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EC The World in 2025. Global Europe 2050. On 28 November 2011, the European Commission organized a conference in Brussels on "Global Europe 2050".

Global Europe 2050

This conference presented the results of a European foresight expert group year-long work. The focus of this expert group was "The World and Europe up to 2050: EU policies and research priorities". "Global Europe 2050" is line with the EU report published two years ago and entitled "The World in 2025". But "Global Europe 2050" has a longer-term perspective to tackle issues such as natural resources availability, infrastructures and territorial dynamics. This work is original as the three scenarios "Nobody cares", "EU under threats" and "EU Renaissance" have been quantified. Vodaphone Future Agenda.

The next decade will see more people and constrained resources but better connectivity and a shift in economic power to Asia. How will this affect the world we live in? What are the other big issues for the next decade? These are concerns that individuals, companies and governments need to address. The Future Agenda programme, sponsored by Vodafone Group, is a pioneering open foresight project that has brought together informed people from around the world to analyse the crucial themes of the next ten years. This website details the output from multiple discussions.

Alcatel-Lucent Megatrends Study. At the Speed of Ideas.