This presentation shares news on recent activities of the Foresight Europe Network in the period 2019 until mid-2020 and was prepared for the Millennium Project Planning Committee meeting in June 2020.

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Cornelia Daheim
Contact: daheim@future-impacts.de
For the Millennium Project Planning Committee Meeting, June 29th 2020
Cornelia Daheim, Vice-President Foresight Europe Network and Future Impacts, contact: daheim@future-impacts.de
Image source: Cornelia Daheim
Foresight Europe Network: Activities 2019 / 2020

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FEN is a network of ins0tu0ons and individuals ac0ve in foresight in Europe. It
con0nues from far-reaching previous ac0vi0es, e.g. the Regional Foresight Collége and
the European Millennium Project Nodes Ini0a0ve EuMPI (in past years led by Philippe
DestaHe and Ibon Zugas0). Many members are from Nodes of the Millennium Project
in Europe (but not all - we are encouraging members beyond this circle). We are
currently approx. 150 members from a variety of countries. FEN currently led by its
president Anna Sacio-Szymańska and vice president Epaminondas Christophilopoulos
and Cornelia Daheim.
The aim of the network is to advance foresight in Europe. We do so:
• by enabling connec0ons between prac00oners in our two mee0ngs per year,
• by furthering and crea0ng projects between our members,
• with ac0vi0es showcasing foresight at conferences and events,
• and via publica0ons.
About The Foresight Europe Network (FEN)
Who We Are, Our Aims - And How We Realize Them
FEN-MeetingsinParis,
Bilbao,Florence
More info at: http://www.feneu.org; You can join by joining the email-list here:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/foresighteuropenetwork/join

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Current Projects: Building FEN-Cooperation with Other Futures Networks
Current Status - Some Established, Many in Progress
Network /
Organization
Contact Person Contact Person at FEN Link Status
The Millennium
Project
Jerome Glenn, CEO Ibon Zugasti, Mondragon /
Chair MP Spanish Node
http://www.millennium
-project.org
Established
Kapitel 21 / Chapter
21 (national,
Germany)
Stefanie Ollenburg &
Kai Gondlach
(Chairs)
Stefanie Ollenburg, FU Berlin http://www.kapitel21-
zukunftsforschung.de
Established
APF = Assoziation of
Professional
Futurists
Jay Gary, President ? (looking for volunteers), for
now: Cornelia Daheim, Future
Impacts
https://www.apf.org In Progress
WFSF = World
Future Studies
Federation
Erik Overland,
President
Judit Gáspár, Corvinus
University of Budapest
https://wfsf.org In Progress
The Plurality
University Network
Daniel Kaplan,
Initiator, CEO
Chloë Vidal, The Destree
Institute
https://www.plurality-
university.org
In Progress
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FEN-Meeting 5/2019 in Poland, with FEN-sessions and
contributions on MP issues by many MP nodes and FEN-
members, docu here
https://fe2019.itee.radom.pl/index.php/en/
BEFORE-Project final conference (and FEN-meeting) in Pisa
11/2019, project reports published of on Future Skills (realized
by a group of FEN-members), see
http://futureoriented.eu/final-conference-of-the-before-
project/
Study on Future Sustainability in the Fashion Sector, realized
by FEN-Members Future Impacts, 4CF and MP, published, see
https://www.candafoundation.org/en/resources/future-
sustainability-fashion-industry-delphi-final-report-
futureimpacts-ca-2019-v7.pd
Meeting 2020 in Finland, at FFRC conference could not happen
as planned, but 2021 envisaged
Reaching out to EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen
(led by Blaz Golob)
Ongoing: Project on building systematic connections to other
futures networks, see previous slide (led by Cornelia Daheim)
FEN Activities 2019-2020 & Plans for 2020/2021
Details in the Annex
Plans:
Virtual meeting
end of summer or
early autumn
2020
Face-to-Face
meeting in 2021,
potentially at FFRC
conference 7th to
9th of June 2021,
https://futurescon
ference2021.com

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Thank you
(snd there is some more info in the annex)
www.future-impacts.de
daheim@future-impacts.de
https://www.xing.com/profile/Cornelia_Daheim/cv
https://www.linkedin.com/in/cornelia-daheim-0633a9/
https://twitter.com/CorneliaDaheim
https://www.instagram.com/future_impacts/
https://www.instagram.com/corneliadaheim/

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About The Foresight Europe Network
Project on building systematic connections to other networks

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Why build connections to other networks?
The background: From recent FEN strategy / aims
definitions:
The aim of FEN is to advance foresight in Europe. We
do so:
• by enabling connections between practitioners in our
two meetings per year (and via the email-list),
• by furthering and creating projects between our
members,
• with activities showcasing foresight at conferences
and events,
• and via publications.
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Members can benefit from more connections to other
networks by:
• Being aware of the other networks in the field
• Information about conferences, events and other
activities
• Information about publications
• Ideally, synergy e.g. via cooperative events / activities
with those networks

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The concept of building systematic connections
Agreement between FEN & other network (LOI / “Memorandum of Cooperation”)
Two ambasadors = 2 People, one from FEN, one from the other network : Act as “channel” for sharing info and upcoming
questions, are the main „connection points“
One member from FEN
One member from the
other network
Both:
share key info on the activities from the respective other networks with their network
regularly
and are the first point of contact
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About the networks – Example Plurality University Network
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About Future Impacts

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Future Impacts: Our Foresight Approaches
Foresight Capacity Building
Foresight Training
Foresight Coaching
Co-Creative Processes realized
hand-in-hand with our customer
Setting Up and Upskilling Foresight
Teams and Networks
Our Toolbox - “Classics”
Trend Analysis, Scenarios, Delphi, …
Our toolbox: Newer approaches
Scanning for Weak Signals, Emerging
Issues, Wild Cards / Disruptions
Radically Inclusive Participation
Experiential Foresight, Foresight
Gaming
Examples of Workshop Approaches:
Future Disruptions Game, Scenario
Enactments, Future Customers
Immersion
Future Insights and Reports
Processes & Reports on Trends and
Future Perspectives
Keynotes & Presentations
Drawing from our toolbox and
experts’ network

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Some of our references (selection)
Aktion Mensch; Arup; Arval; BASF;
Bertelsmann Foundation;
Bethel.regional; Caritas; EnBW;
Scientific Foresight Unit of the
European Parliament; European
Commission; Evonik; Foresight
Filmfestival; Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung;
Fraunhofer Institut FIT; Future
Agenda; Givaudan; GIZ Deutsche
Gesellschaft für Internationale
Zusammenarbeit; Hermes; Johannes
Kepler Universität Linz; Kanton Bern;
STEPI; The Economist; World Future
Society; ...