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Now and after the downturn
The Future Economy Scenarios have been developed in consultation with leading economists and invited roundtable discussions with government and the private sector. The scenarios can be used as a speech to put the current situation into perspective, or as the basis of a workshop to stress test strategy.
Is information mismanagement at the heart of the global downturn? In our latest "Outsights On" Alasdair Keith considers this less mentioned aspect of the current situation: the First Crisis of the Information Age.
Outsights Partner Richard O'Brien puts his unique expertise as one of the world's leading global futurists and former Chief Economist of Amex Bank to work in his Fog blog, helping readers to navigate the opaque future we all face.
2059: A Personal Future
To mark its 250th edition, the celebrated Annual Register departs from its remit for recording what has happened in the past year and looks ahead another 50 years. In 2059: A Personal Future Richard O'Brien presents a world fuelled by methane, Space as a popular holiday destination and the retirement age as 90, helped by spare parts for the brain. The Annual Register: A Record of World Events has been published every year since 1758. Richard represents the Royal Economic Society on its Advisory Board.
Outsights speech making
Outsights senior team - Tim Bolderson, Richard O'Brien and Stephen King - are now available for speaking engagements, particularly on the work we have been doing on the Future Economy and the 21 Drivers for the 21st CenturyTM. For more information on our speaking themes, please do contact us.
International Opportunities and Challenges
Using the Scenarios for the Future International Environment 2010-2020, Outsights presented future international perspectives on key global questions to senior government officials from around the world, to help them consider future trends, challenges and opportunities over the next 5-15 years.
The conference was organised by Wilton Park, the Foreign and Commonwealth (FCO) and the Foresight Horizon Scanning Centre (Government Office for Science), with 54 people from 16 countries including journalists, academia, international institutions, policy planning staff from Germany, France, China, Canada, Brazil, the United States (US), Italy, Turkey and the European Commission, and senior UK Government officials from the Cabinet Office, DFID, MoD, HMT. www.wiltonpark.org.uk/publications
