Programme overview – Tuesday, October 24, 2017: (PDF version)
| 09:00-10:00 | Registration and coffee | Plenary | 
| 10:00-12:00 | Opening Session “Social Innovation from a global perspective”
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| 10:00-10:30 | Welcome and Key Addresses | Plenary | 
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Monica MENAPACE, Project and policy officer, Unit B6 (Open and Inclusive Societies), DG Research and InnovationAntonius SCHRÖDER, SI-DRIVE, TU Dortmund University and Armelle LEDAN, SIC, AEIDL |  | 
| 10:30-11:30 | Keynotes | Plenary | 
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Jürgen HOWALDT (TU Dortmund University) “Social Innovation – Research and Policy of the Future” – Results from the SI-DRIVE ProjectFrances WESTLEY (WISIR) Social Innovation and Resilient societies |  | 
| 11:30-12:00 | Panel Discussion with the Key Note Speakers | Plenary | 
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch |  | 
| 13:00-15:00 | Parallel Policy Sessions | Workshop rooms | 
| 15:00-15:30 | Coffee break |  | 
| 15:30-18:00 | Plenary Session and Discussion: Increasing the Impact of Social Innovation | Plenary | 
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Josef HOCHGERNER (ZSI) Social Innovation and Social Change – How to increase the impact of Social InnovationKriss DEIGLMEIER (TIDES) Strategies for Scaling Social InnovationJulia WITTMAYER (DRIFT) The role of Social Innovation in Processes of Transition – Results from the Transit ProjectNadia VON JACOBI (SBS, University of Oxford) Creating Economic Space for Social Innovation |  | 
| 19:00 | Dinner |  | 
Programme overview – Wednesday, October 25, 2017:
| 09:00-11:00 | Plenary Session: Social Innovation Policy | Plenary | 
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Steven DHONDT (TNO) and Matthias WEBER (AIT): Results of the Policy and Foresight ProcessStefan KUHLMANN (Eu-SPRI, University of Twente): New Generation of Innovation PolicyRaul ZAMBRANO (UNDP): Social Innovation and the SDG |  | 
| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee break |  | 
| 11:30-13:00 | Policy Debate: Contours of a Social Innovation Policy | Plenary | 
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Basudeb CHAUDHURI, EC, DG Research & InnovationNora MILOTAY, European ParliamentRaul ZAMBRANO, UNDPStefan KUHLMANN, Twente
Klaus PETERS, ESTEPJuan-Luis KLEIN, CRISES Moderator: Antonius SCHRÖDER, TU Dortmund University |  | 
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch |  | 
| 14:00-17:00 | Special events (in parallel): | Workshop rooms | 
| 17:00-17:30 | Farewell |  |