Speaker
Ezio Manzini
Ezio Manzini, a leading thinker in design for sustainability, founded DESIS, an international network on design for social innovation and sustainability (http://www.desis-network.org). He is Honorary Professor at the Politecnico di Milano, Chair Professor at University of the Arts London, and currently guest Professor at Tongji University, Shanghai, and Jiangnan University, Wuxi.
Moderator
Mark Anderson
Mark Anderson is Director of The Europe Office at Glasgow Caledonian University. His overall remit is to heighten the University’s research and innovation activities on the international stage, enhance international cooperation and increase student and staff mobility through EU programmes. Mark currently coordinates several EU funded projects including two Capacity Building projects to embed Social Innovation Support Units in Universities.
He organised several events promoting social innovation and was part of the organisational team launching a special research conference – Social Frontiers: The Next Edge of Social Innovation Research at GCU’s London Campus in November 2013.
Mark is also a member of the board of directors of the Melting Pot, a social innovation incubator in Edinburgh and a member of the Social Innovation Exchange Global Council. He also play a number of advisory roles on European funding outside the University, including chair of the Universities UK Europe Network and an Erasmus+ advisory panel member.
Moderator
Michelangelo Secchi
Michelangelo Secchi is the Scientific Coordinator of the Empatia Project. He has a background in History and Public Management and has been working since 2003 as Consultant on communication and stakeholder management for Governments, NGOs and Local Authorities. His consultancy areas are local development, democratic governance strategies, citizen engagement in policy making processes and public sector accountability.
