Using S&T foresight to augment organizational tool kits: a Canadian institutional-entrepreneurial experiment |
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| Authors: | Jack Smith STFPP Team Members: Hassan Masum Raymond Bouchard Peter Kallai Erik Lockeberg |
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| Institution: | National Research Council Canada, Ottawa (Ontario), Canada |
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| Abstract: | This paper will explore recent Canadian federal experience in developing S&T foresight and creating knowledge sharing networks aimed at creating integrative capacities and convergent domains that involve fusions of several disciplines. More specifically, the paper will report on the experience of the Office of Technology Foresight (OTF) at the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) and its federal partners (science based departments and agencies – SBDAs) as they carried out a major S&T Foresight Pilot Project (STFPP) to elaborate prospective R&D opportunities and challenges in preparation for contingencies that may have to be confronted in the 10–20 year time horizon of 2015–2025. STFPP reports are posted at: http://www.techforesight.ca |
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