Join the Amsterdam Action Camp for Societal Innovation: 20-22 May 2016

Join an inspiring international, multi-disciplinary team of innovators to explore ideas for using open innovation thinking to address Europe’s societal challenges

Join an inspiring international, multi-disciplinary team of innovators to explore ideas for using open innovation thinking to address Europe’s societal challenges

The Amsterdam Action Camp is an instrument for addressing societal challenges in an open innovation context. It provides a concrete programme for developing breakthrough ideas and insights, combined with an entrepreneurial discovery process aimed at producing real-world impact after the Camp.

This event runs in Amsterdam directly before the Open Innovation 2.0 Conference (23-24th of May) and is a great addition to those interested in devlving deeper into the field of societal innovation.

This Camp for Societal Innovation brings people from different countries, backgrounds and diverse expertise areas together to work in dedicated teams for 3 days, to address real world challenges brought by the European Commission’s DG Connect, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, and the European Committee of the Regions.

These are the challenges for the Camp in Amsterdam:

1. e-Platforms as business model innovation enablers: open engagement platform are a tool to transform the business landscape, and to enable all stakeholders to co-create value. How can we develop an operational strategy to capture value in the platform economy in Europe, and contribute to making the Digital Single Market operational?
2. How to measure and model the impact of open innovation 2.0: Proper indicators help to focus research and innovation investments and indicate areas with real potential for long-term impact on wellbeing, jobs, growth and sustainable competiveness. What new kinds of indicators do we need to measure open innovation impact? How can we use OI 2.0 to enhance value creation in the creative commons?
3. Role of creativity & design in industry: How can design bring business, citizens, academia and the public sector together to develop the city of the future? How can creativity drive new business opportunities, breakthrough products and innovative services?
4. Societal Innovation Camps for regional challenges: How to design a series of innovation camps across Europe to deal effectively with societal challenges and trans-regional innovation in Europe? How can we provide a systemic infrastructure for supporting societal innovation in an effective and affordable way?
5. Citizen Dialogue and Engagement: How can cities and regions work together on innovative ways of engaging citizens through ‘citizen dialogues’ and other bottom-up activities, in order to provide fresh ideas and insights for implementing Europe’s Urban Agenda?

At the Camp, participants work with content experts, direct stakeholders and a growing global community of open innovation practitioners to discover new ways to address these challenges. Facilitators will guide the teams through a selforganizing work process to enrich promising ideas and design the follow-through process to move them forward in active prototyping after the camp.

The Camp is intended as the initial step of a rapid realization process, which aims at taking ideas from post-it to prototype to project within 9 months. Amsterdam Action Camp is open for people with relevant expertise and the desire to pursue innovation in practice.

All those passionate about addressing societal challenges through open innovation, practical wisdom and innovation-ecosystem thinking are welcome to join. For more information about the Camp, and to register for taking part, please contact the AAC information point at [email protected] and read the attached invitation below.