Building the infrastructure to manage uncertainty: experiences from inside the EU

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• other seminars in 2007:
• The Nobel Prize as a Benchmark for Research Quality
• Australian-European ICT Days in Piemonte
• Building the infrastructure to manage uncertainty: experiences from inside the EU
• Lifelong Learning: Its Role in the European Commission’s Education, Research and Innovation Agenda
• Higher Cognition in Animals
• ICT Research in Europe’s Framework Programme: Policies, Principles, and Co-operation Potential

Professor Ron Johnston

Professor Johnston’s seminar will constitute the first event in a new joint National Europe Centre and Forum for European-Australian Science and Technology cooperation (FEAST) seminar series entitled Uncertainty, risk and science: a series of joint National Europe Centre-FEAST regulatory dialogue workshops. The aim of these seminars and workshops is to compare, contrast and learn from European and Australian perspectives on the relationships between science & technology and the management of uncertainty and risk, particularly with regard to regulatory frameworks. Our intention is to conduct informal round-table discussions of relevance to policy-makers following a presentation by an invited speaker. The emphasis will be on outreach and engagement rather than academic debate per se. This is because we are particularly keen to develop a constructive dialogue between researchers and public servants on these issues. For more information on this new workshop series please contact Dr Mark Matthews, Executive Director of FEAST.

Professor Ron Johnston is one of Australia’s leading experts on foresight activities. He has worked for more than twenty-five years on pioneering understanding of the ways that science and technology contribute to economic and social development, including insights into the processes and culture of innovation. Over the past eight years, he has led more than one hundred futures and foresight projects for private and public sector organizations in Australia, Asia, Europe and the Pacific.