German Node
Z_punkt GmbH The Foresight Company, became the German Node in March 2003. Z_punkt is a consulting firm focusing on strategic future issues and is strongly involved in the German Future Study Field and also in the European context.
The German Node website on the Millennium Project -- in German -- is http://www.stateofthefuture.de
Cornelia Daheim chairs the Node. She is Managing Director at Z_punkt in Cologne. Vanessa Watkins is Co-Chair of the German Node and works as Senior Foresight Consultant at Z_punkt's Cologne Office. Z_punkt’s Scientific Director Karlheinz Steinmüller (Berlin) is also involved in the work of the Node. You can find out more information on Z_punkt's work on http://www.z-punkt.de.
The members of the Planning Committee for the German Node are:
- Dr. Günter Clar, SEZ (Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum), Stuttgart
- Dr. Kerstin Cuhls, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI in Karlsruhe
- Prof. Dr. Gerhard de Haan, Robert Fischbach, Free University of Berlin/Institut Futur
- Dr. Lars Gerhold, Free University of Berlin/Forschungsforum Öffentliche Sicherheit
- Prof. Dr. Peter H. Mettler, Professor for Societal Science and Sociology of Planning and Technology, University of Wiesbaden
- Dr. Gereon Uerz, Volkswagen AG, Konzernforschung
- Dr. Dr. Axel Zweck, German Association of Engineers, Future Technologies Division
Contact information:
Z_punkt GmbH The Foresight Company
Vanessa Watkins
Anna-Schneider-Steig 2 . Rheinauhafen
50678 Köln
Germany
phone +49.221.3555.34.17
fax +49.221.3555.34.22
Email : watkins@z-punkt.de
http://www.z-punkt.de
2009 Activities
See a short summarizing Node activities update
presented by Vanessa Watkins, Co-Chair of the German Node, at the Millennium
Project Planning Committee, July 2009.
2008 Activities
See a short summarizing Node activities update
presented by Karlheinz Steinmueller, German Node member, at the Millennium Project
Planning Committee, July 2008.
2007 Activities
See a short summarizing Node
activities update presented by Cornelia Daheim, Node Chair, at the Millennium
Project Planning Committee, July 2007.
2006 Activities
SPIDER
Project Closing Conference, Brussels, March 13, 2006
Rethinking Regions- Improving Regional Performance in the Knowledge Society
In the long run - International Conference on Long-Term Thinking, Corporate Foresight and Innovation Strategies in Companies and Society on October 18th/19th in Berlin. Z_punkt - The Foresight Company is organizing a dialogue of the future with renowned representatives from companies, the industry and society. Best practices from the USA and Europe will show how companies can prepare themselves strategically for the challenges of the future. This conference is supported by Deutsche Telekom, Siemens, Volkswagen, Deutsche Bank Research and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. Media partners are brand eins, MIT Technology Review, Politische Ökologie and ChangeX. For further information see the Conference flyer and/or visit the Conference website http://www.inthelongrun.de/.
