National Institute of Science and Technology Policy (NISTEP)
organized the Second International Conference on Technology Foresight on “The
3rd Generation Foresight and Prioritization in S&T Policy”
on 27-28 February 2003. The Conference was an extension of the first one in
2001. The discussion focused that year was “The Approach to and the
Potential for New Technology Foresight”. Notably, it is honored privilege
that the APEC Center for Technology Foresight was invited to be the co-organizer
of both events.
The Executives and staff of the APEC CTF were delightedly prepared
for papers to be presented at the conference. The presentation topics had
its association with “Multi-economy
Activities of the APEC CTF”, presented by Dr. Witaya Jeradechakul,
Executive Director of the APEC CTF; and “Foresight
Activities and Strategic Policies of Thailand”, presented
by Dr. Chatri Sripaipan, Vice-President of National Science and Technology
Development Agency – Bangkok, Thailand. The conference was significantly
considered fruitful as shown by the numbers of technology foresight experts
took part on each session; 9 economies and 4 European countries. There were
up to 500 interests from educational institutions, private and public sectors
in Japan registered for the Conference.
At the Conference, each session offered knowledge and information
about technology foresight and S&T policies of other economies’
experience. Six sessions were composed of themes for each session, such as:
• S&T Strategy and Foresight
• Perspectives of Emerging Technologies
• Information and Communications Technology
• Foresight Activities in European Countries
• Multi-country Foresight Activities
• Foresight Activities in Asian Countries
• The Potential of Technology Foresight
Besides the topic presentations that APEC CTF and Thailand addressed on,
Professor Greg Tegart, the Executive Advisor of the APEC CTF was as well invited
to present a paper on Nanotechnology
based on recent APEC-Wide project on “Nanotechnology: the Technology
of the 21st Century. This presentation was incorporated under the information
and Communication Technology.
Finally, this event provided good opportunity for the APEC CTF to meet other
experts and importantly to build up technology foresight alliances and future
collaboration projects. It is suggested to visit NISTEP’s website at
http://www.nistep.go.jp
where you will find latest and update information, and presentation reports
of the event.
