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The best future-researcher and trend-experts / trendscouts worldwide (with links /adresses)
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World Ranking of futurists, futurologists, futurology, future researchers, future research, future, futures
very important future-technologye-institutions & people

1. MIT, OSTEP (USa)* ....2. ESF (European Science Foundation)...3. MITI/METI worldwide: china, malaysia, japan: JST+STA+NiSTEP (ASian)***, 4. AAAS American Association for the Advancement of Science 5.ESOF (EuroScience Open Forum) ...... 6. Fraunhofer (EU/Germany)**

Best of future-researchers
0. Ossip K. Flechtheim "the great 'father' and founder of the futurology / futuristic" on earth (1909-1998)
….1. Nikolai Dimitrijewitsch Kondratieff (1892 - 1938) /….2. John Naisbitt ….3. Ian Pearson 4. Hermann Kahn.9. Kerstin Cuhls ….11. Jeremy Rifkin / Ray Kurzweil 11. James Canton 13. Karl-Heinz Steinmüller.... .31. Pero Micic/ Peter Mettler

Best of trend researcher (sse also their companies below)
1. Faith Popcorn ….2. Li Edelkoort ….3. Dee Dee Gordon 4. Sébastien De Diesbach;5. Martha Stewart….9. Peter Wippermann …. 13. Matthias Horx…14114. Andreas Neef5. 15. Andreas Steinle ... 16.
Peter Kreuz


Best of TV science reporters + broadcasts


1. Ranga Yogeshwar ("Quarks") ….2. Hendrik Hey ("Welt der Wunder") ….3. Angela Elis/ Ingolf Baur/ Stefan Schulze-Hausmann ("Nano") ….4. Robert Biegert
/ Aiman Abdallah ("Wunderwelt Wissen" /"Galileo") ….5. Anja Bergerhoff ("Neues") ….11. Joachim Bublath (Abenteuer Wissenschaft, Knoff-Hoff, ...) .12. Percy Hoven („Future trend“)

further: „Modern Times“, („Total Science“)
former times:: Heinrich Schiemann („Aus Forschung und Technik“), („Computer Club“)


future- and technology-museums
1. Futuroscope (F)....2. Radôme Telecom-Museum/ Planetarium Cosmopolis (F)/Ars Electronica/Future-Lab Linz (AU)....3. Millenium Dome London (ex) .....5. Deutsches-Museum....7. Disney Parks (US: L.A./Ca vor Florida vor Paris/F) ....8. HNF Computer-Museum Paderborn ....9. Technorama Winterthur/Cybermuseum Linz ..14. Auto & Technik Museum Sinsheim ....

aqua-, nature history- and space-museums
1.
Star Trek Enterprise (US: Las Vegas) ....2. sealife ocean-aquarium (D: Berlin, F: Brest, Saint-Malo) ...3. natural history museums (London, Berlin, Paris)

....* MIT: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

...** Fraunhofer Gesellschaft: ISI Institut for systemtechnology and innovation reseraches: „Delphi-Study“

..*** MITI / METI: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry und Japan Patent Office
......mit Japan Science and Techonology Corporation (JST)
......und Science and Technology Agency (STA)



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THE BEST FUTURE-RESEARCHER & TREND EXPERTS INTERNATIONAL


future trend stars from + (1 star: amateur, beginner, leisure, fun) to the dream nomination +++++++ (7 stars super-professionals)

(TV) - television
(Mag) - magazine
(EU) - Europe
(AS) - asia
(D) - Germany
(A) Austria)
(CH) Suisse
(UK) United Kingdom
(USa): United States of America



A
+++++++).+.AAAS American Association for the Advancement of Science (USa)
+++(+)..... ..AACC (USa)
+++++++). +ACUNU American Council for the United Nations University USa)
++++).......+APF Association of Professional Futurists (USa)
+ ...............Advanced Innovation (marketing & management trends) / Peter Kreuz: (EU / A)
+++++.........Aldous Huxley (US) utopia author
+ ...............The Arlington Institute with futurist John L. Petersen (USa)


B
+++(+).... ....BAT leisure time trend research: with Prof. Dr. Horst Opaschowski (EU / D)
++++....... ...Battelle
++++(+)+)+. BBC (TV) science & nature (EU / UK)
++...............Bley & Schwarzmann AG (EU / D)


C

++............. CAP Centrum für angewandte Politikforschung (C·A·P) (EU / D)
+++..... ... ..Center TV (TV): future trends:future tv magazin: (EU / D)
++.......
......ChangeX
+++(+)....
...Chronicle-future (EU / UK)
+++++.... ...Club of Amsterdam
+++(+).....
..Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies
+++........... CSout (EU / D)


