MLW:Collaborative Methods for Foresight: Delphi, Scenarios, and Models

Collaborative Methods for Foresight: Delphi, Scenarios, and Models is a workhop organized in Sinaia, between the 13th and 15th of April, 2011, and coordinated by Prof. Adrian Curaj and Prof. Murray Turoff.

Participants
Speakers:
 * Victor Banuls Silvera, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville
 * Radu Gheorghiu, Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding
 * Roxanne Hieltz, New Jersey Institute of Technology
 * Jeremy Hutchings, Faculty of Humanities, Universitet I Oslo
 * Ville Lauttamaki, Finland Futures Research Centre, University of Turku
 * Murray Turoff, New Jersey Institute of Technology
 * Gerd Van Den Eede, Lessius University College

Participants:
 * Cristina Aliman, Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding
 * Romulus Brancoveanu, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest
 * Ovidiu Gavrilovici, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University, Iasi
 * Dan Grosu, Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding
 * Cosmin Holeab, Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding
 * Alina Irimia, Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding
 * Iulia Maries, Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding
 * Andrei Nestian, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University, Iasi
 * Flaviana Rotaru, FM Management Consultancy
 * Raluca Teodoru, TOTEM Communication
 * Ciprian Turturean, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University, Iasi
 * Marian Zulean, Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding

DAY 1 – April 13
19.30 - 21:00 Initial meeting and Reception

A welcome speech by Adrian Curaj/ Radu Gheorghiu

DAY 2 – April 14
09:00 - 09:30 QLHE Project Update

Adrian Curaj, Project Manager / Radu Gheorghiu, Deputy Manager

09:30 - 10:45 Introduction to and Foundations of the Delphi method – Murray Turoff

Distinguished Professor Emeritus, New Jersey Institute of Technology, co-author of The Delphi Method: Techniques and Applications (1975)

09:30 – 10:15 Presentation

10:15 – 10:45 Questions, answers, comments  10:45 - 11:00 Break

11:00 - 12:15 Collaborative Methods for Foresight – Victor Banuls

Associate Professor of MIS, Universidad Pablo de Olavide

11:00 - 11:45 Presentation

11:45 - 12:15 Questions, answers, comments

12:15 - 13:15 Lunch Break

13:15 - 14:30 Combining Scenarios with Delphi – Starr Roxanne Hiltz

Distinguished Professor Emerita, New Jersey Institute of Technology

13:15 - 14:00 Presentation

14:00 - 14:30 Questions, answers, comments

14:30 - 15:00 Break

15:00 - 16:15 Design of Resilient Organizations for Dealing with the Unexpected – Gerd Van Den Eede

Director of Education and Student Affairs at Lessius University College

15:00 - 15:45 Presentation

15:45 - 16:15 Questions, answers, comments

16:15 – 17:15 Panel by the presenters: Questions, comments, and discussion

DAY 3 – April 15
09:00 - 10:15 Planning the Preservation of Cultural Heritages – Jeremy Hutchings

Associate Professor in Objects Conservation, Universitet I Oslo

09:00 - 09:45 Presentation

09:45 - 10:15 Questions, answers, comments

10:15 – 10:30 Break

10:30 - 11:45 Using Delphi – Two Cases from the Finnish Public Authority – Ville Lauttamaki

Project researcher, Finland Futures Research Centre, University of Turku

10:30 - 11:15 Presentation

11:15 - 11:45 Questions, answers, comments

11:45 -12:15 Final colloquium: Questions, answers, comments

12:15 - 13:30 Lunch