Singapore, 15-16th September 2010

SIX in the City Summer School

Oppening RemarksDiogo Vasconcelos

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POTEO!

Slide 6 The Young Foundation 2010

-Recovery Through Innovation-Urban innovation and cities- Social Innovation Policy in Europe-Innovation in an ageing society-Design and Social Innovation-Social Investment and Social Enterprise

Recovery Through Innovation

- 130 Participants- From 23 countries: New Zealand, Australia, South Korea, China, Latvia, Portugal, Italy, UK, USA, Brazil and many more

The conversations were dazzling… truly the highlight were the people. Tonya Surman http://socialinnovation.ca/blog/meeting-of-social-innovation-minds-lisbon

« Un belle aperçu du dynamisme et de la profusion d’idées qui règne dans ce secteur » Stéphane Vincent http://la27eregion.fr

- 80 Participants- From 17 countries: Japan, Australia, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Belgium, Canada, USA and many more..

“This global network [SIX] might be able to

really influence and enable new solutions to some of the worlds most challenging problems.”http://socialinnovation.ca/blog/meeting-of-social-innovation-minds-lisbon

Making a Difference also on Policy Making

This is European Social Innovation : A call for inspiring stories

…they are also home to increasing social disparities, poverty, pollution, waste, and environmental problems.”

“More than ever before, cities are home to humanity’s great expectations…

A World in Transition…

Big cities getting bigger; 100 new cities with one million residents by 2025

Village economies transitioning from

agriculture-based to industry-based

Trillions of dollars in stimulus packages worldwide for infrastructure

50% of world population urban by 2008,

60% by 2030

500M people urbanized in the next five years

“The losers launched websites. The winners launched vibrant communities. The losers built walled gardens. The winners built public squares. The losers innovated internally. The winners innovated with their users.”(Tapscott & Williams – ‘How Mass Communication Changes Everything’).

“What is needed is not new or adapted instruments for knowledge transfer, but something quite different: the spaces in which interactions can take place” (Geoffrey Crossick, A lecture to the Royal Society of Arts).

We Need Spaces Where Interactions Take Place

We Need to Gather Evidence and Tell the Story

And We Need to Educate the Decision Makers

That Means Learning from the World

Tell Us Your Story

“We are what we share”

SIX is a Journey Driven by YOU

‘SIX and the City’2010 Summer School

Hosted by the Lien Centre for Social Innovation, Singapore

15 – 17 September 2010