"Innovating With the Non-Innovators" - Now, what do they mean by that?

The last session of Lift France's 1st day (June 19), right before minister Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet's conclusion, is entitled "Changing Innovation - Innovating With the Non-Innovators". We wanted to invite speakers who believe innovation could be a day-to-day activity, and that anyone, in the right context, can be a part of reinventing her organization, her neighborhood, the services that she uses (or would like to use if she could).

How does one create such a context?

Within the Demos think tank, Catherine Fieschi has been doing just that for Britain's public services and local authorities: looking at how citizens, institutions and organizations create new forms of social and political resilience in the face of change. Now head of Counterpoint, the British Council's think tank, she will reflect on how institutions can transform their role in society; And what kinds of skills its members should learn - or unlearn - in order to collaborate with civil society rather than direct it.

Invented by Madrid's MediaLab Prado, Interactivos? is a 2-weeks workshop+seminar+showcase, a research and production platform for the creative and educational uses of technology, where anyone can participate. Its main goal is to expand on the use of electronic and software tools for artists, designers and educators, thus contributing to the development of local communities of cultural producers. Marcos Garcia will introduce this methodology and its amazing results.



dorkbot – whose motto is "People doing strange things with electricity" – is an informal gathering of artists, designers, engineers and hobbyists who like to share what they are doing. Artist and teacher Douglas Repetto, who originally created dorkbot in NYC, never thought it would spread so rapidly around the world. With Douglas, we will discover what this strange mix, from train hobbyists to open-source activist, can produce.