Keynote speakers, roundtable participants, TEx format presentations and moderators of the upcoming Zermatt Summit in Zermatt from the 8th - 10th September. Register with the 15% reduction code JM2017 here: www.zermattsummit.org
Why our future lies in ecosystems and what is going to support itJean-Yves Huwart
We are in the early stage of multiple shift where organisations will move from a traditional top-down way of working towards framed, opened and networked ecosystems.
This document discusses innovation in service delivery and provides definitions, types, and examples of innovation. It also outlines ways organizations can encourage innovation and where to find support for innovation efforts. Some key points include: incremental, radical, and disruptive innovation; leadership support and funding for staff creativity can help innovation; listening to service users is important; and organizations like NESTA, NCVO, and The Young Foundation can provide resources and support innovation.
CLICKNL DRIVE 2018 | 24 OCT | Designing with Future Emerging TechnologiesCLICKNL
The document discusses designing with emerging technologies and future everyday things. It begins with an introduction by the moderator, Mathias Funk, and then covers several topics:
- Designing things as gateways into the everyday and vessels for technology.
- Issues of cohabitation with smart things, levels of embedding technology, and ensuring privacy and consent regarding data use.
- The need to understand things better and question technological push, while focusing on people's lives and values.
- Comments from several speakers emphasize designing for collaboration with things, understanding things as agents of systems, and the importance of transparency, citizenship and stability when people and things intersect.
This document proposes developing UNESCO World Heritage sites into "Eco-Landmarks" to promote sustainable development practices. It suggests using these recognizable landmarks to raise global awareness of sustainability issues through virtual representations on smartphones and computers. Doing so could attract widespread interest and financial backing for sustainability initiatives. The document advocates for a professional, collaborative approach using new communication technologies to address sustainability challenges, as past methods have shown limited effectiveness.
A wikinnovation ecosystem for a quadruple helix ecosystememotools
The document discusses three approaches to strengthening connections between citizens and innovation: 1) Using social media and Web 2.0 principles to build participatory communities for local innovation. 2) Applying design thinking methodologies to create spaces for citizens to help solve social problems. 3) Blending concepts from different fields to generate disruptive innovations through managing diverse interactions.
This is an edited version of my TedX talk at Beausoleil in Villars, Switzerland, on November 30, 2012, on the topic of redefining SUCCESS in a networked society. See more details http://www.tedxcollegebeausoleil.com/
Out of the Box: How ICT reshapes the work questionHenri ISAAC
The document discusses how information and communication technologies (ICT) are reshaping the nature of work. It addresses both temporal and spatial effects of ICT. Temporally, ICT enables work to be done anytime and anywhere through increased connectivity and mobility. This has led to time compression with shorter decision-making windows, as well as time extension as work bleeds into personal hours. Spatially, ICT has driven communication costs to near zero, reinventing the local and global. Distance is compressed but not eliminated. ICT also enables new types of virtual and networked organizations that access distributed resources through electronic networks rather than relying primarily on internal physical resources. This digital revolution necessitates rethinking regulations around work to account for changes in
The future of media and news monitoring (Futurist Speaker Gerd Leonhard at FI...Gerd Leonhard
This is an edited version of my presentation at http://www.fibep.info/fibep/en/2012CongressProfessionalProgramme.php on the future of media, news, data, social media - and media monitoring technologies and business models
Why our future lies in ecosystems and what is going to support itJean-Yves Huwart
We are in the early stage of multiple shift where organisations will move from a traditional top-down way of working towards framed, opened and networked ecosystems.
This document discusses innovation in service delivery and provides definitions, types, and examples of innovation. It also outlines ways organizations can encourage innovation and where to find support for innovation efforts. Some key points include: incremental, radical, and disruptive innovation; leadership support and funding for staff creativity can help innovation; listening to service users is important; and organizations like NESTA, NCVO, and The Young Foundation can provide resources and support innovation.
CLICKNL DRIVE 2018 | 24 OCT | Designing with Future Emerging TechnologiesCLICKNL
The document discusses designing with emerging technologies and future everyday things. It begins with an introduction by the moderator, Mathias Funk, and then covers several topics:
- Designing things as gateways into the everyday and vessels for technology.
- Issues of cohabitation with smart things, levels of embedding technology, and ensuring privacy and consent regarding data use.
- The need to understand things better and question technological push, while focusing on people's lives and values.
- Comments from several speakers emphasize designing for collaboration with things, understanding things as agents of systems, and the importance of transparency, citizenship and stability when people and things intersect.
This document proposes developing UNESCO World Heritage sites into "Eco-Landmarks" to promote sustainable development practices. It suggests using these recognizable landmarks to raise global awareness of sustainability issues through virtual representations on smartphones and computers. Doing so could attract widespread interest and financial backing for sustainability initiatives. The document advocates for a professional, collaborative approach using new communication technologies to address sustainability challenges, as past methods have shown limited effectiveness.
A wikinnovation ecosystem for a quadruple helix ecosystememotools
The document discusses three approaches to strengthening connections between citizens and innovation: 1) Using social media and Web 2.0 principles to build participatory communities for local innovation. 2) Applying design thinking methodologies to create spaces for citizens to help solve social problems. 3) Blending concepts from different fields to generate disruptive innovations through managing diverse interactions.
