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by Prasad Krishna last modified Apr 08, 2014 11:14 AM
Centre for Knowledge Societies is organizing this event in partnership with Grameen Foundation India, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, UNDP, et.al. Sunil Abraham is a speaker at this event to be held in New Delhi on March 14, 2014.

Design Public is a high-level conversation among a select group of thinkers, decision-makers and opinion-leaders who seek to transform India into an innovation society. It brings together influential actors from all sectors of society to deliberate the best ways in which innovation can serve the public interest. The larger goal of the Conclave is to serve as an enabling platform for building the necessary partnerships and consortia that will bring this agenda to practical realization.

Schedule

8.30 Registration and Coffee
Background Track: Hamsa Dhwani
9.00

Breakfast Dialogue: Three Perspectives to Citizen-Centricity
by Shazia Ilmi Somnath Bharti Namrata Mehta Aditya Dev Sood and Sunil Abraham
Three distinct approaches to Governance Innovation are seen in India today: citizen activism, the open data and open governance agenda, and the integration of design and innovation into government processes. Representatives from each of these spaces begin the day with an open and friendly public dialogue.

10.20 Word of Welcome
10.30 Session One: The Elements of Governance Innovation
by Sumandro Chattapadhyay Raman Jit Singh Chima Arndt Husar Esko Kilpi Chakshu Roy Divya Datta Namrata Mehta
How are people thinking about Governance Innovation around the world in terms of process, data and systems change? What is the success of various Lab models and how do they exactly work? What is the relevance of these approaches to the Indian scenario?
12.00

Session Two: Social Innovation through Partnership with Private Sector
by Nehal Sanghavi Daniel Radcliffe Louise Pulford Chandni Ohri Ada Wong Aditya Dev Sood
How can we promote social innovation through new partnerships between the social and private sectors? How can we take advantage of the new Companies Act to develop new alliances and partnerships across sectors that will actually drive innovation? How does the concept of social innovation fit into these needs?

01.00

Networking Lunch
Talk and connect with people outside your comfort zone!

02.00 Convene for Working Group Breakouts
02.30

Working Group One: Design a Social Innovation Exchange for India
by Mike Knowles Nehal Sanghavi Daniel Radcliffe Louise Pulford Chandni Ohri Abhimanyu Nowhar Ada Wong Aditya Dev Sood
The Social Innovation Exchange is a global organization with several regional hubs, such as SIX Asian in Hong Kong. What if there were to be a SIX India? What would be its mandate? What activities and goals should it pursue?

02.30

Working Group Two: Building an Action Plan for a Civic Innovation Lab
The assembled group of thought leaders at this Design Public Conclave have the potential to reorganize as a new non-partisan community dedicated to achieving governance innovation. For this to be possible, however, they must first breakout into articulating challenges and goals in each of the three areas identified below.

03.30

WGII Breakout Two Alpha: A New Agenda for Citizen-centric Innovation
by Sumandro Chattapadhyay Soaib Grewal Ambrish Arora Usha Alexander Ishan Khosla MP Ranjan Sunil Abraham
How can design and innovation methods benefit the citizenry? How can mobile networks and different kinds of data be used to create better urban experiences? How can India’s new urban activism better align with design and data approaches?

03.30

WGII Breakout Two Beta: Institutionalizing a Civic Innovation Network
by Lysander Menezes Suhas Mhaskar Rajesh Khati Shweta Banerjee Arndt Husar Jatin Modi Esko Kilpi Rajesh Sawhney Chakshu Roy
How do we bring together the natural allies of Civic Innovation into a larger network? Which government agencies, startups, and social development organizations need to work together towards this goal? How could Civic Innovation be operationalized? What institutions, individuals and networks might support Civic Innovation?

04.30 Coffee Jam with Music
05.00

Public Presentations from Each Breakout
by Prashant Bhushan Balasubramanian Munuswamy Harsh Shrivastava Anant Shah MP Ranjan Sukumar Ranganthan
Thought leaders and decision makers critique and review public presentations made by each of the breakout sessions. An open dialogue ensues.

05.30

Dialogue: Framing Conclusions and Charting Next Steps

An open dialogue to articulate possible next steps, possible coalitions, alliances, research programs and funding prospects for these areas of work.

07.00

Cocktails, Dancing and Dinner

After a heavy day at the office, you deserve to twist that spine.

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