ICS-UNIDO TECHNOLOGY FORESIGHT NEWSLETTER _____________________________________________________________________ Newsletter - No 9 - 25 March 2002 _____________________________________________________________________ Dear Readers,
The following news is currently published on the Latin America and Caribbean Technology Foresight web site. http://www.foresight.ics.trieste.it/ *********** TF Library *********** Foresight Methodologies. Manuales sobre Metodologias Prospectivas. We are pleased to offer you a series of documents about Foresight Methodologies. http://www.foresight.ics.trieste.it/ *********** Databases *********** Argentina TF experts/organizations Uruguay Biotechnology Forum Peru Experts Database ******* News ******* "Foresight: A course for Sponsors, Organisers and Practitioners" Manchester, United Kingdom, 26th to 31st May 2002. Intensive five day Short Course at PREST,The University of Manchester. Further information can be obtained from: Lisa Moore, Foresight Course Administrator, PREST, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Details can be found on PREST's web page at: http://les1.man.ac.uk/PREST/ ICT Update Bulletin for ACP agriculture of the Technical Centre for Agricultural and rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA) is a free bimonthly publication on new information and communication technologies (ICT) and their relevant applications for the agricultural and rural development in Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries. UNIDO-ICS TF LAC was featured in the ICT Update. For more information, go to: http://www.agricta.org/ictupdate/ Creating and Applying Vision in the Regions - Towards Agile and Networked Regions through Foresight - Dublin, 13 December 2001. All presentations and papers from the conference are now available on the FOREN website: <http://foren.jrc.es> An electronic version of the Practical Guide to regional foresight can also be found on this site. ****** Events ****** 1. Johannesburg Summit 2002 - the World Summit on Sustainable Development Johannesburg, South Africa from 26 August to 4 September 2002 Johannesburg Summit 2002 - the World Summit on Sustainable Development - will bring together tens of thousands of participants, including heads of State and Government, national delegates and leaders from non-governmental organizations (NGOs), businesses and other major groups to focus the world's attention and direct action toward meeting difficult challenges, including improving people's lives and conserving our natural resources in a world that is growing in population, with ever-increasing demands for food, water, shelter, sanitation, energy, health services and economic security. 2. V Latin American Congress of Biotechnology (BioLatina 2002) Montevideo, Uruguay from September 4-7, 2002 The Uruguayan Association of Biotechnology Companies (AUDEBIO) and the Latin-American Federation of Associations of Biotechnology Companies (FELAEB) have compromised to organize the V Latin American Congress of Biotechnology (BioLatina 2002), to analyze initiatives, projects the actions that would enhance biotechnology development in the region. Pza. Independencia 759 - Business Center, Montevideo, Uruguay, Tel: (598-2) 902-14-13 - tel/fax: 901-52-85, E - Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *********************************************************** Visit our Technology Foresight Online Training wh@t is -- is a web-based project training and can be accessed through the UNIDO-ICS TF web site at http://www.foresight.ics.trieste.it/icswbt/ *** For further information, please visit our website at: http://www.foresight.ics.trieste.it/ *** To unsubscribe, go to http://www.foresight.ics.trieste.it/ and select the 'unsubscribe' option. _____________________________________________________________________ ICS-UNIDO 2002 ------------------------------------------------------- Paulo S. C. Siqueira Technology Foresight Site Manager www.foresight.ics.trieste.it ICS - UNIDO International Centre for Science and High Technology United Nations Industrial Development Organization Area Science Park, Building L2 Padriciano 99 - 34012 Trieste ITALY Tel. +39 040 9228127 Fax. +39 040 9220068 ------------ ***GKD is solely supported by EDC, an NGO that is a GKP member*** To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe gkd OR type: unsubscribe gkd Archives of previous GKD messages can be found at: <http://www.edc.org/GLG/gkd/>
