(FTA), 28th- 29th September 2006
Introduction
Building on the success of the joint EU-US Seminar on Future-Oriented Technology Analysis (FTA) in 2004, a second event is being organised for the sharing of ideas and experiences among FTA experts, practitioners, and decision-makers.
The 2006 Seminar will focus upon the “impact of FTA approaches on policy and decision-making” and will place emphasis on the delivery of concrete and valued policy outcomes and impacts from FTA activities.
The seminar intends to enlarge the geographical base of participants from that of the previous seminar. Academics, practitioners and public and private sector decision makers from Europe, North America, Asia, Latin America, Africa, and Australasia are therefore invited to broaden the network and to increase understanding of advances in the field of FTA.
The FTA acronym refers to strategic foresight, forecasting and technology assessment. The Seminar’s target audience includes:
The public sector,
Participants with an interest in business and other non-governmental FTA activities, and
Those active in areas where FTA tools and approaches have been newly-applied. The Seminar organisers are particularly interested in receiving abstracts concerning FTA adaptations to decision-making contexts in developing countries.
The Seminar will cover two full days, during which time, papers and multimedia e-posters will be presented. This announcement includes a call for paper and e-poster abstracts within four relevant themes, the details of which can be found in this web site.
The Seminar will also involve considerable “workshop” activity. In particular, specific issue-oriented working groups will meet and report back on recommendations to advance the FTA community and its processes.
http://forera.jrc.es/fta/intro.html
