Conference, September 8-10, 1999 Schloß Höchst, Frankfurt a.M., Germany Mission | Program | Summary Participants | Paper | Webcam Documentation

				Mission The Aventis Triangle Forum is a high-level meeting of decision makers, scientists and artists from North America, Asia and Europe to address questions of global change. It is part of the project How We Want to Live Tomorrow which was jointly set up by the Aventis Foundation and the Center for Applied Policy Research. In 1999, through three structured discussions, the Aventis Triangle Forum addressed our ability to build a common, sustainable future. The results of five Input Task Forces and a discussion paper served as an analytical framework and a starting point for the participants. As a follow-up, we expect to make known priorities and specific measures for governmental and other leaders to take to reach our goals. Program: In the first discussion, we addressed the challenges to governance posed by global changes at the end of the twentieth century. In the second, we set our sights on how the digital and biotech revolutions are likely to change developed societies. In the third panel, we discussed concrete measures that leaders can take to help reach a more desirable future. We put a number of questions to the participants to give the debate additional structure: Common Currents of Power? The Future of Societies and Governance in the US, Europe and Asia What are the critical challenges facing governance in advanced industrialized societies? What are the key rules of the game in future societies, and which actors shape them? Who are the likely winners and losers, and why? Shaping Future Societies: Globalization, Digitalization and Biotechnologization What parts of life will be changed most by the new technologies? What social problems or conflicts will advancing technologies provoke? What can a technologically transformed society offer as solutions? How does globalization affect these technological dimensions? Responsibilities for the Future What concrete measures do we need to take now in order to reach the future that we desire? How can we organize social and generational contracts in a transformed society? From these questions, and from the dialogue that followed, the Aventis Triangle Forum helped point the way to a sustainable future. Read the executive summary of the event and an article in the FAZ on the event.
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