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Here are important reflections on social innovation from the International Conference on Social innovation for a Bettere World in Our Time organized by the Fondazione Mondo Digitale, including some of the presentations in powerpoint.
Opening Session
Tullio De Mauro, President of the Fondazione Mondo Digitale
Massimo Egidi, Dean of the Università Luiss Guido Carli, Roma
Lenia Samuel, Vice-Director General DG Labour, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, EU
Alfonso Molina, Professor of Technology Strategy at the University of Edinburgh and Scientific Director of the Fondazione Mondo Digitale [Powerpoint Presentation]
John Davies, Vice-President Intel for the “World Ahead” Programme
John Vassallo, Vice-President of EU Affairs for Microsoft [Powerpoint Presentation]
Andy Westwood, Chairman of OECD LEED Forum on Social Innovation
David Albury, Co-President, The Innovation United Limited [Powerpoint Presentation]
International Session chaired by Alfonso Molina
Mirjam Schöning, Senior Director of the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship [Powerpoint Presentation]
Raymond Horton, Director of the Social Enterprise Program, Columbia University
Rod Lohin, Director of the AIC Centre for Corporate Citizenship, University of Toronto
Tonya Surman, Founder and Director of the Centre for Social Innovation, Toronto
Practical Experiences: social innovation in Italy
1st Session in partnership with Confcooperative.
Chair and introduction: Carlo Borgomeo, Director of the Economic Department of Confcooperative
- Enterprise as a Form of Citizenship: the experience of the Gruppo Fraternità in Brescia (Luigi Chiari) [presentazione in ppt]
- New Frontiers for Home Assistance: cooperativa Crescere insieme in Turin (Barbara Pilan) [Powerpoint Presentation]
- Sustainable Social Building: Copalc Bologna (Mario Bortolotti)
Comments: Mirjam Schöning, Senior Director of the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship
2nd Session in partnership with the Università Luiss di Roma
Chair and introduction: Paolo Boccardelli, Associate Professor of Economics, Enterprise Management and Strategy at the Faculty of Economics, Luiss Guido Carli
- CSR and Corporate Perfomance. Is there any link? (Giovanni Fiori)
- EGO Programme: entrepreneurship and corporate responsibility (Alessio Zagaglia)
- Distributing Knowledge to Low-knowledge and Low-resource Areas (Eduardo Perez, University of Stockholm)
Comments: Raymond Horton, Director of the Social Enterprise Program, Columbia University
3rd Session in partnership with Aiccon
Chair and introduction: Franco Marzocchi, President of Aiccon.
- Last Minute Market (Luca Falasconi)
- Fondazione Culturale Responsabilità Etica, Banca Popolare Etica (Andrea Baranes) [Powerpoint Presentation]
- Italian Association for Responsible Tourism (Alfredo Somoza)
Comments: Tonya Surman, Founder and Director of the Center for Social Innovation, Toronto
4th Session on International Projects
Chair and introduction: Luigi Mariano, Professor of Enterprise Social Responsibility Management, Faculty of Communication, Università Sapienza di Roma. Presentation of four experiences of digital inclusion participating in the Global Junior Challenge:
- Research and Resource Centre in the Rural Rwenzori Region, Western Uganda (Johnstone Baguma)
- Global Leader in Equal Access to Digital Education, Uruguay (Jiulia Peruzzi Tirelli)
- Globaldreamers - Dream a dream with Ein Ganim, Israel (Marsha Goren)
- Outsourcing ICT education right into the hands of youth, Philippines (Jay Vincent Plaza)
