South African Node of the Millennium Project has its own website: http://www.sampnode.co.za/ that is continuously updated.
South African Node of the Millennium Project is being organized under CSIR
(Center for Scientific and Industrial Research), Pretoria, South Africa.
The CSIR is the premier technology and research organisation in Africa committed
to innovation, supporting sustainable development and economic growth and creating
value for clients, partners and stakeholders http://www.csir.co.za
The Node began its activities in 2004. (See the First Informal Organizing
Meeting for the South African Node of the Millennium Project: http://acunu.org/millennium/SA-Node-Meeting.ppt.)
FUTURES
CONFERENCE 2007 SOUTH AFRICA
The South Africa Node of the Millennium Project
will be hosting its first International Futures Conference in South Africa in
2007. The Conference will be held from Monday 5 to Thursday 8 November 2007
at the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business, located in the beautiful
Cape Town Waterfront in South Africa.
Conference delegates are expected to include experts, academics, researchers, policy- and decision makers, and practitioners who are interested in futures research and relating it to both the public and private domains. The conference will particularly focus on bringing in stakeholders from the African region; however invitations will include persons from the African Diaspora and beyond, including the major global futures networks, and others with whom we can share ideas, information, lessons and experiences. Download the complete Program, Conference Theme, and Call for Papers (http://www.acunu.org/millennium/Africa_conference2007.pdf)
Node Co-chairs:
Bob Day, <bday@scientia.co.za>
Tel: 082 458 9119 / 012 998 8456
Geci Karuri, Chief Research Manager, Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)
<gecik@yahoo.com> Tel: +27 (0)72
148 1132
JP Landman <jpland@iafrica.com>
Tel: 27 (0)83 250 0471
The listserve of the South African Node of the Millennium Project is: http://mail.csir.co.za/mailman/listinfo/samp-l The listerv is a platform for use by the SA Node’s network of key roleplayers and is being utilised for dialogue, communication, and implementation of various initiatives of the Node.