The 2009 ISPIM Conference - The Future of Innovation
21 - 24 June
Vienna, Austria
The 2009 ISPIM Conference - The Future of Innovation - will be held in Vienna, Austria on 21-24 June 2009. Organised by ISPIM, hosted by The Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, and supported by DANUBE - European Programmes for Training, Research and Technology and Ratio Strategy & Innovation Consulting, this conference will bring together academics, business leaders, consultants and other professionals involved in innovation management. The conference format will include facilitated themed sessions for academic and practitioner presentations together with interactive workshops and discussion panels. Additionally, the conference will provide excellent networking opportunities together with a taste of local Viennese culture.
www.conference.ispim.org
conference@ispim.org
Festival of Ideas
June – December
The Festival of Ideas will develop as an on- and off-line series of events to bring to the fore the best social innovations Europe has to offer. 10 cross-cutting themes will be presented to Europe’s citizens using private, public and third sector networks, as well as online websites. Hundreds of people, each one with different background and expertise, will submit ideas that will make Europe and the world a better place. The most promising ones will be developed through an online project collaboration platform. The process will culminate with 10 conferences in 10 European cities, each focusing on a different theme. An 11th event will capture the learning from the process to present policy recommendations to the Commission in the form of a People’s Manifesto that expresses how Europe can be more creative and innovative.
http://www.the-hub.net
http://www.research00.net
http://www.demos.co.uk
Lecture series at Imperial College London
3rd June – Commerce and Creativity
’Imagine a New World’ Photography Competition
Deadline: 31st August
The Commission are running a photography competition called 'Imagine a new world' (http://www.imagine2009.eu/4.0.html). This competition is in line with the 'European year of innovation and Creativity' which aims to raise awareness of the importance of creativity and innovation and how they contribute to our personal, social and economic development. Participants are asked to submit 2-4 images that are related to the theme 'Imagine a new world' regardless of their age, sex, or nationality (officials and other persons employed by the European Institutions – including the Agencies – and their families are not eligible to participate to the competition). Prizes are:
The first prize is a camera or photographic equipment of a value not exceeding €5,000 and a trip to Stockholm to the closing ceremony of the European Year of Creativity and Innovation 2009.
The second prize is a camera or photographic equipment of a value not exceeding €2,000 and a trip to Stockholm to the closing ceremony of the European Year of Creativity and Innovation 2009.
The third prize is a camera or photographic equipment of a value not exceeding €1,000 and a trip to Stockholm to the closing ceremony of the European Year of Creativity and Innovation 2009.
People’s Favourite Award Winner
The winner of the “People’s Favourite Award” will receive a digital camera or photographic equipment or photographic equipment of a value not exceeding €2,000 and a trip to Stockholm to the closing ceremony of the European Year of Creativity and Innovation 2009.
Additionally, the Jury-selected prize winners and the winner of the “People's Favourite Award”, will be invited to the official competition awards ceremony, which will take place in Brussels, Belgium in November 2009. At the ceremony they will meet high-ranking European personalities.
Details about how to enter are all available on the above link.