This is an edited version of my TedX talk at Beausoleil in Villars, Switzerland, on November 30, 2012, on the topic of redefining SUCCESS in a networked society. See more details http://www.tedxcollegebeausoleil.com/
Out of the Box: How ICT reshapes the work questionHenri ISAAC
The document discusses how information and communication technologies (ICT) are reshaping the nature of work. It addresses both temporal and spatial effects of ICT. Temporally, ICT enables work to be done anytime and anywhere through increased connectivity and mobility. This has led to time compression with shorter decision-making windows, as well as time extension as work bleeds into personal hours. Spatially, ICT has driven communication costs to near zero, reinventing the local and global. Distance is compressed but not eliminated. ICT also enables new types of virtual and networked organizations that access distributed resources through electronic networks rather than relying primarily on internal physical resources. This digital revolution necessitates rethinking regulations around work to account for changes in
The future of media and news monitoring (Futurist Speaker Gerd Leonhard at FI...Gerd Leonhard
This is an edited version of my presentation at http://www.fibep.info/fibep/en/2012CongressProfessionalProgramme.php on the future of media, news, data, social media - and media monitoring technologies and business models
Plenary session keynote at Tangerang Selatan Global Innovation Forum 21.9.2016Ilkka Kakko
How to support and develop innovation-oriented entrepreneurship in turbulent VUCA conditions? Ecosystem development, platform thinking and serendipity management as key drivers to improve vucability.
Part I - Describes where we are today and some emerging trends - conclusions! - We are deeply embedded in systems of systems, some work well while many do not, which is a deep cause for concern.
Part II – We look at the future in terms of how systems might change going forward - we could have utopia or dystopia – Do expect an increase in complexity and systems becoming messier? Will there be acceleration and shorter time-frames within which to act.
Part III - Analysis of why there is dysfunction and how we might shape the future. We look at the evolution of systems and try to understand why they became complex and dysfunctional. Why have we not been able to fix them and what design principles can we use in future design.
Part IV - This part would talk about the fact that we need these systems to work and how we can design and innovate better systems.
The document discusses Singularity University, an organization that aims to educate leaders about exponentially advancing technologies. It provides an overview of the University's founding, mission to address humanity's challenges through technology, and 10-week graduate program focusing on topics like AI, biotech and computing. The University also organizes student teams to design products and services that could positively impact 1 billion people within 10 years using accelerating technologies like mobile distribution.
This document provides an overview of a corporate responsibility module that covers: (1) an introduction to CR including a brief history; (2) making the business case; and (3) engaging stakeholders. It summarizes the key topics to be covered in the introductory lecture including definitions of CR, why it exists, how it is evolving, and important theorists. The lecture concludes with a brief historical overview of CR presented through images from 1720 to recent events.
Free (libre and gratis) content encourages innovation by making it easier for others to remix, modify and build upon the work of others. New competitive business models are emerging that are based on free content and services rather than proprietary licenses. With the near-zero cost of copying and distributing information online, the creation effort and intangible value must be protected. Models like iTunes provide greater returns to authors than traditional models based on CD distribution. We must think of business models based on the abundance of processing power, storage and bandwidth available online.
“How to Support and Develop the Innovation-oriented Entrepreneurship in Turbu...Ilkka Kakko
The most urgent problems of our times – concerning innovation management processes – are complex and turbulent in nature. In this article we define the vucability approach to innovation management. The VUCA refers to volatile (V), uncertain (U), complex (C) and ambiguous (A) times we are today facing. Many innovation management models do not take these Postnormal Era requirements into consideration. Uncertain and complex VUCA conditions are the fundamental reason to elaborate a new approach for innovation management. Our novel approach focuses in three essential dimensions of innovation management: (1) the density of serendipity thinking, (2) platform utilisation (including business model variety) and (3) innovation ecosystem. We claim that in the evolutionary development of science and technology parks (STPs) should aim to highest sophistication in these three critical fields. In this paper we present the foundations of the ‘vucability’ approach. We also note that in the development of STPs, professionals should evaluate the sophistication level of serendipity thinking, platform utilisation and innovation ecosystem development. Systemic evaluation and development activities will lead eventually to the highest level of vucability excellence. The evaluation and mapping system (EMS-VUCA 1.0) of the vucability assessment will be presented in a robust form in our article.
Innovation, Investment, Influence and Impact: design that fosters changeFranco Papeschi
Slides for the talk I gave at Interaction13 - Toronto.
In the past 15 years, while designers were learning how to create products, services and interactions that guarantee a return on investment, the world of businesses was changing. Economic return is not the only measurement now for value-driven businesses, many start-ups, social enterprises, community-based organisations, NGOs and even for corporations. This upcoming economic model is focused on the impact that new products and service have on societies and economies. We, as designers, are not fully ready to plan and assess what impact our work will have on the users and customers we aim to engage. In this session, I'll present an approach that goes beyond user-centred design and activity-centred design: impact-driven design. I will introduce some examples taken from my involvement in the creation of start-ups in different African countries, and I will introduce a series of tools and practices that would help Interaction Designers go beyond their remit of creating useful, usable and engaging experience, and create impactful services.
Humanizing Innovation : 8-10 September 2017
www.zermattsummit.org
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is characterized by a range of new
technologies that are fusing the physical, digital and biological worlds,
impacting all disciplines, economies and industries, and even challenging
The real revolution begins in the human heart. It begins when we allow ourselves to think that a different kind of economy just might be possible. The real world always departs from our ideal. It’s time to dream a deeper dream, where a regenerative economy, is built around ideals such as fairness, community, sustainability, bene ting the many rather than the few, enabling the human person and the living planet to nourish.
