FinnSight2015

FinnSight 2015 – Science and technology in Finland in the 2010s, was a joint foresight project by the Academy of Finland and Tekes, the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation carried out in 2005–2006.

FinnSight 2015 was concerned to explore factors of change as they affected Finnish business and industry and society at large, and to identify emerging challenges for innovation and research. Furthermore, it analysed focus areas of competence in science, technology, business and industry and society at large that needed to be strengthened with a view to enhancing well-being in society and boosting the competitiveness of Finnish business and industry.

Most of the work in the foresight project was done by ten panels involving a total of 120 experts. The summary and panel reports were published in June 2006. The Academy makes use of the results of foresight primarily in strengthening and focusing basic research, for Tekes its main use is in strategic and policy decision-making.

Summary: FinnSight 2015 – The Outlook for Science, Technology and Society (pdf)

Foresight 2015 press release, 13 June 2006