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Friday 2nd of March 2007
14.00 OPENING
Chair: Mr. Blaž GOLOB, Bled Forum on Europe, Slovenian Research
Agency
Mr. Jure ZUPAN, Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology,
Republic of Slovenia
Mr. Valentin INZKO, Ambassador, Embassy of the Republic of Austria
in Ljubljana
Bled Forum 2007 award
14.30 BLED FORUM 2007 KEY NOTE SPEECH:
Update on The Millennium Project's Global Challenges
Mr. Jerome C. GLENN; Director - AC UNU Millennium Project, Washington
D.C.
15.15 – 16.30 Round table GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND THE EUROPEAN
RESPONSE
Chair: Mr. Miroslav POLZER; Director, Austrian Science and Research
Liaison Office (ASO) Ljubljana, Bled Forum on Europe
Panelists:
Ms. Ana JAKIL, Global Marshall Plan Initiative, Bled Forum on Europe
Mr. Torsti LOIKKANEN, Technical Research Centre of Finland, organiser
of Finish EU presidency conference "Going Global 2006: the
Challenges for Knowledge-Based Economies"
Ms. Kumi OKUWADA, National Institute of Science and Technology
Policy
Mr. Bogdan ŠALEJ, President CeLA - Center for Latin America
in Slovenia Board of Directors Fulbright Comission, Brazil
Mr. Robin SCHWEIGER, Jesuits Refugee Service, Director of Slovenian
Branch
Mr. Priyadarshi THAKUR, Director General, International Center
for Promotion of Enterprises (ICPE), Ljubljana
N.N., Centre for European Perspective CEP, Slovenia
Open discussion
16.30 – 17.00 Coffee break
17.00 – 18.30 EU 27 CHALLENGES – Lisbon Process, Research
Agenda Setting and Governance
Chair: Mr. Peter VOLASKO, Head, Department for International and
European Affairs, Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology,
Republic of Slovenia, Bled Forum on Europe
Transparency as an instrument for the achievements of the Lisbon
objectives
Mr. Franci DEMŠAR; Director, Slovenian Research Agency
ESF Forward Looks in the EU and global contexts''
Mr. Henk STRONKHORST; Head of Social Sciences Unit
Slovenian EU Presidency contribution to the further development
of EU governance
Mr. Peter JEŠOVNIK; Deputy Director, Governmental Office for
European Affairs, Republic of Slovenia
Commentators:
Ms. Eili ERVELÄ-MYRÉEN; Academy of Finland & NORFACE
Mr. Igor LUKŠIC; Faculty of Social Sciences, University of
Ljubljana; Bled Forum on Europe
20.00 Dinner reception offered by Ministry of Higher Education,
Science and Technology, Republic of Slovenia at Golf Hotel Bled
Saturday 3rd of March 2007
9.00 – 10.30 SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPEAN CHALLENGES
Chair: Ms. Jana KOLAR; National and University Library, Bled Forum
on Europe
Why invest in Science in South Eastern Europe? – Findings
of the Ljubljana 2006 conference and DVD presentation
Mrs. Slavi KRUŠIC, Ministry of Higher Education, Science and
Technology, Republic of Slovenia
Capacity Building for Foresight in South-Eastern Europe
Mr. Attila HAVAS, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Bled Forum on
Europe
Demand and Supply for Foresight Research and Foresight Activities
in SEE
Mr. Ðuro KUTLACA, Director- S&T Policy, Research Centre
Mihajlo Pupin Institute, Belgrade
Commentators:
Ms. Elke DALL, Centre for Social Innovation, Vienna
Ms. Elizabeta BUOVA, Sector for European Integration, Government
of the Republic of Macedonia
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 – 13.00 Round table on ROLE OF FORESIGHT IN NATIONAL
POLICY-MAKING
Introductory presentation: What Foresight can contribute to policy
making - Results from a debate among European Foresight practitioners
Mr. Olivier Da COSTA & Ms. Philine WARNKE European Foresight
Group, European Commission JRC/IPTS & Bled Forum on Europe
Romania – Mr. Adrian CURAJ, Director – National University
Research Council (UEFISCU)
Japan - Ms. Kumi OKUWADA - National Institute of Science and Technology
Policy
Finland - Mr. Torsti LOIKKANEN, VTT Technical Research Centre
of Finland
Slovenia: – Mr. Peter STANOVNIK, Institute for Economic Research,
Ljubljana
Commentators:
Mr. Todor YALAMOV, Applied Research and Communication Fund, Bulgaria
Mr. Tomaž BOH, Slovenian Research Agency, Bled Forum on Europe
Debate on Implementation of Foresight Research results in national
and multilevel governance
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch break
14.00 -15.30 SESSION: METHODOLOGICAL CHALLENGES of FORESIGHT
Chair: Mr. Campbell WARDEN – European Association of Research
Managers and Administrators EARMA
Futures Research Methods
Mr. Jerome C. GLENN; Director - AC UNU Millennium Project, Bled
Forum on Europe
Future-Oriented Policy Analysis for Creating Sustainable Governance
Futures
Ms. Ana JAKIL, Global Marshall Plan Initiative, Bled Forum on Europe
Debate
15. 30 Conclusions and closing of the VIII. Bled Forum on Europe
ORGANISERS of the VIII. BLED FORUM
- Bled Forum on Europe Research Association
- Slovenian Research Agency
- Austrian Science and Research Liaison Office (ASO) Ljubljana
PARTNERS of the VIII. BLED FORUM
- AC UNU Millennium Project
- NORFACE ERA net project
- SEE ERA net project
- European Commission JRC/IPTS - Seville
(the FORLEARN project is financed by DG RTD.C4 within FP6 activities)
- Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Republic of Slovenia
- Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research
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