Shaping the future - Inclusion & participation workshop

The future workshop will take place from

• January 12 to 14, 2022 in digital form.
• The core time is Wednesday to Friday from 9:00 to 16:00.
• In addition, a short digitalpreparatory meeting is plannedfor December 14,2021from 3:30 to 6:00 pm.

Register quickly: Places are limited and tickets will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. Participation is free of charge!

Registration deadline is 08.12.2021 - You will receive the access data with the registration confirmation

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The aim of the Social Innovation Center (SIC) is to discover non-profit business ideas and support innovative solutions for social challenges. In this way, we get economically viable and therefore sustainable concepts off the ground.

This year's future workshop is all about the

Inclusion and participation.

We bring together experts from this field with people interested in solving social challenges. We use the innovative method of design thinking to find answers together and awaken creativity. This technique allows us to find (unconventional) solutions to problems quickly and efficiently.

What is important here is that all solutions are based on a deep understanding of the needs of the people affected by the problem.

In the workshop, we will therefore hold in-depth discussions with experts and those affected in the field of inclusion and participation in order to better understand the challenges they face. Based on this understanding, we will develop new solutions for the problems identified in the interviews. Together with the experts and those affected, we will subject our ideas to an initial test of practicability and cost-effectiveness.

In the digital workshop, participants learn about the innovative problem-solving method of Entrepreneurial Design Thinking in theory and practice under the guidance of Prof. Gunnar Spellmeyer. The participants are made up of freelancers, private individuals, participants from business or institutions and students.

It is planned that experts from different areas of work in the field of inclusion will be available for interviews. These include, for example, employees from the areas of inclusive living, work and leisure, but also parents of children with disabilities, affected trainees and employees of the Employment Agency from the area of career entry and participation. The experts and the exact topics that can be worked on will be presented at the digital preparatory meeting.

Procedure

Participation in the workshop is open to anyone who wants to engage intensively with the topic of "social innovation" and actively shape the future. The professional background is irrelevant: the decisive factor is the desire and willingness to get actively involved in a team.

Prerequisites for participation are:

• Attendance for all three workshop days - as well as for the preparation date on December 14, 2021
• Technical requirements for participating in an interactive video conference, including the presence of a camera and microphone and the use of browser-based software (Zoom, Mural, ...)

Regardless of whether you work in business, administration or one of the creative industries. Whether you have already come into contact with the issue around which the workshop revolves or the topic is completely new to you:

You are very welcome!

Register quickly: Places are limited and tickets will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. Participation is free of charge!