D
++++( + )... Erich von Däniken
+++++(+)... Sébastien De Diesbach (F / EU)
+++++( + ). Denkstelle (Denkwart Stephan Meyer): (EU / D)
++++... ... ..Design Academy Eindhoven (trendscout-school): (EU / NL)

E
+++++(+)... Li Edelkoort (holländ. trend-researcher No. 1, Trendunion): (EU / F-NL)
++++++.. ...ESF (European Science Foundation) (EU)
+++++(+.)...ESOF (EuroScience Open Forum) (EU)
++....
...... . ETH CRN Comprehensive Risk Analysis and Management Network (Ch)
++....
...... . European Futurists (EU / CH)
+++++........EXPO Aichi 2005 (Jp)

F
+++++ ........Ossip K. Flechtheim (the founder and 'father' of the futurology): 1 2 3
+................Foresight Nanotech Institute
+ +.............Forward2business (future congress): (EU / D)
+................Foreward Studies of Dr. Arturs Puga
++++++(+)...Fraunhofer Gesellschaft INT & ISI (european) / Kerstin Cuhls (Delphi Studien Expertin) : (EU / D)
+++..... .......Francis Fukuyamu (Jap./US) author
+++++ ........Futur ministry of education and research) Bonn/Berlin: (EU / D)
+................Future Foundation
+++(+)........Future Group / Zukunftsgruppe (EU / D)
..................Future Institute international (USa / EUrope / ASian)
+++............Future Guru (James Canton, USa)
+................Futuribles International (EU / F)
+................Futurelab7 (TV): (EU / D)
+ ...............Futuremanagementgroup AG (ex Micic & Partner ) Pero Micic, Peter Mettler: (EU / D)
+................Future Now (inventor club): (EU / D)
+ ...............FuturesMag (market trendsinfutures: (US)
+................Future Office Dynamics (EU / D)
+................Futurecheck with Marcel Bullinga (EU / NL)
+................FutureStudies (EU / UK)
+++++ ........Futurist ( Mag): (USa)


G
+++ ........ .. Galileo (TV): popular science (EU / D)
+++.............GDI Gottlieb Duttweiler Institut (EU / CH)
+................Gesellschaft für Zukunftsmodelle (EU / D)
+++++ ........Giga (TV): trendy interaktives parallel running Web+TV offer: (EU / D)

+++++ ...... .the Global Future Forum (EU / UK)
+................GFN Globalforesight (USa)
+++++(+)
....
Dee Dee Gordon (trendscout expert power woman No. 1, L-Report): (US)

H
+++.............Thilo Hartung (trendscout): (EU / D)
+++(+).........Matthias Horx (trend researcher): (EU / A)
+............................ Dr. Rolf Homann

I

+++............IFTF Institute for the Future (USa
)
+++ ...........Institutfutur - free university of Berlin, Prof. Dr. Gerhard de Haan (EU / D)
+++............Innovations-Report - databank network (EU / D)
++..............Institute for Alternative Futures (USa)
+++............Isunet uni strassbourg (F)
++..............ITAS Institut für Technikfolgenabschätzung und Systemanalyse (EU / D)
++++(+)......IZT Institut für Zukunftsstudien und Technologiebewertung, Prof. Dr. Rolf Kreibich (EU / D)

J
+++............Jjovokutatas future links
+++++........Bertrand de Jouvenel (EU / F)
++++....... . Robert Jungk (ex)
++++(+)..... Robert-Jungk-Bibliothek fuer Zukunftsfragen (JBZ): (EU / A)

K
++........... . Hermann Kahn (ex)
+++++.........Nikolai Dimitrijewitsch Kondratieff (1892 - 1938): wave-theories: 1 2 3 4
+++.............and his best 'student': Leo A. Nefiodow GMD Fraunhofer Gesellschaft): 1 2 3


L
++++ .........Leadingfuturists (assoziation)
++++ .........Living Tomorrow projects 1 2 3 Vilvoorde/Amsterdam: (EU / NL)


M .................
++++(+)........Maxeiner& Miersch: ecology prophets - misunderstandings in ecology (Öko-Irrtümer) (EU / D)
+.............. ..Méta Futurs (EU / F)
+.................Meyer-Hentschel Management Consulting - age explorer (EU / D)
+++++++......MIT: Massachusetts Institute of Technology: (USa)
+.................MITT (CH)
+++++++..... MITI: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry und Japan Patent Office: china, malaysia, japan: JST+STA+NiSTEP(J)
+++ .............Morgenwelt

+ .................Mindsets

+++ .............MIZ Münchener Institute for future research: (EU / D)
++++........... Modern Times (TV): popular science: (EU / A)


N
++++++.......John Naisbitt Megatrends (futurist & future researcher No. 1, 2.Generation)(US)
+++++ ........Nano, hiTec, Neues (TV): popular science (EU / D)

++ .............Netzwerk-Zukunft (EU / D)
+ ...............Neue Lernkultur
(EU / D)

