by Wendy McGuinness | Aug 7, 2009 | Uncategorized
On Friday I also was able to visit the Foresight team, which operates from within the Government Office for Science. I met with Mary Lawrence, Project Manager, who was very generous with her time. Mary explained the history of the organisation, and the full breadth of...
by Wendy McGuinness | Aug 5, 2009 | Uncategorized
I caught the train down to the University of Surrey, where I met with Professor Tim Jackson, author of the excellent SDC report ‘Prosperity without Growth’. Tim and I had discussed the response to the report, and he kindly let me record a brief interview...
by Wendy McGuinness | Jul 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
Another fantastic conference, and many lessons learnt. I will be writing more specific entries about the conference soon, but until then, slides from my presentation at the Professional Members’ Forum on Monday are available here. I was also able to film a...
by Wendy McGuinness | Jul 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
Today I presented to the committee on the activities of the Australia and New Zealand node, which included discussing the following three points: Supporting the Annual Global MP Delphi In 2010, developing an ANZ Delphi (now creating a database of 100 remarkable people...
by Wendy McGuinness | Jul 16, 2009 | Uncategorized
Hi. I am now in Chicago. The World Futures Conference starts this Friday. Prior to the Conference proper, representatives from each of the nodes of the Millennium Project meet in advance to share information and discuss the next steps. I was fortunate to be asked to...
by Wendy McGuinness | Jul 11, 2009 | Uncategorized
I spent an hour at the EPA, talking to John Stassi. It was very interesting to see how the agency had evolved since its creation. Considering the plans rumored for the changes to New Zealand’s own institutional framework, and the Phase 2 changes proposed for the...
