Workshop Details

Guest Speaker: Richard Millar, Head of Sustainability at the Strategy Technology Board
The Society for the Environment (SocEnv) and the Environmental Sustainability KTN invite you to participate in an exciting facilitated workshop. It will explore the opportunities created by combining innovate thinking practices with environmental professionalism to deliver sustainable value to business.The event is designed for environmental practitioners and individuals of any profession seeking to acquire knowledge and tools to make them and their organisation better equipped to succeed in the low carbon economy.

Aims

• To provide insight into successful eco-innovation practices and what these mean for individual environmental professionals and businesses

• To provide tools to help participants progress their professional development in this expanding field

• To demonstrate the advantages of multi-disciplinary and open innovation working to achieve commercial advantage 
   

This workshop will provide participants with a thought provoking introduction to sustainable innovation concepts, applicable to solve real-world industry problems. We would like to welcome environmental practitioners, industry representatives, academia, government authorities and NGOs to this exciting event.

Agenda

09.30-10.30        Registration

10.30-11.00        Setting the Scene

11.05-11.35       Complex Problems

11.35-12.50       Systems Thinking

12.50-13.15       Innovative Approaches

13.15-14.00                 LUNCH

14.00-14.30       Collaborative Solutions

14.30-15.30       Solving complex problems collaboratively

15.30-16.20       Summary of Conclusion

16.20-16.30       Final Questions, Close