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When?

19 November 2025, 11:00–13:00 (CET) / 12:00–14:00 (EET)

Why join?

This online workshop is designed to equip you with foresight methods that help anticipate trends, design adaptive policies and build a resilient research and innovation system.

Join us to explore how strategic foresight can empower smarter and more resilient policy decisions.

What can you expect?

In this LUKE Knowledge Hub online workshop, you will:

• Discover the fundamentals of strategic foresight and its practical applications.
• Learn about approaches and methods to navigate uncertainty and shape the future of R&I.
• Engage with experts and peers to exchange insights and best practices.

The workshop will be moderated by Henriette Kirch, who is a member of the LUKE project team and a Senior Scientific Officer at the German Aerospace Center (DLR-PT). Henriette brings extensive experience in foresight training and facilitation, helping organisations navigate complexity and design future-ready strategies. She gives trainings and presentations in foresight methods at institutions such as the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the Federal Academy for Security Policy (BAKS).

Who can participate?

This workshop is open to professionals in public sector institutions, including:

• Ministries and government agencies
• Universities and research-performing organisations
• Policy-makers and practitioners in research and innovation

We especially welcome participants from:

• EU widening countries: Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia.
• EU enlargement context: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo*, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Ukraine and Türkiye.

Please register by 17^th November 2025, at the latest, here.

The number of places is limited.

Agenda is available here.

For questions, please contact: Henriette.Kirch@dlr.de

* This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence.

Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Research Executive Agency (REA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.