by admin | May 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
Entries opened today (Tuesday May 1st) for the Prime Minister’s Science Prizes. The awards aim to recognise the impact of science on New Zealander’s lives and celebrate the achievements of our current scientists and provide inspiration and encouragement for scientists...
by Wendy McGuinness | Sep 27, 2011 | Uncategorized
Yesterday, students from the Victoria University tourism futures programme, coordinated by Ian Yeoman, gave presentations to the team at the Institute on scenario analysis, issues and implications. This presentation followed on from a presentation to the Institute, 3...
by Wendy McGuinness | Jul 26, 2011 | Uncategorized
China is now prioritising strategies and measures to ensure long-term prosperity in the form of ‘higher quality’ and ‘inclusive’ growth. Specifically, China intends to concentrate on the following industries over the next five years: new energy, energy conservation...
by Wendy McGuinness | Jul 18, 2011 | Uncategorized
At the World Futures Conference 2011 in Vancouver I attended a presentation called ‘Futurists’ Views from Around the World’. The presentation involved members of Millennium Project Nodes from around the world discussing the future challenges facing their countries:...
by Wendy McGuinness | Jul 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
Over the weekend Wendy McGuinness presented the outputs from our StrategyNZ: Mapping our Future event at the World Future Society Conference in Vancouver. These outputs include the newly published Report 13: StrategyNZ: Mapping our Future Strategy Maps, in which all...
