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	Technology Foresight	Technology Delphi
Field	Science Technology Studies	Science Technology Studies
Family	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Year of origin	1995	1975
Originator	Ben R. Martin, Irene Miles, and the UK/Japanese foresight programmes	Helmer & Dalkey (RAND); national applications by NISTEP (Japan) and Cuhls (Germany)
Type	Participatory future-oriented strategic process	Iterative structured expert-survey process
Seminal source	Martin, B. R. (1995). Foresight in science and technology. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 7(2), 139-168.	Linstone, H. A., & Turoff, M. (Eds.). (1975). The Delphi Method: Techniques and Applications. Addison-Wesley. ISBN: 9780201042948
Aliases	Foresight studies, Strategic technology forecasting, Future-oriented technology analysis	Technology Delphi survey, Foresight Delphi, National Delphi forecast
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Summary	Technology foresight is a systematic, participatory process of looking into the longer-term future of science, technology, the economy, and society in order to identify the areas of strategic research and the emerging generic technologies likely to yield the greatest economic and social benefits. Rather than predicting a single future, it brings experts and stakeholders together to explore plausible futures, build shared visions, and translate them into present-day priorities and action.	The technology Delphi is a large-scale, multi-round expert survey used to forecast the timing, importance, and feasibility of future technological developments. Built on the classic Delphi principles of anonymity, iteration, controlled feedback, and statistical aggregation, it elicits judgements from hundreds or thousands of experts on a structured list of technology statements and converges them, round by round, into a collective forecast that informs national and organisational science and technology priorities.