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Collaborative Networks and the ‘Five Regions of the Future’

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    Abstract

    ‘Five Regions of the Future’ was written in 2005 by two Futurists, Joel A. Barker and Scott W. Erickson, before the rise of social media, smartphones, and the advent of Industry 4.0. They proposed a framework for technological development based around five ‘regions’: Super Tech; Limits Tech; Local Tech; Nature Tech; and Human Tech, which they called TechnEcologies. The paper examines how collaborative networks can either complement or potentially disrupt this framework and sets out some areas that could form the basis of future collaborative research in Barker and Erickson’s TechnEcologies.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationCollaborative Networks of Cognitive Systems
    Subtitle of host publication19th IFIP WG 5.5 Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises, PRO-VE 2018, Cardiff, UK, September 17-19, 2018, Proceedings
    PublisherSpringer
    Pages43
    Number of pages10
    ISBN (Electronic)978-3-319-99127-6
    ISBN (Print)978-3-319-99126-9
    Publication statusPublished - 25 Aug 2018
    Event19th IFIP WG5.5 Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises, PRO-VE 2018 - University of Cardiff, Cardiff, United Kingdom
    Duration: 17 Sept 2018 → 19 Sept 2018

    Conference

    Conference19th IFIP WG5.5 Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises, PRO-VE 2018
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    CityCardiff
    Period17/09/18 → 19/09/18

    Research Groups and Themes

    • Engineering Education Research Group

    Keywords

    • Collaborative networks
    • Future Technologies
    • Industry 4.0

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