The document summarizes an 8-day learning camp called ACSI Aalto Camp for Society Innovation that took place in 2012. The camp brought together participants from different countries and focused on developing prototypes to address challenges related to building an inclusive society through societal innovation, self-organization, and new models of collaboration between governments and citizens. Over the course of the camp, participants engaged in processes to discover, develop, and evaluate prototypes with the goal of testing them in practice. The document reflects on both the outputs and remaining work to fully realize the outcomes of the collaboration.

1. Changing Foresight
Models: From think-tanks
to do-tanks
Case: ACSI Aalto
Camp for Society
Innovation (2012):
“Inclusive Society” Hank Kune, Educore (NL)
hankkune@educore.nl

2. International learning camp
8-day event + follow-through
Distributed intelligence in
global networks
Real-life challenges of
regions, cities, organizations
Based on:
Societal innovation
Self-organization
Thinking in outcomes
Knowledge Triangle

3. Inclusive Society: The
Challenge Espoo, Malmo,
In 3 countries Amsterdam
ACSI 2012

4. Innovation culture
New kinds of collaboration
Urban test-beds
Demonstrations in Real life
& Virtual reality
Five perspectives
ICT Cluster
Revolution
& Job creation

5. How can cities establish a new
balance between government and civil
society that better integrates all actors
in new collaborative models for
service provision and societal
contribution?
How can we create living test-beds –
places which actively engage people
in rapid prototypes ofproducts,
services and policies?
What are the implications of this
digitalization
for strengthening an inclusive society?
What societal changes are needed today
to make this happen?
What are the implications for citizens: on a political level,
for the social structure, and for society as a whole?
How can cities best support people in developing their own innovative spirit?

6. Prototyping
process
in 8 days
Discovering
Opening Up
Reality Checking
Developing
Evaluating
Synthesizing
Materializing
Sharing

7. OUTPUT:
Prototypes
New perspectives
Plans for testing in practice
Continuing the collaboration

8. What we
didn’t get right
(yet)
Preparing the ground
Harnessing the global network
Capturing the complete output
Processes for follow-through
Commitment to co-implement

9. What’s Next?
Shorter workcycle Different issues
Clearer commitment
Involve more stakeholders directly Other cities