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The Woodrow Wilson Center has established the Foresight and Governance Project to facilitate better foresight and long-term thinking in the public sector.
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News
White House Science Office Needs Critical Upgrade
The next president will need a superb Assistant for Science and Technology and a strengthened science advice capability to address the nation's challenges, according to a new report released by the Wilson Center.
Can You Balance the Federal Budget?
While the candidates and pundits debate, go online and take control of the federal budget. American Public Media and the Wilson Center’s Serious Games Initiative recently launched a new game, Budget Hero, to let people explore the impacts of some of the the most important policy issues facing our country.
Virtual Solutions to Real-World Problems
The Foresight and Governance Project has been exploring how virtual worlds can be used to solve real world environmental problems. Take a tour of the ecological “hot spots” in Second Life, an online 3D virtual world.
Washington Goes to Sand Hill Road
January 2008 - F&G; releases a new research brief looking into federal efforts at venture capital.
IBM Introduces Video Game to Help University Students Develop Business Skills
November 2007 - In this IBM release, F&G; director, David Rejeski, comments on the rise in games, like IBM's new business skills game, as educational tools.
F&G; Releases Sensor White Paper
February 2007 - White paper evaluates distributed sensing systems for water quality assessment and management.
The Wisdom of Gamers
January 2007 - How many players does it take to balance the budget? David Rejeski wants you to put on your game face.
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Book Launch: Intervention
Tuesday, March 06 2007, 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Are we are driving the products of biotechnology into the market so quickly that we’ve become blind to their real risks? Yes, according to a timely new book by New York Times columnist Denise Caruso entitled, Intervention: Confronting the Real Risks of Genetic Engineering and Life on a Biotech Planet. Joel Garreau, staff writer at The Washington Post interviewed the author about the book at the event at the Wilson Center on March 6, 2007.
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High-Tech Tools for Water Resources
Friday, February 23 2007, 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
One of the most promising areas to apply new sensing technology is in water resources. On February 23, 2007, the Foresight & Governance Project released a new report, Distributed Sensing Systems for Water Quality Assessment and Management, with three of the authors:
Deborah Estrin, Director, Center for Embedded Networked Sensing (CENS) and Professor of Computer Science, UCLA; Thomas C. Harmon, Professor of Environmental Engineering, UC Merced; Jeffrey Goldman, Director of Program Development, CENS, UCLA; and moderator Robert Olson, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Alternative Futures.
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Media Files (Audio & Video)
Under the Hood of the Internet Economy
Just how open, or closed, is the Internet? Is it an engine of democracy and economic growth, as some maintain, or a more coercive and intrusive media increasingly controlled by corporate interests? This series of interviews takes a close look at the Internet, its promises, and perils.
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David Rejeski,
Director
Patrick Polischuk,
Research Associate
Todd Kuiken,
Research Associate
Alex Parlini,
Project Assistant
Natalie Chin,
Project Assistant
Danielle Altman,
Project Assistant
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Foresight and Governance Project
Woodrow Wilson Center
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004-3027
Email: foresight@wilsoncenter.org
Tel: 202/691-4276
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