Our success will ultimately be determined by the degree to which minds and hearts will be touched and actions are taken as a result. I wish you an inspiring three day journey, may this be only the beginning...
The Idiap Research Institute is an independent, nonprofit, research foundation affiliated with Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). Its activities encompass basic research, training (graduate and post-graduate levels), and technology transfer in the areas of multimedia information management, perceptual and cognitive systems, social media, biometric person recognition, multimodal information interfaces, and large scale machine learning.
The document summarizes the Women&Technologies conference held from 2008-2015 with the following key points:
- The conference aimed to promote excellence in technological research and development related to issues of interest for Expo 2015, and to challenge stereotypes about women's relationship with technology.
- It was founded in 2007 and held biennial conferences in 2009 and 2011 to bring together qualified women working in technology fields from research, industry, and institutions.
- The 2009 conference had over 1,600 attendees and focused on creativity and innovation, receiving institutional support and sponsorship from companies.
- The document provides details on committees, speakers, and roundtable topics from the 2009 conference on generating technology, cross-disciplinary approaches
This was used for my lecture to the delegation from Rwanda to Japan.
It includes, Social Fabrication, Next phase of Information Society, Future of Industry, Mobility and Making, FabLab, Open Innovation, among others.
OECD conference on Innovating the Public Sector: From Ideas to Impact - Agend...OECD Governance
Public sector innovation is both an imperative and an opportunity for governments today. This OECD conference brought together public sector practitioners, researchers, civil society and businesses to discuss how innovation can help solve today's complex challenges.
For more information: https://www.oecd.org/governance/observatory-public-sector-innovation/events/
The document summarizes an event called the 2013 Open World Forum (OWF). The OWF is an annual conference that brings together decision-makers, developers, users, and communities from around the world to discuss open technology initiatives and shape the digital future. The 2013 event had over 2,500 registered participants from various roles including CEOs, CIOs, developers, and engineers. It featured keynote speeches, panels, demonstrations, and networking opportunities across many open source topics. Overall, the 2013 OWF was a successful event that engaged thousands of people both online and onsite at its venue in Paris.
This document summarizes plans for an open innovation lab called Pangloss Labs. The lab aims to (1) provide a shared resource for local entrepreneurs to prototype physical ideas using digital fabrication tools like 3D printers, laser cutters and CNC machines, (2) stimulate local innovation through creative workspaces, and (3) insert itself into the local industrial ecosystem in Geneva to help revive prototyping and innovation in industries like watches. The founders intend to establish Pangloss Labs as a non-profit association or foundation with locations in Ferney-Voltaire, France and Geneva, Switzerland to provide these resources and workspaces to local innovators and entrepreneurs.
Raúl Oliván, Laia Sánchez. The initaitive frenalacurva.net. (International Project)
Rosa Paradell, Miquel Angel Pérez and Pat González. Hackovid: The people’s hackathon: Confronting the Confinement. i2Cat, Catalonia, Spain.
This document proposes developing UNESCO World Heritage sites into "Eco-Landmarks" to promote sustainable development practices through new technologies and virtual representations. It suggests leveraging recognizable cultural sites to raise global awareness of sustainability issues and attract financial interest in supporting the startup "Save the Planet Unlimited" with 50,000 euros of seed funding. The Eco-Landmarks approach aims to provide context and solutions for sustainability discussions using innovative tools and collaborative networking.
This document outlines the mission, vision, and values of an organization focused on achieving equity through the ethical use of technology. Their mission is to positively impact millions of lives through research and policy initiatives. Their vision is to take advantage of opportunities created by disruptive technologies to promote fairness and opportunities for all. They believe complex thinking is needed to guide humanity in implementing technology. Their methodology involves modeling complex systems, identifying leverage points of technology, and strategically communicating proposals to stakeholders.
This is the slide I prepared for the BHN Seminar in Tokyo for Trainees from Asian Countries - on new phase of Information Society - with main theme of new mobility and open innovation as well as Social Fabrication
This document proposes a business concept called Eco Landmarks that uses collaborative networking to transform UNESCO World Heritage sites into models of sustainable development. Groups would use a smartphone/tablet application to collectively redesign a site according to sustainability parameters over two years. This would raise awareness of sustainability issues while also providing an opportunity for investors. The concept aims to professionalize sustainability promotion by treating it as a business rather than a volunteer effort alone. Examples of the Acropolis and Eiffel Tower redeveloped sustainably are provided as proofs of concept. Startup funding of 50,000 euros is requested to further develop prototypes and market experiments.
This document discusses the complexity of smart cities and calls for a systemic vision. It notes that while smart city visions often portray an efficient future, reality is far more complex with issues like inequality, unemployment, corruption and environmental threats. It advocates for smart and heart cities that place people and community at the center through collaborative, civic innovation across technology, social systems and education. The document presents Fondazione Mondo Digitale's approach of InnovationGyms, which equip people for life through skills development and connecting communities to drive social innovation from the ground up.
This document provides information about an upcoming conference titled "Challenge the Future – Innovate in times of rapid change" to be held on May 13th, 2011 in Prague, Czech Republic. The one-day conference organized by TIM-FPH Institute will focus on innovations that can lead organizations to success in times of rapid change. It will include keynote speeches, breakout sessions, and a panel discussion on effective technology transfer. Topics will cover open innovation, service innovation, smart grids, and more. The conference
This document provides information about an upcoming conference titled "Challenge the Future – Innovate in times of rapid change" to be held on May 13th, 2011 in Prague, Czech Republic. The one-day conference organized by TIM-FPH Institute will focus on innovations that can lead organizations to success in times of rapid change. It will include keynote speeches, breakout sessions on topics like open innovation and financing innovation, and a panel discussion on technology transfer. Over 150 participants are expected to attend the conference at the Prague Congress
Plenary session keynote at Tangerang Selatan Global Innovation Forum 21.9.2016Ilkka Kakko
How to support and develop innovation-oriented entrepreneurship in turbulent VUCA conditions? Ecosystem development, platform thinking and serendipity management as key drivers to improve vucability.
