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Social events CAN be predicted
Social events don’t just “happen”; there is a structure and pattern to the unfolding of collective human social phenomena. As a mathematician, Professor John L. CastiJohn L. Casti  believes these patterns can be identified, understood, and used to give insight into what might happen next. The best sociometer to measure social moods which turn into social events are financial market averages. John L. Casti is keynote speaker at the 2nd European Futurists Conference Lucerne.
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India, Malaysia and China will be the growth stars in GDP by 2020
According to a unique foresight tool of Deutsche Bank Research, by 2020 the four Stefan Bergheim Senior Researcher Deutsche Banklargest economies will be the USA, China, India and Japan when using purchasing power parity exchanges rates to convert GDP data into a common currency. The growth stars will be in Asia: India, Malaysia and China are all set to see GDP growth of more than 5% per annum until 2020. Head of this study was Dr. Stefan Bergheim, who is keynote speaker at the 2nd European Futurists Conference Lucerne.
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Social and economical impact of Web 2.0 will be enormous
Web 2.0 is developing such economical and social impact that nobody can afford  to ignore this ‘movement’ – regardless  of the all the hype. It is enabling new Walter Hehl IBM Research Laboratorybusiness models, in particular for small or even very small enterprises, predicts Dr. Walter Hehl and IBM’s Global Outlook 2006. Another trend: Event-driven systems will detect patterns in order to take the appropriate actions. Walter Hehl is keynote speaker at the 2nd European Futurists Conference Lucerne.
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