E2C Consortium Presents: THE LAUNCH OF THE PEOPLE VALUE COMPANY

Express to Connect consortium is pleased to invite you to a seminar on designing an empathic society, which is organized on the occasion of launching the People Value Company. The event takes place on Friday the 15th of February 2013, at the Laurea University of Applied Sciences’ premises in Vantaa, Finland.

Express to Connect consortium is pleased to invite you to a seminar on designing an empathic society, which is organized on the occasion of launching the People Value Company. The event takes place on Friday the 15th of February 2013, at the Laurea University of Applied Sciences’ premises in Vantaa, Finland.

The event will be streamed live on the Internet so if you are unable to join us in Vantaa, you may attend by using a Webinar link.

The seminar focuses on the aspects of designing an emphatic society. Based on the research results of the Express to Connect project and the expertise of the People Value Company, you gain insights on how to prepare for the challenges of the aging society by design for the purpose of social connectedness.

PROGRAM (Finnish time / CET+1)

9.30 Registration and coffee

10.00 New old
Tuula Koli, Senior Advisor

10.10 For and by – the importance of users when innovating
Jarmo Eskelinen, ENoLL President

10.30 Design for social connectedness
Sabine Wildevuur, Head of Programme Healthcare, Waag Society

10.50 Transitions for the new old
Mie Bjerre, Partner, Copenhagen Living Lab

11.10 Portraits for reframing
Jesper Svensson, Lecturer in informatics, Halmstad University

11.30 Key Note – TBA

12.00 Lunch

12.50 Turning an iPad into a social board game
Astrid van Roij-Lubsen, Concept Developer, Waag Society

13.10 People value assessment
Anne Äyväri, Principal Lecturer, Laurea University of Applied Sciences

13.30 Looking ahead – toward people value companies
Thomas Hammer-Jacobsen, Head of Lab, Copenhagen Living Lab

14.00 Coffee break

14.30 – 15.30 Parallel sessions: Gaming and People Value Canvas

Session 1: Gaming
Astrid van Roij-Lubsen, Concept Developer, Waag Society

Session 2: People Value Canvas
Thomas Hammer-Jacobsen, Head of Lab, Copenhagen Living Lab

The seminar is free of charge, but the number of seats is limited. Please register here by 11th February 2013 to reserve a place in the seminar.

If you wish to join the Webinar, please register here by 13th February 2013.

For more information about Express to Connect project, please visit www.express2connect.org