Part I - Describes where we are today and some emerging trends - conclusions! - We are deeply embedded in systems of systems, some work well while many do not, which is a deep cause for concern.
Part II – We look at the future in terms of how systems might change going forward - we could have utopia or dystopia – Do expect an increase in complexity and systems becoming messier? Will there be acceleration and shorter time-frames within which to act.
Part III - Analysis of why there is dysfunction and how we might shape the future. We look at the evolution of systems and try to understand why they became complex and dysfunctional. Why have we not been able to fix them and what design principles can we use in future design.
Part IV - This part would talk about the fact that we need these systems to work and how we can design and innovate better systems.
The document discusses Singularity University, an organization that aims to educate leaders about exponentially advancing technologies. It provides an overview of the University's founding, mission to address humanity's challenges through technology, and 10-week graduate program focusing on topics like AI, biotech and computing. The University also organizes student teams to design products and services that could positively impact 1 billion people within 10 years using accelerating technologies like mobile distribution.
This document provides an overview of a corporate responsibility module that covers: (1) an introduction to CR including a brief history; (2) making the business case; and (3) engaging stakeholders. It summarizes the key topics to be covered in the introductory lecture including definitions of CR, why it exists, how it is evolving, and important theorists. The lecture concludes with a brief historical overview of CR presented through images from 1720 to recent events.
Free (libre and gratis) content encourages innovation by making it easier for others to remix, modify and build upon the work of others. New competitive business models are emerging that are based on free content and services rather than proprietary licenses. With the near-zero cost of copying and distributing information online, the creation effort and intangible value must be protected. Models like iTunes provide greater returns to authors than traditional models based on CD distribution. We must think of business models based on the abundance of processing power, storage and bandwidth available online.
“How to Support and Develop the Innovation-oriented Entrepreneurship in Turbu...Ilkka Kakko
The most urgent problems of our times – concerning innovation management processes – are complex and turbulent in nature. In this article we define the vucability approach to innovation management. The VUCA refers to volatile (V), uncertain (U), complex (C) and ambiguous (A) times we are today facing. Many innovation management models do not take these Postnormal Era requirements into consideration. Uncertain and complex VUCA conditions are the fundamental reason to elaborate a new approach for innovation management. Our novel approach focuses in three essential dimensions of innovation management: (1) the density of serendipity thinking, (2) platform utilisation (including business model variety) and (3) innovation ecosystem. We claim that in the evolutionary development of science and technology parks (STPs) should aim to highest sophistication in these three critical fields. In this paper we present the foundations of the ‘vucability’ approach. We also note that in the development of STPs, professionals should evaluate the sophistication level of serendipity thinking, platform utilisation and innovation ecosystem development. Systemic evaluation and development activities will lead eventually to the highest level of vucability excellence. The evaluation and mapping system (EMS-VUCA 1.0) of the vucability assessment will be presented in a robust form in our article.
Innovation, Investment, Influence and Impact: design that fosters changeFranco Papeschi
Slides for the talk I gave at Interaction13 - Toronto.
In the past 15 years, while designers were learning how to create products, services and interactions that guarantee a return on investment, the world of businesses was changing. Economic return is not the only measurement now for value-driven businesses, many start-ups, social enterprises, community-based organisations, NGOs and even for corporations. This upcoming economic model is focused on the impact that new products and service have on societies and economies. We, as designers, are not fully ready to plan and assess what impact our work will have on the users and customers we aim to engage. In this session, I'll present an approach that goes beyond user-centred design and activity-centred design: impact-driven design. I will introduce some examples taken from my involvement in the creation of start-ups in different African countries, and I will introduce a series of tools and practices that would help Interaction Designers go beyond their remit of creating useful, usable and engaging experience, and create impactful services.
Humanizing Innovation : 8-10 September 2017
www.zermattsummit.org
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is characterized by a range of new
technologies that are fusing the physical, digital and biological worlds,
impacting all disciplines, economies and industries, and even challenging
The real revolution begins in the human heart. It begins when we allow ourselves to think that a different kind of economy just might be possible. The real world always departs from our ideal. It’s time to dream a deeper dream, where a regenerative economy, is built around ideals such as fairness, community, sustainability, bene ting the many rather than the few, enabling the human person and the living planet to nourish.
Our success will ultimately be determined by the degree to which minds and hearts will be touched and actions are taken as a result. I wish you an inspiring three day journey, may this be only the beginning...
The Idiap Research Institute is an independent, nonprofit, research foundation affiliated with Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). Its activities encompass basic research, training (graduate and post-graduate levels), and technology transfer in the areas of multimedia information management, perceptual and cognitive systems, social media, biometric person recognition, multimodal information interfaces, and large scale machine learning.
The document summarizes the Women&Technologies conference held from 2008-2015 with the following key points:
- The conference aimed to promote excellence in technological research and development related to issues of interest for Expo 2015, and to challenge stereotypes about women's relationship with technology.
- It was founded in 2007 and held biennial conferences in 2009 and 2011 to bring together qualified women working in technology fields from research, industry, and institutions.
