Congress: Innovations for Society

Congress: Innovations for Society

– New Pathways and Methods for Social Innovations to Take Effect –

20th and 21st September 2016 – Umweltforum, Berlin

This Congress brings together the diversified landscape of initiatives and communities of social innovation in Germany. The event is pursuing different interlinked goals: It opens the discussion on the potential of social innovations for solving major societal challenges in different fields of action. Additionally, opportunities and priorities of support by the German Ministry of Education and Research will be discussed. Finally, the congress will serve as a platform to connect researchers and practitioners.

‘Innovations for Society’ is funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and organised by TU Dortmund University/Sozialforschungsstelle in cooperation with the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS). Participants can expect a lively event and impulses from Federal Minister Johanna Wanka as well as other experts.

The congress will be in German. Further information is available here: http://sfs.tu-dortmund.de/cms/innovationskongress/de/home

Please register until 4th September 2016!

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