Harnessing Culture & Creativity for EU Sustainability and Social Innovation
TIME
11:00 – 12:15
TRACKS
Track 1: Living Labs for Grand Societal Challenges
ORGANISER
ENoLL Culture & Creativty WG
Target Audience
Representatives from culture & creativity Living Labs; Policymakers and government officials; Academia and research institutions; Industry professionals and practitioners; Civil society organizations and community representative .
Type of Session
Roundtable
DESCRIPTION
This roundtable session aims to showcase the crucial role of Living Labs within the culture & creativity sectors in implementing EU policies goals and related to sustainability, circular economy, and biodiversity, among other (non-exhaustive list). By bringing together various stakeholders, it seeks to explore how culture and creativity, together with art and artists, can serve as catalysts for transformative participatory practices, fostering democratic values and social inclusion – leading to innovative solutions and creative models for systemic change.
Agenda
5 mins – Introduction (Presentation of the WG and of the session – Martina Desole, ENoLL Director)
15 mins – Shaping the Future: The New European Bauhaus – Vision and achievements (Alina Ujupan, Head of Unit New European Bauhaus, Joint Research Centre, European Commission)
45 mins – Roundtable: Can Cultural and Creative Living Labs Lead the EU Towards Sustainability and Social Innovation?
- Martha King, Creative Programme Manager, Bristol Living Lab (KWMC)
- Jokin Garatea, International Business Director of International projects, Bird Living Lab (GAIA)
- Dr Paul Clarke, ‘Future Places Toolkit’ Director
- Martina Desole, ENoLL Director (moderator)
- 5 mins – Wrap up (Martina Desole, ENoLL Director)
SPEAKER BIOS
Alina Ujupan
Head of Unit New European Bauhaus, Joint Research Centre, European Commission
Alina Ujupan
Head of Unit New European Bauhaus, Joint Research Centre, European CommissionAlina Ujupan is working for the European Commission and has more than 19 years of professional experience in the domain of European affairs. Currently, Alina leads the New European Bauhaus unit, responsible for the policy development, coordination and implementation of the New European Bauhaus movement, based in the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre. Before joining the New European Bauhaus unit, Alina was Member of Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Magrethe Vestager, being responsible for coordinating multiple policies areas, among which Research and innovation, Digital taxation & skills, Budget and A European Green Deal. She was Member of Cabinets of Commissioners Dacian Ciolos (2010-2014) and MariyaGabriel (2017-2019) covering policy reforms, implementation, and negotiation in the agricultural and digital policy fields, respectively. She obtained her PhD on negotiation processes in EU decisionâ€making with the University of Ulster (Northern Ireland). She obtained an MSc in Research Methods from the Nottingham Trent University (United Kingdom), a Bachelor's Degree with Honours in Politics from the same institution and a Bachelor's Degree in Economics from BabeÈ™â€Bolyai University (Cluj-Napoca, Romania).
Martha King
Creative Co-Director, Bristol Living Lab (KWMC)
Martha King
Creative Co-Director, Bristol Living Lab (KWMC)Martha King is the Creative Co-Director at Knowle West Media Centre (KWMC). She has over 10 year’s experience of producing citizen led participatory arts and digital projects. At KWMC she has developed and delivered co-creation programmes exploring, data ethics, AI, commons-based approaches and citizen sensing. She is co-author on HCI published paper 'A City in Common: A Framework to Foster Technology Innovation from the Bottom up' and co-author of the chapter ‘We Can Make: Co-Creating Knowledge and Products with Local Communities’ in ‘Co-Creation in Theory and Practice Exploring Creativity in the Global North and South’.
Jokin Garatea
International Business Director of International projects, GAIA.
Jokin Garatea
International Business Director of International projects, GAIA.International Business Director of International projects I GAIA. He is an expert on dissemination and exploitation plans. Has participated in more than 80 EU projects. Member of different European networks (ENOLL, Greenovate Europe, EIIT culture KIC), promoter and evaluator of Living Labs, coordinator of the Basque District of Culture and Creativity Vice-president of Ocean Living Lab for promotion and technological innovation of water-related culture and sport activities in a preserved environment of Urdaibai. Jokin is counsellor for sustainability in the municipality of Forua, at the Reserve of the biosphere of Urdaibai. Its cultural and natural heritage is critical to be maintained trough innovative projects. Jokin has a Law Degree, from Deusto University, Spain, a Msc in CSR in Football Clubs and is a phd candidate in Industrial Psicology.
Martina Desole
Director ENoLL
Martina Desole
Director ENoLLMartina is currently the Director of ENoLL, the European Network of Living Labs where she promotes globally the Living Lab concept and methodology and the Network of our certified Members. She has been working in the field of science diplomacy and promotion of research and innovation, helping researchers and entrepreneurs to find a way to be funded by Europe for their ideas, and Europe to implement Cooperation policies in science and innovation with other Countries. She holds a master’s degree in international law and a Master in Global Environmental Policies. As project manager she coordinated and managed several international cooperation projects, focusing in the past years on Canada, India, South Africa and the US.
Dr. Paul Clarke
Artist and Associate Professor of Performance and Creative Technologies at University of Bristol
Dr. Paul Clarke
Artist and Associate Professor of Performance and Creative Technologies at University of BristolPaul Clarke is an artist and Associate Professor of Performance and Creative Technologies at University of Bristol, where he is co-director of the Centre for Creative Technologies. Alongside his research, Paul has shown work nationally and internationally with the performance company Uninvited Guests. The company is currently partnering with Bristol City Council and UK Gov’s Defra, exploring ways immersive technologies can engage communities with policy and local decision-making. For example, Uninvited Guests developed Future Places Toolkit, an augmented reality tool for planning consultation and community engagement around regeneration. Paul also works on creative methods of co-designing futures with the Centre for Sociodigital Futures, and was a co-investigator on Connecting Through Culture As We Age: Digital Innovation for Healthy Ageing.