Forecasting the Future (of.....)

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Forecasting the Future (of.....)

• Your Name Here
• Note This is a basic framework for a
  presentation. You may add as many slides as you
  need.

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Why My Topic is Important

• This topic is important in its own right because
• This topic has many important implications for
  other things

3
What Exactly am I Forecasting?

• How my topic is defined
• The limits between my topic and other topics
• What is the time period for my forecast, when do
  I expect it to come true
• How I will know if my forecast is correct, what
  are the measures or indicators

4
Trend Analysis

• What have the past trends been?
• What is the likelihood of these trends projecting
  into the future?
• Will future trends be linear, or do I expect
  turning points?
• Links to evidence and examples

5
Technological Developments

• Key Technological Developments in this field have
  been..
• Experts in the field expect the following
  developments in the forseeable future
• Links to evidence and examples

6
Preferences and Values

• Different views about what we would like to
  happen
• My own opinion
• Links to examples

7
A Scenario

• What might the world look like in ten or twenty
  years?
• What role will my topic be playing at that time
• Are there alternative plausible scenarios?

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A Forecast

• What I think is most likely
• How certain or uncertain I am

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Goals

• What I would like to have happen
• Why

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Next Steps

• What could we do now to make the future better?
• How certain are we that these steps would work?