This webinar discusses Forum for the Future's Horizons framework for sustainability. It introduces Forum and the Technology Strategy Board (TSB), describes how Horizons was created using 40 frameworks to define qualities of a sustainable economy, and outlines how Horizons is being used by TSB and others to shape strategies and programs. Examples of using Horizons for synthetic biology and energy are provided. Participants are asked how sustainability issues could be turned into opportunities and how their organization could use Horizons.

1. Horizons Webinar

2. Today’s talk
1. Some background to Forum and TSB
2. How did it all start and the journey to here?
3. What is Horizons?
4. How Horizons is being used?
5. How can you use Horizons?

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4. Who are we?
Nicky Conway
Principal Advisor
Forum for the Future
Mike Pitts
Lead Specialist – Sustainability
TSB

5. Forum for the Future is a
sustainability non-profit
that works globally with
business, government
and others to solve tricky
challenges.
who are we?

7. Technology Strategy Board
The UK’s innovation agency
How can we help UK business bring new ideas and technologies
faster to market?
Our Vision:
for the UK to be a global leader in innovation and a magnet
for innovative businesses which can apply technology
rapidly, effectively and sustainably to create wealth and
enhance quality if life

8. 4000 companies
Networks have 50,000 members
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Technology Strategy Board
Over 60 competitions, committing £250m
More than 2000 years of business experience

9. Some questions for you
1. What are the critical sustainability issues facing your
organisation?
2. How could you turn these into opportunities?
3. How could you use Horizons to help your organisation?
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10. http://horizons.innovateuk.org/
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11. Life expectancy in developing countries
has risen from 46 to 64 years since the 1960s.
Infant mortality rates have halved too.
Ageing population
Not just in the developed world:
by 2050 nearly 1 in 5 people in
developing countries will be over 60
1. Demographic change
Urbanization
By 2050 2 out of 3 people will live in
cities

12. “By 2050, humanity will demand TWICE as
many resources as the planet can supply.
Meeting future demand for steel, water,
agricultural products and energy would
require roughly $3 trillion average
capital investment/year.”
(McKinsey, Resource Revolution)
Competition for land, water and resources
source of conflict

13. Every 24 hours we lose 150-200
species forever. This is 1000 times
the natural rate of extinction and
could lead to economic collapse.
Source: UN 2010

14. The average age of a
UK farmer is 59...
...The proportion of
farmers under 35
halved between 1990
and 2005
Photo: cstar55/istock

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How do you identify what is
sustainable and what isn’t?
How do you put this into
practice?
What does a
Sustainable Economy
look like?

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17. 1712

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Create
‘meta-
framework’
Populate with
sustainable
economy
‘frameworks’
Determine
where
frameworks
agree and
disagree
Determine
qualities of,
and
constraints on,
sustainable
economy
Create
vision of a
sustainable
economy
Key trends
and factors
40frameworks
Used
Rockstram
Planetary
Boundaries
as starting
point
Peer
review
Pilot
framework
in TSB and
Aviva
Supported
with on-
going
research
Embedding
within TSB
Going
digital
Horizons

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Shape the strategies of core
TSB programmes and the
Catapults

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Affordable energy for all…..stable energy prices
Empathy between distributed
energy and large centralised
power plants
Land and marine deployment of energy generation
and supply technologies must enable
preservation of the marine and terrestrial
environment
Alternative energy technologies are
valued by society and drive policy

22. Non- renewables
How does this present a
risk to the digital
economy?
Loss of rare materials put up prices for device manufacturers
Supply interruptions
Geo-political risks -> wars!
How does this present an
opportunity to the digital
economy?
Change from selling products to services – lease not buy
Sell fewer products for same value
Increase lifespan of a device and reduce degree of waste in use
Compete on service not product
Open platforms could encourage more diversity
- reduce number of devices
- BYOD
- Firefox phone
How is this driving
changes to the digital
economy? What are they?
Make more money and sell less stuff
Increasing more efficient use of resources, cards, bedrooms, driveways
Rent a drill
(but not big in fact -> its SME’s into one category)
How is the work of the
Catapult and TSB
uniquely placed to
contribute towards these
opportunities and risks?
Business models encouraging efficient use of (scarce, non-renewable) resources and materials
- Lease models
- Everything as a service
- Open platforms -> less duplication of devices
Does this apply to all resources?

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24. TSB Synthetic Biology
programme
SB
strategy
SB
programme
Competition
Evaluation
applications
What does
sustainable
Synthetic Biology
look like?
Responsible
innovation
regulatory
framework
TSB criteria
Market size, timeliness,
why TSB (added value),
UK capability

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26. Some questions for you
1. What are the critical sustainability issues facing your
organisation?
2. How could you turn these into opportunities?
3. How could you use Horizons to help your organisation?
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27. • 1 May: (Delhi): India Partner Roundtable
• 7 May: (New York) Breakfast with Bob Willard
• 11 June (London): Making the business case for step-
change
• 15-23 June (Bristol): Big Green Week – a festival of eco, art
and entertainment
• 18 September (London): System Innovation: your map and
compass to a new mainstream
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28. Nicky Conway n.conway@forumforthefuture.org
Mike Pitts mike.pitts@tsb.gov.uk @pittso
@TSBHorizons
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