Changemakers and Pioneers

Hosted by Glasgow Caledonian University and the University of the West of Scotland, this event is a celebration of the changemakers, the innovators and pioneers who have been able to develop unique projects through European funding. Despite the obstacles placed before UK institutions and the challenges for future collaboration, there is a real need for us to continue to work together to ensure that our achievements have meaningful impact and to explore opportunities still open to us.

In an uncertain world it is essential that we applied our research and our technologies through more creative, holistic and socially innovative approaches.

Thursday 27th October

9.30-10.00 Registration

10.00-10.15 Welcome

10.15-11.00 Setting the Scene. Overall concept and format for the event, the commitment of Scottish universities and opportunities for collaboration.

• Social innovation and the Common Good at Glasgow Caledonian University Mark Majewsky Anderson, Director of Research and Innovation, GCU
• University of the West of Scotland Commitment to the SDGs Helen Kennedy, Head of Research, UWS
• Still Open for Business James Sharples, Scotland Europa

11.00-12.00 Parallel Sessions

Session 1 Health – new approaches to health care where patients play an increasingly active role:

• Long term conditions (Martijn Steutjens - GCU)
• Health Economics (Mary Lynch - UWS)
• Co-creation in Health (Seb Chastin - GCU)

Session 2 Society and Digital Innovation – how digitisation can be harnessed for societal benefits:

• Educational e-gaming (Murray Leith - UWS)
• Social Innovation, User Research (Stefano de Paoli – Abertay)
• Digital missions for care in the social economy (Silvia Sordi – Arco Lab)

12.00-13.00 Lunch

13.00-13.30 On the Horizon – Upcoming opportunities through EU funding and the relevance of social innovation in the programme.(Blazej Thomas, UKRO)

13.30-14.30 Parallel Sessions

Session 1 Environment and Energy – Meeting today’s major challenges in our environment:

• Water and the environment (Ania Escudero - GCU)
• Microscopic challenges (Fiona Henriquez – UWS)
• Energy challenges across the world (Emad Farrag - GCU)

Session 2 Creative solutions – How societal challenges are tackled through creative solutions:

• Design, social innovation and sustainability (Teresa Franqueira, University of Aveiro)
• Transforming the Fashion Industry (Lindsey Carey - GCU/Esteban Galan - Universidad Valencia)

14.30-14.45 Coffee

14.45-15.45 Social Innovation projects - A showcase of current social innovation projects:

• Atlantic Social Lab implementing and scaling up social interventions in welfare services, active public engagement, inclusive green economy and the private sector.
• SEVERE Social enterprise through virtual environments and remote entrepreneurship in six universities across Europe including a micro-internship programme
• SocialB Social Business Educational Ecosystem for Sustainability and Growth

15.45-16.00 Final Assessment of results of the social innovation calls financed by the EU Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) 2014-2020 (Ildar Daminov, Visionary Analytics)

16.00-17.00 Speed Brokerage session – An Interface between science, technology regional development and social innovation: in a guided activity participants given the opportunity to reach out to complementary projects and groups.

17.00-19.30 Reception – wine and canapes to finish off the day’s activities

Friday 28th October

9.00-9.30 Welcome

9.00-9.30 Welcome: Michael Grosse EU Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion. How do we harness our capacity to address social challenges; provide reliable, future-facing organisations; and sustainably recover from the COVID-19 pandemic? How do we ensure that all communities experience these benefits – including rural areas, or those who do not already benefit from social funding and expertise? Six transnational projects are developing answers to these questions and building social innovation “Competence Centres” in nearly all EU Member States.

9.30-10.45 A Gathering of Social Innovation Competence Centres Centres describe their achievements and discuss cross-fertilisations

• European Social Innovation Alliance (ESIA) Daniel Kruger / Sven Zivanovic
• Building Capacity for a Sustainable Society (BuiCaSaS) Mickael Barth / Marta Marczis
• Pan-European Social Innovation Lab (PEnCIL) Tomas De Groote
• SI-Plus István Tamás Szenttamási
• European Social Innovation Competence Centre, Lithuania Asta Jurgutė

10.45-11.00 Coffee

11.00-12.00 Parallel Sessions: Deep-dive exchange of best practice

• Social Entrepreneurship Théa Bazet / Ella Camille
• Social Innovation for regional development Marta Marczis
• Creating a European Social Innovation ecosystem Louise Pulford

12.00-13.00 Speed Networking session – A final opportunity to forge partnerships for the future

13.00-14.00. Lunch and close.

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Background

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