SMARTEES – Social Innovation Modelling Approaches to Realizing Transition to Energy Efficiency and Sustainability – supports the energy transition and policy design by developing policy pathways that foster citizen inclusion. SMARTEES examines five types of energy- and mobility-related local social innovation in cities and islands across Europe. The results stemming from years of research and implementation in the project will be explored in the final conference.

Date: 14. September 2021

Format: Hybrid – physical meeting in Groningen in the Forum (Forum Groningen) and online streaming and discussion

Please register to join on site or the online platform for the event. By early summer 2021 we will decide if the event turns fully virtual. All registrations for physical attendance will then be transferred to registrations for the online event.

09:00 Welcome reception for the people attending on site in Groningen

09:30 Opening of the final conference

10:00 Social innovation on the ground – a hands on presentation of the SMARTEES case clusters

11:00 Short break

11:15 Facilitating social innovation – a research perspective

12:15 Light lunch with informal conversations

13:15 Simulating dynamics in social innovation processes and what can we learn from that?

14:30 How to make social simulations useful in policy contexts – a sandbox tool and workshop concept

15:10 Short break

15:25 How to create policy ecosystems in which local social innovation thrives - Policy implications of the SMARTEES findings

16:25 Closing of the conference and future considerations

16:35 End of conference

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