For 1) concept mapping is one route to follow. I did some of my work for this using The Brain, for example.

For 2), perhaps we could Twitter the process more deliberately, over several months.

Thanks for being part of the process, and we do constantly look at new ways to improve it. It was only 2006 that it began being run 100% in a wiki and a year later that tagging started as a key tool for collecting resources.

I’m interested in the visualization tools, even before it became a topic (more than word clouds, like you suggest, data driven ones) and is part of some new Horizon efforts we are planning

For (2) the same process would not work wide open, but there are roles people beyond the board can do already- we constantly ask people to push things our way via tagging, but the number who do is relatively small. We had an open call for examples once the topics were announced, and received over 100 responses. I can see maybe as the topic development is done, we can look at sending out requests via social/professional networks for inputs, but there needs to be a board to help focus/filter the flow. The role of the advisory board member is not just to put your own view; many during the first round of research questions turn to their own organizations/networks for input.

Hope to see you there next year!