Millennium Project
Planning Committee
Meeting
July 24-26, 2008
The Millennium Project Planning Committee meetings are restricted just for the
Planning Committee
members of the Millennium Project and special invitees.
The July 2008 Meeting has been held in Washington, DC, USA, at the Woodrow Wilson
Center (1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Ronald Reagan Building, 5th floor conference
room) on July 24th, and at the Hilton Washington (1919 Connecticut Avenue) on
July 25 and 26.
Attendees
- Alegria, Rosa, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São
Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Node Co-Chair
- Armand, Pierre, President, International Commission for the Development
of Haiti, Port au Prince, Haiti
- Di Berardo, Mara, "Leonardo Da Vinci" on-line University, Torrevecchia
Teatina (CH), Italy
- Berg, Bob, World Federation of UN Associations, New York, NY
- Bindé, Jérome, Director, Office of Analysis and Forecasting,
UNESCO, Paris, France
- Brass, Charles, Chairman, Futures Foundation, Fairfield, Australia, Australasia
Node Chair
- Cain, Michael L., Director, Army Environmental Policy Institute, Arlington,
VA, Sponsor Representative
- Catanzaro, Frank, Arcturus Research & Design Group, Maui, Hawaii, Cyber-Node
Chair
- Cordeiro, Jose, Sociedad Mundial del Futuro Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela,
Node Chair
- Cosgrove, Catherine, Policy Director, Liberal Party of Québec, Montréal,
Canada
- Delahaut, Marie-Anne, The Destree Institute, Namur (Wallonia), Brussels-Area
Node
- Destatte, Philippe, The Destree Institute, Namur (Wallonia), Brussels-Area
Node Chair
- Fittipaldi, John J, Army Environmental Policy Institute, Arlington, VA,
Sponsor Representative
- Florescu, Elizabeth, Director of Research, Millennium Project, Calgary,
Canada
- Gaponenko, Nadezhda, Head of Department, Russian Institute for Economy,
Policy and Law, Moscow, Russia
- Glenn, Jerome, Director, Millennium Project, Washington, DC
- Golob, Blaz, Advisor to CEO Slovenian Research Agency, Chairman, Bled Forum
on Europe, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Gordon, Ted, Senior Fellow, Millennium Project, Old Lyme, Connecticut
- Gordon, Ann, Old Lyme, Connecticut
- Gottsman, John J., CEO, Clarity Group, Palo Alto CA, Silicon Valley Node
Chair
- Gutierrez, Miguel, Center for Globalization and Prospective, Buenos Aires,
Argentina, Node Co-Chair
- Harries, David, Canadian Defence Academy, Kingston, ON, Canada
- Hasegawa, Yosaku, Japan Futures Society, Japan Node Member
- Hwan, Jung Kook, Ministry of Planning Srategy, Republic of Korea
- Jin, Zhouying, Director, Ctr of Technology Innov. and Strategy Studies,
CASS, Beijing, China, Node Co-Chair
- Karuri-Sebina, Geci, Chief Research Manager, Human Sciences Research Council,
Pretoria, South Africa
- Kaskinen, Juha, Finland Futures Academy, Turku, Finland, Node Coordinator
- Klinec, Ivan, Slovak Society for Future Studies, Bratislava, Slovak Republic,
Central-European Node Co-Chair
- Kobayashi, Hayato, Research Assistant, Millennium Project, Washington,
DC
- Malouf, Raymond, Membership Coordinator, World Federation of United Nations
Associations, NY,NY
- Martin, Edward, Director of Breakthrough Consumer Insights, The Hershey
Company, Hershey, PA
- Matsumoto, Shinji, CSP Corporation, Tokyo, Japan, Node Chair
- McDonald, John, President, Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy, Washington,
DC
- Michelson, Evan S., Senior Research Associate, The Rockefeller Foundation,
New York, NY
- Murphy, Tom, Millennium Project Associate, Des Moines, IO
- Novacek, Pavel, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic, Central-European
Node Co-Chair
- Odele, Muyiwa, Programme Analyst, Energy and Environment Unit, UNDP, Nigeria
- Olavarrieta, Concepcion, Nodo Mexicano. El Proyecto Del Milenio, A.C.,
Mexico City, Mexico, Node Chair
- Park, Youngsook, Korea 2050, Seoul, South Korea, Node Chair
- Perrottet, Charles, The Futures Strategy Group, Glastonbury, CT, USA
- Cristina Puentes-Markides, Pan American Health Organization, Washington,
DC
- Rejeski, David, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington,
D.C., USA
- Rhisiart, Martin, Director, Cyfarwyddwr, Centre for Research in Futures
and Innovation, University of Glamorgan, Wales, UK
- Steinmueller, Karlheinz, Z_punkt GmbH The Foresight Company, Koln, Germany,
Node member
- Tikku, Mohan, Futurist & Journalist, New Delhi, India, India Node Co-Chair
- Werbos, Paul, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA
- Young, John, Multi-task Research collaborator, Millennium Project, Union
Bridge, MD
