10. Nov. 2009

The most needed social innovations of the 21st century

Panel discussion

Venue: University of Vienna
Dr.-Karl-Lueger-Ring 1, Vienna
Time: Monday, November 30th, 6 p.m. – 8. p.m.

Welcome address:
Rudolf Richter, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Vienna
http://www.univie.ac.at/?L=2

Moderator:
Sabine Herlitschka, Director of European and International Programmes, Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG), Vienna
http://www.ffg.at

Panel:
Brenton Caffin, The Australian Centre for Social Innovation (TACSI), Adelaide
http://www.tacsi.org.au/
Hans-Werner Franz, University of Technology – Social Innovation Ltd., Dortmund
http://www.sfs-dortmund.de/v2/cockpit/english/index.php
Josef Hochgerner, Centre for Social Innovation (ZSI), Vienna
Maria Carmen Lemos, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
http://www.snre.umich.edu/profile/lemos
Louise Pulford, The Young Foundation – Social Innovation eXchange (SIX), London
http://www.socialinnovationexchange.org
Pierre Valette, European Commission – Directorate Science, Economy, Society, Brussels
http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/research/organisation.cfm?lang=en
http://katarsis.ncl.ac.uk/ws/documents/KATARSIS_P_Valette.pdf

Organisers: Centre for Social Innovation (Zentrum für Soziale Innovation, ZSI) and University of Vienna in the framework of the European Year of Creativity and Innovation.

Supporters: Austrian Federal Ministry for Science and Research (Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft und Forschung, BMWF), http://wwwbmwf.gv.at and Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture (Bundesministerium für Unterricht, Kunst und Kultur, bm:ukk) http://www.bmukk.gv.at.

Promoters: Austrian Research Promotion Agency (Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft, FFG) and Social Innovation eXchange (SIX), London.

Dokumentation

According to feed-back received the event as a whole was very successful. This applies to the public debate as well as to the talks held at ZSI in meetings with the international guests and other leading innovation experts from Austria.

A video and podcasts will be made available at Austrian and international websites.

From attachments included here you may download slides used during the panel discussion (you may choose either pdf or ppt format).

Comments and continuation of the discussion welcome!

All participants of the discussion at Vienna university, as well as the wider public, are invited to use the following blog to engage in the debates concerning social innovations at
http://socialinnovations.zsi.at

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