IIN Social Innovation Workshop on April 11 - Submit session proposals by March 23
Posted March 16, 2022
Discipline(s): All
The Illinois Innovation Network (IIN) Entrepreneurship Committee's Social Innovation Subcommittee is hosting a Social Innovation Workshop on April 11, 2022, from 1-3 pm CT. We are seeking presenters from IIN hubs/institutions to highlight their important work on social innovation in Illinois. We invite you to submit a proposal to present a 10-minute virtual breakout session at this workshop, followed by a Q&A session. The workshop will connect Interdisciplinary practitioners and academics and multi-sector professionals who are looking for ideas to expand collaborative opportunities for social innovation in Illinois.
Submission focus areas for this workshop include sustainability, equity, digital literacy, food insecurity, community engagement, or other areas of social innovation or entrepreneurship, broadly defined, as relevant to the state of Illinois.
Submission Deadline: Wednesday, March 23 at 5:00 pm CT
Submission Link: https://forms.uofi.uis.edu/sec/639238221
Tentative Agenda for the Workshop:
- What is Social Innovation?
- Ben Lough, Professor of Social Work and Director of Social Innovation, Gies College of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Breakout sessions: Highlighting social innovation projects
- Moving forward and opportunities to get involved
Questions may be directed to the co-chairs of the Social Innovation Subcommittee: Jill Bowers at jbowers2@eiu.edu or Molly Lamb at mehle01s@uis.edu.
