Sessions 1-7
22 August 2005 , 9.30 – 12.00, 14.00 – 16.15
23 August 2005 , 9.00 – 12.00
Session 1 - Respecting each other: cultural patterns in generational interplay
Chair: Ruben Nelson, Co-chair: Riccardo Cinquerani
Room 328
Cinquerani, Riccardo: Citizenship, generational partnership and civil governance
Dienes, István: The importance of consciousness researches in the cooperative living of different generations and in their successful aducation
Goux-Baudiment, Fabienne: Cultural value and orientation of scenario-building
Groff, Linda: The challenge of cultural and religious diversity and peacebuilding in an
interdependent world, with implication for future generations
Mannermaa, Mika: Democracy and the futures
Mizuta, Kazuo: Legacy for the 21st century: a vision of a cultural personality in the
year 2020
Nelson, Ruben: Consciousness matters: exploring the intellectual foundations of a co-
creative society
Schweiger, Robin: The contribution of young people in building a different future for
the Catholic church in Slovenia
Session 2 - Counting on each other: values and wisdom in the intergenerational scope
Chair: Elisabeth Florescu, Co-chair: Rowena Morrow
Room 336
Bachika, Reimon: Values: affect and rationality
Florescu, Elisabeth: Future ethical issues
Galántai, Zoltán: A possible scenario on the future of „Human Rights”
Gasparikova, Jana: Future studies and globalization
Hofmeister Tóth, Ágnes and Simányi, Léna: Values in transition
Hurley, Karen: Is that a future we want? An ecofeminist exploration of images of
the future in contemporary science fiction film
Lowe, Ian: Shaping a sustainable future
Molnár, László: Some moral aspects of sustainable development
Ristic, Dusan and Radun, Victor: The spiritual paradigm and the factors of shifting of
global economy to the spiritual economy
Varga, Csaba: Meta-theory, future vision, participating democracy
Session 3 - Shaping each other: Teaching or educating
Chair: Anita Rubin, Co-chair: Zoltán Vass
Room 334
Benedek, András: Future of Learning in the Mobile Age
Gidai, Erzsébet: System-exchange in higher education and lifelong learning
Hayward, Peter and Voros, Joseph: Generating futures
Jones, Christopher, B. and Denning, Kathryn E. L.: Historical consciousness and
sustainable futures
Kelly, Patricia: Opening eyes and minds: teaching for social foresight in higher
education
Lentner, Csaba: The centers of learning of the Hungarian universities in attached of sustainable development
Molnár, Péter and Vass, Zoltán: Pessimistic futures generation for pessimistic future
generations
Nováky, Erzsébet and Kappéter, István: How do students relate to changes?
Ramba Varga, Viorica: Science and law – a paradoxical contemporary divorce in the 21st
century
Visegrádi, Ildikó: The future of knowledge society
Zidansek, Aleksander: Future of sustainable development education
Session 4 - Understanding each other: intergenerational communication
Chair: Ziauddin Sardar, Co-chair: Jose Ramos
Room 3002
Dunagan, Jake and Reynolds, Bruce: A Futures Generations Seal of Approval
Iván, László: Different generations and gerontology
Kalas Kőszegi, Mária: Generations in the future
Kiss, Endre: Globalisation and future shaping
Lutz, Rüdiger: Beyond globalization: the (all)secret tranCeoformation to planetary integration
Nagy, Zoltán: Stroke prevention and care of stroke patients
Ramos, Jose: The communication of foresight
Woodgate, Derek: The new generation gap
Session 5 - Finding each other: the emerging cyberspace
Chair: Thierry Gaudin, Co-chair: Stuart Candy
Room 3004
Asija, Pal: Sustainable futures of the universe
Bartha, Zoltán: The effect of information & communication technologies on the
mobility of knowledge
Cordeiro, Jose: Future generations among humans and posthumans
Gaudin, Thierry: Technology-society interaction during the 21st century
Ligtvoet, Andreas: The supply and demand of e-skills in Europe
Paffendorf, Jerry: The future of video games, online virtual worlds, simulation technologies and the geo-spatial web
Ruiz, Raúl and Climent, Fran: Future situation of the ethnic businessman in the ICT society: building tech companies
Tonn, Bruce: Human extinction scenarios
Vitalini, Roberto: Sharing for Faster Growth: communication and computing technologies amplify human talents for cooperation
Session 6 - Taking care of each other: solid economic base for living together
Chair: Judit Balázs, Co-chair: Judit Gáspár
Room 3008
Balázs, Judit: Security of economy – asymmetric war: a new era in security policy
Botos, Katalin and Brunnhuber, Stefan: Our future monetary system
Erős, Adrienn: The role of fiscal instruments in enhancing competitiveness and
economic growth
Gáspár, Judit: Corporate foresight – an attempt to listen to the voice of futures
generation in the strategy making processes
Gilányi, Zsolt: The interrelationship of sustainable futures and demographic transitions
in closed bank-money economies: some scenarios
Gubik, Andrea: Future challenges of small and medium-sized enterprises
Kapolyi, László: Globalized energy
Kolber, István: Chances of generations in different territories
Sallee-Kereszturi, Barbara: Long-term junior entreprises and their effect on a sustainable
future
Szegő, Szilvia and Vass, Csaba: Continuity and brakes in the generational reality:
a future with braking strains – the example of Hungary
Tóth, Ferenc L.: Charting sustainable futures: intergenerational linkages in global
environment and energy supply
Szita-Tóth, Klára: Food systems and sustainability
Session 7 - New Generations of Futures Methods
Chair: Richard Slaughter, Co-chair: Elzbieta Krawczyk
Room 3006
Alács, Péter: Uncertainty studies in developing better future models
Hideg, Éva: Youth generation and the paradigms of futures studies
Hronszky, Imre: Drawing a historical lesson: toward prospective technology studies?
Krawczyk, Elzbieta and Ratcliffe, John: Imagine ahead – plan backwards:prospective
methodology in urban and regional planning
Mettler, H. Peter: Converging technologies
Mezey, Gyula: Risk management paradigms in decision-making
Miller, Riel: Improving the effectiveness of scenarios for decision making: a hybrid
strategic scenario methodology for developing three levels of futures literacy
Pitlik, László, Pető, István and Bunkóczi, László: Objective awarding as the possibilities
of similarity dissection
Slaughter, Richard: From forecasting to integral futures: implications of a forty year
overview of futures methodologies
Vág, András: The floating world-modelling philosophy
Varga, Károly: Delphi-consultation of Hungarian sociologists on the occasion of our
accesion to the European Union