Frost & Sullivan’s Industry Think Tanks are a forum for senior decision makers involved in strategy and technology planning, managing innovation and steering the strategic direction for their organisation.
In a Think Tank the commercial implications and opportunities offered by global social, economic and technological trends are reviewed. Their impact on a business sector or a trend are discussed and used as the basis for scenario planning.
As a result, participants will be better able to identify new opportunities and risks, and improve the accuracy of their forward planning.
A Think Tank consists of three elements:
• Pre-reading and a diagnostic - Background reading on the topic. A survey which allows the participants to input their priorities to address in the workshop session
• A One day workshop - Participants receive presentations on selected Mega Trends and Frost & Sullivan’s point of view on future trends related to the topic being discussed. These form the basis of facilitated interactive discussions in which the participants identify potential future scenarios and the potential impact on their own sectors and organisations.
• Ongoing access to Frost & Sullivan’s Growth Innovation & Leadership (GIL) Community - Participants can stay involved through interactive media such as blogs, communities of practice and outputs from each event feed into our annual GIL Congresses
Think Tanks usually address issues outside a normal industry or sector focus and draw participants from a wide spectrum of interested parties.
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Converging towards Smart Cities - 25th November 2010 - London
Technological developments are changing the future outlook for the way energy is being managed and the world’s cities are getting bigger and smarter. Meanwhile, the convergence of technology is leading to new business models, the convergence of competition and the re-defining of value chains. Examining the convergence of smart grid, building technology, IT enabling technologies, electric vehicle infrastructure and renewable energy integration
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Converging towards the Smart Building - 24th November 2010 - London
Convergence is a subject that divides opinion across a wide range of industries such as security, IT, lighting, energy and building technology with uncertainty over how quickly the market will develop and why?
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The Future of Mobile Connectivity - 23rd November 2010 - London
Mobile devices are becoming much more than a communication tool, creating new opportunities that impact on every element of consumers’ daily lives. As a result, demand for mobile connectivity is growing at an exponential rate. The industry is at the beginning of a new cycle where data services are the key unit of exchange between people, devices and objects.
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The Future of Power & Energy - 17th November 2010 - London
The management of energy is undoubtedly one of the most critical challenges of the 21st century, with key decisions needing to be made in the immediate future about the direction the Power & Energy Sector needs to take.
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Converging towards Integrated Healthcare - 10th November 2010 - London
The trend towards convergence in Healthcare is already here. The lines are blurring between Medical Devices, Healthcare Technologies and Life Sciences; enabling personalisation, targeted medicines, new drug delivery mechanisms, and virtual patient monitoring tools, while also allowing a preventative approach to healthcare.
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