O
+++++ .......OECD - Future Studies

P
+++++........ Faith Popcorn ( Trend-author expert woman): (USa)
++............. Prodiction (D)
++++++ ......PromoStyl trend agency (EU / F)

++++..........Prospective-foresight (EU / F)


Q

R
+++++........ Rand Corporation (USa)
++..............Redherring (mag)
(US / Ca)
+++++.........Gene Roddenberry (US) SF author, stra trek, entrprise, atlantis, stargate,...
+++............Roman Retzbach (futurist & future researcher): (EU /D)
+++......... ......George T. Roos Büro für kulturelle Innovation Trend-Analysen und Zukunftsgestaltung & European-Futurists: (CH)

 

S
+ ...... .......Jan OliverSchwarz (EU / D)
+ ..............ScMI szenario-management (EU / D)
+ ..............Scout4you trend models (EU / D)
++++++......Martha Stewart ("Mrs. Country Home Style"): (US)
+++ ..........SFZ Sekretariat für Zukunftsforschung (secretary for futures research) (EU / D)
+++(+).......SGZZ St. Galler centrum for futures research (CH)
+++.... ......Shapingtomorrow (Mag)
+...............Sommer-Research (EU / D)
++.............South Africa panel-reports department of science & technology (AU / Sa)
+ ..............Steinbeis technology transfer center
+ ..............Strategic Futures International (US / a)
+++ .............Swissfuture - Schweizerische Vereinigung für Zukunftsforschung (CH): also www.sagw.ch; www.swisspolicy.net


T
+ .............TFactory spezialist for youth szenes (EU / D, A)
+..............TNTY Futures (USa)
++++.........Alvin Tofler (futurist & future researcher): (USa)
++............trenData
++++........Trend-Academy (EU)
+++++......Trendbüro (EU / D)
+ .............Trend-event
++............Trendguide
+ .............Trendimpulse
++++........Trend-Institute (USa)
+ .............Trend-lounge
++............Trendresearch
+ .............Trend-scouts
+++(+).... .Trendsscan ears and eyes (EU / D)
++............trends2market: Cornelia Truckenbrodt (USa)
+++(+).... .Trendunion of Li Edelkoort (EU / F)
++++ .......Trendwatching (agency and trend magazin) =springwise: (EU / NL)





U
++...........Utopian.de project network


V
++...........VDI -Technologiezentrum, Abteilung zukünftige Technologien (EU / D)
+++++......Jules Verne (EU/F) SF author
++(+)...... Vision2010 - report for Nigeria (AU / Ni)


W

+++++ .....Welt der Wunder (TV): popular science:(EU / D)
+++++......H.G. Wells (US) SF author: time-machine,...
++++++....WFS Wold Future Society: the leading world future organisation No. 1 (USa)
+++++......WFSF Wold Future Studies Federation (USa) with Budapest Futures
+++++ .. .Worldfuturecouncil Weltzukunftsrat
+++++ ....Wikipedia
++...........World-3000 (trend magazine) : (EU / D)
+++.........Wunderwelt Wissen (TV): popular science (EU / D)
++...........Wuppertal Institute für Klima, Umwelt, Energie (EU / D)


X


Y

Z
+++........ ZDF science
+++++
.....ZeitGeist (EU / D)

+* . . ......zpluspartners........
+++(+).....Zukunftsgruppe / Future Group
(EU / D)
+++(+).....Zukunft-Institut Berlin/London/New York: (EU / D) .
+++(+).....Zukunftsinstitut Wien/Frankfurt (Matthias Horx, SilverAger): (EU / A)

+++... ......Zukunftswerkstätten (div.): 1 , 2 , 3, 4, 5 (EU)
+* . . ......Zukunft-gzs (EU / D)
++++ ..... Z_punkt the foresight company buero fuer zukunftsgestaltung
1 (EU / D)
++...........ZZB Zukunfts-Zentrum (EU / D)

 



further adress-pools & future links also as futurist networks
AMS
Ciwi Im boot
Club of Amsterdam
Futur
OECD
the Global Future Forum
Innovations-Report
Tech-Network
Trendletter

Zukunftsletter


archiv
Bayern3 (Radio): Zukunftsforum Vision2040: : (EU / D)

BAT
Global Ideas Bank
Social Fiction (EU / D)
Starnberger Zukunftswerkstatt (EU / D)
Visionen.ch
Dr. Frithjof Zerger - research & consulting
Zoon (trendmachine to vote for new trends in "autostadt" (autoSphere) VW Wolfsburg
Zukunftsnet see: Bley & Schwarzmann AG (EU / D)
Zukunftswerkstatt Linguistik
Zukunftswerkstätten (div.): www.zw2005.de, www.zukunfts-werkstaetten.de, www.zukunftswerkstaetten-verein.de (EU)