News
Using Healthy Eating and Active Living Initiatives to Reduce Health Disparities: The DRA Project has just published Using Healthy Eating and Active Living Initiatives to Reduce Health Disparities.
Imaging's Surprising Success: The 2006 Caldwell Lecture by IAF President Jonathan Peck is available here as a webcast on the American Roentgen Ray Society website.
Pharma 2029: Pharma's Future Today: IAF and the Pharma 2029 Team have released Pharma 2029: Pharma's Future Today. This report provides a way to see the adaptive capacity to meet pharma’s challenge through the Evolutionary Spiral.
IAF Publishes Comprehensive Report on Biomonitoring: IAF has published The Biomonitoring Futures Project: Final Report and Recommendations. Earlier reports and more information on the BFP Project can be found here.
IAF Targets Health Disparities: IAF is targeting disparities in healthcare through two projects, the Disparity Reducing Advances Project and the Biomonitoring Futures Project. A new report on Laying the Groundwork for a Movement to Reduce Health Disparities has been released.
IAF and NAESP Launches Vision 2021: The National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) has partnered with IAF on the Vision 2021 project to examine the future of the principalship and to help the association develop a vision and strategic framework. Visit the Vision 2021 website to read new reports on the future of the principalship and education.
IAF Publishes the 2029 Report: The 2029 Project: Achieving an Ethical Future for Biomedical R&D showcases the dramatic advances that are likely to occur in R&D as well as how to achieve an ethical future in health care.
IAF Re-releases the Belmont Vision: IAF has released its landmark work on the Belmont Vision for Healthcare on its website. Click here to access the reports.
Anticipatory Democracy Revisited: IAF Founder Clement Bezold takes a new look at anticipatory democracry in a recent article entitled Anticipatory Democracy Revisited. The article is part of Democracy and Futures, a collection of essays celebrating the 100 aniversary of Finland giving women the right to vote. Finland was the first nation to do so.

 Events
DRA Project Partners Meeting: IAF will hold the sixth DRA Project Partners Meeting on Sept. 29th, 2008 in Alexandria, VA.

 Alternative Futures Newsletters
August 2008: China 2028 Scenarios, The Coming Osteoporosis Epidemic, IAF Presentations from WFS Available Online
July 2008: Nanotechnology as a Key Technology Tool for Addressing the Unholy Trinity, Looking to 2019: Economics & Values in the Reform of the U.S. Health System, IAF Speaks to the Future at WorldFuture 2008
June 2008: Future Toys, Planning for Crisis and Opportunity in the High Performance Learning Environments of the Future, IAF Tackles Organizational Learning at WorldFuture 2008, Meghan Sue McConaughey Enters IAF’s Internship Program
May 2008: IAF Explores the Future of Cancer Medicine, Mass Migration Will Drive the Future, ASME Invites Leaders to Discuss the Future of Mechanical Engineering, Spotlight on the WFS Wiser Futures Workshop, IAF Exploring the Future of Food
April 2008: Envision a Payment System With Healthcare That Works For All, IAF Futurist Marsha Rhea Creates New Venture to Lead Change, Fifth DRA Partner Meeting Looks At Scenarios for the Future, WorldFuture Conference Approaches
March 2008: The Unholy Trinity Scenario, Environmental Geopolitics in a Changing World, Downloading Education
February 2008: High Tech Energy Scenario Offers a Sustainable Future, Favorable Trends Fuel Solar Power Promise, 2019: Health care that Works for All Will Define Options for Change Agents, IAF Welcomes Stephanie Stevens to the DRA Project, IAF President Jonathan Peck Discusses Strategies for Pharma 2029
January 2008: A Formula for Leading Change, The Digital Geography of the 21st Century, Imaging Science Prepares its Legacy for Healthcare, The DRA Project Holds Disparity Foresight Briefing on Addressing Social Determinants of Health


   
 
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