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CI'NUM 2007 - THE DIGITAL CIVILIZATIONS FORUM
COLLABORATIVE SCENARIO THINKING SPACE - HORIZON: 2030

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About Ci'Num Ci'Num is a global, multicultural, 3-year foresight process which intends to shed a new light on the future of our digital civilizations, taking into account geopolitical, cultural and economic differences. Our focus is : on the specific contribution of, and challenges related to, the emergence of ubiquitous and "intimate" technologies stemming from the convergence between nanotech, biotech, IT and cognitive science; on the social appropriation and production of technology; and on the ways, tools and methods through which we become empowered to shape our personal and collective futures - i.e., not on figuring out the most likely futures, but in recognizing uncertainties and looking for ways to maximize choices and opportunities in any given future. 2007: The final leg of a 3-year process Ci'Num 2005 was about stock-taking on scientific and technical advances, globalization and its challenges, diversity and social evolution. Ci'Num 2006 centered around storybuilding: What are the possible futures of digital civilizations? What do these futures hinge upon? What new questions emerge from this story-telling? Ci'Num 2007 is about making choices and decisions: How can we imagine and be empowered to build our own paths towards the future , despite all the constraints, the uncertainties, all that could legitimately worry us into inaction - or submission? Past editions October 6-7, 2005 : Conquests and Conflicts October 6-7, 2006 : Visions of the Future Ci'Num is organised by Aquitaine Europe Communication (AEC) in association with FING(France's "Next-Generation Internet Foundation") and the Digital Thinking Network.

TAKE PART IN BUILDING CINUM'S 2030 SCENARIOS Contribute to defining and describing the "Driving Forces" that will determine much of 2030 Read, edit, contribute to the 4 scenarios