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Changing Foresight Practices in Regional Development: Regions' Role in Tomorrow's Economy

Explore the growing importance of regions in tomorrow's economy and discover the common characteristics that lead to their success. This conference explores the changing dynamics of regional development in the face of global pressures and local possibilities.

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Changing Foresight Practices in Regional Development: Regions' Role in Tomorrow's Economy

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  1. 8th Annual International Conference:Changing Foresight Practices in Regional Development – Global Pressures and Regional PossibilitiesREGIONS’ ROLE IN TOMORROW’S ECONOMYJune 7-9, Turku, Finland Professor Markku Wilenius

  2. My points: In tomorrow’s economy • The role of regions and localities will increase substantially • The success factors for regions will vary widely but they will have some common characteristics • Everything depends on culture Changing Foresight Practices in Regional Development

  3. Technology… Talent… Tolerance… A good introduction to the theme by Florida… Changing Foresight Practices in Regional Development

  4. Differentiation strategy >Knowledge >Organising principles >Energy Innovative actors Resilient structures But we need to recognise other factors as well… Leading the regional development Global environment Foresight Enterprises Regional actors Changing Foresight Practices in Regional Development

  5. Issues that used to be a problem… The opposition of tradition and modernity Inward and outward looking conceptions of regional identity The clash between economic development and social cohesion …But have now become compatible and mutually sustaining… Changing Foresight Practices in Regional Development

  6. Shared but open and flexible territorial identity Shared vision of development based on facts and myths Appreciation and renewal of local cultures Conditions for success Changing Foresight Practices in Regional Development

  7. The Challenge: Regions understood as imagined communities… Edita Changing Foresight Practices in Regional Development

  8. This might be reality for many regions today… Employee attitudes according to a recent extensive study made in the USA, when compared to a football team with 11 players: • 4 players out of 11 know which of the goals is theirs… • 2 players out of 11 care about this… • Likewise 2 players out of 11 know which position they play in the team and how they ought to play it… • Furthermore, 2 players out of 11 rather play against their own team than in favour of it… Changing Foresight Practices in Regional Development

  9. Conclusions: • In the future, regions compete, not nation-states • The new phase of globalisation is changing the rules for regions • Those regions are successful that are able to form new coalitions… Changing Foresight Practices in Regional Development

  10. WELCOME TO THE CONFERENCE! Changing Foresight Practices in Regional Development

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