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Foresight After Four is held at:
Suite 150
West Bank Office Building
1300 South Second Street
Minneapolis, MN 55454

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Foresight After Four
November 11, 2009
Wine and Cheese Reception 4:30 PM
Presentation 5:15 PM

Technology foresight: Mindset, map and metrics


Please join us at the next University of Minnesota Technological Leadership Institute's Foresight After Four seminar, a series of forums throughout the year on topics related to technological leadership and management.

Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009

4:30 p.m., wine and cheese reception; 5:15 p.m., program
U of M Technological Leadership Institute (TLI)
West Bank Office Building, Executive Education Facility (Suite 150)
1300 S. Second Street, Minneapolis.

Please RSVP by Nov. 6 to tli@umn.edu or 612-624-5747.

This seminar by Dr. Rias van Wyk will explore experiences in technology foresight exercises over the past decade. It will focus on the changing requirement associated with the economic slowdown. It will review what we have learned about mental approach, analytical formats, and procedures for measurement.

Featured speaker:
 
Rias van Wyk is the Director of Technoscan Centre in Minnesota. The mission of the Centre is to advance technological acuity. It compiles and manages the Techno-trend Explorer’s Manual.
 
Dr. Van Wyk formerly held the William R. Sweatt Chair in Management of Technology at the University of Minnesota. He holds degrees from three universities, including a Master’s from Harvard focusing on science, technology and public policy. He is the author of Technology: A Unifying Code, and the Editor of Technoscan® Newsbriefs. He serves on the Management of Technology Accreditation Board (MOTAB).
 
In 2005 he received the Distinguished Achievement Award in Management of Technology, from the International Association for Management of Technology (IAMOT). In 2008 he was appointed to the Speaker Retainer Program of the CFA Institute, a global association of investment professionals. In 2009 he was appointed to the jury of the Globe Award for Sustainability Innovation, an initiative of the Swedish based Globe Forum.

We look forward to seeing you at this exciting and relevant event.
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