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WeMake is working on the set up for the streaming, the feeds for Twitter and the transport of the deliverables to be shown during the Conference.
The Municipality of Milan and WeMake with the whole consortium are organising the opencare conference in Milan, Italy. The two-day program includes speakers and experiences about the EU funded project opencare that has lasted for two years. Other opencare partners will join these two days event to report about their activities and results. The event will take place on 22nd and 23rd november in Milan. WeMake will present its opencare solutions and designs developed by makers and citizens. Follow the conference here: conference · opencare.cc)
Here is the program taking place in few hours since now!
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Program
22nd November | Digital Social Innovation and the Cities
(the conference will be held in English)
14:00 – 14:30 | Registration e Welcome coffee
14:30 – 14:45 | Welcome & Agenda
Cristina Tajani City of Milan
Roberto Costantini Milano Luiss Hub for Makers and Students
14:45 – 15:00 | opencare, a CAPSSI project: an overview
Renato Galliano City of Milan
15:00 - 15:15 | Digital Social Innovation and Citizen Engagement
Next Generation Internet (NGI) - To what extent is it possible to create awareness of problems of sustainability and put collective solutions in place? The Internet of the future should provide better services, more intelligence, greater involvement and participation. It needs to reflect European social and ethical values: ie freedom, openness and more interoperability. What does it take to make this happen?
Loretta Anania Programme Officer, DG Communication Networks Content and Technologies, Next Generation Internet Unit, European Commission
15:15 - 16:30 | From Collective Intelligence to Social Innovation
Digital technologies can transform societies by mobilizing collective actions and enabling a more collaborative economy. This would include new ways of ensuring a wider citizen participation and equitable social innovation. How is “digital” space helping bottom-up initiative become sustainable?
Keynote speaker:
Francesca Bria Chief Technology and Innovation Officer, City of Barcelona
contribution introduced and moderated by Fabio Sgaragli, Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini:
Alberto Cottica Edgeryders
Paulien Melis Creative Care Lab of Waag Society
Olivier De Fresnoye Echopen project
Winnie Poncelet / Anthony Di Franco Open Insuline project
16:30 - 16:45 | Coffee break
16:45 - 17:45 | Cities as Platforms for Open Innovation
Are Cities “Innovation Machines”? And how can City Administrations foster innovation through linking up all stakeholders, including the smallest and the newest, to guarantee that the most voices are heard and the most resources are exploited? How does this create an ecosystem? A reflection from Milan’s strategies and practices.
Keynote speaker:
Marco Zappalorto, Nesta Italia
contribution introduced and moderated by Claudio Calvaresi, Avanzi:
Renato Galliano City of Milan / Milan and its “crowdsourced policy making”
Carolina Pacchi Polytechnic of Milan / Civic crowdfunding and citizen-led micro-regeneration in Milan and in European cities
Cosimo Palazzo City of Milan / WeMi as a digital/physical platform to reconnect care solutions with societal need
17:45 – 18:00 | Final remarks
Zoe Romano WeMake
18:00 – 19:00 | Call for solutions Open Innovation for Community Care Exhibition
Selected projects exhibition + happy hour
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