Perspectives on doing Science & Technology Foresight in Government and Industry based on activities by Bridge8 and Dr Kristin Alford's participation in the NETS Expert Forum.

1. Asia-Pacific Foresight Conference 2012
Perspectives on doing
Science & Technology
Foresight in Government
Dr Kristin Alford, Bridge 8

2. Gee Mmm Ohh Australia 2050
NETS Expert Forum
Future of Me Dialogues Natural Resource Management
& LISA

3. 5 Factors
The Role of Foresight
The Role of Communities
The Role of Science
Building Foresight Capacity
The Framing Lens

4. Purpose: The Expert Forum will identify new and
converging technologies to inform government
policy and strategy, and to improve how science
and technology are utilised by industry,
government and society in general.
The Expert Forum will focus on foresighting
developments within the next five to ten years
assist in identifying the possible:
i) applications and benefits to the community,
industry and the economy; and
ii) health, safety, environmental, economic and
social impacts and how this may affect enabling
technology policy.

5. 1. The Role of Foresight

6. Voros, J 2003, ‘A generic foresight process
framework’, Foresight, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 10-21.

9. Industry
Building Products Industry
Enabling Assistive Technologies for Aged Care
Post Farm Gate Food Industry
NETS Expert Forum e.g.

10. NETS Expert Forum e.g.

11. 2. The Role of Communities

12. Inside Out
ADELAIDE
FabLab
The Great Koala Count
NETS Expert Forum:
Transforming Tech
Collaborative Cities

13. 3 technologies that will change the way we live:
Regenerative Medicine
Vertical Farming
Synthetic Meat
(http://www.youtube.com/thebridge8)
NETS Expert Forum e.g.

14. 3. The Role of Science

15. ⚖

16. Enabling Technology Futures:
A Survey of the Australian Technology
Landscape
Population Nanotech 20+
Economic Biotech
10+
Growth + +
Environmental Synthetic now
Pressures Biology
NETS Expert Forum e.g.

17. 4. Building Foresight Capacity

18. A C
P I
A T
C Y

19. ❝ Establish Intelligence, attached to
Strategic
a National Office of
either the Chief Scientist or PM&C,
with the role of providing a
continuing whole-of-government
capacity to identify and address
emerging strategic issues. ❞
- Dr Ron Johnston, on
behalf
of NETS Expert Forum
2012
NETS Expert Forum e.g.

20. 5. The Framing Lens

21. ❝ The Australian Government’s goal is to
create a better Australia — a fairer, richer,
healthier and greener Australia that can
meet the challenges and grasp the
opportunities of the twenty-first century.
We will do that by improving the things we
make and the way we make them — the
services we deliver and the way we deliver
them. We will do it by transforming
existing industries and building new ones
to provide quality jobs. We will do it by
❞
making new discoveries and having great
ideas. Our aim is to make innovation a way
of life.
- Powering Ideas 2009

22. Future Work
Examine
Build national foresight capability
regulatory
Build and support value chains
governance
Develop Australia’s niche
models for
Foster research translation
enabling
Enhance knowledge networks
technologies
NETS Expert Forum e.g.

23. NETS Expert Forum
5 Factors in effective
science & foresight
➲ AAS 2050 Phase 2

24. Asia-Pacific Foresight Conference 2012
Perspectives on doing
Science & Technology
Foresight in Government
Dr Kristin Alford, Bridge 8