Month: June 2012

FUTURLAB @ AALTO: THE EUROPEAN SILICON VALLEY

As guests of Riina Subra, the Foresight Manager of Aalto Impact, Mario Guillo and Enric Bas were visiting the Aalto University Campus, specially conceived and designed to become the outstanding european centerpoint of innovation and entrepeneurship. A place were MICROSOFT and NOKIA have made investments by…

DESIGNING SOCIETY THROUGH THINKING: OUR VISIT TO U. OF HELSINKI

In recent decades, Finland has invested large amounts of resources and efforts in building its education system, which is a reference worldwide and is an essential pillar for economic, technological and social development. But far from satisfied with the achievements so far, Finnish universities continue to…

THINK TANK 20+20: FUTURES OF FUTURE RESEARCH

The FFRC-Finland Futures Research Center was founded on 1992, and soon it became a worldwide reference both in Futures Studies and on Innovation (FFRC is a key actor -the one leading with research- of the Finnish National System of Innovation) because its succesful outcomes and wide…

ENRIC BAS, KEYNOTE SPEAKER IN THE TURKU SCIENCE PARK

Electrocity, the Turku Science Park, was where the University of Turku adressed the 14th Annual Congress of the FFRC-Finland Futures Research Center wich started on June 6th. The Director of Futurlab, Enric Bas, acted as Keynote Speaker on Wednesday, 7th, with a speech entitled “Creative Futures:…