We will use our Health and Health Care 2020: Signals & Forecast Map as a guide to focus on the role that science and technology will play in shaping the future of wellbeing.
We face a crushing disease and demographic burden. The global population of people age 65 or older has hit an all-time high, and as we age, more of us are suffering from chronic illness and obesity. Health challenges are not, however, confined to the aging: childhood obesity has hit record levels around the world.
Yet despite these circumstances, we are striving to find new ways to improve our individual and collective wellbeing, and developing new conceptions of what it means to live strong and resilient lives.
By improving health, reducing fragility, and perceiving critical risks ahead of time, we cushion against the catastrophe of illness. In order to build resilience and move toward wellbeing we must create the conditions in our lives for health. This year’s research seeks to define these fundamental conditions and outline a new palette of interventions to build capacity for wellbeing at different scales.
Our 2010 Deliverables:
Ten-Year Forecast Map: Science, Technology and Future of Wellbeing:
A ten-year forecast map of the intersection of science and technology and the challenge of transforming bodies and lifestyles.
Forecast Report: Resilient Bodies and Lifestyles, Principles for Change
A companion report to the map that highlights how our forecasts can be used to identify innovation opportunities.
Design Tool: Creating Resilient Strategies
A design tool that can be used to develop strategic, resilient responses to intersections of science and technology and to transforming bodies and lifestyles.
Member Conference
June 17–18, 2010, at the Cavallo Point Conference Center, Sausalito, California.
- Annotated PowerPoint slides and material from conference presentations
Regional Client Meetings
A series of workshops designed to provide members with a deeper understanding of specific topics related to our forecasts.
- Annotated graphic recording of the meetings
- Annotated PowerPoint slides and material from presentations
For more information on our research agenda for this year, please download our program brochure (PDF in above link)
Please contact Dawn Alva at dalva@iftf.org or 650-233-9585 for more information and membership in the Health Horizons Program.
