Dr. Rias J. van Wyk
The Director
Dr. Rias van Wyk is the Director of Technoscan® Centre, Minnesota, USA where he compiles and manages the Atlas of Technological Pathways. Formerly he was Director of the Management of Technology Program, University of Minnesota. He is the author of Technology: A Unifying Code, and the Editor of Technoscan® Newsbriefs. He has degrees from three universities including a master’s from Harvard focusing on science, technology and public policy.

In 2005 he received the Distinguished Achievement Award in the management of technology from the International Association for Management of Technology (IAMOT). In 2008 he was nominated to the Speaker Retainer Program of the CFA Institute – a global association of investment professionals. In 2009 he was appointed to the jury of the Globe Award for Sustainability Innovation, an initiative of the Swedish based Globe Forum.

 

"We advance technological acuity. We serve technology executives, investment professionals and policy-makers. Our main tool is an Atlas of Technological Pathways. It tracks the nine prime pathways of technological progress."
Dr. Rias J. van Wyk, Director, Technoscan Centre.

Keynotes & Talks: Offerings to conferences, events and meetings. Theme: The emerging technological frontier.
Guidelines for Technology Executives: We offer in-company seminars tailored to the needs of clients...
Guidelines for Investment Professionals: We offer in-company seminars tailored to the needs of client’s
Tracking Technological Progress: A montly Newsbrief highlighting advances along the technological frontier.
Atlas for Technological Pathways: A compilation of graphs of technology performance metrics (TPMs), depicting technological advance across the full spectrum of technologies.
Products: Educational texts for academics and user's guides for professionals.
Blog: Comments on the growth and systematization of technological knowledge.