iKnow is the Innovation, Foresight & Horizon Scanning Community
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iKnow: interconnecting Knowledge for the early identification of issues, events and developments (e.g. wild cards and associated weak signals) shaping and shaking the future of science, technology and innovation (STI) in Europe and other world regions.
iKnow is aimed to interconnect and share knowledge of people who care about STI.
If you think you belong to one or more of the following groups, please join us and share your knowledge about surprising futures (i.e. wild cards) and emerging issues or seeds of change (e.g. weak signals).
- Are you a policy-maker? (concerned about local, national, EC, IGOs or INGO issues)
- Are you a decision-maker? (concerned about SMEs and large corporations issues)
- Are you a researcher? (concerned about R&D or STI-related issues)
- Are you a science fiction writer ? (mainly concerned about unforeseeable use/abuse of technologies)
- Are you a foresight or futures research practitioner ?
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In this paper will be discussed different types of scenarios and the aims for using scenarios. Normaly they are being used by organisations due to the need to anticipate processes, to support ... -
Futures research (including Foresight and Horizon Scanning) has emerged as a key instrument supporting the formulation, implementation and evaluation of science, technology and ... -
In the framework of the analytical work of the KORANET project, the Austrian Centre for Social Innovation (ZSI) and the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) organised jointly a workshop o... -
This presentation is about the use of strategic intelligence - Foresight & Horizon Scanning (FHS) - activities to inform science, technology and innovation policy. It introduces new FHS conc... -
This ERA Toolkit on “Applications of wild cards and weak signals to the grand challenges and thematic priorities of the European Research Area” aims to be a source of reference and i... -
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All goods and services produced or consumed by people can be ...
The growing use of technologies in production is a significant trend, along with the related structural unemployment of a considerable part of the workforce. This can result in a wild card which could be characterised as a turn...
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A version of GM wheat starts producing a chemical which alte ...
This is possible, as common food products have important effects on health and wellbeing, so a major proportion of the population could be affected
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Combine climate change with animal-borne diseases, and the l ...
there are the makings of a perfect storm. Certain conditions could come together to cause a major health epidemic or something that affects a significant sector of the agricultural business, or agricultural dependency, e.g. a w...
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A major dip in the supply of UK human resources in science a ...
That would have significant impact on industry, which would exacerbate the effects that are already being picked up
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Certain areas in research are no longer funded
If something arises which is currently low key, not particularly sexy in the research sense, then you begin to have a backlog, as you lack the research to deal with the threat when it arises. It is a wildcard that has already c...
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Destabilization of the innovation system
Go back to the destabilization of the economy and losing funding. Society and the economy destabilize the innovation system. In Greece, for example, I imagine many Greek researchers will no longer look for research jobs in Gr...
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As an extreme, imagine if domestic dogs suddenly became a carrier for some flea-borne disease which affected humans in the UK. It would be a major issue. It is the equivalent of the Black Death, but instead of rats coming into ...
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According to Victor VAN RIJ "If you had a lot of these kinds of incidents – suppose North Korea is doing this and Iran is doing this and Israel or Pakistan or India are starting to – we will get a situation where we see a C...
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R&D in synthetic biofuels from algae.
There is currently much venture capital flowing into this research area, particularly the breeding and treatment of different algae types. Additionally, the famous biochemist Craig Venter is active in financing projects aimed a...
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One the most important signals, might be that big airlines such as Lufthansa invest large amounts and experiment in the usage of synthetic biofuels from algae for aircraft propulsion. Thus a breakthrough in this technology migh...
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Whenever there is a major health outbreak, then people quick ...
That increases the chance of more dietary shift. Methane emission by cows, and the fact that the meat industry is one of the biggest problems for climate change, could be an impetus. Meditation, as health costs are so high and ...
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The technology progresses, that does not necessarily mean th ...
You could watch the natural miniaturization of electronic devices and track that to see how far that goes and how smart these things become. There is a lot of talk about web standards and the semantic web. The difficulty tracki...
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Enabling more fluctuating sources of electricity.
On the material plenty side, you could be looking at energy trading, electricity trading. You could watch the fraction of renewable energy used in Europe, the transnational trading of these things and the consolidation of regio...
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Euro became fiat money and not debt money.
Talk about fiat money; and places that are strong, but so challenged economically that they need to make a fundamental change in their economic system or be totally owned by the hedge funds. We think that is far more likely. If...
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- iKnow Final Conference - Brussels, Belgium (27-28 October 2011)
By: Rafael Popper Posted on: 08/10/2011 Last update: 43 days ago
Conference on Taming the Wild & Listening to the Weak: Towards a Strategic Issue Management System for Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) The iKnow conference will present the new methods and tools developed by iKnow to supp... full article - Wild Cards - Preparing for the Unpredictable
By: Karlheinz Steinmueller Posted on: 01/03/2011 Last update: 276 days ago
Wild Cards – Preparing for the Unpredictable Karlheinz Steinmüller Z_punkt The Foresight Company, Berlin/Germany Wild Cards in the Framework of Risk Assessment and Horizon Scanning In recent years, risk assessment and ... full article - R&D Training - helping you access European funds for R&D...
By: Anthony Walker Posted on: 21/07/2010 Last update: 555 days ago
RTC North has launched a suite of training packages to help organisations access the European Union's 50.5bn Euro pot for collaborative research & development. The team at RTC North has so far secured funding to the tune of £110 millio... full article - About the iKnow Project
By: Rafael Popper Posted on: 10/12/2009 Last update: 342 days ago
The aim of the iKnow project is to elucidate and examine events and developments potentially shaping or shaking the future of science, technology and innovation (STI) in the European Research Area (ERA) and the world. In so doing, the project pu... full article - Introduction to iKnow
By: Rafael Popper Posted on: 10/12/2009 Last update: 342 days ago
iKNOW aims to advance knowledge and tools related to events and trends potentially shaping – and shaking - the future of science, technology and innovation (STI). The project is funded by the European Commission Directorate Ge... full article
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iKnow Final Conference - Brussels, Belgium (27-28 October 2011)
Conference on Taming the Wild & Listening to the Weak: Towards a Strategic Issue Management System for Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) The iKnow conference will present the new methods and tools developed by iKnow to support foresight, horizon scanning and forward-looking activities (FLA). The main objective of the...
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Understanding Foresight and Horizon Scanning (FHS)
Futures research (including Foresight and Horizon Scanning) has emerged as a key instrument for the development and implementation of research and innovation policy. The main focus of activity has been at the national level. Governments have sought to set priorities, to build networks between science and industry and, in some cases, to change their...