- The 2009 conference had over 1,600 attendees and focused on creativity and innovation, receiving institutional support and sponsorship from companies.
- The document provides details on committees, speakers, and roundtable topics from the 2009 conference on generating technology, cross-disciplinary approaches
This was used for my lecture to the delegation from Rwanda to Japan.
It includes, Social Fabrication, Next phase of Information Society, Future of Industry, Mobility and Making, FabLab, Open Innovation, among others.
OECD conference on Innovating the Public Sector: From Ideas to Impact - Agend...OECD Governance
Public sector innovation is both an imperative and an opportunity for governments today. This OECD conference brought together public sector practitioners, researchers, civil society and businesses to discuss how innovation can help solve today's complex challenges.
For more information: https://www.oecd.org/governance/observatory-public-sector-innovation/events/
The document summarizes an event called the 2013 Open World Forum (OWF). The OWF is an annual conference that brings together decision-makers, developers, users, and communities from around the world to discuss open technology initiatives and shape the digital future. The 2013 event had over 2,500 registered participants from various roles including CEOs, CIOs, developers, and engineers. It featured keynote speeches, panels, demonstrations, and networking opportunities across many open source topics. Overall, the 2013 OWF was a successful event that engaged thousands of people both online and onsite at its venue in Paris.
This document summarizes plans for an open innovation lab called Pangloss Labs. The lab aims to (1) provide a shared resource for local entrepreneurs to prototype physical ideas using digital fabrication tools like 3D printers, laser cutters and CNC machines, (2) stimulate local innovation through creative workspaces, and (3) insert itself into the local industrial ecosystem in Geneva to help revive prototyping and innovation in industries like watches. The founders intend to establish Pangloss Labs as a non-profit association or foundation with locations in Ferney-Voltaire, France and Geneva, Switzerland to provide these resources and workspaces to local innovators and entrepreneurs.
Raúl Oliván, Laia Sánchez. The initaitive frenalacurva.net. (International Project)
Rosa Paradell, Miquel Angel Pérez and Pat González. Hackovid: The people’s hackathon: Confronting the Confinement. i2Cat, Catalonia, Spain.
This document proposes developing UNESCO World Heritage sites into "Eco-Landmarks" to promote sustainable development practices through new technologies and virtual representations. It suggests leveraging recognizable cultural sites to raise global awareness of sustainability issues and attract financial interest in supporting the startup "Save the Planet Unlimited" with 50,000 euros of seed funding. The Eco-Landmarks approach aims to provide context and solutions for sustainability discussions using innovative tools and collaborative networking.
This document outlines the mission, vision, and values of an organization focused on achieving equity through the ethical use of technology. Their mission is to positively impact millions of lives through research and policy initiatives. Their vision is to take advantage of opportunities created by disruptive technologies to promote fairness and opportunities for all. They believe complex thinking is needed to guide humanity in implementing technology. Their methodology involves modeling complex systems, identifying leverage points of technology, and strategically communicating proposals to stakeholders.
This is the slide I prepared for the BHN Seminar in Tokyo for Trainees from Asian Countries - on new phase of Information Society - with main theme of new mobility and open innovation as well as Social Fabrication
This document proposes a business concept called Eco Landmarks that uses collaborative networking to transform UNESCO World Heritage sites into models of sustainable development. Groups would use a smartphone/tablet application to collectively redesign a site according to sustainability parameters over two years. This would raise awareness of sustainability issues while also providing an opportunity for investors. The concept aims to professionalize sustainability promotion by treating it as a business rather than a volunteer effort alone. Examples of the Acropolis and Eiffel Tower redeveloped sustainably are provided as proofs of concept. Startup funding of 50,000 euros is requested to further develop prototypes and market experiments.
This document discusses the complexity of smart cities and calls for a systemic vision. It notes that while smart city visions often portray an efficient future, reality is far more complex with issues like inequality, unemployment, corruption and environmental threats. It advocates for smart and heart cities that place people and community at the center through collaborative, civic innovation across technology, social systems and education. The document presents Fondazione Mondo Digitale's approach of InnovationGyms, which equip people for life through skills development and connecting communities to drive social innovation from the ground up.
This document provides information about an upcoming conference titled "Challenge the Future – Innovate in times of rapid change" to be held on May 13th, 2011 in Prague, Czech Republic. The one-day conference organized by TIM-FPH Institute will focus on innovations that can lead organizations to success in times of rapid change. It will include keynote speeches, breakout sessions, and a panel discussion on effective technology transfer. Topics will cover open innovation, service innovation, smart grids, and more. The conference
This document provides information about an upcoming conference titled "Challenge the Future – Innovate in times of rapid change" to be held on May 13th, 2011 in Prague, Czech Republic. The one-day conference organized by TIM-FPH Institute will focus on innovations that can lead organizations to success in times of rapid change. It will include keynote speeches, breakout sessions on topics like open innovation and financing innovation, and a panel discussion on technology transfer. Over 150 participants are expected to attend the conference at the Prague Congress
The annual report summarizes Idiap's activities and achievements in 2019. It includes messages from the President of the Foundation Council and Idiap's Director, an overview of Idiap's research and organization, finances, research highlights, commitment to training and innovation, and profiles of researchers and projects. Some key events included the creation of a new research group on genomics and health informatics, Idiap becoming the first non-US site of the Center for Identification Technology Research, and a robot learning to make raclette using artificial intelligence.
