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K. R. Douglas, M. Robinson, and S. A. Director-of-teqnode, a limited company active in providing strategic intelligence, innovation analysis and foresight covering a variety of areas of new and emerging science and technologies (www.teqnode.com) He also holds a position as Research Associate at the Centre for Innovation Management (CGS), Ecoles des Mines where he continues to explore the challenge of design and management of innovation pathways and socio-technical systems

A. Porter, . For-search-technology, and . Inc, He is also Professor Emeritus of Industrial & Systems Engineering, and Public Policy, at Georgia Tech, where he continues to co-direct the Technology Policy & Assessment Center. His current interests focus on improving " Tech Mining " tools for technical intelligence, research program assessment, and forecasting & assessment of emerging technologies