- Young, Moon ki, Ministry of Planning Srategy, Republic of Korea
- Raquel Zabala, Argentina Centro Latinoamericano de Globalizacion y Prospectiva,
Argentina Node member
Interns:
50. Ryu, Choung-Kyu, UN Futures, KOREA 2050, Seoul, Korea
51. Anna Gaponenko, Moscow University, Moscow, Russia
52. Lisa Crawford, GW University
53. Livio Valenti, Fudan U., Shanghai, PRC
Agenda
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Meeting held at Woodrow Wilson Center, 5th floor conference room
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Ronald Reagan Building
9:00 Introductions and Review Agenda
9:30 Recent Accomplishments
10:00 Recent and Current Research
- Environmental scanning to update the 15 Global Challenges
- State of the Future Index (SOFI)
for the Republic of Korea, and computer modeling collaboration for national
comparison SOFIs
- Real-Time Delphi advances
- Government Future Strategy Units review and lessons for increasing futures
capacity in other countries
- Concepts for the UN Global Strategy Situation Room beginning focus on climate
change with supporting global scanning system, collective intelligence, and
government and UN future units intranet and secure website
- Phase I GENIS––initial design for a collective intelligence
for Global Energy options
- International emerging environmental security issues
--summary and key findings and insights from monthly scanning reports
11:15 Break
11:30 Recent and Current Research (continued)
1:00 Lunch
1:45 Node Highlights
3:00 Break
3:15 Node Highlights (continued)
5:00 Review the day and agenda for tomorrow
5:15 Adjourn
6:30 Dinner -- Buca di Beppo restaurant, 1825 Connecticut Avenue N.W.
Friday July 25, 2008
Meeting held at Hilton Washington, conference room Monroe East
1919 Connecticut Avenue
9:00 Node Highlights (continued)
10:00 Global Millennium Prize presentation
10:15 Presentation of the Millennia 2015
study and collaboration
10:30 UNESCO: Making peace with the Earth
10:45 Break
11:00 Millennium Project priorities, objectives, strategies, structures --
based on the results of the Real Time Delphi on the MP Priorities
1:00 Lunch
1:45 Continue discussions on Project priorities, objectives, strategies, structures
3:00 Break
3:15 Continue discussions on Project priorities, objectives, strategies, structures
5:00 Review the day and agenda for tomorrow
5:15 Adjourn
6:00 Dinner
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Meeting held at Hilton Washington, conference room Lincoln Ballroom
1919 Connecticut Avenue
9:00 MP information system; questions and discussions -- if needed
9:30 Tentative conclusions for Project priorities, objectives, strategies,
structures
10:30 Break
10:45 Prioritize near-term options
Assign
roles and responsibilities, while keeping in current commitments:
- 2009 State of the Future
- Monthly Environmental Security reports
- Global Energy Information System and Network
- Futures Research Methodology Version 3.0
- Global Millennium Prize
- Fundraising and Corporate Sponsorships
- General management of the Millennium Project
1:00 Lunch
1:45 Other issues
- Fundraising (in general, by Nodes, and combinations)
- Promotion, reviews, blogs, book launches for 2008 SOF
- Standards to become and remain a Node and groups of Nodes
3:00 Break
3:15 Review action items and conclusions
4:00 Final comments by all
4:45 Adjourn
5:30 Potential Sponsors Meeting – Hilton Hotel, Military Room
6:00 WFS Conference Opening
Reports From the Nodes'
Chairs
The Nodes Chairs focused on some recent work of their own research, the role
of their Node in their countries/regions, and future steps. The following Nodes
were represented at the meeting and delivered reports:
Argentina, Miguel Angel Gutierrez,
Node Chair
Australasia, Charles Brass, Node Chair
Brazil, Rosa Alegria, Node Co-Chair
Brussels-Area, Philippe
Destatte, Node Chair
Canada, Catherine Cosgrove, and David Harries
Central Europe, Pavel Novacek and Ivan
Klinek, Node Co-Chairs
China, Zhouying Jin, Node Chair
Cyber-Node,
Frank Catanzaro
Finland, Juha Kaskinen, Node Chair
France, Saphia Richou, Node
Chair (not present at the meeting, but sent the presentation)
Germany, Karlheinz Steinmueller,
Node member
India, Mohan Tikku, Node Co-Chair
Italy, Mara Di Berardo, Node
Secretary
Japan, Shinji Matsumoto, Node Chair
Korea, Younsook Park, Node Chair
Mexico, Concepcion Olavarrieta,
Node Chair
Russia, Gaponenko, Nadezhda, Node Co-Chair
Silicon Valley, John Gottsman, Node Chair
Slovenia, Blaz Golob, Node Chair
South Africa, Geci Karuri-Sebina,
Node Co-Chair
Venezuela, Jose Cordeiro, Node Chair
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