Jari Kaivo
-
oja, Adjunct Professor, Finland Futures Research Centre,
University of Turku
Adviser, Crisis Management Initiative, President Ahtisaari
´
s Office
KEY TRENDS IN THE WORLD &
EUROPEAN ARENA &
NEW
C
HALLENGES FOR FUTURES STUDIES
KEY TRENDS IN THE WORLD: SOCIAL
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Global migration increases
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Increasing longevity (more active 60 year old)
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The old poor class larger/regional underclass
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Growing distrust on institutions and leaders
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Changing roles of sex and generations
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World becomes urban
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Continued bubbles and crashes
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Global educational powerhouses: China & India
KEY TRENDS IN THE WORLD:
TECHNICAL
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Genetics, robotics, informatics and nanotechnology (WRIN waves)
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The era of big creativity and innovation challenges (Rule of 10 000 hours, bohemian
creative class, Quartet Helix, frugal innovation, systemic innovations, etc.)
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Technological capability increases exponentially: technological singularity near
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The Cloud becomes ubiquitous: Web 3.0 and Web 4.0
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New age of transhumanity: Human beings, robots and cyber humans
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Reality and universe secondary, multiverse will be the key field of hypercompetition
KEY TRENDS IN THE WORLD:
ENVIRONMENT
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The rules of time, space & materia are changing: time machines, space
machines and materia machines create ubiquitous r/evolution
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Environmental catastrophes occur
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”Some like it hot”: the climate change problem and the end of cheap energy era
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The culture of sustainability begins to emerge
KEY TRENDS IN THE WORLD:
ECONOMIC
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Globalisation: Networks, crowds, markets
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The emerging BRICSA economies, especially China will dominate many
markets
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Digital markets, digital money, virtual words, avatars
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Productivity gains: More automation, highly educated workers
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Mega
-
companies & micro
-
entrepreneurs emerge
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Agile and smart business organisations
EUROPE 2030
VISION?
PROJECT EUROPE 2030
Challenges and Opportunities
A report to the European Council by the Reflection
Group on the Future of the EU
2030
Web: http://www.reflectiongroup.eu/wp
-
content/uploads/2010/05/reflection_en_web.pdf
EUROPE 2030?
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Vision element 1: An
agent of change in the world,
a trend
-
setter
, and
not
a
passive player
or
witness.
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Vision element 2: Highly
competitive and sustainable social
market
economy in
order to maintain
social cohesion and
fight
against climate
change.
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Vision element 3: EU needs to
have
a
common energy
policy
(Renewables & nuclear energy solution).
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Vision element 4: Europeans have met its
demographic
challenge
.
EUROPE 2030
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Vision element 5:
The EU
has
a
strong Single
Market
against
temptations
of economic
nationalism and complete
it to
include
services, the
digital
society and other
dynamic sectors.
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Vision element 6:
I
mproved
European tax coordination.
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Vision element 7:
Europe will have very
modern
labour
market
and
very modern
corporate governance
practices because of the
progress of
robotisation
and
automatisation
.
EUROPE 2030
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Vision element 8:
The
stronger European
Council and the
stronger
Eurogroup
with more efficient leadership role
, in
coordination with the Commission and the European
Parliament.
K
EY EUROPEAN QUESTIONS ON THE
EUROPEAN FORESIGHT
A
GENDA
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Manage financial crisis and re
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direct Europe to new economic growth
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Solve unemployment problems
–
especially youth unemployment
problem
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Keep Europe competive, innovative and open minded (Technology,
Talents, Tolerance)
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Keep Europe secure and safe: internal security, external security,
social security, energy security etc.)
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Make political leadership transparent and efficient
NEW CHALLENGES FOR FUTURES
STUDIES
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Diagnosis
-
Prognosis
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Prescription Methodology (DPP Methodology)
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Adaptive and Agile
F
oresight processes
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Strategic and participatory foresight more widely used
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Foresight supports strong democracy
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Metaforesight activities
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Foresight and social media ... later European Cloud foresight
capacity
ATTENTION !
CONGRATULATIONS FOR
EMINENT SCHOLAR, PROFESSOR ERIK TERK
AND ESTONIAN ACADEMIC COMMUNITY &
FUTURES RESEARCH FELLOWS
!
THANK YOU!
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)
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-
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Greenfield, A. (2006).
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.
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, S. & Kaivo
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oja
, J. (2006). Towards Integration of Innovation Systems and Foresight Research in Firms and Corporations. The
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Nonaka
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