Technology Foresight Summit 2007--

Water Productivity in the Industry

27-29 September 2007, Budapest, Hungary
UNIDO Regional Initiative onTechnology Foresight for Central and Eastern Europe and
the Newly Independent States (CEE/NIS)
  

Foresight is a systematic, participatory process, collecting future intelligence and building medium-to-long-term visions, aimed at influencing present-day decisions and mobilizing joint actions. It helps in making choices in complex situations by discussing alternative options, bringing together different communities with their complementary knowledge and experience

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Highlight: Water Productivity

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 Why the Summit?

  • To build a forum for discussion concepts and good practices on supporting technology and innovation for industrial development using foresight as a key instrument for consensus building and strategic decision-making

  • To bring together the highest policy level representatives to discuss future related trends, strengths, weaknesses, threats and opportunities for their countries, companies and regions, which can be addressed through early mobilization of technology and knowledge with strong involvement of business sector in the discussions and deliberations

  • To develop recommendation and agreements to the different stakeholders regarding support for key technological development, with special attention to water productivity and quality

  • To sustain and strengthen awareness of the critical importance of technology foresight among decision makers of the region in order to foster competitiveness and innovation

  • To initiate and implement national foresight exercises jointly at the regional, supra- and sub-national levels

How it was organized?

The Summit was organized in four components:

  • Symposium on Water Productivity in the industry of the future
  • Water Technology Fair of the Future
  • Ministerial Round Table
  • Technology Foresight thematic panels

The highlight of the TF Summit 2007 was Water Productivity in the Industry.

 

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