Getting Innovative Online

The Covid-19 pandemic forced all societal actors to look for new ways of working including carrying out innovation activities and processes. In the project Digital innovation processes (AKKE), funded by the Regional Council of Ostrobothnia, ÅAU Experience Lab and the University of Vaasa investigated experiences of leading innovation and development work online or in hybrid form during the pandemic. The project produced checklists for how to plan, implement and follow up innovation processes and co-creation online or in hybrid form. The webinar presents the project results and discusses how to get innovative online. The webinar is carried out in collaboration with the H2020 project OpenInnoTrain, and will take place on Wednesday 22nd February 2023, 10AM EET/Finnish time (9AM CET).

Registration:

Deadline: 20th February 2023 https://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/1744224E48EEEDE2
The meeting link will be sent to the participants when the registration has closed. The webinar is free of charge.

Agenda:

10:00 Welcome – Manager Yvonne Backholm-Nyberg, Experience Lab/Åbo Akademi University

Possibilities and pitfalls of innovation processes online – step by step checklists for implementation – Planning Officer Kimmo Rautanen, Experience Lab/Åbo Akademi University & Senior Researcher Mona Enell-Nilsson, University of Vaasa

Finding the seeds of innovation in remote work – challenges and solutions – Postdoctoral Researcher Maria Pajuoja, University of Vaasa

Online Innovation Dialogue

11.10 Concluding remarks

For questions, please contact Kimmo Rautanen, Åbo Akademi University, kimmo.rautanen@abo.fi, or Senior Researcher Mona Enell-Nilsson, University of Vaasa, moen@uwasa.fi