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D5.1 Paper on emerging issues Weak signals with relevance to Cognitive Enhancement

February 7, 2011 Leave a Comment

The present document was prepared as the background material for the SESTI workshop on Cognitive Enhancement (CE). The objective of the present document is to help understand which pathways are used to enhance human cognitive capabilities and to assess these pathways through search of weak signals that may lead to the identification of policy relevant perspectives, risks and issues. The overall aim is to establish a common understanding about the main elements characterizing the area of CE so as to trigger discussions.

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D5.1.3 Paper on emerging issues Major trends, challenges and emerging issues in Energy

February 6, 2011 Leave a Comment

The present document was prepared as the background material for the SESTI workshop on Energy.

The objective of the present document is to help understand the wider context in the energy field characterized by specific trends and the challenges and present a selected number of emerging issues within context. The overall aim is to establish a common  understanding about the main elements characterizing the area of energy so as to trigger discussions. Taking energy as the example area, the objective of the workshop is to better understand what the needs of the policymaker are in order to make the decision to take up the emerging issue within the mainstream discussion in their community. By discussing the case issue of energy, feedback will also be sought on how to organize future workshops around new topics and develop briefs around new emerging issues. The workshop is envisaged to provide in depth information about what the needs of the users are in relation to the SESTI deliverables as well as the applied identification and selection process of early warning signals, and the processing procedures.

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D5.1.4 Paper on emerging issues Major trends, challenges and emerging issues in Health

February 5, 2011 Leave a Comment

Health and social services are set to become increasingly important commodities as European society grows older. But a growing demand for services that are provided in many Member States by the public sector is creating unprecedented pressures on health systems. Despite differences in political approaches and institutional frameworks health sector in Europe in all European Union (EU) face similar challenges, notably the need to adjust to demographic ageing and to changing employment and family patterns. At issue is the increasing level of resources devoured by health and social care systems year on year. Moreover, the prospect of social and demographic changes anticipated over the coming 20 years leaves many in despair as to how existing systems will cope.

Beginning with a brief overview of the European healthcare sector, this report goes on to examine some of the trends and issues that are driving developments and reforms in the health sector in Europe. The report takes a closer look at some of those issues and drivers of change that are likely to have significant implications for the future of health. Given the variety of drivers at play, it is rather difficult to be precise in imagining what these services may look like in 10-15 years time. Therefore, a set of scenarios will be presented compiled from respected sources. The report will then identify a set of emerging issues and related early weak signals in line with the objectives of the SESTI project. The report is rounded off with an account of some of the policy measures being implemented by the EU and Member States in addressing several of the issues addressed as important for the future of the sector.

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D5.1.2: Background Paper for the SESTI Methodology Workshop

January 31, 2011 Leave a Comment

This report gives a reflection of the internal discussions of the project team on the concepts and methodological approach to prepare the execution of the different work packages. It is the intention of the project partners to revise this report after completion of the project in the form of a scientific publication.

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D6.2.4 Major trends, challenges and emerging issues in Health

January 30, 2011 Leave a Comment

The present document was prepared to support the SESTI workshop on emerging issues in and relevant for Health science and technology with potentially high impact on policymaking in Europe. It complements the deliverable D5.1.4 (Paper on emerging issues Major trends, challenges and emerging issues in Health). The objective of the present document is to present an indicative snapshot of the literature on health state‐of‐the‐art and future evolutions as well as on the associated policy issues surrounding the specific field. The overall aim is to establish a common understanding about the main elements characterizing the area of health, in combination with D5.1, so as to trigger discussions on the topic.

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D6.2 Workshop paper Developments in Cognitive Enhancement and associated policy issues

January 29, 2011 Leave a Comment

The present document was prepared to support the SESTI workshop on Cognitive Enhancement (CE). It complements the deliverable D5.1 (Weak signals with relevance to Cognitive Enhancement). The objective of the present document is to present an indicative snapshot of the literature on cognitive enhancement state-of-the-art and future evolutions as well as on the associated policy issues surrounding the specific field. The overall aim is to establish a common understanding about the main elements characterizing the area of CE, in combination with D5.1, so as to trigger discussions on the topic.

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D6.3.2 Workshop Report: Methodology Workshop

January 28, 2011 Leave a Comment

The topic of Early warning signals and Emerging issues has become more important after 9/11 and the recent Credit Crisis. The aim of these relatively new foresight approaches is to better anticipate on possible future developments by early recognition of possible emerging issues but also identification and processing of early warning signals on these issues. SESTI’s
objective is to improve the understanding of these concepts and to operationalise them in order to develop pragmatic approaches which can be further developed in an evidencebased way.

The methodology workshop has focussed on some crucial questions regarding policy relevant “scanning and identification of emerging issues” and in connection to this “’the use of early warning and weak signals”.

The objectives of the workshop have been around two major topic categories:

  • Scanning and methodology: The use of early warning (weak) signals in the process of scanning, identifying and analyzing of emerging issues and the possible role of and experience with automation.
  • Dissemination and usage: The policymakers’ perspective and experience with the way in which new emerging issues enter the policy discourse and how scanning processes methods should connect to the policy arena.
  • Participating experts were also given the opportunity for presentations about their work, methods, best practice and challenges they encounter and exchange ideas and comments within open as well as structured discussion sessions.
  • They were asked to give attention to the following topics in their presentations

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D6.3.3 Energy: Weak Signals and Emerging Issues for European Policy

January 27, 2011 Leave a Comment

The present document reports the findings of the workshop on scanning emerging issues in and relevant for Energy science and technology with potentially high impact on policymaking in Europe, which took place in Brussels on the 29th November 2010 as part of the SESTI project activities. The workshop participants consisted of experts in energy issues, foresight researchers and European policy‐makers. Different DG’s of the European Commission were represented, in particular DG JRC and DG RTD. In the workshop the discussions circled around scanning emerging issues in and relevant for Energy science and
technology with potentially high impact on policy‐making in Europe.

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D6.3 Cognitive Enhancement: Weak Signals and Emerging Issues for European Policy

January 27, 2011 Leave a Comment

The present document reports the findings of the workshop on emerging issues and weak signals in cognitive enhancement (CE), which took place in Brussels on the 7th of June as part of the SESTI project activities. The workshop participants consisted of experts in human and cognitive enhancement, foresight researchers and European policy-makers. Different DG’s of the European Commission were represented, in particular DG INFSO and DG RTD. In the workshop it was discussed how to identify and process weak signals and define emerging issues relevant to policy by means of having a closer look at the topic of human enhancement (HE) and more specifically cognitive enhancement (CE).

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