18Sep

Mini Trip report: Beijing, China

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The APEC China Business Council and APEC Business Advisory Council brought me to Beijing to give the opening address for the Global Innovator Conference and APEC Young Entrepreneurs Summit, which was covered by Xinhua news agency, CCTV, and others. I also had some short interviews with several local TV networks – so some good PR […]
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12Sep

Mini Trip report: Mexico City, San Francisco, and Beijing

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I am little behind in my mini Trip reports, but right on time with the 2015-16 State of the Future – hope you have read it and find it good enough to keep on your desk as a reference. Mexico: Julio Millán, President of the World Future Society in Mexico brought me to Mexico City […]
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15Jun

Mini Trip report: Turku, Finland

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Turku is the old capital of Finland and now the home of the Finland Futures Research Center, which produced an excellent two-day conference of 260 participants from 33 countries. The Prime Minister’s Office sponsored my trip to be the speaker for “Foresight Friday” organized by Sirkka Heinonen, the Co-Chair of the Helsinki Node. I shared […]
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22May

Mini Trip report: Astana, Kazakhstan

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This was a quick two-day visit to Astana, Kazakhstan to speak on panel at the Astana Economic Forum about future of the world economy. Some of the others on the seven-person panel were Juha Kaskinen (rotating chair of The Millennium Project Node in Finland), John Naisbitt (futurist author), Richard Dobbs, Head of the McKinsey Global […]
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15Mar

Mini Trip report: Paris (France), Bilbao (Spain)

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Six European Cities in Ten Days ending in Paris and Bilbao Am finally back in Washington, DC after an intense run of through six European cities in 10 days ending with Paris and Bilbao. In Paris, I spoke at Futuribles – probably the first think tank in Europe – to a mix of mostly business […]
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12Feb

Mini Trip report: Sofia, Bulgaria

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The President of the Bulgarian Academy of Science and I signed a Memorandum of Understanding establishing the Bulgarian Node of The Millennium Project. Dr. Mariana Todorova is the Chair of the Node, who was the first in Bulgaria to receive a PhD in Futures Studies and is a Member of the Bulgarian Parliament. Her husband […]
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10Feb

Mini Trip report: Warsaw, Poland

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The Polish Node of The Millennium Project organized a great visit. They brought me to Warsaw to help launch the State of the Future Indexes they created for the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia in cooperation which each of the Millennium Project Nodes of those countries. At the conference that shared the results of […]
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08Feb

Mini Trip report: Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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The Amsterdam University College brought me to Amsterdam to speak about the State of the Future. Several members of the Potential Dutch Node attended the talk including the former CEO of Royal Dutch Shell (retired in 2009). Shell was one of The Millennium Project sponsors back in 1997. The next day I met with two […]
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06Feb

Mini Trip report: Brussels, Belgium

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The European Commission’s KT (Knowledge Triangle of innovation, research, and higher education) 2050 scenarios project brought me back to Brussels for the fourth (and last) meeting of the team to review scenario drafts and suggest recommendations for EC priorities. A report is expected to be competed around the end of March, and then to layout […]
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19Dec

Mini Trip report: Madrid, Spain

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Repsol Corporation brought me to Madrid to address their annual meeting of executive managers about future technologies with impactions for energy. In addition to an overview of tech, I also suggested that they create a State of the Future of Oil Index, create and update a full carbon sequence and reuse chart (Wikipedia-like), identify the […]
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