Adriano Galvao and Claudio Chauke will speak at The World Future Society’s 2010 Conference

June 10, 2010 - PRLog -- Chicago, IL -  Adriano Galvao, VP at Sylver Consulting and adviser at the Center for Strategic Studies and Management (CGEE), Brazil, and Claudio Chauke, senior adviser at CGEE, will speak at The World Future Society’s 2010 Conference, in Boston, MA, on July 9. 


Adriano and Claudio will present a scenario-based approach developed to identify technological opportunities in the future and guide decision making. The approach was tested with a group of 25 experts from the automotive sector who generated a set of scenarios 15 and 25 years out. Through a series of workshops and online surveys, the scenarios were developed and became guidelines to define technological opportunities and craft a strategic roadmap for auto part companies in Brazil. The talk will emphasize the challenges and results obtained while developing and applying the scenario-based approach.

Adriano adds, “in our presentation, we plan to show the work we did in the automotive sector of Brazil as it relates to the methodology of creating scenarios that are mindful of budgetary and time constraints. The annual WFS conference is an amazing event that usually attracts upwards of 1,000 attendees. During the 3-day conference, there are 5-10 presentations running simultaneously on a wide range of topics, from business and careers, to technology, values and spirituality.”

About the conference

The World Future Society’s upcoming conference, “World Future 2010: Sustainable Futures, Strategies, and Technologies,” will be held July 8–10, 2010, at the Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts. The meeting will offer a wealth of sessions on the future of technology, health, governance, values, education, society, business, environment, and more. Conference discussions, workshops, and informal conversations will enable participants to exchange ideas, increase knowledge about the future, and share insights.

To know more about Wold Future 2010 please visit: http://www.wfs.org/2010main.htm

About World Future Society

The World Future Society (www.wfs.org) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan scientific and educational association of people interested in how social and technological developments are shaping the future. The Society was founded in 1966 and is chartered as a nonprofit educational and scientific organization in Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

About Adriano Galvao

Adriano Galvao has helped several companies, like Motorola, Dentsu-Japan, BestBuy, Marriott International, Bosch Power Tools, Frito Lay and Brazil Telecom in their global effort to develop new products, prospect new business opportunities and charting their future. As vice president of Sylver Consulting, Adriano plans, coordinates and executes consumer research projects. He earned his PhD degree in Design Research from the Illinois Institute of Technology and received several awards for his contribution to the Design & Innovation process.

To know more about Adriano's work at Sylver Consulting, please visit http://www.sylverconsulting.com

About Cláudio Chauke Nehme

Cláudio Chauke Nehme is an expert on Strategic Intelligence and Knowledge Management. With more than 20 years of experience in the areas of Decision Support Systems, Pattern Recognition, Signal Processing, and Information Technology, he has worked for the Brazilian Navy Research Institute (IPqM), the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA), and Catholic University of Brasília (UCB). At CGEE,  he is in charge of developing foresight methodologies and is also the adviser of CGEE's Executive Director. He has a PhD in Computer Science and System Engineering from Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.

To know more about CGEE please visit : http://www.cgee.org.br/sobre/cgee_english.php