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Application of Foresight - Methods for the
Determination of
Priority Research
Directions of the
Future
The article presents methodology of forecasting research directions crucial for the development of the competitiveness and innovativeness of the Polish
enterprises and technological institutes. The application of the methodology is presented on the basis of environmental technologies, one of the key
areas of technical support for the economy’s sustainable development. With the use of the developed methodology, future research directions have
been identified together with key incremental and emerging technologies within them, for whom technology characteristics cards have been created.
Following that, R&D directions have been roadmapped and scenarios of technological and educational (qualifications and competences) development
have been designed.
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Innovativeness and competitiveness of advanced
product and process technologies are the deciding
factors in the selection of development directions
and the development pace of a contemporaryknowledge-based economy. The actions taken to
design and implement environmental solutions
are one of the key areas of technical support for
the sustainable economic development. As far
as this particular area is concerned, the design
of future short- and long term environmental
solutions including, among others, the elimination
of inefficient, energy consuming and high-waste
industrial technologies as well as the limit on raw
materials and resources wasteful management is
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Introduction of the EU and national regulations
and documents stimulating the development of
environmental technologies and the inclusion
of ecological priorities in strategic research
programmes confirm the importance of research
activities for the development of ecological
solutions. An example of the document of the key
importance are the directives of the European Union
directed at the creation of system requirements for
the development of eco-friendly technological
processes and the undertaking of activities
minimising and managing the amount of waste
created through pure ecological utilisation, for
instance. Strategic research directions are identified
in governmental documents and long term plans
for the organisation of the scope of activity of the
European and national technology platforms. The
problem of environmental technologies ranks high
on the priority list of national and international
research programmes as well.
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Foresight and Challenges In Communicating Its Result To Decision Makers
This article is an excerpt from the original paper entitled “The Challenges of Communicating the Foresight Study Outcomes to Better Advise Decision Makers in Policy and Strategy Matters”. The paper was presented during the Fourth International Seville Conference on Future-Oriented Technology Analysis (FTA) and Grand Societal Challenges in Seville, Spain on the 12-13th May 2011. |
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 | Critical Factors
Influencing The Selection
of Foresight Methods
This paper is based on – and slightly updates
– the “How are foresight methods selected?”
publication (Popper, 2008). The original paper
was published in the foresight journal and in
2009 was chosen as an Outstanding Paper
Award Winner at the Literati Network Awards
for Excellence. |
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Science and Technology
Vision for the Future: Toward The Year of 2040
The creation and acceptance of new
technologies has accelerated in
modern times. In future, science and
technology will be a key driver of
social change. While the convergence
of science and technology will speed up the creation
of new technologies and industries. |
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Towards A Forward Looking Insightful Policy:
Combining
Competitive
Intelligence and
Foresight |
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