november, 2018

28nov08:0009:30European Elections - Innovations for improving the lives of European Citizens08:00 - 09:30 Event Type:Breakfast Debate

Time

(Wednesday) 08:00 - 09:30

Location

Members' Salon, European Parliament

Event Details

Objective of the initiative

The objective of the event is to launch an initiative providing support to Members of the European Parliament during their election campaign.

Why Innovation?

Innovation is at the heart of social and economic progress, and citizens must be aware of the benefits it can bring for the quality of their life and the future of our planet.

To stay globally competitive, Europe must be a leader in innovation and emerging technologies. To foster this process, it is essential for Europe to review and adapt its innovation policies and equally important that policies for innovation are aligned across member states. Successful innovation policy must address the concerns of people. Another important element is to create favourable conditions to support young founders and keep them in Europe.

European Elections offer a great opportunity to better connect governments and politicians with citizens around topics impacting the future quality of life.

Reaching out to citizens and communicating clear and understandable messages has become a big challenge, particularly in times of widespread social media use. The EU institutions not only need to better connect with its people but at the same time address issues such as fake news and populistic arguments.

Innovative approaches and new technologies directly influence every aspect of human and planetary life. Communicating their value and positive impact is key, if citizens are to understand the vital role innovative solutions have to play in overcoming societal problems.

Implementation

Whereas the initiative has a thematic focus on innovation and emerging technologies, the participating startups, that are specialising in ‘government technologies’, will explain how they can support MEPs to successfully manage and lead their campaign from the ‘use of online platforms’ to ‘knock at the door’ strategies.

  1. Liegey, Muller, Pons: Campaign Technology for Politics
  2. Citizenlab: Online Citizen Participation made easy
  3. Apolitical: Helping to find government innovations that provide real solutions

Knowledge4Innovation and its partners will provide an overview of ‘Future/Past – Quo vadis innovation policy?’ information, as well as examples of impactful innovations improving lives of European citizens.

Organizer

Knowledge4Innovation Forum

Host

Ivana Maletić, Member of the European Parliament

Speakers for this event

  • Leclercq, Christophe

    Leclercq, Christophe

    Founder Euractiv

    He is the founder of EURACTIV media network & Chairman of Fondation EURACTIV, plus adviser & commentator. After launching EURACTIV in 1999 and managing it for 10 years, Mr. Leclercq then focused on deepening the network and external relations. Since January 2018, Christophe Leclercq is one of the experts on the High-Level Expert Group (HLEG) on disinformation. He leads the new projects #Media4EU and Stars4Media (Erasmus4Media). He also teaches notably at Institut d’Etudes Européennes/ULB (Brussels). Previously, Mr. Leclercq was EU Commission official with DG Competition (coordinator for Information Society). Before that, he was a management consultant with McKinsey, founder of the EuroManagers job fair, and market research manager at Renault Deutschland.

    Founder Euractiv

  • Maletić, Ivana

    Maletić, Ivana

    Member of the European Parliament (MEP)

    Member of the European Parliament (MEP)

    Member of the European Parliament (MEP)

  • van Ransbeeck, Wietse

    van Ransbeeck, Wietse

    Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, CitizenLab

    Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe 2018 in Law & Policy In January 2018, Wietse Van Ransbeeck got awarded as one of the 30 under 30 innovators in the field of Law & Policy. The jury recognised Wietse, as founder of CitizenLab, for “the potential it has to radically transform our democracies”.

    Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, CitizenLab

Speakers

Moderator:

Christophe Leclercq, Founder Euractiv

Speakers:

Quentin Rogé, Liegey, Muller, Pons: Campaign Technology for Politics (tbc)

Wietse van Ransbeeck, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, CitizenLab

Robyn Scott, Apolitical: Government innovations that provide real solutions (tbc)

Representative, European Institute of Innovation and technology

Members of European Parliament, About their campaign plans

 

 

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