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Ibon Zugasti



Country:

Spain

WAAS Designation:

Associate Fellow

Primary Position & Institution:

Managing Director, PROSPEKTIKER; International Project Manager, LKS Cooperative

Short Bio:

Since 1999, Ibon has led several consultancies and research projects in fields like foresight, regional sustainable development, labor & training, and energy for different Governments worldwide (USA, UK, Colombia, Uruguay, South Korea…) and Corporations (Repsol, Telefonica, Iberdrola, Guggenheim, MONDRAGON…). He has also advised the Committee of the Regions of the EU for the launching of a European Platform on Territorial Foresight. Since 2010, he has been the Chairman of the Millennium Project in Spain, President of the European Regional Foresight College, and Vice-President of the Foresight Europe Network. He is co-author of different publications such as Latin America 2030: Delphi Survey and Scenarios (The Millennium Project) and An initial assessment of territorial forward planning/foresight projects in the European Union (Committee of the Regions of the EU). He also contributes to the yearly publication State of the Future by the Millennium Project. Ibon earned his Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from the University of Deusto, Spain, and earned his Master’s in Strategic Management from Marquette University, Milwaukee, USA. He has been teaching strategic management and foresight at many Universities and seminars at the international level (Oxford University, TEC Monterrey, Singularity University…).