SESSION on DESIGN THINKING TO MOBILIZE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION FOR SOCIAL CHALLENGES The aim of this symposium is to highlight the innova- tive approaches towards address social challenges. There has been growing interest in promoting “social innovation” to imbed innovation in the wider economy by fostering opportunities for new actors, such as non-profit foundations, to steer research and collaborate with firms and entrepreneurs and to tackle social challenges. User and consumers are also relevant as they play an important role in demanding innovation for social goals but also as actors and suppliers of solutions. Although the innovation process is now much more open and receptive to social influences, progress on social innovation will call for the greater involvement of stakeholders who can mobilize science, technol- ogy and innovation to address social challenges. Thus, the session requires to be approached from holistic and multidisciplinary mind and needs to cover the issue from different aspects by seven inter- national speakers. Contents Overview ■1 Program ■4 Session Description ■6 Outline of Presentation ■7 Lecture material ■33 Appendix ■55 Program Welcome and Opening 8:30-8:35 • Dr. Yuko Harayama, Deputy Director of the OECD’s Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry (DSTI) ● (moderator) (5min) Session 1: Putting ‘design thinking’ into practice 8:35-9:20 • Dr. Karabi Acharya, Change Leader, Ashoka, USA(15min) ● Systemic Change to Achieve Environmental Impact and Sustainability • Mr. Tateo Arimoto, Director-General, Research Institute of Science and Technology for Society, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST / RISTEX) (Co-organiser and Host), Japan (15min) Design Thinking to Induce new paradigm for issue-driven approach −Discussant (5min) • Dr. Hans-Liudger Dienel, Director, The Centre for Technology and Society; CEO, Nexus Institute for Cooperation Management and Interdisciplinary Research, Germany (5min) Discussion (10min) Session 2: How to assess and measure social value of S&T? 9:20-10:20 • Dr. Julia Lane, Program Director, National Science Foundation, USA ● and Dr. Stefano Bertuzzi, Office of Science Policy Analysis, Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health (co-presentation) (25min) Science of Science Assessment 4 • Dr. Johan Evers instead of Mr. Roby Berloznik, Project manager, Institute Society and Technology, (15min) 5 Governance in Science and Technology: citizen participation and social innovation −Discussant (5min) • Dr. Hans-Liudger Dienel, Director, The Centre for Technology and Society; CEO, Nexus Institute for Cooperation Management and Interdisciplinary Research, Germany (5min) Discussion (15min) Session 3: Community-led innovation to address social challenges 10:20-11:05 • Ms. Laura Bunt, Policy Advisor, The National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA), UK (15min) ● Mass Localism: a way to help small communities solve big social challenges • Dr. Masayuki Horio, Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology / Professor, Politics, Faculty of Law, Ryukoku University Area Director, R&D Focus Area “Community-Based Actions against / Global Warming and Environmental Degradation” JST / RISTEX Director, Japan (15min) Socio-technical Routes Needed to Save Society from Energy and Environment Crises −Discussant (5min) • Dr. Hans-Liudger Dienel, Director, The Centre for Technology and Society; CEO, Nexus Institute for Cooperation Management and Interdisciplinary Research, Germany (5min) Discussion (10min) Wrap Up Discussion ●11:05-11:25 Concluding Remarks: Next Steps ●11:25-11:30 • Dr. Yuko Harayama, Deputy Director of the OECD’s Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry (DSTI)(moderator) Outline of Presentation Session Description Design Thinking To Mobilize Science, Technology, and Innovation for Social 8 Yuko Harayama Challenges Welcome and Opening Sunday, February 20, 2011: 8:30 AM-11:30 AM Please refer to the Appendix for the 159AB (Washington Convention Center ) Preliminary Press Program (page83-84) 9 Karabi Acharya Systemic Change to Achieve Today, “innovation” is attracting the interest of policy-makers, not only as a driver of economic Environmental Impact and growth or a tool to overcome economic crisis, but as a means to solve social problems. In sum, this Sustainability trend may induce a new paradigm of innovation, moving from the traditional linear perception of innovation into a more concerted way of conceiving innovation. Fostering innovation to address 13 Tateo Arimoto social challenges and mobilizing science, technology, and innovation calls for collaboration among Design Thinking to Induce multiple stakeholders, including universities, research institutes, private