Crowdsourcing Week
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CSW Summit Arctic Circle

Take place in partnership with Lapland Vuollerim Welcomes You
Travel to the Arctic Circle with Crowdsourcing Week in the exotic remoteness of Swedish Lapland. Here a 2-day CSW Summit will take place in partnership with Lapland Vuollerim Welcomes You, in a program focused on local crowd movements and innovative businesses for the common good on the cusp of global impact.
In the Vuollerim village there are several living examples of community-based businesses that reinvest 100% of the profit from its businesses back into the village and the local economy. During the summit we will meet with some of these community-based businesses who are stakeholders in their own futures.

The summit will be an interactive live-case study of learnings and experiences from what builds sustainable collaborative ground in new ventures. Participants will explore, share and deepen understandings on keys for design of more sustainable crowdsourcing-based processes in development of businesses and communities. What are the main success factors and keys for establishing businesses and social capital? What are the main challenges for further local development? How can we exchange learnings with others around the planet working with issues related to sustainable local development and open innovation?

who should attend?

  • Change makers from business and community development
  • Corporate teams
  • Local capital and digital currency innovators
  • Intrapreneurs seeking to create effective internal crowd communities for innovation
  • Macro-economists
  • Innovators in civic crowdsourcing
  • Researchers
  • Community planners from governments and civic organizations

Agenda

CSW Summit Arctic Circle Thurs-Fri, March 12 & 13

On March 12 & 13, learn from a variety of summit sessions including keynotes, master classes, and interactive breakouts.

Evening Events Daily

Special events each evening will further fire up networking and offer unique Arctic activities and interaction with the local community.

Optional Extra Days Saturday, March 14

Depart on Saturday, March 14th or take the opportunity and spend the weekend experiencing some genuine Arctic everyday lifestyle and outings.
9:00am | Welcome Remarks
Epi Ludvik Nekaj, Crowdsourcing Week

9:15am | Crowdsourcing Trends: Global Ideas, Local Action
Epi Ludvik Nekaj, Crowdsourcing Week

9:45am | Reversing the Brain Drain – And the Future of Work
Hjörtur Smárason, Innovation Embassy

10:15am | Coffee Break

10:30am | Crypto Currency – [PART 1] Intro to the theme, tool for leveraging local businesses and local capital
Epi Ludvik Nekaj, Crowdsourcing Week

11:00am | Cutting Edge Innovation. Practical Examples on Crowdsourcing in Vuollerim.Creative Business Development, presentations and visits.
Local Speakers

12:00pm | LUNCH

1:00pm | Cutting Edge Innovation. Practical Examples on Crowdsourcing in Vuollerim. Creative Business Development, Presentations and Visits.
Local Speakers

3:00pm | Disruptive Energy Technologies & Models
Carl Malbrain, Chairman of the Board, Blijdorp

3:30pm | Open Discussion / Coffee Break

5:00pm | Digital Session: Accelerating Impact investing in the Local Economy
Kevin Jones / Christine Egger, Social Capital Markets / Neighbourhood Economy

5:30pm | Digital Session: Turning the Tides, Democracy in a Sustainable Future
Ingrid Stange, Partnership for Change

6:00pm | Closing, Dinner and a Northern Light Walk

9:00am | Welcome Remarks
Epi Ludvik Nekaj, Crowdsourcing Week

9:15am | Keys for designing a common good foundation in business and collaborative economy and processes. Experiences, understandings and success factors from Vuollerim.
Local Speakers

10:15am | Coffee Break

10:30am | Crypto Currency in Practice [PART 2]
Epi Ludvik Nekaj, Crowdsourcing Week

11:30am | Mayors Working Together for a Sustainable Future
Kaj Embren, The Nordic Mayoral Initiative to COP 21 in Paris

12:15pm | The Relationship Economy, Continuity and Change
Bert-Ola Bergstrand, Lund Open Innovation Center

1:00pm | Lunch

2:00pm | Opportunities and Challenges of Crowdsourcing for Smart Regions
Birgitta Bergvall-Kåreborn & Anna Ståhlbröst, Luleå University of Technology, LTU

3:00pm | Interactive Workshop: Open Innovation 2.0 with Collaborative and Interactive Platforms. What will it look like?
Local Moderators

6:00pm | Closing Remarks / House Jumping Dinner

9:00am | Welcome Remarks
Epi Ludvik Nekaj, Crowdsourcing Week

9:15am | Keys for designing a common good foundation in business and collaborative economy and processes. Experiences, understandings and success factors from Vuollerim.
Local Speakers

10:15am | Coffee Break

10:30am | Crypto Currency in Practice [PART 2]
Epi Ludvik Nekaj, Crowdsourcing Week

11:30am | Mayors Working Together for a Sustainable Future
Kaj Embren, The Nordic Mayoral Initiative to COP 21 in Paris

12:15pm | The Relationship Economy, Continuity and Change
Bert-Ola Bergstrand, Lund Open Innovation Center

1:00pm | Lunch

2:00pm | Opportunities and Challenges of Crowdsourcing for Smart Regions
Birgitta Bergvall-Kåreborn & Anna Ståhlbröst, Luleå University of Technology, LTU

3:00pm | Interactive Workshop: Open Innovation 2.0 with Collaborative and Interactive Platforms. What will it look like?
Local Moderators

6:00pm | Closing Remarks / House Jumping Dinner

Venue

The summit will take place in Vuollerim, Sweden, touching the Arctic Circle. Situated along the world heritage road, Road 97, about 40 km south of Jokkmokk and 40 km north of Treehotel in Harads.

How to get here: Airport: Lulea Airport, just 1 hour flying time from Stockholm Arlanda Airport. Train station: Murjek, 14km, Overnight train from Stockholm and Gothenburg

The team at Vuollerim can arrange transfer from either the train station or the airport. Let them know more about your travel plans so we can assist you in the best way.

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