Institute For The Future

Mapping The Future of Science and Technology Parks

A small team of IFTF researchers are in Johannesburg this week, at the XXVth annual world conference of the International Association of Science Parks, being held for the first time ever in Africa.

 

We conducted a pre-conference expert workshop with 14 leading science park managers and experts, asking "what are are the big trends that will shape science and technology parks over the next decade?" and "what are some emerging innovation clusters that we'll be talking about in 2018?"

 

Some of the very preliminary results of this work are shown below - as we continue to digest the rich results of this workshop, we will be using this data to frame a 9-month research agenda for a broader forecasting effort to be presented at next year's conference at Research Triangle park, North Carolina.