The document summarizes discussions from a conference on the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) held at Trinity College in Dublin. Over the course of multiple panels and sessions, speakers discussed how the EIT aims to foster innovation and strengthen synergies within the EU by bringing together higher education, research, and companies through partnerships. Specifically, they addressed how the EIT's Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs) can leverage funding to stimulate innovation, achieve impact through excellent partnerships and innovative project portfolios, and help measure the EIT and KICs' impact through monitoring. The goal is to better support innovation and job creation across Europe through improved collaboration.
People have created and modified tools to address their needs since prehistoric times. But since a few generations we simply buy the tools we need and use them in the way they have been designed. With the current pervasive presence of digital technology, these digital 'tools' are increasingly defining how we live, communicate, learn and work.
Many think of this as nauseating and constraining. We feel that we are forced to live the way big corporations have designed it for us. We feel no longer free to do what we want.
Why can't we design our own tools anymore? Is it really true that corporations always know better what we want? What about those people who fall outside of the mainstream, and have needs and contexts of life that require special tools, that these people can design themselves better than anyone else? And are we not all sometimes out of the mainstream?
In fact, we are increasingly becoming tech tinkerers, adapting our digital tools to a great variety of human needs.
This phenomenon has only just started. The open source hardware revolution has hardly kicked off, also due to the fact that digital technology that surrounds us is not always easy to modify.
But what would our world be like if technology was easy to modify? Would there be more empowerment? Innovation? Democracy? Participation? What could be in it for business? What could this all mean for people in emerging markets and for the future web of things?
Social Innovation - where we are and where we could beSIX
The document discusses the current state and future opportunities for social innovation. It notes that while millions are involved in social innovation efforts, there are still relatively few institutions, resources, and established methods supporting this area. It calls for increased advocacy, research, skills development, funding models, and other efforts to help social innovation grow and have a greater impact in addressing pressing social and environmental challenges.
Digital Transformation UnConference 061416John Metselaar
This document provides information about an upcoming unConference on digital transformation and innovation organized by The Conference Board from October 6-7, 2016 in Brussels, Belgium. The event will bring together over 400 C-suite and senior executives from large global organizations across different industries. It will feature plenary sessions, breakout sessions, a digital solutions fair, and council meetings to discuss the implications of digital transformation for business, innovation, society, and the future of work. Confirmed speakers include executives from companies like Facebook, Intel, and Boston Consulting Group. The goal is for participants to learn, network, and seek solutions to challenges posed by digital disruption.
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1) The document summarizes the 5th Zermatt Summit which focused on having the courage to transform ideas into reality.
2) It discusses how courage is needed for business leaders to innovate, act with temperance despite pressure for short-term profits, and lead companies towards the common good.
3) The summit brought together over 1000 speakers and participants to explore how courage can be used to build a better world and humanize globalization.
The document summarizes information about the 5th Zermatt Summit taking place from June 26-28, 2014 in Zermatt, Switzerland. The summit will focus on inspiring participants to have the courage to dare and implement projects that make a positive impact. Over the three-day event, there will be keynote speeches, workshops, and networking opportunities. Confirmed speakers include leaders from business, non-profits, and politics who will discuss topics like social entrepreneurship and creating a more sustainable and just world.
Created in 2010 as a primary international platform, the
Zermatt Summit promotes a constructive, action-oriented
dialogue between civil society and business.
Its role is to inspire, connect and empower high profile
entrepreneurs, economists, political and spiritual leaders
and NGO representatives who strive to be catalysts of a
more inclusive and human globalization.
Through a uniquely designed program, the Zermatt
Summit team takes participants on an intense three-day
journey to share a vision for a better society, develop
models for a more human and sustainable world and
change their hearts and minds in the process.
Dear Friends, dear Partners,
On behalf of the Board, I am proud to present this Summary of the 4th edition of the Zermatt Summit.This year the Zermatt Summit paved concrete paths towards “Changing Hearts and Minds” with its high quality speakers and rich content, reaffirming that not only new leadership is possible but that dialogue is possible between civil society and business fulfilling the aims of Zermatt Summit Declaration and Manifesto.
In the recent years, we have all experienced the drastic change created by globalization in the economic, social and political fabrics of societies.
A widening wealth distribution gap, a lack of long-term employability, climate change, increasing volatility in the global economy, growing skepticism and even suspicion towards existing institutions… These are just a few examples of the challenges we are facing. The responses so far have been less than adequate. It is now time to act; time for a more comprehensive – holistic – approach integrating the contribution that all key players – government, business, civil society - need to bring to the table.
Compartmentalizing problems used to be a successful approach in many cases. However, some of the issues we are facing today are so complex that it is impossible to address them successfully without taking into account the whole picture; without looking at the ways issues impact one another.
A key illustration of this new paradigm is that it is now nearly impossible to look at economic activity, to make economic or corporate policy decisions, without consideration for the social, human, environmental impact of such decisions.
In the same way, while fully recognizing the logic and objectives of business, we increasingly realize that there is more than “just” a business dimension to the activities of Multinational corporations.
Put it simply: governments, corporations, individuals need to embrace new perspectives, new ways of approaching issues, new operating processes. Up to the last part of the 20th century, government and business – the state and the private sector – were mostly the two key actors, the movers and the shakers. The emergence of civil society as a very potent and increasingly assertive force has been a major new development brought by globalization.
In the same way – also as a result of globalization – the Western world absolute prominence on the global scene is now being replaced by a new power architecture in which emerging market countries are more and more asserting their voices, their priorities and their expectations.