companies, government, New paradigm for Issue-driven and civil society and leads to the value creation for the society as a whole. Social challenges are Approach the issue for everyone without a border. Thus, we need to look ahead and work to find solutions comprehensively. Motivated to gain more insights into the factors that determine success and 15 Julia Lane failure in our efforts, this session will highlight elements and good practices that support a more Science of Science Assessment systematic approach for policy implications, looking into barriers and incentives designed to address social challenges as well. Panelists will identify projects that gather social entrepreneurs and researchers to develop and demonstrate technologies and show the possibility of solving environmental issues by fostering the dissemination of wooden houses and forest revitalization. 15 Stefano Bertuzzi These co-evolutive approaches, which involve reciprocal adaptation, will also be discussed. Science of Science Assessment Organizer: Tateo Arimoto, Japan Science and Technology Agency 6 Co-organizers: Yoko Nitta, Japan Science and Technology Agency and Suguru Ishiguro, Japan Science and Technology Agency 19 Johan Evers Moderator: Yuko Harayama, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Governance in Science and Technology Discussant: Hans-Liudger Dienel, Technical University Berlin Citizens' engagement for social innovation ? Speakers: Laura Bunt , National Endowment for Science, Technology, and Arts 25 Laura Bunt Mass Localism: A Way To Help Small Communities Solve Big Social Mass Localism: a way to help Challenges small communities solve big social challenges Masayuki Horio, Japan Science and Technology Agency Sociotechnical Routes Needed to Save Society from Energy and Environment Crises 28 Masayuki Horio Socio-technical Routes Needed Julia Lane, National Science Foundation; Stefano Bertuzzi, NIH to Save Society from Energy The Science of Science Assessment and Environment Crises Johan Evers, Institute Society and Technology Governance in Science and Technology: Citizens' Engagement for Social 29 Hans-Liudger Dienel Innovation Comments Karabi Acharya, Ashoka Systemic Change to Achieve Environmental Impact: Examples of Ashoka Fellows 31 Yuko Harayama Concluding Remarks: Next Steps Tateo Arimoto, Japan Science and Technology Agency Design thinking to induce new paradigm for issue-driven approach See more of: The Science Endeavor See more of: Symposia << Previous Symposium | Next Symposium >> Published with permission from the American Association for the Advancement of Science © 2011. When you have financial crisis, eco- remold social institution. transform society, and to design new entrepreneurial quality is the defining Introduction nomic crisis - policy makers say ok That is the challenge. Systematic ways for the social sector to become characteristic of first class entrepre- what should be the next determinant How to improve our capacity to more productive, entrepreneurial and neurs. It defines leaders who see oppor- and next driver for economic growth? address social challenges? Change globally integrated. Ahoka champions tunities for change and innovation and More than one countries focus on There is no unique solution to transformational social change ideas devote themselves entirely to making innovation but the trial of this session is We have passed through several and supports the entrepreneurs (and that change happen. These leaders not limited to the innovation for eco- experimentation trials. Achieve intrapreneurs) leading them and con- often have little interest in anything nomic growth but is trying to foresee nects social and business sectors to beyond their mission, and they are will- innovation as a mean to solve social For the first session, Environmental build an “eco-system” of initiatives that ing to spend the next ten to fifteen years problems We will put into practice and see support the fast-growing social needs of making a historical development take In this case, we have several ques- some experimental ones. Impact the world. place. This total absorption is critical to tions arising: and transforming a new idea into reality, and 1. Who does initiate? For the second session 2, tasks are What characterizes a leading social it is for this reason that Ashoka insists 2. Whom to mobilize? How to Assessing and how to value Sustainability entrepreneur? How does Ashoka that candidates commit themselves full- 3. How to orchestrate it? STI decide which candidates to nominate time to their ideas during the launch Because in our discussion, not only and which to turn away? phase. Usually when we want to promote policy makers are on the scene but also Ashoka's selection process is Ashoka is looking for the Andrew new technology -there are