At the Crossroads of Science and Foreign Policy: Future Forecasting
Channel: David Proctor
Date: 28/08/2013

Perspectives expressed in this video are the opinions of the speakers and do not reflect the views of their employers or the event sponsors and organizers.

Introduction: Jonathan Peck 0:00:00
Perspective: Jack Goldstone 0:03:27
Perspective: Carl Picconatto 0:11:50
Perspective: Daniel Talmage 0:21:33
Forecasts from round table discussions 0:35:09
Evaluation of round table forecasts 1:03:00
Closing 1:15:11

Science and technology (S&T) communities devote considerable energy to forecasting the next discovery or invention that has the potential to disrupt existing paradigms. In the foreign policy community, "horizon scanning" anticipates the challenges will arise for global diplomacy and identifies the relationships that will define future events. In both fields, the practice of future forecasting provides a framework for researchers and policymakers to anticipate the societal, ethical, and economic implications of emerging trends.

"Future Forecasting", the first event in the new series "At the Crossroads of Science and Foreign Policy", seeks to understand how emerging trends involving S&T are formulated in the scientific and foreign policy communities, and to identify how dialogue between the communities may inform policy-making related to emerging areas of S&T that have global implications.

Moderator: Jonathan Peck

Speakers: Jack Goldstone, Carl Picconatto, Daniel Talmage

Organizers: Mimi McClatchy, Mahlet Mesfin, David Proctor, Claire Standley

Sponsor: Koshland Science Museum of the National Academy of Sciences

For more information on this event, please visit http://bit.ly/Crossroads-22AUG

"At the Crossroads of Science and Foreign Policy" is a new program series cosponsored by the AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowships and the Koshland Science Museum of the National Academy of Sciences. Monthly events throughout fall 2013 will provide a forum for active discussion of emerging topics at the intersection of science and foreign policy.