More than ever, we need to put the human being back at the very center of economic activity. We have to integrate the concepts of finance serving the economy, economy serving the common good and the common good serving the human being.
We also have to recognize that business and civil society cannot exist and operate at best in a silo mode, at worst in confrontation...read on...
Fourth meeting of The Zermatt Summit: Humanizing Globalization
Zermatt, 20-21 June 2013
Business & NGOs: Building partnerships of winners
The Zermatt Summit was created in 2010 as a platform to promote a constructive, action-oriented dialogue between civil society and business. It is our conviction that it is through this kind of dialogue and through a better interaction between civil society, business and governments that we will be able to achieve a more inclusive globalization.
Among the topics on the agenda of the Zermatt Summit 2013
• PPPs as the collaborative mode of the 21st Century
• Developing the civil society ecosystem: The role of social media
• Government/Business/Civil Society: Getting on together to achieve sustainability
• Addressing the trust issue: How can the private sector and civil society create the necessary transparency and accountability on both sides
• Corporate Social Responsibility as an integrated part of corporate strategy even in tough economic times
• It is more than “just” business: How business leaders can contribute to moving a country up
• How civil society and the private sector can be partners in addressing the environment challenge
• How can civil society and the private sector be partners in addressing the employability challenge
• How can civil society and the private sector be partners in addressing the health challenge
• The private sector and civil society: The Must for a win-win approach
• Business Ethics and social responsibility
• Social entrepreneurship and the business of positive social change: A Debate
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1. 6th International Conference
September 8th-10th, 2017 – Zermatt - Switzerland
Humanizing innovation
Presentation of speakers
Program
Photo David Gubler - Wikimedia Commons
2. KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Guibert Del Marmol - A former business director, he is
currently an adviser, author and speaker on the subject of
positive economy. He is active in the fields of innovation,
sustainability and responsible investment.
Günter Pauli - the 'Steve Jobs of sustainable
development'; he tirelessly promotes a great number of
solutions throughout the planet connected not only with
circular economics but also 'positive ecology', which he
calls the 'blue economy'. Here it is not about being less
bad, producing less waste, but being good from the start,
conceiving products capable of de-polluting nature through
their functioning, and not simply polluting it less.
Navi Radjou - author of Frugal Innovation: How to do
better with less, showing how innovation is not only
technological or digital but can occur thanks to the daily
ingenuity of millions of people, including above all those
in the planet's most disadvantaged countries.
International conference speaker having participated
many times in the World Economic Forum and other
large events at a similar level.
Tomáš Sedláček - economist, former adviser to Vaclav
Havel, author of the international bestseller The Economy
of Good and Evil, showing that the economy - today
transformed into a series of equations and rationalizations
based on individual interest, if not egoism - is in fact a moral
choice between this egoism and the common good. He has
also theorized the way in which the economy could be
reoriented towards a different form of growth, not
quantitative but qualitative.
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3. TEDx FORMAT PRESENTATIONS
Jean-Philippe Desbiolles - Vice-president for Cognitive
Solutions with the IBM Watson Group. Benefiting from 20
years’ experience leading innovative, cross-industry and
breakthrough projects, Jean-Philippe focuses on driving the
reinvention of business institutions leveraging digital, artificial
intelligence (AI), advanced analytics & Internet of Things
(IoT) capabilities.
Kelvin Doe - At the age of 14 he succeeded in electrifying his
village in Sierra Leone thanks to a grid of batteries made of
metallic waste material. He also constructed a radio station for
his village out of electronic waste. Invited to MIT at the age of 16,
he embodies frugal or 'jugaad' innovation and will thus illustrate
the presentation of Navi Radjou by his personal example.
Chido Govero - As an orphan born in Zimbabwe, she met
Günter Pauli at the age of 12, who reveals to her the
possibilities for eating thanks to the rapid growth of
mushrooms. She contributes to the development of
mushroom cultivation using coffee waste. Today she travels
throughout the world to set up mushroom farms based on
the technique that she invented.
ROUND TABLE PARTICIPANTS
Gilles Babinet - The first president of the French Digital
Council (Conseil National du Numérique), he is currently
France's ‘digital champion’ and contributes to promoting the
benefits of a digital society in France.
Michael Baeriswyl - He leads the Artificial Intelligence &
Machine Learning Group at Swisscom Enterprise Customers,
where he and his team are applying artificial intelligence to
increase individual potential and automatize processes.
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4. Alain Bensoussan - A lawyer who since 1978
has been helping his clients regarding law with
respect to computing and telecommunications as
well as digital and advanced technologies more
generally.
Nicolas Buttet – Theologian, assistant professor of sociology
at Geneva and Fribourg Universities, assistant to Cardinal
Etchegaray at the Council for Justice and Peace in Rome.
Frederick Chavalit Tsao – President of IMC Holdings
(Singapore), he closely follows the special challenges faced
by family businesses and the latter’s role in economic
development.
Laurence Devillers – Professor at the Paris-
Sorbonne University and researcher at the
CNRS computer laboratory for mechanics and
engineering sciences (Limsi).
Hicham El Habti – Co-ordinator of the energy
liberation process within the OCP group,
Marocco’s leading company.
Sébastien Fanti – A lawyer studying for a law doctorate
in the field of advanced technologies (cloud computing),
he works within the international Lexing network
composed of lawyers focusing on technology. He is the
data protection and transparency officer for the Canton
de Valais.
