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For the 1st time in Berlin the Italian Embassy to Germany<\/strong> will host the Social Design researcher, Ezio Manzini<\/strong>, who is one of the world’s leading scholars of design for sustainability, a field in which he has worked for more than 20 years. He is the founder of DESIS<\/strong><\/a>, an international network on design for social innovation and sustainability. He is Honorary Professor at the Politecnico di Milano<\/em>, Chair Professor at the University of the Arts London<\/em> and currently Distinguished Professor of Design for Social Innovation at ELISAVA University Barcelona<\/em> and Guest Professor at Tongji University – Shanghai<\/em> and at Jiangnan University – Wuxi<\/em>. On the 25th of June<\/strong>, the Italian Embassy<\/strong> will host the Conference \u201cDesign, Social Innovation and Public Services: Everyday Perspectives<\/strong>\u201d in collaboration with the Italienzentrum of Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin<\/strong><\/a>, where Ezio Manzini<\/strong> will present his recent publication Politics of the Everyday<\/em> and will discuss in conversation with Sabine Junginger<\/strong> and Bertram Maria Niessen<\/strong> on how social innovation and design can change public services.<\/p>\n PROGRAMME<\/strong> (the conference will be held in English)<\/p>\n 18.30<\/strong> Welcome Address S.E. Luigi Mattiolo<\/strong>, Italian Ambassador to Germany<\/p>\n 18.35<\/strong> Keynote Ezio Manzini<\/strong>, Founder of the international DESIS Network<\/p>\n How the \u201cPolitics of the Everyday\u201d can influence a new generation of public services referring to active and collaborative citizens and could contribute to services emerging from a positive interaction between active people (bottom-up initiatives) and design experts (top-down initiatives).<\/p>\n 18.55<\/strong> Keynote Sabine Junginger<\/strong>, Head, Competence Center Design & Management at the The Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts<\/em>, Fellow Hertie School of Governance<\/em>, author of Transforming Public Services by Design: Re-orienting Policies, Organizations and Services around People<\/em> (Routledge, 2017), and Chair Woman Politics for Tomorrow<\/a><\/p>\n People do not experience Policies. They experience Services: Why design capabilities are key to citizen-centric policies and services.<\/p>\n 19.15 \u2013 20.00<\/strong> Roundtable, moderated by: Bertram Niessen<\/strong>, Director of cheFare – Centre for collaborative culture<\/a>, Milan<\/p>\n 20.00 \u2013 20.30<\/strong> Q&A<\/p>\n 20.30 – 21.30<\/strong> Networking and Drinks<\/p>\n Click here<\/strong><\/a> for the invitation. Registration required by Monday, June 24th 2019<\/strong>: berlino.events@esteri.it<\/a>. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Among his books Design, When Everybody Designs. An Introduction to Design for Social Innovation<\/em> (MIT 2015) and Politics of the Everyday<\/em> (Bloomsbury 2019).<\/p>\n
Limited number of participants; no entry without previous registration. Please bring a valid identity card.<\/p>\n