Meetings and personnel. Node meetings in Oct 23 2009, Jan 26 2010 and May 4 2010 Node members Dr. Mika Aaltonen STRAX, Aalto University - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Helsinki Node Report July 2009 - July 2010
Millennium Project
2010 Planning Committee Meeting
July 6-8 2010, Boston, USA
MEETINGS AND PERSONNEL
• Node meetings in Oct 23 2009, Jan 26 2010 and May 4 2010
• Node members
• Dr. Mika Aaltonen STRAX, Aalto University
• Prof. Sirkka Heinonen FFRC, University of Turku• Chair person in 2009
• Director Juha Kaskinen FFRC, University of Turku
• Dr. Osmo Kuusi Finnish Parliament and VATT (Government Institute for Economic Research)
• Foresight Manager Riitta Nieminen-Sundell Sitra (- 05 2010)
• Coordinator Sari Söderlund , FFA, University of Turku• Chair person in 2010
ACTIVITIESReal Time Delphi
• Latin America 2035• The Future of Learning
Internal development of MP
Global Millennium Prize (MP)• Auli Keskinen and Sirkka Heinonen as judges
Futures Research Methodology 3.0. dissemination• Research projects • Training and education in FFA and FFRC• Millennium Forum for wider audiences• Node members personal networks
3RD MILLENNIUM FORUM ”EXPERTS AS CARRIERS OF FORESIGHT KNOWLEDGE?”
• organized on 6th Nov. 2009 in Helsinki University by Helsinki Node
(Sirkka Heinonen & Osmo Kuusi) to promote MP FR Methodology V 3.0 and methodological discussion
• Chaired by Prof. Ilkka Niiniluoto and Prof. Sirkka Heinonen
• Key speaker Prof. Murray Turoff on Delphi, other speakers Sirkka Heinonen,
Osmo Kuusi and Petri Tapio + video message from Jerome Glenn
• Lively debate with the audience of more than 80 participants
• Special Issue of FUTURA Journal of the Finnish Society for Futures Studies, including the English articles by Jerome Glenn and Murray Turoff
ACTIVITIES
• Fund raising for Helsinki Node• Training project proposal to Nordic Dimension Initiative
network • New Book by Mika Aaltonen (2010)
• Robustness – Anticipatory and Adaptive Human Systems. Emerging Publications.
• University of Turku is the new host university of FFRC and FFA.• Futures studies is one of six strategic focus areas of University
of Turku• Ministry of Education and Culture has nominated FFRC as
national special unit of futures studies and foresight in Finland