9:00-11:30, MODERN COLLECTION

Social innovation policy in Europe: where next?

Participatory workshop
Hosted by Geoff Mulgan, Nesta and Philippe Martin, DG RTD, European Commission in collaboration with the Social Innovation Community project

Facilitated by Madeleine Gabriel and Sophie Reynolds, Nesta

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9:00-11:00, GRANDE AUDITORIUM

Social Innovation in Social Services

Chair
Manuela Geleng, Acting Director for Social Affairs, DG EMPL, European Commission

Speakers
Ana Sofia Antunes, State Secretary for the Inclusion of People with Disabilities of Portugal
Hanne Denoo, Representative of the project: MISSION: Mobile Integrated Social Services Increasing Outcomes for people in Need – EaSI project
Iveta Baltina, Representative of the project: Vouchers for the provision of flexible child-minders service to workers with non-standard work schedules – EaSI project
Leena Pellila, Representative of the project: The home in Finland (Kotona Suomessa) – ESF project
Gianluca Misuraca, Joint Research Centre, Seville, European Commission

Moderator
Alfonso Lara Montero, Policy Director/Deputy CEO, European Social Network

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9:00-11:00, CONGRESS ROOM 1

Workshop DIY/DIT Care – Caring with Open Source IoT: Peer-to-Peer Practices for Collaborative Upcycling in Care

Side event in collaboration with JRC

Facilitated by
Zoe Romano and Alessandro Contini, WeMake

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11:00-11:30

Coffee break

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11:30-13:00, AUDITORIUM 2

Innovation LABS in the social and public sector

Parallel Session

Chair
Ann Mettler, EPSC, European Commission

Speakers
Madeleine Gabriel, Nesta
António Miguel – Laboratorio de Investimento Social – Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Milica Begovic Radojevic – UNDP
Christine van den Horn – Waag Society
Michela Magas, Music Tech Fest, 2017 EU Woman Innovator of the Year
Xavier Troussard, EU Policy Lab, JRC, EC

Moderator
Jacki Davis, Journalist

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11:30-13:00, AUDITORIUM 3

Social innovation and the care society

Parallel Session

Chair
Ria Oomen-Ruijte, member of the Senate of The Netherlands

Speakers
Bette Jacobs, Professor at Georgetown University
Bénédicte Defontaines, Founder and Director of the Mémoire Alois network
Pedro Oliveira, Patient Innovation
Raquel Castro, Social Policy Senior Manager, Representative of the EaSI project: INNOV-CARE – Innovative Patient-Centred Approach for Social Care Provision to Complex Conditions (2015-2018)

Moderator
Alison Hunter, Journalist

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11:30-13:00, GRAND AUDITORIUM

Social innovation and the skills for the future

Parallel Session

Chair
Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands

Speakers
Mirjam Schöning, Head of Programme, Learning through Play in Early Childhood, The LEGO Foundation
Dorothea Glenys Thornton, Baroness Thornton, member of the House of Lords of UK
Ibrahim Ouassari, Molengeek project
Domingos Guimarães, CEO of Academia de Código
Kiran Sethi, Founder of Riverside School in India
Ruxandra Creosteanu, Co-founder of Babele
Rui Marques, IPAV-Instituto Padre António Vieira

Moderator
Katrina Sichel, Journalist

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11:30-13:00, CONGRESS ROOM 1

Workshop DIY/DIT Sensing – Making Sense: Participatory Experiments from Co-design to Environmental Crowdsensing

(in collaboration with EC JRC)

Facilitated by Mara Balestrini and Gui Seiz, FabLab Barcelona

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11:30-13:00, CONGRESS ROOM 2

Prize for Blockchains for Social Good

 

Launching a 5M€ Prize on Blockchains for Social Good (in collaboration with European Innovation Council and DG Connect)

Facilitated by Fabrizio Sestini, DG CONNECT, European Commission

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13:00-14:00

Light lunch

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14:00-15:15, GRAND AUDITORIUM

Social and Proximity “Social innovation as a new tool for addressing societal challenges”

Speakers
Marcelle Hendrickx, Committee of the Regions (CoR) rapporteur of the opinion “Social innovation as a new tool for addressing societal challenges”, May 2017
Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris
Fernando Medina, Mayor of Lisbon

Moderator Jackie Davis, Journalist

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15:15-16:15, GRAND AUDITORIUM

Patient Innovation Award Ceremony

(Audio/video also available in Auditório 2)

Opening remarks
Pedro Oliveira and Helena Canhão, Project Leaders, Patient Innovation

Awards to be delivered by
Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation
Isabel Mota, President of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Manuel Heitor, Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education

Closing remarks Manuel Heitor, Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education of Portugal

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16:15-17:00, GRAND AUDITORIUM

Social innovation and the future of Europe

Chair
José Silva Peneda, Special Advisor of Commissioner Moedas, former Minister of Social Affairs of Portugal

Speakers
Marianne Thyssen, European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility
Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation