12/07/2011 - Submitted by: Lang Gert

Innovating innovation by research – 100 years after Schumpeter.

ICICI 2011 - International Conference on Indicators and Concepts of Innovation

NET4SOCIETY Networking Event for Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities in the 7th Framework Programme

• What does Social Innovation mean today?
• How can research sustain Social Innovation?
• What can the Socio-Economic Sciences and Humanities (SSH) contribute?

These are some of the topics which will be discussed during the International Scientific Conference “Challenge Social Innovation – Innovating innovation by research – 100 years after Schumpeter” including a NET4SOCIETY Networking event pertaining to the SSH Call for Proposals 2012. The event conference will take place from 19th to 21st September in Vienna.

A series of sessions will take place over three days, moving from policy discussion and debate to FP7 networking and engagement.