Friday, January 27, 2012
Scenario Planning at the World Economic Forum
It’s Davos season again as the influential global conference series and think tank for invited international leaders from all fields, the World Economic Forum, presents its main annual gathering. The World Economic Forum is also a prominent user of scenario planning to promote foresightful dialogue and networking amongst its members. The Forum’s in-house scenario planning team’s recent reports includes a look forward to the Mediterranean region of 2030 as well as an analysis of trends in cloud computing. And here’s a fascinating interview explaining the history of how scenario planning came to Davos.
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Organizations
Acceleration Studies Foundation, USA
The Centre for Scenario Planning and Future Studies, University of Strathclyde, UK
Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies, Denmark
Hawaii Research Center for Futures Studies, University of Hawaii, USA
Institute for Alternative Futures, USA
Oxford Scenarios Program, Oxford University, UK
RAND Frederick S. Pardee Center for Longer Range Global Policy and the Future Human Condition, USA
Scenario Planning Institute, Colorado State University, USA
World Futures Studies Federation
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