ROUND TABLE PARTICIPANTS (continued)
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5. Arnaud Gangloff - President of Kea & Partners, a leading
top-management consulting firm. For over fifteen years
managerial innovation has been his speciality.
Alexandre Gérard - CEO of inov-On, he is currently
one of the best-known French leaders in the field of
‘freed businesses’.
Pierre Giorgini - former research director for Orange,
currently president-rector of Lille Catholic University, he
is the author of several books including La
Transformation fulgurante (The lightning
transformation).
Carlos Moreira – A former UN expert in the area of computer
technology and digital security, in 1999 he founded WISeKey in
Geneva, a business providing database security.
Elisabeth Moreno - Qualified in business and
commercial law, since January 2017 she has been at
the head of Lenovo France. For her, business has a
duty to serve its collaborators.
Andy Müller-Maguhn - Spokesman for the Chaos Computer
Club, one of the principal international associations of hackers.
He is the co-author together with Julian Assange of
Cypherpunks: Freedom and the Future of the Internet.
ROUND TABLE PARTICIPANTS (continued)
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6. Jean Michel Quéguiner – A former teacher, he founded and for
31 years directed Bretagne Ateliers, a business employing 500
works including 380 handicapped, where he developed an
exemplary managerial model.
Eric Salobir – A Dominican priest and president of the Optic
(Dominicans for technology, information and communication)
network, he is a consultor to the Vatican Secretariat for
communications
Anna Ukhanova – She is one of the chief researchers at the
Google research centre in Zurich, devoted to the development
of machine learning.
Bertrand Vergely – Philosopher and theologian. He recently
published La Tentation de l’Homme-Dieu (The Temptation of the
Man-God), a caution against the Promethean side of certain
advocates of new technologies.
MODERATORS
Emmanuelle Dancourt -
Journalist and television
presenter.
Guido Palazzo – Professor
of business ethics on the
HEC faculty of Lausanne
University.
Jean Staune – Zermatt
Summit programme
director, prospectivist,
philosopher of science.
ROUND TABLE PARTICIPANTS (continued)
Christopher Wasserman – Holder of an MBA from the University of
New York, he is the co-founder and president of the Ecophilos
Foundation as well as the Zermatt Summit Foundation. He is also the
founder and president of the TeroLab Surface Group business based in
Lausanne.
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7. 20.00 Christopher Wasserman (President of Zermatt Summit
Foundation): Welcome address
20.15 Tomáš Sedláček keynote lecture: What economy for humanity’s
harmonious development?
8.30 a.m. Günter Pauli lecture:
Ecological innovation in practice
9.15 Format TedX presentation by Chido Govero
Will mushrooms save humanity?
9.30 Navi Radjou lecture:
Frugal innovation: doing more with less
10.15 Format TedX presentation by Kelvin Doe
10.30 Networking break
11.00 Guibert Del Marmol lecture:
The ‘regenerative’ economy: economy, ecology and
meaning
11.45 Turningpoint
12.00 Common theme: Jean Staune
12.15 Double parallel workshops: Session 1
Led by: G. Pauli, T. Sedláček , N. Radjou, G. Del Marmol
13.15 Lunch
14.45 Double parallel workshops: Session 2
Same leaders as session 1
15.45 Round table: Managerial innovation
Participants: Alexandre Gérard, Hicham El Habti, Jean-Michel
Quéguiner, Arnaud Gangloff, Frederick Chavalit Tsao.
Moderator Guido Palazzo
16.45 Format TedX presentation by Jean-Philippe Desbiolles:
What is the impact of Artificial Intelligence on companies?
17.00 Networking break
17.20 Elizabeth Sombart: piano recital (45 min.)
18.05 End of concert
18.45 Departure for the "Swiss Dinner": rendez-vous at the bottom of
the Sunnegga funicular railway
19.00 Dinner looking out on Mt Cervin in Sunnegga, altitude 2288 m
Return 21.30 at the latest
PROGRAM DAYS 1 AND 2
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8. 8.30 Round table: What future for the human person faced with
robots? Participants: Alain Bensoussan, Laurence Devilliers,
Pierre Giorgini, Bertrand Vergely. Moderator: Jean Staune
9.30 Round table: Artificial intelligence: what impact in the workplace?
Participants: Michael Baeriswyl, Anna Ukhanova, Jean-Philippe
Desbiolles, Elisabeth Moreno, Eric Salobir. Moderator: Jean
Staune
10.30 Networking break
11.00 Round table: Private life and big data: what new human rights?
Participants: Andy Müller-Maguhn, Gilles Babinet, Carlos Moreira,
Nicolas Buttet, Sébastien Fanti. Moderator: Emmanuelle
Dancourt
12.00 Turningpoint
12.15 Conclusion: What humanity do we want?
Participants: Fr Nicolas Buttet, Bertrand Vergely, Christopher
Wasserman…
12.30 Double parallel workshops: Session 1
Led by: G. Babinet, J. P. Desbiolles, P. Giorgini, B. Vergely
13.15 Double parallel workshops: Session 2
Same leaders as session 1
14.00 End of conference. Lunch (optional)
15.30 Walking in Zermatt and the surrounding area
PROGRAM DAY 3
Zermatt Summit, Head Office
World Trade Center
Av. Gratta-Paille 2
CH – 1018 Lausanne (Suisse)
Contact Switzerland : +41 (21) 644 20 54
christopher.wasserman@zermattsummit.org
Contact France : +33 (0)1 45 78 85 52
staune@uip.edu
http://fr.zermattsummit2017.org
http://www.zermattsummit.org
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