1. ‘UK Foresight – A Living Programme’ Jon Parke Foresight Future Flooding Project USA: Expert Workshop 15 to 19 September 2008, Washington D.C.

2. “Strengthen strategic policy making by embedding a futures approach across government.” By: Understanding what futures might be possible Challenging presumptions Building a more robust approach to the future UK Foresight Programme - Aim -

3. Foresight Projects Brain Science, Addiction and Drugs Cognitive Systems Flood and Coastal Defence Cyber Trust and Crime Prevention Exploiting the Electromagnetic Spectrum Detection and Identification of Infectious Diseases Intelligent Infrastructure Systems Tackling Obesities: Future Choices Sustainable Energy and the Built Environment Mental Capital and Mental Wellbeing

4. Horizon Scanning Major Projects Foresight Programme stakeholders Research Base Government Civil Society

5. Project contributors GCSA & Sponsor Minister Science Advisers GO- Science team Ministerial Stakeholder Group Government Departments Expert Advisers UK and International Experts Civil Society

6. Project structure Scoping Evidence gathering - evaluating risk and response options Review of science and engineering Futures techniques Qualitative methods Quantitative methods Analysis and Implica- tions for policy Action 18 months to 2 years £0.5 to 1 million

7. Impact - UK Influencing government policy eg: Addressing multi-departmental targets – Obesities Informing the UK Strategy for Information Assurance – Cyber Trust and Crime Prevention Influencing government spending decisions eg: Environment – flood defence budgets Investment in technology development Treasury – setting departments’ budgets Influencing research agendas eg: Government:Research Council:Business initiative - £12 million to fund R&D in intelligent transport systems Research Council programmes – Infectious Diseases and Cognitive Systems

8. Impact - International North America Canadian Animal Health Strategy US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention China Taihu Basin flooding project Infectious Diseases - drivers Africa AU and Southern African Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance EU Nutrition Platform European Centre for Disease Control

9. Foresight Future Flooding Project USA: Expert Workshop 15 to 19 September 2008, Washington D.C.