Enable! Profound Innovation in Society, Economy & Knowledge

Exploring a new paradigm for bringing forth
game-changing innovation

March 18-20, 2010, Vienna

Mechanistic models and a deterministic worldview may have worked well for the last centuries, but are not apt for the upcoming challenges we are facing today. Rather, we need completely different concepts and attitudes, accepting that the underlying processes escape our control and are unpredictable. It seems that the concept of “Enabling” is the key to this shift of thinking. Enabling is the art of carefully configuring adequate levers (physical space, networks, resources, etc.) that best support specific innovation processes, such as idea generation, prototyping, market entry, etc..
08:30 Doors opening

09:15 - 12:30 Workshops | Deep-dive Session

These sessions will be dedicated to in-depth dialogs and hands-on workshops. Three rooms will each explore the potentials of bridging two of the following themes. Further, you can organize individual meetups for specific/emerging themes, we will dedicate a separate room for this. Registration for the workshops can be done at the conference registration desk, on Friday morning, March 19 (so be early to reserve a seat at your favorite session!)
Workshop 4: Enabling Metamorphoses meet Enabling Network Patterns

Facilitator: Stefan Blachfellner
– Florian Brody, For a change - take a risk, Abstract
– Violeta Bulc, Innovation Ecosystem, a possible platform for sustainable growth, Abstract
Workshop 5: Enabling Networks Patterns meet Enabling Structurs

Facilitator: Martina Hartner
– Laurent Haug, Enabling networking and inspiration, Abstract
– Jutta Kleedorfer, Indeed: Future and urban developement need visions, radical ideas, new positions… but also continuity, caution, care…, Abstract
Workshop 6: Enabling Ambiences meet Enabling Metamorphoses

Facilitator: Stefan Wiltschnig
– Roland Alton-Scheidl, Co-operative Settings that enable IT, Media and Social Businesses, Abstract
– Leo Sauermann, We can start the tradition of Personal Semantic Information Management, Abstract
– Oliver Marlow, Talking about ‘enabling’ spaces. How design is being used to transform the way people interact with each and their environment, Abstract

13:00 - 14:30 Lunch

14:30 - 17:00 Prototyping | Gallery | Open Cola | Experience the Experience of 1 Baud
The output of the break out sessions will be illustrated and prototyped to be displayed in a gallery-like setting. And there will be other projects too: Open Cola and Experience the Experience of 1 Baud!

17:00 - 20:00 End of conference drinks

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