The Crossroads of the Possible is a meeting organized by Fing that brings together digital innovators from various backgrounds to discover new ideas. It has reviewed over 3000 projects since 2002 and exhibited 950 projects through 95 events across 15 French regions. The goal is to connect people with innovative projects and accelerate project development through workshops, events and partnerships between companies, researchers, and public entities.

2. CROSSROADS OF THE POSSIBLE
A convivial meeting of digital
industry trailblazers, users and
innovators, the Crossroads of
the Possible creatively brings
together a wide variety of
individuals, private companies
and public entities motivated by
the discovery of new ideas and
original usages.

3. TOOLS A FEW FIGURES A PALETTE
at your disposal 2002 year established of solutions
SOCIAL NETWORK 3000 projects reviewed CROSSROADS CAFES
950 projects exhibited
APPLICATION REVIEW “CULTIVATING INNOV ATION”
95 ‘Crossroads’ events SERIES PUBLICATION
NETWORK OF PROJECT with project exhibitions
15 Partner regions in France SCENARIO BUILDING
COORDINATORS
5 In-company ‘Crossroads’ WORKSHOPS
DESIGN EXPERTISE events PROJECT ACCELERATION
COLLABORATIVE 3 African ‘Crossroads’
WORKSPACE events IN-COMPANY EVENTS
2 European ‘Crossroads’ SPECIAL EVENTS
events

4. LINK PEOPLE AND PROJECTS
• Establish close ties with project coordinators
• Increase the complementarity between
DETECT INNOVATIVE PROJECTS innovative practices, R&D, funds, etc.
• Draw from external, internal, • Strengthen the bond between company
or Fing-incubated projects professionals and company partners
• Create innovative usage • Promote a culture of innovation
scenarios at every level of your organization
DISCOVER INNOVATION IN ACTION
THE BENEFITS • Accelerate emerging projects,
OF PARTNERSHIP internally or externally
• Develop and promote ideas and
initiatives taken by your employees
and team members

5. I apply online
I have an idea
I present my project proposal
(CREATIVE MEETING,
PRE-SELECTION BRIEFING)
SCOUT FOR
PROJECTS
PARTICIPATE IN
IDENTIFY FIELDS PRE-SELECTION
FOR EXPLORATION AND SELECTION
BRIEFINGS
I’ve been chosen !
WHY SUBMIT
A PROJECT PROPOSAL ? SPONSOR
PROJECTS
• to explore different professional
networks
• to increase visibility
• to identify new potential, internally
and externally
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6. Denis Pansu • +336 81 36 36 25 • usercentric • dpansu@fing.org
Network Coordinator Crossroads of the Possible
www.carrefourdespossibles.org
The INTERNET NEW GENERATION FOUNDATION
Fing creates, detects and shares novel and actionable ideas to anticipate digital
transformations. It’s a non profit organization based in Paris, France & Marseilles.
For the past 11 years, Fing has been helping private businesses, public sector
institutions and national territories to :
• Anticipate changes inspired by technology and its uses,
• Open up their innovation processes.
Fing leads concrete, proactive projects in favor of more open and shared forms of
innovation. Recent productions : Digital privacy revisited ; New directions for online Trust
; Aging Lab ; Cities 2.0 ; Reinventing money and alternative currencies ; Open Data ;
Cities as open innovation platforms ; Fab Labs.
FING LEADING PARTNERS